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Monday Sep 28, 2020
September 26, 2020 - Dr. Jon Akin - We Are The Church
Monday Sep 28, 2020
Monday Sep 28, 2020
We Are The Church
Title: Devoted to The Fellowship
Text: Acts 2:41-47
Main Idea: Meaningful Membership means being responsible for one another’s discipleship by keeping the one another commands of the Bible
1. Gather (Assemble with one another)
Hebrews 10:24-25
Colossians 3:16
2. Go (Serve one another)
Galatians 5:13
1 Peter 4:10
3. Give (Meet one another’s needs)
4. Grow (Build one another up)
John 13:34-35 Love one another; as I have loved you
Romans 12:10 Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another
Romans 15:7 Receive one another, just as Christ also received us
Romans 15:14 Admonish one another
Ephesians 4:2 Be patient, bearing with one another in love.
Ephesians 4:32 And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ forgave you.
1 Thessalonians 4:18 Therefore comfort one another with these words
Hebrews 3:13 but exhort one another daily, while it is called "Today," lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
James 4:11 Do not speak evil of one another, brethren.
James 5:16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.
1 Peter 3:8 Finally, all of you be of one mind, having compassion for one another
1 Peter 4:9 Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.
Acts 2:41-47 ESV
So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls. And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. And all who believed were together and had all things in common. And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need. And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.
Hebrews 10:24-25 ESV
And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
Colossians 3:16 ESV
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
Galatians 5:13 ESV
For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
1 Peter 4:10 ESV
As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace
Wednesday Sep 23, 2020
September 19, 2020 - Dr. Jon Akin - We Are The Church
Wednesday Sep 23, 2020
Wednesday Sep 23, 2020
We Are The Church
Title: Devoted to Evangelism
Main Idea: Until you really fall in love with Jesus Christ, you won’t introduce people to Him
Mark 2:1-12 (ESV)
1. Fall in love with Jesus because he is the hero of the story
Matthew 8:14-17
2. Do whatever it takes to get people to Him
Mark 2:1-12 ESV
And when he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home. And many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door. And he was preaching the word to them. And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him, and when they had made an opening, they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay. And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.” Now some of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts, “Why does this man speak like that? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?” And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they thus questioned within themselves, said to them, “Why do you question these things in your hearts? Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise, take up your bed and walk’? But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he said to the paralytic— “I say to you, rise, pick up your bed, and go home.” And he rose and immediately picked up his bed and went out before them all, so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!”
Matthew 8:14-17 ESV
And when Jesus entered Peter’s house, he saw his mother-in-law lying sick with a fever. He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she rose and began to serve him. That evening they brought to him many who were oppressed by demons, and he cast out the spirits with a word and healed all who were sick. This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: “He took our illnesses and bore our diseases.”
Monday Sep 14, 2020
September 13, 2020 - Kevin Taylor - We Are The Church
Monday Sep 14, 2020
Monday Sep 14, 2020
We Are The Church
We are the Church on Mission
The Church in Antioch -Acts 11:19-30, 13:1-5
Antioch: Fast Facts
>3rd Largest city at this time in the Roman Empire behind Rome and Alexandria.
>It was an international trade city. Nicknamed the “Queen of the East”
>Population of nearly 500K.
>Located 300 miles north of Jerusalem.
>Made up of Greeks, Romans, Syrians, Phoenicians, Jews, Arabs, Egyptians, Africans, Indians, and Asians making it incredibly diverse.
>Antioch was a strategic location and became a launch pad for global missions.
How Antioch was “Planted”:
Acts 8:1-5 And Saul approved of his execution. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. 2 Devout men buried Stephen and made great lamentation over him. 3 But Saul was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he dragged off men and women and committed them to prison.4 Now those who were scattered went about preaching the word. 5 Philip went down to the city of Samaria & proclaimed to them the Christ.
Acts 11:19-21 Now those who were scattered because of the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews. 20 But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who on coming to Antioch spoke to the Hellenists also, preaching the Lord Jesus. 21 And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed turned to the Lord.
