๐ช๐๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ฃ
โข When someone assigns you a task, what is your initial reaction? Why do you think you respond this way?
โข Have you ever been chosen to represent a group? Share your experience with us.
โข If someone entrusted you to carry out a last will or someoneโs last words, how do you think you would honor this?
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โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ด ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ช๐ฎ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ช๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต ๐ข๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ช๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅโ๐ด ๐ง๐ข๐ท๐ฐ๐ณ.โย ๐๐จ๐๐ ๐ฐ:๐ญ๐ดโ๐ญ๐ต
As a church, we believe Godโs mission is to redeem a people for Himself from every tribe, nation, and language, and to restore all of creation for His glory. Jesus came and will come back again to fulfill this mission; He said so Himself in the passage we read. As His disciples, He calls us not just to live the abundant life He has for us, but to take part in this kingdom work. How can we participate in Jesusโ work and live out our Statement of Faith?
๐ญ. ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐ถ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐น.
๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ? ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ? ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ?ย ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฌ:๐ญ๐ฐ
Through faith in the gospel of Jesus Christ, we have experienced redemption from enslavement to sin and were restored to a right relationship with God. This gospel message in us is what will also change lives, redeem others, and restore them to God. The challenge for us now is to take the gospel and proclaim it to our families, our friends, our campuses, our nation, and the whole world. Who preached the gospel to you? How have you shared the gospel with others?
๐ฎ. ๐ ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐.
โ๐๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ป๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐บ ๐๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต, ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ, ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ.โ ย ๐ ๐๐ง๐ง๐๐๐ช ๐ฎ๐ด:๐ญ๐ตโ๐ฎ๐ฌ
As we preach the gospel, we also walk with others and help each other follow God and fish for people. Jesusโ last command is to make disciples by ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ or obey all His commands. As we teach others and walk together, we trust the transforming work of the Holy Spirit in each of us. We do not and cannot change people, but we can lead and point them to God. Who are you walking with in your journey of faith? How can you help one another fulfill Jesusโ Great Commission together?
๐ฏ. ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐ฑโ๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ.
๐๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ; ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ด, ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง, ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. ย ๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐ฑ:๐ญ๐ดโ๐ญ๐ต
When God created us, He intended for us to be His representatives and image-bearers on the earth. For those who are in Christ, this purpose has been reinstated in us because we have died to sin and have been reconciled to God. Now, we represent God and are tasked to be Godโs hands and feet. We are to be good stewards of creation and extend Godโs love, justice, mercy, and grace to a broken, fallen world. He has gifted us in unique ways that we may serve Him, one another, and the world to advance His kingdom. In what ways have you or your local church tangibly participated in this?
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โข Are there any obstacles that hinder you from sharing your testimony and the gospel? How might you overcome them?
โข Who are the people you are walking with and helping to know God more? Is there someone you believe God is leading you to journey with and help know Him?
โข In what ways has God gifted you to be His hands and feet to the world? Where do you think He has called you to do so? How can you obey God in this area?
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โข Thank God for sending His Son, Jesus, out of His love and compassion to save the world. Pray that you wonโt take your salvation for granted, but share it with others.ย
โข Ask God for the grace and wisdom to be His image-bearer to those around you. Pray that you would be able to help others follow Him and bear His image as well.
โข Pray for opportunities to serve so you can advance Godโs kingdom and participate in bringing His justice and restoration to the world. May the world see Jesus through your words and actions.