LCMS Convention Workbook St. Louis, Missouri — 1981, Page 383

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FELLOWSHIP—IN THE BOND OF PEACE

Felows™ p wer Crist
immedcotety pioces o peor
Into tellowshig with all beley
ess God nas praged me gap
between 4 mse! and us
coused by 8 in Cher God was
FECONKHIAg he workd 1o Hirnset
not COUnTIAg "Ne mespasses
ogornss mer 2 Cor 519°
Good alse pangs people into
fellows wim each omnes The
Gennies ore fellow news mem:
ben of the same body and
parakes of me promise ic
(Orr Jesus through the Gosped
fon 36)

The spit Derween jews and
Genntes wos a fellowship prob
tem on mony earty Christian
cangregonon in Golono for
inssance the Gasper melt wos of
yoke How dd God creore
fellowship Cenweer Jews and
Gennes Eon 214-17)?

The feiowship which pe:
ever; Nave wim each omer in
the Church 5.0 precious gift fromm
God Thes essor s sructured 0
NeIP us see Now God s pion FO
qreare me church Cinst $ body
Becomes tne parten for rex
Tons ps Derweer Christian
DOODne

3e-0°9-99 fo the orcs
church +s being o member of 0
fariy God 1s ou Former we
ore His sons ond gaugrres
Fellow Ovsnans ore sstess anc
bromes: membes of Gocs
nousenord of fon

Farmulies nove ways of ex
presung Ne unity Mey hove
Thats ue of Gods family too
Boprzed so rhe nome of hens
Gris me frst asembty of be
hevess mode it known they
were Bound logermner as one
With glad and generous hears
they busily engoged mem
SeVes (9 Unanimous expres
wons of thei Unity in Chri Wry
core me ocwines mecnoned ic
4c 2 42 cenaltoa congrego-
hon 5 family tite ? How Cor we
ne'p those who tor var ous
reasons withdraw temserves
from the worship semces of the
congreganon?

Using me songuage of Bao-
som Poul roid me Colossas
Ara obove ail these pur on
Seve which binds everything
togethe: in perfect Sarmony
And vet the peace of Const ie
19 yOu Nears to whch indeed
you were colled ia me one
body Co 314-45) These
words summnonze weit rhe direc
7Or oF thes bessan It's devored 'c
me quesnon How do Gods
$0705 ge a loving witness 10
the unity trey hawe ic Cwm?

Gyss peopie oe ow
seged 'o hove feliowsnp wim
O rue Deneves Jets prayed
to His Fore | do not oray for
these onty ‘me dacipies’ but
Gio for Mase who beveve ©
Me Through thew word ‘hor they
may O be one sone
4720-2. God onswered ne
prayer of out Lord i me days of
te aposties and connnues to
onswe it todey Thougn ne
Word which the aposries
preacned Deleves become
one wim Hin and €ach orher

Read 1 Connrhions 12 sO
situnng "ne same of your com
gregoarion for me church ar
Conn? How does ‘hs vene
snow thot Chess mas one com
munity of peope whch
reatnes beyond you conge-
goror? How do peopie ger me
wmeresson thor the church 5
merery 0 group of “eligras
people? Whar realty 5 0 som?
1 Cor O44 of Tr 244 Ex
196 1 Pere 29 Eom 527

The New Testament wes
mony pictures of me church
wach portray the unity of God 5
chosen pecpie (buiding *
Deter 2 onde 2 Cor 412 vine
Jobe 15 flock Jann 10° A fam
“Or mage 1 that of the body of
Ons Who belongs to Crnss

The natura outcome of
our union wh Ong Jess 6
rove |specally for Te cher
memoes of His foamy Dy Gap
my God mones us new He
res US His Hoty Soin so mar we
oy Move the power tc love
one another eomesry tom
me heat (1 Peres* 22> Love
for the brettver 5 ewderce
mor we are bore of God ond
hove passed out of dear intro
ite (1 Jon 314