1. God designed His Church to be the Launch Pad of Missions
Acts 11:19-30
The DNA of a healthy missional Launch Pad
Borderless Evangelism (11:19-21)
Purposeful Perseverance (11:22-23)
Christlike Disciple-making (11:24-26, 13:1)
Outward Focus (11:27-30)
Practicing Spiritual Disciplines (12:24, 13:2)
2. The Holy Spirit is Mission Control directing God’s Work
Acts 13:1-3
Acts 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
What’s the last thing the Holy Spirit has said to you?
Are you obeying His voice?
IMB -International Missions Board Report
3700 missionaries on the field
562,865 people heard the Gospel
77,605 New believers
52,586 Baptisms
13,898 New Church plants
11,732 people groups globally - 3,056 unengaged and unreached
QUOTE: *Dr. Paul Chitwood the president of our International missions board said this past year, “As we celebrate these victories, we are mindful that the only thing that prevents an even greater harvest is lack of more laborers in the Lord’s fields,” Chitwood said, noting IMB’s senior leaders have set a goal of growing the Southern Baptist international missionary force by 500 new missionaries by 2025. “That would take our total headcount to 4,200, which we believe is the minimum number of missionaries we need to make the maximum impact. “The vision of a great, innumerable multitude from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb demands more of each of us and of every Southern Baptist,” he said.
3. The Commander-in-Chief is always enlisting for His Mission
I John 4:14 says, “And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his son to be the Savior of the World.”
QUOTE: “Whatever you’re good at, do it well for the glory of God and do it somewhere strategically for the mission of God.” - JD Greear
“As the Father sent me, I am sending you.”’ -John 20:21
QUOTE: JD Greear in His book, “Gaining by Losing” says, “Our God is a sending God, and nearly every time he speaks to someone in Scripture he is sending them on a mission…..We think of missionaries as God’s ‘super servants’, Jesus’ navy seals. The word ‘missionary’ is never used in the Bible, however, not even once. That’s because all of God’s people are sent; all of God’s people are commanded to go. There is no ‘special class’ of sent ones. So the question is no longer if we are sent, only where and how. Many of us are waiting on a voice from heaven to tell us what God has already told us in a verse: “as the Father sent me, I am sending you’ (John 20:21). When you have the verse, you don’t need to wait for the voice. “Every believer is sent. You go from mission field to missionary” -JD Greear
CLOSING BENEDICTION SCRIPTURE: 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. 18 All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. 20 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
Tuesday Sep 08, 2020
September 6, 2020 - Dr. Jon Akin - We Are The Church
Tuesday Sep 08, 2020
Tuesday Sep 08, 2020
We Are The Church
Title: Devoted to Prayer
Big Idea: Pray because it moves God to act for His people
Isaiah 64:4
Matthew 6:5-15 (ESV)
1. Prayer moves God to glorify himself
2. Prayer moves God to save the world
3. Prayer moves God to provide
James 5:14-15
4. Prayer moves God to forgive
5. Prayer moves God to protect
Isaiah 64:4 ESV
From of old no one has heard or perceived by the ear, no eye has seen a God besides you, who acts for those who wait for him.
Matthew 6:5-15 ESV
“And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. “And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
James 5:14-15 ESV
Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
Tuesday Sep 08, 2020
August 29, 2020 - Dr. Jon Akin - We Are The Church
Tuesday Sep 08, 2020
Tuesday Sep 08, 2020
We Are The Church
Message Title: Why Should I Believe the Bible is the Word of God?
Text: 2 Peter 1:16-21
1. The Bible is God’s Word because it says it is
1 Thessalonians 2:13
2. The Bible is God’s Word because of its historical accuracy
1 Corinthians 15:3-6
3. The Bible is God’s Word because it accurately predicts the future
4. The Bible is God’s Word because it gives the best explanation for the world
Ephesians 1:10
5. The Bible is God’s Word because of its supernatural unity
John 5:46
2 Peter 1:16-21 ESV
For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For when he received honor and glory from God the Father, and the voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glory, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased,” we ourselves heard this very voice borne from heaven, for we were with him on the holy mountain. And we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts, knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone’s own interpretation. For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
1 Thessalonians 2:13 ESV
And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.
1 Corinthians 15:3-6 ESV
For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep.
Ephesians 1:10 ESV
as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.
John 5:46 ESV
For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote of me.