Avoid cliques that discourage or do harm.

• Matthew 7:12
• Matthew 22:39
• Luke 10:36-37
• James 2:1-8
• Look for people to include - not exclude.
• Romans 12:9-18

Just being part of a group is not sinful.

• Psalms 135:4 - God didn’t do anything wrong by creating this group of people.
• Mark 3:13-14 - Jesus selected the twelve apostles. He did nothing wrong by selecting this special group.

Let’s learn to appreciate other people and learn from our differences.

• Acts 11:19
• Matthew 13:53-58 - Those in Jesus’ hometown would have had everything in common with Him, yet they were offended at Him.
• Acts 2:9-11, 46-47

We must teach and study the Bible. (Let’s not compromise the gospel so we can fill the pews.)

• Acts 15:35; 13:1
• Acts 18:1-4, 8, 11
• I Corinthians 4:17
• I Corinthians 14:26
• Acts 20:17, 28, 32
• Throughout the New Testament, the building itself was never the focus.