Striving Together In Christ

Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;Philippians 1:27July 17, 2011Rev. David B. Hanson - Deaf Liberty Baptist ChurchOverland Park, Kansas

Spiritual Church in Philippi

Spiritual Church in Philippi

Philippians 1:7Even as it is meet for me to think

this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.

Carnal Church in Corinth

Carnal Church in Corinth

I Corinthians 1:11For it hath been declared unto

me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.

Two Marks of a Spiritual Church

Stand fast in one spirit Stand together, stand fast, or stand firm together in one spirit – No division

Strive together with one mind for the faith of the gospel Labour together with one mind in the work of God – No compromise

A Spiritual War

The Christian life is a battleground.The Gospel of the Bible is the

gospel that we are to fight for and to contend for and defend today.

The teaching in the local church is to preserve the gospel of Christ, to preserve the faith that was once delivered unto the saints.

The Greatest Testimony of the Gospel

We will do the most damaging work to the enemy when we are united together in the gospel.

Certain people who are busy bodies and bitter, and won't talk to one another, and backbite hinder you standing fast with the rest of the believers with one spirit and one mind.

The Winning Battle in Christ

We win the battle for the gospel today is if we live godly to spread the gospel to those around us.

We lose the battle if we live ungodly to repel people from the gospel.

The Greatest Vehicle for the Gospel

We have a godly life and a godly church.

A spiritual church is a church that allows God to speak spiritually to our hearts, and to display His own will to our hearts.

William Tyndale 1492-1536

William Tyndale 1492-1536

A Biblical scholar and translator and martyr

The first man to ever print the New Testament in the English language

King Henry VIII’s 1539 English “Great Bible”

The New Testament in the King James Version is 83% Tyndale's, and the Old Testament 76%