The Mission Hasn't Changed
August 17, 2014
Reagan Farris
Luke 5:1-11, Acts 11:11-30
Our mission hasn't changed since Christ called us to make disciples of all nations. Guest Speaker Reagan Farris delivers a message that challenged believers to step out of the church and engage our community by loving them.
Luke 5:1-11 (ESV)
Three Defining Marks of a Disciple:
1. Knows and Follows Jesus
2. Is being changed by Jesus
3. Is committed to the mission of Jesus.
Acts 11:11-30
Lessons Learned from the Legacy of Antioch
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Someone must cross the cultural/social and any other boundaries that separate the unreached people from the gospel.
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Don’t’ wait to be forced out by persecution.
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When you follow God into his mission, his hand will be with you!
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Be willing to seve a work that God has already begun.
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The main prerequisite for God’s work is not great gifts but great grace!
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When you sense God’s leading, recruit others to go with you.
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In all your evangelism and church planting, don’t neglect to teach the new believers and take them deep into the gospel and build them up so they are stable and strong.
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The payoff is multiplication!
