Mission of the Church

Don’t be like Peter walking on water or fishing after Jesus was raised - be like Peter on the Day of Pentecost

Opportunities for baptizing and teaching

Matthew 28:16–20 ESV

16 Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. 17 And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted. 18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

Disciple

One who can do what the Rabbi would do if the Rabbi where here.

Bill Preaching in Fennville

Doubted

Matthew 14:31 ESV

31 Jesus immediately reached out his hand and took hold of him, saying to him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?”

Peter’s Faith sifted to his abilities not Jesus

All Authority

Go in my Authority

GO THEREFORE

Don’t make buildings for people to come. GO

Space suites

AD 25 nobody outside of Isreal knew of him. by AD 50 There were riots in Rome because of him. And by AD 65 the emperor himself was persecuting the followers of Jesus.

Baptizing “INTO”

God of Creation

Jesus of our kind

Holy Spirit - the empower“er”

Car

God designed it

Jesus Showed us how to drive

The Spirit is in every molecule holding the atoms together

Teaching

Travis and I doing a workbook

It is just a tool for both of us to interact

Not about converts, its about giving opportunities for baptizing and teaching

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