“Why is Church Membership a MUST for our Spiritual Growth”

1. Main Verse: ACTS 2:42
“Why is Church Membership a MUST for
our Spiritual Growth”

2. What is Church Membership?
➤ Church Membership is COMMITMENT
1. your commitment to the church
2. the church’s commitment to you

3. IMPORTANT:
● We think we’re here at church as
consumers
● We hate commitments
● But relationships are always accompanied
by commitments

4. Church Membership is..
Entering into a commitment to the church,
and the church in turn is also entering a
commitment to you.

5. IMPORTANT:
● "But as it is, God arranged the members in
the body, each one of them, as he chose."
(1 Cor 12:18)
● “But God has so composed the body...” (1
Cor 12:24b)

6. IMPORTANT:
● It is the design of God that spiritual
growth can be achieved primarily in the
context of a community or a church.

7. IMPORTANT:
● “Let us not neglect meeting together, as
some have made a habit, but let us
encourage one another, and all the more as
you see the Day approaching.” (Heb
10:25)

8. Growth is a sign of life

9. Main Verse: ACTS 2:42

10. 1. “And they devoted themselves to the
apostle’s teaching…”
We will grow spiritually by listening to the
preaching of the pastor that God gave us.

11. 2. “and the fellowship…”
We will grow spiritually by having fellowship
and deeper relationship with one another.

12. 3. “to the breaking of bread..”
We will grow spiritually by partaking the
sacraments in the church.

13. 4. “and the prayers...”
We will grow spiritually by praying for one
another and with one another in the context of
a community.

14. We will grow spiritually…
1. by listening to the preaching of the pastor that
God gave us
2. by having fellowship and deeper relationship with
one another
3. by partaking the sacraments in the church.
4. by praying for one another and with one another
in the context of a community.

15. 2 PETER 3:18a
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.