MBF Vision Statement NECESSARY
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02-26-2023
NECESSARY
This morning we will wrap up everything with a nice bow
As we bring this series to a close this will not end it
Remember this is our Vision or Mission Statement however you want to say it
This is what gives us direction and helps keep things between the bumpers
This will help guide and direct us as a church after scripture
We know that a church is a body of believers and is to work like a body with many different parts but that all work together for a greater purpose
And this helps keep us focused as we work together
So this morning as we close it out it is fitting that we do a recap
Our Mission and Vision Statement is
“To make Jesus KNOWN to People.”
We know that KNOWN in an acronym
KNOWLEDGE - to have an understanding and knowledge of who Jesus is, what He did and how that affects me personally.
10 For wisdom will enter your heart And knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
You maybe tired of hearing it but you will be alright
Remember the knowledge that you have in Jesus is more than a head or carnel knowledge
It is a heart knowledge of who Jesus is, what He has done for you and how that affects you
That is what makes it more than just a he knowledge
We share with everyone that Jesus saved them from their sin
But I know what that means for me personally and I can help but be so very very very thankful that He died for me and saved me from my own sin
And I can’t help but love Him all the more becasue of that
I can’t help but trust Him because of that if we are making it personal
Because of that heart knowledge of Jesus you have turned from sin and trusted Him to be Lord of your entire life not just 50% or 90% but your entire life
Scripture says you are a NEW CREATION
NEW CREATION - To know that because of Christ’s death on the cross and His resurrection I can have a personal relationship with Christ. And because of that relationship I am made new in Christ.
17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.
To be a NEW CREATION it is done by repenting and trusting in Jesus
That is what we mean by saved but NEW CREATION fit with KNOWN and seems to maybe be a bit more powerful
Because of that personal relationship now you are no longer the same old person but a new creation
That newness is the Holy Spirit living inside you
That same spirit that raised Christ from the dead is now the same spirit that lives inside you!
Praise the Lord church
And because of that personal relationship and newness in you
Now you are to put your faith to action
Now you are to OBEY church
OBEY - To know what Jesus said and to follow through with it. To do what Jesus says.
Please hear me this morning
It is not do what the church said, the church never saved anyone
It is not to do what the pastor, elder to Sunday school teacher said, they never saved anyone
It is so very simple I don’t want to complicate it
But church we are to do just what Jesus says!
22 But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves.
This is what it is to put action to your faith is when you do what Jesus said
That is how you become doers of the word
Quite trying to just the action our of your life and repent and be obedient this morning
last week we covered the W
Part of the action to our faith is to WITNESS
Witness - To share Jesus with those around me at the Holy Spirits leading.
To be a witness of what you personally have experience through your own relationship with Jesus
To share that is absolutely amazing
That is what makes it so personal
To do that under the leading and power of the Holy Spirit
but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.”
To start at home and move out
Church you and I are called to share what we have experienced about Jesus through a personal relationship to the nations
Yes that nation includes the United States of America, but it also means Russia, North Korea, China, and Colombia
We are called to the ends of the earth and that includes those neighbors across the street
To simple share what you personally have witnessed
This morning church we come to the N
To make Jesus KNOWN to people
What we have talked about this morning is
NECESSARY
NECESSARY - To have a personal Bible Reading, Personal Prayer is necessary to my own growth in Christ.
What irks me is when people think and say they can be a Christian and not go to church, or read their Bible or spend time praying
Yes in name only but nothing else
For you to accomplish the mission and vision statement of Making Jesus KNOWN to people
Then it is imperative that you be growing in your personal walk with Christ
That is only done when we take personal time to spend with Jesus through Bible Reading, through Prayer, through cooperate Bible Study, through personal and cooperate Worship, through cooperate prayer
Jesus had this to say about it
But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’ ”
Church For you and I to accomplish making Jesus KNOWN to people it is necessary that you do somethings
These are not things to check off the list, I think we have covered that pretty well that nothing about this is checking off the list
But we know that it is necessary to have your own personal bible reading time just like it is necessary for you to belong to and participate in church, Bible Study, Sunday School, Big Church
Jesus just said that bread is no longer enough but that you and I need to live on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God
We need to get the Bible inside us
It is not enough anymore just to come to church
We need to be reading our Bible ourselves
It is no longer enough for microwave prayers but we need to spend sometime in prayer and let it marinate into our heart
Church it is so vitally necessary that it will determine growth or not
You cannot expect to grow if you only show up to church on Christmas and Easter
You cannot expect to grow if you only read your Bible once a month
697 The Bible does not thrill, the Bible nourishes. Give time to the reading of the Bible, and the recreating effect is as real as that of fresh air physically.
