Romans 12:4-8
“Husbands, love your wives as Christ loved the Church…” [outside quote]
- if your wife says something stupid, rather than criticizing her on the spot, defender her and protect her –> in the same way, even if the Church embarrasses us or hurts us, we should still love it
- Marry the church; don’t date the church
- Someone who dates has a consumer mentality, can bounce around and be critical
- The Church is not only the bride of Christ, but also the body of Christ
#1 We are all different
#2 We are one
#3 We are all uniquely gifted
- If a body is made up of all the same members, is it really a body?
- we are members of one another (you are not a member of an institution, but you are a member of the people)
- think of Joshua Generation as a group of charter buses that can only move if all of us push
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