True love has in soure 9
jess Chast done 1542 so
frur of forth in Hie Hs ove
should not be missanen for on
(on-0Oga1n-off-agarr, seanment
What hes ot me Sear of Cans s
fove (fon 51.2 1 tomn 47.42
Man 5 43-48°? Whar gives Hs
bund of love © cohesve quoiity
1 Cor 134-7 Coa 342-43
Ram 129-402 Thags fal
par wher Geapie SHOP loving
200) omer as Coins oved Rem
Wry does love nead me is: of
me fruits of me Hoty Spent ‘Gol
5.22)? imagine what could
hopper among Crisrans
where love Noids sway’ Using
Baptism sanguoge ogar
. Theretore Bumng Owoy :
St Pout sets the pomern in Epine-
yans 425-52 Aooly mese
words to your own fe Whot
SINKS YOU aS expecially MPO
TON? In Ove DeNeWes use the
gFfs Qrwen to fem Dy me Hoty
Set for the common good of
the membes of Ors s body ‘t

THEOLOGICAL DOCUMENTS

pody (Gol 320-26? My sr
IMPOFFONT Tc note Thor Ne DOdy
of Chest conrot smo y De
equoted wih a congreganor s
membesnip tase? see Ke
1720-24) Almougr ar ex
ternal body of Gnsrons moy
nave dmsions why s Te one
pody of Crnsr—4s ore
chercn—= withaut secr or
schemas Lue sox?

Christ's holy peopie ove
pannern Whor do Tey poses
© common (Eph 44:67 Drs
CUS he sotement We be.
come related to Crs ung
DY we canna! Ime in Ors:
soianty Whar does thes say to
the person wna De eves
membdersiip 0 Ones scrunch ss
© pnvate affox? To me Desor
wha feels uaimporias ir g
lorge congreganon? To s sar
"FO congreganon «a com
munty wm decinwng DODUA
non?

Cor $2 7 Wey 5 -tmoorontto.
remember not onty "hot there
ore vonenes of gifts bu thar 3
dismbures ther ever me ones
which appear urspecocular?
Whar responsituiry do we Nave
Toward © pena not using his
gts:

Love surpasses of! other gitrs
of God s Sprit One whe loves
os Chast ioved is constantly
$e8KI9g TO DUH vO Re Church
The church of me Thesscionans
wos 0 frt-rore example Of Now
love edifies Reod 1 Thessaion:
vons S14 Whor were mese
POPE dong 10 Itt ean Omer
Up a he forth compore 4 16?
\For on exompe of me oppos:

Blueprint for
Fellowship

Be eager to mantan me
unity of the Spant in the bond of
peace St Pou urged the
Ephesians The 5 the opasries
way of soyng be whor you
Giready ore! How does Poul s
Cscasen of mamage slusrore
Me pont (Eph 524.33)

The woy Christ's body 1s
desided becomes the bive-
finn for whor Good wants He
Church to snow metfrabe nce
peopte are unmed with Cho
ond €och corner trough the
Gosper whan und of actwrty
preserves he unity (Eph 4 41-
10)? Bapram mokes us mem
ders of Chrst and Hs body me
church Whor npiicanons does
1s event in our Ives hove for
Our Ife rogether (1 Cor 12 42-
26 see Cor 312-47)? in me
Lord s Supper we partake of he
Lords body and blood ro-
genes Why ore we concemed

Te Of wpduidng see 2 Tim
248. Wy cort edihcanor of
me urch empty be equated
wih wh pong up a team
son?
Cor 8+ Terwon inceses
me NU when ihe comoence
Of 0 weoner brother or xser s
dvegorded Who she wea
mar on 1 Cannthrons 8? Whor
onneipie Must guide vs in heto-
ng one who 5 easily fended
Ror #5 4-30? Ust wos wou
cor hep ihe weak

re aero one fora
membe: of God s fornity whe 5
Over ORE? In some Sin In whor
sper’ does our heaventy Former
won! 8 TO resore Gne who 5
overcome Dy same sm Gol
O95 Mor 18 14)? Why 5 me
follure 'o Onapline a sy™prOr™
of ovetessness?

