Preparing for Building Gospel Relationships

OVERFLOWING GRACE GOD’S LOVING FAVOR IN MY INADEQUACY RESULTING IN OVERFLOWING BENEFITS. GOSPEL RELATIONSHIPS FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH OF CHEROKEE ROAD: BUILDING GOSPEL RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH TRUTH, FAITH, AND LOVE. Preparing for Building Gospel Relationships EPHESIANS 6:10-20 PREPARING FOR BUILDING GOSPEL RELATIONSHIPS 1. Be strengthened through God’s power. 10 2. Recognize your need for God’s help in spiritual warfare. 11-12 3. Actively take up God’s armor—His resources. 13 4. Remain faithful with God’s resources. 14-16 PREPARING FOR BUILDING GOSPEL RELATIONSHIPS 5. Utilize your salvation and the Holy Spirit empowered Word of God to engage spiritual battles. 17 6. Represent God through diligent prayer for boldness to speak as you should. 18-20 DEPENDENTLY AND BOLDLY ENGAGE GOSPEL RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH DEDICATED FAITH IN GOD’S TRUTH AND ENABLEMENT. DEPENDENTLY AND BOLDLY ENGAGE GOSPEL RELATIONSHIPS WITH LOVE THROUGH DEDICATED FAITH IN GOD’S TRUTH AND ENABLEMENT. FOUNDATION OF TRUTH: THE REALITIES OF GOD THAT DIVIDE, UNITE, AND SANCTIFY. ENGINE OF FAITH: BELIEVING IN AND ACTING UPON THE REALITIES OF GOD. ACTION OF LOVE: DRIVEN BY GOD’S LOVE, HUMBLY SACRIFICE POINTING PEOPLE TO GOD (TRUTH). Truth Faith Love FOUNDATION OF TRUTH: THE REALITIES OF GOD THAT DIVIDE, UNITE, AND SANCTIFY. ENGINE OF FAITH: BELIEVING IN AND ACTING UPON THE REALITIES OF GOD. ACTION OF LOVE: DRIVEN BY GOD’S LOVE, HUMBLY SACRIFICE POINTING PEOPLE TO GOD (TRUTH). JESUS’ DESIRE FOR YOU: DRIVEN BY LOVE, BOLDLY ENGAGE GOSPEL RELATIONSHIPS BY FAITH IN GOD’S TRUTH. APPLICATION 1. In what is your faith placed? The truths of God, my own opinions, the ideas of culture 2. Are you engaged in building gospel relationships? Who are you purposefully pointing to Christ? 3. Identify what is the next truth that the person you are seeking to point to Christ needs to understand and accept. APPLICATION 4. Dependently share God’s truth with love—it is what transforms people, not you. 5. Pray that God would give you both opportunity and boldness in gospel relationships. JESUS’ DESIRE FOR YOU: DRIVEN BY LOVE, BOLDLY ENGAGE GOSPEL RELATIONSHIPS BY FAITH IN GOD’S TRUTH. FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH OF CHEROKEE ROAD: BUILDING GOSPEL RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH TRUTH, FAITH, AND LOVE. LOVE: HUMBLY SACRIFICE POINTING PEOPLE TO CHRIST! MY RESPONSIBILITY PARABLE OF THE SOWER ACCEPT AND DECLARE GOD’S TRUTH REGARDLESS OF THE POSSIBLE RESPONSES TO THAT TRUTH. MY MANNER 1 THESSALONIANS 2:1-12 BOLDY PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL IN THE RIGHT MANNER FROM A POSITION OF GODLY CHARACTER. MY PURPOSEFULNESS MATTHEW 29:18-20 BASED UPON THE AUTHORITY OF CHRIST, BUILD GOSPEL RELATIONSHIP DEPENDING UPON THE POWER OF CHRIST. MY FOUNDATION 2 JOHN BUILD LOVING RELATIONSHIPS ON TRUTH. TRUTH DIVIDES MATTHEW 10:5-42 PROCLAIM TRUTH THAT OTHERS MAY HAVE A RIGHT RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD: IT IS WORTH IT! TRUTH UNITES PHIL. 1:27-30 TRUTH UNITES THE BELIEVER IN RELATIONSHIP AND PURPOSE LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR COURAGEOUS LIVING. TRUTH SANCTIFIES JOHN 17:14-26; HEB. 12:11-16 GOD’S TRUTH TRANSFORMS OUR LIVES ENABLING A FAITHFUL TESTIMONY TO A LOST WORLD. FAITH BELIEVES HEBREWS 11:1-7 FAITH BELIEVES IN THE REALITIES OF GOD WHO KEEPS HIS PROMISES. FAITH BELIEVES IN AND ACTS UPON THE REALITIES OF GOD. HEBREWS 11 FAITH THAT BELIEVES IN AND ACTS UPON THE REALITIES OF GOD . . . . . . is revealed in everyday choices. God’s provision of salvation is through Christ. The glory of God Christ, my great is revealed Shepherd, through His redeems me from provision of my sin. salvation. My pleasing My redemption God reveals enables me to the glory of please God. God. FAITH WHEN I LIVE IN FAITH, PEOPLE WILL SEE THE THE REALITIES OF GOD. JOHN 17:20-26 DIVINE LOVE MOTIVATES GOSPEL RELATIONSHIPS! LOVE IN EPHESIANS DRIVEN BY GOD’S LOVE, WE MUST HUMBLY SACRIFICE POINTING PEOPLE TO CHRIST!