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Week 1 - The Disciple-Maker - Mission (
) - WHAT ARE WE DOING?
Inviting People To Heal Spiritual Wounds & Connecting To A Life Changing Relationship With Christ.
Week 2 - Revive The Stones -
(…thou art Peter and upon this Rock…)
Values - WHY ARE WE DOING IT??
Week 3 -
Vision - answers the question, WHERE ARE WE GOING??
Week 4 - 20/20 Vision - - write the Vision, Make it Plain
Introduction
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We have talked about mission, values, and vision.
We can do none of these things without the Holy Spirit empowering us to reach out to a lost world.
2. The early church was a group of mission-minded, values-driven, fellowshipping, loving, truth-telling, transforming people—empowered and guided by the Holy Spirit.
Jesus commanded his disciples not to do anything until they were empowered by the Holy Spirit ().
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Scientists took the dinosaurs’ DNA and altered it to fit their needs.
As a result, bloodthirsty super raptors left a swath of devastation and destruction through the theme park where they’d been penned up.
Jurassic Park is ultimately a moral tale about not interfering with nature.
But we can be just as arrogant and misguided with our spiritual DNA.
When we take our strength, ambition, and effort, and throw that into the DNA we have in Christ, we can create monstrous issues.
2. Sometimes church mission statements, values, vision, and strategies fail because they are not empowered and guided by the Spirit of God himself.
But the church in the book of Acts influenced and changed their communities through the Holy Spirit.
We have a strategy that we will be using beginning this year and onward to fulfill our Mission, Run after our Vision and carry out the Great Commission.
Our strategy is:
BASIC STRATEGY FOR ACCOMPLISHING OUR MISSION
1.Create opportunities to invite people to Church
2.Work with people to identify & heal spiritual wounds [through our Soul Clinic classes ]
3.Pray for people to connect to Jesus through our worship services (and small groups)
4.Lead people to experience life change through our spiritual discipleship process
But again, without the empowering Holy Spirit, none of these things will be possible and we will find ourselves turning like hamsters on a wheel instead of moving forward.
The Text
But again, I submit to you this morning that every strategy, every program, every ministry, every project in both the Believers’ life and in the life of the church MUST be done through the Power of the Holy Spirit.
[POINT] NO SUSTAINING POWER = NO SUSTAINING PROGRESS
In the beginning of the Book of Acts, Dr. Luke starts of by (1:1–5) the words “former treatise” or book.
Luke was referring back to his gospel.
He was now writing to the same man to whom he had written his gospel, Theophilus.
(1:1–5) Introduction: note the words “former treatise” or book.
Luke was referring back to his gospel.
He was now writing to the same man to whom he had written his gospel, Theophilus.
He was reminding Theophilus that in his gospel he had covered the life and the ministry of Jesus Christ on earth.
Note the word “began.”
Jesus’ life and work on earth was only the beginning.
Although He is in heaven, He continues to work and minister through the presence of the Spirit in the hearts and lives of believers.
The book of Acts could well be called …
He was reminding Theophilus that in his gospel he had covered the life and the ministry of Jesus Christ on earth.
Note the word “began.”
Jesus’ life and work on earth was only the beginning.
Although He is in heaven, He continues to work and minister through the presence of the Spirit in the hearts and lives of believers.
The book of Acts could well be called …
•the acts (works and teachings) of believers; or
•the acts (works and teachings) of Christ; or
•the acts (works and teachings) of the Holy Spirit.
Very briefly, Luke was saying that the life of Jesus Christ continues on.
The book of Acts is the continuing ministry of Jesus Christ.
Verses 1–5 are a summary of the ministry of Jesus Christ on earth:
1. Luke summarized and reminded Theophilus of Jesus’ ministry (v.1).
2. Jesus’ work and teaching (vv.1–2).
3. Jesus’ death and resurrection (v.3).
4. Jesus’ promise of the kingdom (v.3).
5. Jesus’ promise of the Spirit (vv.4–5).
But for the rest of our time this morning let’s focus on v.3-5:
v.3 - appearing for 40 days & speaking about the Kingdom of God
`Jesus Christ, Resurrection: Jesus’ ministry on earth was climaxed in His passion and resurrection (see ; ).
The word “passion” (pathein) means suffering; it refers to the sufferings or death of Christ.
His death and resurrection assured the salvation of man.
By death He paid the penalty for man’s sin.
By arising from the dead He conquered death for man and now makes available a new life of power for the believer.
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Note the two proofs of salvation.
1. Jesus showed (paristemi), presented Himself alive.
There are ten resurrection appearances of Jesus recorded in the New Testament
2. Jesus gave many infallible proofs of His resurrection.
v. 4 - Not to depart from Jerusalem (the house of bread).
Jesus is the Bread of Life
We should never depart from the THE BREAD, He who makes sure we’re never hungry, never thirsty, never in need.
He then commanded us to ‘wait for the promise of the Father.’
That’s what we all should do.
[point]WHEN WE LEARN TO STAY IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD, HE WILL GIVE US THE PATIENCE TO WAIT ON THE PROMISES OF GOD!
Christ worked and taught “through the Holy Spirit.”
While He was on earth in the flesh, Christ was totally dependent upon the Holy Spirit.
He had to surrender Himself and to make Himself available to the Spirit.
Thought 1.
Just think!
If Christ was so dependent upon the Spirit of God, how much more are we!
How much more do we need to make ourselves available to Him, available for His gifts and power!
v.5 - Water Baptism
Water baptism represents your position in Christ (no longer the old creature, now a child of God
no longer a sinner but now a saintno longer a whore monger but now a worshipperno longer a gossiper but now carrying the gospelno longer a liar but now a living witness
And so water baptism speaks of our position in Christ
BUT HOLY SPIRIT BAPTISM SPEAKS OF THE POWER IN CHRIST!
Power to say no to the devil
Power to tread on serpents
Power to put demons to flight
Power to walk in this world as Overcomers and not be overcomePower to stand tall when the enemy tries to make you fall
Power to live right, act right, talk right, walk right and let the world know I’m a child of God!
V. 6 - Come Together = Fellowshipping w/ Jesus.
Eating a meal and being filled.
v. 7
v.8 - POWER, HOLY SPIRIT, WITNESSES
An aside on BalaNce between PRAYER AND STUDYING THE WORD
ALL PRAYER AND NO BIBLE MEANS HEAT BUT NO LIGHT BUT ALL BIBLE AND NO PRAYER MEANS KNOWLEDGE WITH NO ACTION!
GOD GIVES US THE SCRIPTURES SO WE KNOW WHAT TO DO AND HE GIVES US PRAYER SO WE HAVE THE POWER TO DO IT! BLESSED ARE THE BALANCED MEN AND WOMEN OF GOD!
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