12 Traits of a Biblical Church: Membership

Radical with David Platt

David Platt

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🗓️ 30 April 2018

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Sadly, it’s not uncommon today for those who claim to be followers of Christ to show half-hearted commitment to Christ’s bride, the church. Like consumers, many Christians shop around for the best church “experience.” Others merely attend for an hour each week without any desire to meet needs among God’s people or to be a part of the church’s mission. There are even those who attempt to follow Christ apart from regularly gathering with God’s people. But as David Platt points out in this sermon from 1 Corinthians 12:12–27, God has not designed us to be spiritual lone rangers. We are fellow members of Christ’s body. For the sake of our own souls and for the sake of Christ’s mission, every follower of Christ should be committed to a local church.

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0:00.0	Sadly, it's not uncommon today for those who claim to be followers of Christ
0:07.2	to show half-hearted commitment to Christ's bride, the church.
0:10.9	Like consumers, many Christians shop around for the best church experience. Others
0:16.3	merely attend for an hour each week without any desire to meet needs among God's people
0:21.6	or to be a part of the Church's mission.
0:24.3	There are even those who attempt to follow Christ apart from frequently gathering with God's
0:29.2	people.
0:30.2	But as David points out in this sermon from 1st Corinthians chapter 12, God has not designed us to be spiritual lone rangers.
0:38.0	Welcome to the Radical with David Platt podcast, the latest sermons from teacher, author, and pastor David Pla, delivered weekly.
0:45.6	As always, you can find thousands of more free resources over at our website, radical.
0:50.8	net, like our brand new 97 page resource called Mission Precision.
0:56.0	In this downloadable PDF, David Platt examines eight truths that are crucial to the Church's mission.
1:02.0	You can download this for free by
1:04.0	visiting radical.net.
1:06.0	forward slash mission precision.
1:08.0	God has not designed us to be spiritual lone rangers.
1:12.0	We are fellow members of Christ's body for the sake of
1:14.8	our own souls and for the sake of Christ's mission. Every follower of Christ should
1:19.1	be committed to a local church. Here's David Platt continuing the 12 traits of a biblical church series with a sermon
1:26.4	titled membership from 1 Corinthians chapter 12. If you have the word of this God, and I hope you do or somebody around you does you can look on with
1:44.6	let me invite you to open with me to 1st Corinthians chapter 12 in your Bible
1:50.7	1st Corinthians chapter 12.
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