The Beginning: We Are Family
By Michael L. Lewis

Dalton Gardens – August 20, 2006
Ephesians 2:19

Believing… Becoming… Belonging

Believing… is the essence of our ____________________.

I John 1:14 I Corinthians 15:3,4

Becoming… is our calling to ____________________.

Ephesians 4:15 2 Corinthians 3:17,18

Belonging… is our responsibility to be an ______________ ___________________.

“So now you are not visitors or strangers to God. Now you are members together of God’s very own family, citizens of God’s country. You belong to God’s Family.” -Ephesians 2:29 TLB

There are no _________________ Christians in the New Testament… To be a Christian means to __________________ to God’s Family.

In Acts 2:38-42 three divine gifts come as a result of repenting and being baptized into Christ.
F____________________ E____________________ A___________________

A New Testament Christian without belonging to a local family is a contradiction of terms!

We Are Family:

1. We _____________ our family.
   Romans 12:5

2. We don’t allow other to ________________ or ________________ our family.
   Ephesians 4:29

3. We _______________________ our family without reservation.
   Ephesians 4:32

4. We appreciate the ______________________ of church family.
   Matthew 16:18