Desire to Be With the Lord Jesus Desires His Church Do You

Desire to Be With the Lord 

Jesus Desires His Church Do You

Heaven is for the Church

If you don’t desire to be a part of the Church the regular assembly of believers now

What makes you think you will want to be a part of the Church in Heaven?

The Called Out Ones are the Ones working together

Each one gifted by the Holy Spirit with gifts for the mutual edifying of one 

another as we see in 1 Corinthians 12 and13

 If you recognize you have been called by Christ than

I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit— just as you were called to one hope when you were called— 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

Being one in Christ is being in unity with other believers

Remember Jesus is only coming back for one thing “His Church”

Heaven is for the Church

Don’t stand alone

See you in Church

Jesus Desires His Church Do You

It is our desire that determines where

we go and who we spend time with.

It is not that we can’t appreciate the

desire of others, it is just not our thing.

So what is God’s desire and what is our desire?

How close are they to the same things?

Let’s take a look at God’s desire.

 

The greatest commandment is…

Love the Lord your God

and love your neighbor.

The greatest command reveals

God is all about relationships.

Even though God cares for us as individuals,

He plans for us to live in community.

Remember the Good Shepherd leaves the 99

looking for one and when He finds the one

brings that sheep back into the herd of 99.

God looked for a person from the time of Adam

that would put his full faith and love in Him.

That person was Abraham, God’s

desire was not just to bless Abraham…

God wanted to establish a

family, a community, a nation.

God established a nation, Israel and

He gave them a place of worship…

From Jacob’s Rock to Moses

Tent to Solomon’s Temple.

When Jesus came to remove the

barrier between Jews and Gentiles…

He established His Church.

He said I will build my Church and the

gates of Hades will not overcome it.

 Matthew 16:18

The word Church in the Greek

is ekkiesia  from two words.

Ek meaning “from” or “out”

(of a place or time or cause).

Kaleo meaning to “call”.

The word Church means Called Out

Ones or Assembly of Called Out Ones.

In Ephesians 5, we read Christ loved

the Church and gave Himself up for her.

He makes the church holy by

His Word and listen to this…

 and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without

stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.

Ephesians 5:27

There is only one thing Jesus is

coming back for, it is His Church.

The endearment of Christ to the Church is

seen as God calls the Church the Bride of Christ.

We see a great banquet in heaven called the

Marriage Supper of the Lamb (the Lamb being Christ).

All this brings up a question…

Do I desire to be the Church?

Am I a member of the Church?

You might say I can worship anywhere and

that is true, but God calls us to worship as the

Church the Assembly of Called Out Ones.

Jesus said I will build My Church.

The apostles spent their lives bringing believers

together preaching the Word of God for the

purpose of unifying God’s people and

teaching them from the cleansing Word of God.

Jesus and the apostles recognized the Church

was people who needed to be cleansed

even though they had been born again.

Just as the Jews were called out of Egypt

we too are called out if this world.

    

Leaving Egypt or leaving the world

did not make anyone perfect.

It just made you part of God’s family that needed

to be transformed into the image of Christ.

Heaven is for the Church.

If you don’t desire to be a part of the Church

the regular Assembly of Believers now…

What makes you think you will want

to be a part of the Church in Heaven?

The Called Out One are the Ones working

together; each one gifted by the Holy Spirit with

gifts for the mutual edifying of one another

as we see in 1 Corinthians 12 and13.

 If you recognize you have been called by Christ than…

I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit— just as you were called to one hope when you were called— 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

Being one in Christ is being

in unity with other believers.

Remember Jesus is only coming

back for one thing “His Church”.

Heaven is for the Church.

Don’t stand alone.

See you in Church.

Scripture Reading

Matthew 16:18 NIV

18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church,

and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.

Ephesians 5:25-33 NIV

25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26 to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, 27 and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. 28 In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church— 30 for we are members of his body. 31 "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh."   32 This is a profound mystery — but I am talking about Christ and the church.

Ephesians 4:1-6 NIV

4:1 As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. 2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. 3 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. 4 There is one body and one Spirit— just as you were called to one hope when you were called— 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.