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:5. Fifthly, there is a major '''impact on the society around''', turning this society more like the kingdom of God, that is, a society of justice and mercy. | :5. Fifthly, there is a major '''impact on the society around''', turning this society more like the kingdom of God, that is, a society of justice and mercy. | ||
These five things: worship, deep teaching of the Word, intimate | These five things: worship, deep teaching of the Word, an intimate community, aggressive evangelism, and compassionate social concern. When you find a church that’s strong on all of them, it’s a sign of the operation of the Spirit of God. | ||
The tendency is for most churches to have one of them only and to be very, very condescending toward anyone else who doesn’t have their one. You see, because if you’re a church with great, sound doctrine, but your worship isn’t very good, your fellowship isn’t very good, your social concern isn’t very good, they look at other churches, and the only thing they tend to look at is they say, “But do they have our sound doctrine?” They’ll reject you, even though in every other area that is strong, they’re weak. | The tendency is for most churches to have one of them only and to be very, very condescending toward anyone else who doesn’t have their one. You see, because if you’re a church with great, sound doctrine, but your worship isn’t very good, your fellowship isn’t very good, your social concern isn’t very good, they look at other churches, and the only thing they tend to look at is they say, “But do they have our sound doctrine?” They’ll reject you, even though in every other area that is strong, they’re weak. | ||