1. Lesson 6: GOD Wants Your ONE-ANOTHER-NESS

2. 1. Christians Are Members of One Another a.Every member is needed to make the body complete – Rom. 12:4-5 1)No one is more important than another 2)No one is insignificant or not important b.Every member is of great consequence to the body – 1 Cor. 12:12-27 1)Mutually dependent on each other 2)No member can exist independently 3)Each responsible for helping others get to heaven c.Every member is necessary for proper growth – Eph. 4:16 1)Each member has a particular task to perform 2)Each task is necessary & useful for the other tasks 3)Each member must promote the welfare of the body d.“Each member belongs to all the others” – Rom. 12:5, NIV

3. GOD Wants Your ONE-ANOTHER-NESS 2. God Chose a Particular Expression to Depict the Christian Relationship a.“One another” is a reciprocal pronoun 1)Used 81 times in the New Testament 2)Reciprocal pronouns show that the action of the verb is a two-way action 3)Reciprocal pronouns express mutual action / interaction 4)Reciprocal pronouns indicate that two people carry out an action and benefit from the consequences of that action at the same time

4. GOD Wants Your ONE-ANOTHER-NESS 3. Christian Attitudes Toward One Another a.“Love one another” – John 13:34, 35; 15:12, 17; Rom. 13:8; 1 Thess. 4:9; 1 John 3:11; 4:7, 11, 12; 2 John 1:5 1)“increase & abound in love to one another” – 1 Thess. 3:12 2)“love one another fervently with a pure heart” – 1 Pet. 1:22 3)“love as brothers” – 1 Pet. 3:8 4)“love not in word [only] but in deed & in truth” – 1 John 3:17-18 5)“love one another as [Jesus] loved you” – John 13:34; 15:12 b.“Compassion for one another” – 1 Pet. 3:8 1)“Same mind toward one another” – Rom. 12:16 2)“Like-minded toward one another” – Rom. 15:5 3)“Consider one another” – Heb. 10:24

5. GOD Wants Your ONE-ANOTHER-NESS 3. Christian Attitudes Toward One Another a.“Love one another” – John 13:34, 35; 15:12, 17; etc. b.“Compassion for one another” – 1 Pet. 3:8 c.“Giving preference to one another” – Rom. 12:10 1)“Submissive to one another” – 1 Pet. 5:5 2)“Submitting to one another” – Eph. 5:21 3)“Clothed with humility” – 1 Pet. 5:5 4)“Lowliness” – Eph. 4:2 5)“Courteous” – 1 Pet. 3:8

6. GOD Wants Your ONE-ANOTHER-NESS 3. Christian Attitudes Toward One Another a.“Love one another” – John 13:34, 35; 15:12, 17; etc. b.“Compassion for one another” – 1 Pet. 3:8 c.“Giving preference to one another” – Rom. 12:10 d.“Be kindly affectionate to one another” – Rom. 12:10 1)“Gentleness” – Eph. 4:2 2)“Kind to one another” – Eph. 4:32 3)“Tenderhearted” – Eph. 4:32; 1 Pet. 3:8 e.“Bearing with one another” – Eph. 4:2; Col. 3:13 1)“Longsuffering” – Eph. 4:2 f.“Forgiving one another” – Eph. 4:32

7. GOD Wants Your ONE-ANOTHER-NESS 4. Christian Actions Toward One Another a.“Fellowship with one another” – 1 John 1:7 1)“Receive one another” – Rom. 15:7 2)“Greet one another” – Rom. 16:16; 1 Pet. 5:14 3)“Hospitable to one another” – 1 Pet. 4:9 b.“Serve one another” – Gal. 5:13 1)“Bear one another’s burdens” – Gal. 6:2 2)“Comfort one another” – 1 Thess. 4:18; 5:11

8. GOD Wants Your ONE-ANOTHER-NESS 4. Christian Actions Toward One Another a.“Fellowship with one another” – 1 John 1:7 b.“Serve one another” – Gal. 5:13 c.“Edify one another” – 1 Thess. 5:11 1)“Exhort one another” – Heb. 3:13; 10:25 2)“Stir up love” – Heb. 10:24 3)“Stir up…good works” – Heb. 10:24 4)“Admonish one another” – Rom. 15:14 d.“Pray for one another” – James 5:16 1)“Confess trespasses to one another” – Jas. 5:16 e.“Speaking to one another” in singing – Eph. 5:19 1)“teaching & admonishing one another” – Col. 3:16

9. GOD Wants Your ONE-ANOTHER-NESS 5. Christian One-Another-Ness Is Not Optional a.We need each other! – Rom. 12:4-5; 1 Cor. 12:12-27 b.We must obey the commands of God! – James 4:17 c.Christians one-anothers will be the ONLY one- anothers in heaven! – Rev. 21:27 d.Let us build our one-another-ness now so that heaven will truly be heaven! – 1 Thess. 2:19-20