Introduction

• Acts 15:36-41
• Things at Benchley have changed a lot since 1994!

In our new building, let’s continue to focus on Christ.

• I Corinthians 14:26 – Authority for a church to assemble.
• Hebrews 10:25
• The building is not the goal. What we do in the building is the goal.
• Acts 25:23; 26:22
• Acts 16:25, 32 – It doesn’t matter where it was preached – the gospel is still the gospel.

We should foster closeness and brotherly love.

• Hebrews 13:1 – Let love of the brethren continue.
• Acts 2:41 – 3,000 were added to their number!
  • Acts 2:46 – They spent time together personally.
• Don’t limit the relationship to what happens in these four walls. Keep spending time with each other outside of services.
• Galatians 3:26-29
• I Corinthians 6:5-8 – There will always be opportunity for conflict, but we must let things go and move on.
• Acts 6:1, 7
• James 2:1-4
• Philemon 1:15-16 – We cannot allow outside or former differences to separate us in Christ.