The Strength and

Safety of a United
Community
John Isaacs
KingsWay Community Church

March 30, 2008

Created For Glory
Isaiah 43:7
Everyone who is called by My
name, Whom I have
created for My glory;
I have formed him, yes, I have
made him."
Chosen For Glory
1 Peter 2:9-12
9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal
priesthood, a holy nation, His own special
people, that you may proclaim the praises
of Him who called you out of darkness into
His marvelous light; 10 who once were not
a people but are now the people of God,
who had not obtained mercy but now have
obtained mercy.
1 Peter 2:9-12 (cont.)
11 Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and
pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which
war against the soul, 12 having your
conduct honorable among the Gentiles,
that when they speak against you as
evildoers, they may, by your good works
which they observe, glorify God in the
day of visitation.
 CREATED
and
CHOSEN
For God’s Glory
Isaiah 43:7 & 1 Peter 2:9-12
Our Church Covenant
• Glorify God as a Loving People.
• Glorify God as a Prophetic People.
• Glorify God as a United People.
• Glorify God as a People of Praise.
• Glorify God as a People of Prayer.
• Glorify God as a People of Light.
• Glorify God as a People of Blessing.
 A Loving People
We covenant ourselves to
be a loving people, bound
together by our love for
Jesus Christ and committed
to walk together in Christian
love.
 A Loving People
• Definition of Love
• Direction of Love
• Demonstration of Love
A Prophetic People
We covenant ourselves to
be a prophetic people,
inspired and directed by the
Holy Spirit, and committed
to uphold God’s Word as
our rule of faith and
practice.
A Prophetic People
1. Live by Priorities
2. Are Discerning
3. Prophecy God’s Word (and
God’s words), in a manner that
strengthens, encourages, and
comforts.
4. Look for Encounters with God
 A United People
We covenant ourselves to be a
united people, joined to one
another and to the One Body of
all believers under the Lordship
of Jesus Christ, and committed
to keep the unity of the Spirit in
the bond of peace.
 Unity
Definition: The state or quality of
being one; singleness; of being in
one accord; in harmony; having
constancy of purpose or action.
 Unity
is
Biblical
Philippians 1:27
That you stand fast in one spirit, with one
mind striving together for the faith of the
gospel.
 Unity
is
Biblical
1 Corinthians 1:10
Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our
Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same
thing, and that there be no divisions among you,
but that you be perfectly joined together in the
same mind and in the same judgment.
 Unity
is
Visible
John 17:21
That they all may be one, …, that the world
may believe that You sent Me.
 Safety in Unity
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
9 Two are better than one, Because
they have a good reward for their
labor.
10 For if they fall, one will lift up his
companion. But woe to him who is
alone when he falls, For he has no
one to help him up.
 Safety in Unity
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 (cont)
11 Again, if two lie down together, they
will keep warm; But how can one be
warm alone?
12 Though one may be overpowered by
another, two can withstand him. And a
threefold cord is not quickly broken.
 Unity Is Powerful
Genesis 11:1- 9
1 Now the whole earth had one language and
one speech.
2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from
the east, that they found a plain in the land of
Shinar, and they dwelt there.
3 Then they said to one another, "Come, let us
make bricks and bake them thoroughly." They
had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for
mortar.
 Unity Is Powerful
Genesis 11:1- 9 (cont.)
4 And they said, "Come, let us build ourselves
a city, and a tower whose top is in the
heavens; let us make a name for ourselves,
lest we be scattered abroad over the face of
the whole earth."
5 But the Lord came down to see the city and
the tower which the sons of men had built.
 Unity Is Powerful
Genesis 11:1- 9 (cont.)
6 And the Lord said, "Indeed the people are
one and they all have one language, and this
is what they begin to do; now nothing that
they propose to do will be withheld from
them.
7 "Come, let Us go down and there confuse
their language, that they may not understand
one another's speech."
 Unity Is Powerful
Genesis 11:1- 9 (cont.)
8 So the Lord scattered them abroad from
there over the face of all the earth, and they
ceased building the city.
9 Therefore its name is called Babel, because
there the Lord confused the language of all
the earth; and from there the Lord scattered
them abroad over the face of all the earth.
Efficiency of Unity
Protection of Unity
Strength of Unity
Chosen by God to
be His people -
Created to glorify
God as a
UNITED people.