Building community | REACH Week 7 | Pastor Andrew Cromwell

October 20, 2024   /   Koinonia Church

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Matthew 10:5-8 MSG: Jesus sent his twelve harvest hands out with this charge: 

“Don’t begin by traveling to some far-off place to convert unbelievers. And don’t try to be dramatic by tackling some public enemy. Go to the lost, confused people right here in the neighborhood. Tell them that the kingdom is here. Bring health to the sick. Raise the dead. Touch the untouchables. Kick out the demons. You have been treated generously, so live generously.

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Cultural Element

Kingdom Culture

World Culture

Beliefs

Centered on God’s Word, faith in Jesus, and the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

Diverse beliefs often based on secularism, humanism, or relativism.

Language

Language that builds others up, speaks life, and reflects God’s truth.

Language can be self-centered, divisive, or used for self-promotion.

Norms

Living according to biblical principles, such as love, forgiveness, and humility.

Norms influenced by cultural trends, often prioritizing individual rights and personal happiness.

Values

Love, sacrifice, humility, righteousness, and servanthood.

Success, power, self-fulfillment, wealth, and personal freedom.

Symbols

The cross, communion, baptism, symbols representing faith in Christ.

Symbols of success, status, and identity such as luxury brands, social media status, and political symbols.

Technology and Material Culture

Tools and technology used to advance the Kingdom, share the gospel, and serve others.

Technology often used for entertainment, self-promotion, or material gain.

Social Organization

Church as the body of Christ, emphasis on community, family, and mutual care.

Social structures focused on individualism, social status, and economic class.

Arts and Recreation

Artistic expressions that glorify God, worship, and inspire others towards righteousness.

Art and entertainment often focus on self-expression, commercial success, or pushing boundaries.

Religion and Spirituality

Focus on relationship with God, prayer, worship, and discipleship.

Spirituality may be secular, individualistic, or disconnected from traditional religion.

 

Your Home: A Place of Kingdom Community

 

1. together!

Acts 2:46-47 NIV: Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

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2. Host a .

Acts 5:42 NIV: Day after day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Messiah.

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Acts 18:7-8 NIV: Then Paul left the synagogue and went next door to the house of Titius Justus, a worshiper of God. Crispus, the synagogue leader, and his entire household believed in the Lord; and many of the Corinthians who heard Paul believed and were baptized.

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3. and Invite someone you respect to share the gospel with your friends and family.

Acts 10:24-25 NIV: The following day he arrived in Caesarea. Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends. As Peter entered the house, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet in reverence.

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4. to build the Kingdom of God.

Acts 16:14-15 NIV: One of those listening was a woman from the city of Thyatira named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth. She was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message. When she and the members of her household were baptized, she invited us to her home.

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