Main Idea: There is joy, unity, and peace found in the gathered body of the local church.

There is joy in the gathered body of the local church

• 1 I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD!”
  • Deuteronomy 12:12
  • Psalm 100:2
  • Hebrews 12:28, 29
• 2 Our feet have been standing within your gates, O Jerusalem.
  • Romans 5:1, 2
  • Revelation 22:14

There is unity in the gathered body of the local church

• 3 Jerusalem - built as a city that is bound firmly together
  • Isaiah 32:18
  • 1 Corinthians 12:12, 13; 24b-26
• 4 To which the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, as was decreed for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD.
  • Revelation 7:9-12
• 5 There the thrones for judgment were set, the thrones of the house of David.
  • Isaiah 11:1-5
  • Matthew 19:28
  • Revelation 20:11-15

There is peace in the gathered body of the local church

• 6,7 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! “May they be secure who love you! Peace be within your walls and security within your towers!”
  • Ephesians 2:13-22
  • Revelation 21:22-27
• 8, 9 For my brothers and companions’ sake I will say, “Peace be within you! For the sake of the house of the LORD your God I will seek your good.
  • Romans 12:3
  • Ephesians 4:1-3
  • James 5:13-16

So What?

• How do I joyfully participate in the weekly gathering of the local church?
  • Hebrews 10:19-25