INTRODUCTION

The Kings Speech so far

THE FAMILY BUSINESS

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Many metaphors for the church

Body ___________ & ___________

Family

1 Timothy 5:1-8

THE NATURE OF THE FAMILY

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THE KINGS SPEECH FOR THE KINGS FAMILY

God’s not training wheels to my ethical life

He's the _____________ of a _____________ of ______________

PITFALLS FOR THE FAMILY

Community Meditation

Know

• Explain why we can and should read the Sermon on the Mount and the ethical commands of Jesus as individuals AND as a community. How is this teaching for “me” and for “us?”
• Do you look at the church as a dispenser of religious goods and services or as a family to contribute to?

Feel

• How would you feel about “the church” if you recognized it as your family? How would you treat it differently? [Note: this is not a call for an answer “I’d be nicer to people”]
• Do you have high or low expectations of the church family? Where are they too high? Too low? Why?

Live

• How have you been hurt by Christians? What do you do with that? How have we neglected life in community because of past pains or perceptions?
• How does our church NEED your individuality but needs it IN community?