Brookfield Church of Christ
Wed. Sep 9, 2026 - When You Come Together - Class #17
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Romans 12:1–2 ESV I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.Question #1: Discuss the idea of worship as daily life dedicated to God.God’s Temple and JesusMatthew 26:61 ESV and said, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to rebuild it in three days.’ ”1 Peter 2:7 ESV So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe, “The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”1 Corinthians 3:16–17 ESV Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.Question #2: Discuss the idea of Christians as the temple of God.Building Up and WorshipQuestion #3: What does “edify” really mean, and how is it related to worship?Hebrews 10:24–25 ESV And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.1 Thessalonians 5:11 NKJV Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing.1 Corinthians 14:12 ESV So with yourselves, since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, strive to excel in building up the church.Building up and ServiceQuestion #4: How is it a practical problem of eating meats a matter of worship?Romans 14:1–9 ESV As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions. One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables. Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him. Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand. One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. The one who observes the day, observes it in honor of the Lord. The one who eats, eats in honor of the Lord, since he gives thanks to God, while the one who abstains, abstains in honor of the Lord and gives thanks to God. For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s. For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.Ephesians 2:12–20 ESV remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near. For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone,Question #5: Discuss the various ministries as worship and as the work of the ChurchWorship in Daily LifeQuestion #6: What are some areas of daily life that can be easily recognized as worship?Question #7: Discuss the Great Commandment as it relates to worshipMatthew 22:34–40 ESV But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.”Question #8Read and discuss Romans 12:1 with regard to worship.Romans 12:1 “I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.”Romans 12:1 NASB95 Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.Romans 12:1 KJV 1900 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.Question #9How does “holiness” relate to daily life as worship?Question #10: How can the artificial division between life and worship be removed?Romans 12:1–2NIV2011
Matthew 26:61NIV2011
1 Peter 2:7NIV2011
1 Corinthians 3:16–17NIV2011
Hebrews 10:24–25NIV2011
1 Thessalonians 5:11NIV2011
1 Corinthians 14:12NIV2011
Romans 14:1–9NIV2011
Ephesians 2:12–20NIV2011
Matthew 22:34–40NIV2011
Romans 12:1NIV2011
Romans 12:1NIV2011
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