In this sermon, we'll examine how we often use the word "church" to refer to a building. But this creates passiveness in us. God wants us to be active--he is actively forming and shaping us into his holy temple where he dwells. We need to be active, to participate, and to add value.

1. YOU are the Church
(not the building!)

2. Consequently, you are no longer
foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens
with God’s people and members of
God’s household, built on the
foundation of the apostles and
prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as
the chief cornerstone.
(Ephesians 2:19-20)

4. What is God’s purpose
for the church?
To be a holy temple
in the Lord where
he dwells by his
Spirit.

5. In him the whole building is joined
together and rises to become a holy
temple in the Lord. And in him you too
are being built together to become a
dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.
(Ephesians 2:21-22)

6. What is God’s purpose
for the church?
To be a holy temple
in the Lord where
he dwells by his
Spirit.

7. If you are the temple of God,
are others seeing the glory of God
in that temple?

8. Church is about participation
not passivity!

9. Passivitation
WHAT???
The idea that we have
participation through
passivity

11. “All of these must be done for the
strengthening of the church.”
(1 Corinthians 14:26)

12. “What then shall we say, brothers? When
you come together, everyone has a
hymn, or a word of instruction, a
revelation, a tongue or an interpretation.
All of these must be done for the
strengthening of the church.”
(1 Corinthians 14:26)

13. Church is about participation
not passivity!

14. Do you receive value
from your church
involvement?
Are you adding value
to the church community?