Oswald Chambers
That is how vitally important it is so much so that Jesus Himself says that bread is not enough for life but every word out of the mouth of God is what gives us life
Your prayer life is just as important in that is how you commune with God
17 pray without ceasing;
Just like reading the Bible is necessary prayer is necessary to the growing Christian life
And scripture tells us to do it every day
We used this saying sometime ago but it is so fitting
We often turn to the Bible as a Tylenol type remedy when we have a pain that needs taken care of
But we should turn and use the Bible as vitamens or something we take everyday as a precaution instead of reactive
And let me be very clear those of you who want to just check the list your actions will find you out and you will say I am doing everything I am supposed to do
This is not something you are supposed to do but because of Christ you do it
When you feel disinclined to pray, let it be a sign to you that prayer is doubly necessary! Pray for prayer!
The Sealed Hand-A Winter Sermon, Volume 58, Sermon #3289 - Job 37:7
Charles Spurgeon
Prayer is your opportunity to bring things before the God of the universe
Not that God needs you to remind Him because He is all knowing but prayer changes you
Time and Time again we see Jesus quoting scripture that only happens when you know it that well and have spent that much time with it
Church it is necessary for you to be personally reading the Bible to grow in Christ
We also see Jesus going off to pray to God the Father, if it was good for Jesus then it is awesome for us
Church it is necessary that you develop a personal pray life to grow in Christ
Prayer
We have seen God do some absolutely amazing things, and personal pray is so very very important but church so is gathering together as a church to cry out to God, and we have seen what happens when we do that
But as you take necessary deeper it is also being connected to a local body of believers
42 They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
The New Testament is full of letters to the local churches because Paul under the direction of the Holy Spirit knew how important they were
We are a local body of believers and it is necessary that you be obedient to God if God has called you to this particular Body of Believers
Sunday School, Bible Study, Worship, Prayer, and of course church SERVICE
We have heard it said you don’t grow in rows but in circles
Circles happen at Bible Study and Sunday School when smaller groups of believer get together and discuss the Word of God and ask questions
Worship is an amazing opportunity to gather with brothers and sisters in Christ and worship
All these are necessary in your personal life as well as corporately church
And church I will leave you with this
not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near.
Church is necessary it is the tool that God uses to continue the good work here on earth
You being here is necessary for your own personal growth so that you can be used by God for His glory and not your own
Reading and praying church are necessary for you to grow personally
KNOWLEDGE - to have an understanding and knowledge of who Jesus is, what He did and how that affects me personally.
NEW CREATION - To know that because of Christ’s death on the cross and His resurrection I can have a personal relationship with Christ. And because of that relationship I am made new in Christ.
OBEY - To know what Jesus said and to follow through with it. To do what Jesus says.
Witness - To share Jesus with those around me at the Holy Spirits leading.
NECESSARY - To have a personal Bible Reading, Personal Prayer is necessary to my own growth in Christ.
“To make Jesus KNOWN to People.”
This is our vision statement this is our mission statement church
So as we close this morning
The band is going to come up
Maybe you are here this morning and have never accepted the free gift of salvation through faith in Jesus Christ
I would invite you to the front this morning and you can speak with someone who will open up the Bible and show you through scripture what Jesus did on the cross because He loved you and how He got up and walked out of the grave and defeated death
Or maybe you are here this morning and simply need to spend some time in prayer at the altar
Or maybe there is a decision you need to make today
Would you be obedient this morning to the Holy Spirits prompting in your life
The altar is open