he lst ce. tetlow
Derevers remain foithty. 10
Oyg ond Ms Word The apes:
ses of or Lord offes admor~

SQ0ur the woy this hor med!
S ved 4 Cor 1086-47
1447.33

One Church

The Gibie neveoss thar there
Sontyone church However ths
church monvfesss mett in mony
congregations garhered
Oround Gods Word Therefore
© kcal congregation 5 not or
soared unit How can you be
Cerroan thot the one me church
Of Jesus Chas s present where
the Word s preached and the
socomens ore odminsiered
(is 55-10)? Why ore such thongs
& the moral behavier oF me
external orgonizaron of
group of people nor rhe 2°
a shag feorures of me Lords
Church? Why is it necestory thor
the Gospel of Chins be preach-
€0 purely? Why 6 it nporon
Mor the churches esrobish reto-
Ronshaps wath €Och ofher or the
ass of pubic confession ond
nor merely on rhe basis of
personal belief (see Rom
109-40)?

The one church wos prssenr
G50 nN groups of churches &
lume repoms (Acs 931° ol:
Mough they were nor organ
Ged Whe Our ‘synods fodoy &
there a sense in whch a
synod con be collec “ne
auch of God ? How can c
Synod) Manran the unity of
the Saunt in the band of peace?

snec and corected ose woe
Bepored for me TUM wh 5
1 Ces Why od Se Poy wre
MS woyword Guid ar Conn
wim mony tears .2 Cor 24°?
Wheo did ne rece 79 Ke
*5*00

Orns s Church s one There
fore He wont; Ms Peapie TO ve
oF peace wim eoct omer Har.
mony benween bromhes sa
geod and preason ght Pair
131)

Those wo Snow Me IND
of Cnnst howe me wey to hor
mony Onc peace 6 Re church
Whar fame of mind 5 yeces:
sory 'f Debeves are 'o Moanihes:
ther uniry in Const Pl 2 +
1492 Who hod same work 10. do
on thes score (4 2°? Wim Ones 5
example of NUNbe Obed!
ence in ine foretront he
members of Ms church must
also .e mh peace :2 Cor
13.14) Whotsteps con we tone
Oo be oF peace with one
onorner in Chass Nousehoid
* Cor 140 Acts 150°? Whar
Braves SHOUT owas De OF OUF
os Rom 155

Summory

Fellows wth jens Chas
smmediorety resuits © feliow:
SMP among His people AI!
betewers in Ching ore embers,
Of His One body possessing
one spnt ane hope ane Lord
one forth one Bopram one
God ond Farmer God unmes
eleven wih Himsett and each
corner by means of the Gospet
ond sogoments

Whor the church : oy Gods
DeSQN 6 what God wars the
church 10 show metfto se The
use of the Word ond soca:
Mens CeAmrOl to Imes crv
ONG marks them as Chins 5 noly
People wherher ino ical con
greganion oF in 0 larger group:
1g of Congregonons like Our
Synod

le Mes estor we ave earn
ed thor Goo w's ar the
member of Hs church express.
The unity whch nas Dees gen
to them. in Ovar Following ne
example of Chrsts mumble
obedENCe (0 Ne Seam on the:
Coss Delevers are 'o Ive in
Peoce wim each omer AS they
seeK 10 Ive of peace with ear
believers are 'o love one
nother Love a fur of God s
Holy Soret geremines how
beheves Ive and oct 1oword
each omer A peson who loves
as Orn 1oved wali want To build
UR others 19 thew forth and heip
Mer remain tonne to Him
and His Word Ever admoninon
Ond dixipline are a POF af such
tomnng concer

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