There's An App For That Part 7. Agreement

7. The Principle of Agreement

 

Introduction

 

Genesis 2:18 (NIV)   The Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him."

 

• You cannot fulfill God’s purpose for your life _______________________. 
• The greater the _________________, the greater the need for ______________________.   
• Agree: (Gk sumphoneo) to be _____________________, to accord, to concur, together with.

 

Three Important Areas of Agreement:

 

 

1.  Our _________________

 

Psalm 133:1 (NIV) How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity!

 

• One of the marks of the very first church was their agreement.

 

Acts 2:1 (NIV)   When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.

 

Acts 2:44 (NIV)   All the believers were together and had everything in common.

 

The Purpose of the Church

 

a.      For God – a _______________ Center

 

Psalm 34:3 (NIV) Glorify the Lord with me; let us exalt his name together.

 

b.      For One Another – A _________________ Center

 

Hebrews 10:25 (NIV)   Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another--and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

 

c.      For the World – a ____________________ Center

 

Matthew 28:19 (NIV)   Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

 

How to Have Agreement in the Church

 

a.      By sharing the ___________________ of my church

b.      By protecting the ________________ of my church

c.      By supporting the __________________ of my church

 

 

  2.  Our ______________________ and Family

 

2 Cor. 6:14-16 (NIV)   Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols?

 

The Purpose of Marriage

 

a.      To have a _____________________.

b.      ____________________ Unity.

c.      ____________________ Intimacy

d.      To _____________________ and Raise Children

e.      To _____________________ Christ and the Church to the World.

 

Ephes. 5:28-32 (NIV)   In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church-- for we are members of his body. "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh." This is a profound mystery--but I am talking about Christ and the church.

 

Agreement in Marriage

 

a.      Make a ____________________ (not a contract).

b.      Learn to ______________________

c.      ________________ your Marriage from outside threats.

 

  3.  With ____________________

 

Romans 2:5 (NIV)   But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God's wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed.

 

Isaiah 1:18 (NIV) "Come now, let us reason together," says the Lord. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.

 

 

 

 

The Purpose of Agreement with God

 

• ___________________ from the wrath of God for our sins.

 

How to Have Agreement with God

 

a.      ___________________ I am a sinner

 

Romans 3:10 (NIV)  …There is no one righteous, not even one;

 

Romans 3:23 (NIV)   for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

 

b.      ____________________ that Jesus died on the cross for my sins and rose from the dead on the third day.

 

Romans 5:8 (NIV)   But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

 

Romans 6:23 (NIV)   For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

 

c.      ____________________ that Jesus Christ is Lord.

 

Romans 10:9-10 (NIV)   That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.