Since the beginning of 2024, we’ve been studying what the Bible has to say about relationships in the church family. The seven topics so far in the series have each talked about how a church family is to be together. Meeting together was one of the topicss. But how do we meet together? What do we do when we are together? We looked at how we are to encourage one another, hold each other accountable, pray together, care for one another, speak life to each other and study Scripture together.
We conclude the relationships series this week looking to the future: How do we grow in faith together? Growing in faith is quite a broad topic. The Scriptures teach numerous practical steps a church family can take if they want to grow in faith together. As I look at all the previous topics in this series, they each relate to growing in faith together. While I think it could be helpful to review what we already learned in the series, I decided that this final topic should focus on one important facet of growing in faith together that we haven’t yet discussed.
What I will talk about comes from the teaching of Jesus. What two-word phrase did Jesus repeat many times to his disciples, and to numerous other people, that relates to growing in faith together? Before reading the first post in this series, I encourage you to scan through the four Gospels, looking for that two-word phrase. You’ll find this phrase in all four Gospels. Sometimes when Jesus uses this phrase, it leads to amazingly positive responses, and sometimes it leads to very negative responses.
I think Jesus’ famous phrase is foundational to being a church family that grows in faith together. On the blog this week, learn Jesus’ important two-word phrase, and how we can respond to it (positively!), so that we can grow in faith together.
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