HOMEWORK

1. Review Session 3 notes

2. Read & Meditate on 2 Corinthians 3:6
   
   

• 2 Corinthians 3:6 (ESV) 6 who has made us sufficient to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

• 2 Corinthians 3:6 (AMP) He has qualified us [making us sufficient] as ministers of a new covenant [of salvation through Christ], not of the letter [of a written code] but of the Spirit; for the letter [of the Law] kills [by revealing sin and demanding obedience], but the Spirit gives life.

3. Memorize: 2 Corinthians 3:6 (AMP)

• Korean speakers may memorize in Korean!

KEY POINTS

• The first purpose of The Church is loving God.

• The second purpose of The Church is loving one another.

• Discovering the "essence, spirit, heart" of what is a "church"

# Doing good to one another

• Galatians 6:10 (AMP) / Other Translations

10 So then, while we [as individual believers] have the opportunity, let us do good to all people [not only being helpful, but also doing that which promotes their spiritual well-being], and especially [be a blessing] to those of the household of faith (born-again believers).

•  Galatians 6:2 (NIV) /  Other Translations

2 Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

# Each part doing it's part

• Ephesians 4:11-16 (ESV) / Search other translations

11 And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, 12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, 13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, 14 so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. 15 Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, 16 from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.

# Praying for one another

• Ephesians 3:14-19 (ESV) / Search other translations

14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, 16 that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

• Colossians 1:9-12 (ESV) / Search other translations

9 And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, 10 so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; 11 being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy; 12 giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.