Our Responsibilities and Privileges: The Ministry of Edification

Monday - Jun 21, 2021

A. Our Need for Encouragement and Edification

1. Our spiritual health depends upon their practice: 1 Thess. 5:11

2. Our spiritual responsibility dictates their practice: Romans 12:3-5

3. Our spiritual survival demands their practice: Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

B. Our Ministry of Encouragement to One Another

1. By words

2. By example

3. By presence

C. Our Ministry of Edification to One Another: 1 Thess. 5:11, Matt. 7:24-27

1. Speaking Christ-honoring words in conversations: Eph. 4:29, Col. 4:6, Luke 4:16-22, Prov. 15:4, 16:24, Matt. 12:34

2. Pointing each other to the supremacy of Christ: 1 Cor. 2:1-5, Col. 1:15-18

3. Using spiritual gifts: Rom. 12:4-6, Eph. 4:8, Eph. 4:12-13, 1 Cor. 12:1-7, 1 Peter 4:10-11

4. Obeying the one another commands: John 13:35

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