SOME GREAT NEEDS OF THE CHURCH.

 
Rev 3:17  Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:

 

I.                   WE NEED A FAMILY WORSHIP.

Josh 24:15  And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

Acts 16:31  And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

 

II.                WE NEED A FRAME OF MINE TO THINK SENSIBLE.

Phil 4:8  Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

Phil 2:5  Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

 

III.      WE NEED THE FULLNESS OF THE SPIRIT TO CONTROLL US.

Eph 5:18  And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

 

IV.       WE NEED THE FOUNDATION OF GOD’S WORD TO STABILIZE OUR BELIEF.

Rom 10:17  So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

John 8:32  And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

 

V.       WE NEED  FORGIVING SPIRIT TO BRING  CLOSER  FELLOWSHIP.

  Eph 4:32  And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

 

VI.              WE NEED FINANCES TO LIFT THE BURDENS OF OTHERS.

1 John 3:17  But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

1 John 3:18  My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

 

VII.           WE NEED A FORWARD LOOK FOR CHRIST COMING

Titus 2:13  Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

Heb 9:28  So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

2 Tim 4:8  Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.