Online Bible Study with Randy McRoberts

Series: How to Become a Better Church Series: How to Become a Better Church Lesson 5: Live like a Family Pastor Dave recently preached a sermon series on the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 5-7. It wouldn’t be a bad idea to reread the entire three chapters. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus lays out priorities for the disciples in their life together and in their relation to other people. We will focus, for this lesson, on the family lifestyle that we as a church should foster among ourselves. Matthew 5:23-24 (ESV) 23 So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, 24 leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. Questions Priorities. Much in life is about priorities. What do these two verses say about priorities? We might be tempted to think that worship (an important part of our relationship with God) would be more i

Series: How to Become a Better Church Series: How to Become a Better Church Lesson 4: The Way to Unity We’ve been talking a lot about love, which is supposed to be our distinguishing feature as followers of Christ. Now let’s zero in on the idea of unity. Being one. Our passage for this lesson is from the prayer Jesus prayed for himself, for his disciples, and for us, just before he went to his death on our behalf. It would be a good idea to read the entire prayer, but are going to focus on the part where Jesus prays for his followers in the future (us). There are lots and lots of places in the Bible that emphasize unity in the church. Many of them are in Paul’s letters, where he talks about us as a building with its various parts, or a body with its parts working together. But I want us to focus on what Jesus wants out of us as a church. John 17:20-26 (ESV) 20 “I do not ask for these [the disciples] only, but also for those who will believe in me through