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BUILDING HEALTHY COMMUNITY Part 5

Part 5

“LIVING LIKE WE REALLY BELIEVE GOD”Reflection from Acts

Ezekiel 44:6 ESV

And say to the rebellious house, to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: O house of Israel, enough of all your abominations,

Reflection from Acts

Ezekiel 44:7 ESV

in admitting foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and flesh, to be in my sanctuary, profaning my temple, when you offer to me my food, the fat and the blood. You have broken my covenant, in addition to all your abominations.

Ezekiel 44:8 ESV

And you have not kept charge of my holy things, but you have set others to keep my charge for you in my sanctuary.

Ezekiel 44:9 ESV

“Thus says the Lord God: No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and flesh, of all the foreigners who are among the people of Israel, shall enter my sanctuary.

Matthew 24:14 ESV

And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

1 - WE WOULD LIVE IN ABSOLUTE SURRENDER TO THE LORDSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST.

Acts 2:36 ESV

Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.”

AUTHORITY MEANS: HE ALONE HAS THE RIGHT TO DICTATE AND CONTROL

CONTROL MEANS HE ALONE CAN DICTATES MY LIFE IN EVERY SINGLE WAY

GOSPEL FOCUS: WE SHOULD LIVE IN ABSOLUTE SURRENDER BECAUSE THE ONE WE FOLLOW LIVED IN ABSOLUTE SURRENDER TO GOD

Luke 9:57 ESV

As they were going along the road, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.”

Luke 9:58 ESV

And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”

Luke 9:59 ESV

To another he said, “Follow me.” But he said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.”

Luke 9:60 ESV

And Jesus said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead. But as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”

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Luke 9:61 ESV

Yet another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but let me first say farewell to those at my home.”

Luke 9:62 ESV

Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

GOSPEL FOCUS: WE SHOULD LIVE IN ABSOLUTE SURRENDER BECAUSE THE ONE WE FOLLOW LIVED IN ABSOLUTE SURRENDER TO GOD

2 - WE WOULD GIVE IN ABSOLUTE ABANDONMENT TO WILL OF GOD

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Matthew 9:19 ESV

And Jesus rose and followed him, with his disciples.

Matthew 9:20 ESV

And behold, a woman who had suffered from a discharge of blood for twelve years came up behind him and touched the fringe of his garment,

Matthew 9:21 ESV

for she said to herself, “If I only touch his garment, I will be made well.”

– $25 billion could relieve global hunger, starvation and deaths from preventable diseases in five years.

– $12 billion could eliminate illiteracy in five years.

– $15 billion could solve the world’s water and sanitation issues, specifically at places in the world where 1 billion people live on less than $1 per day.

– $1 billion could fully fund all overseas mission work.

– $100 – $110 billion would still be left over for additional ministry expansion

Luke 6:38 ESV

give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”

GOSPEL FOCUS: WE WOULD GIVE IN ABSOLUTE SURRENDER TO THE WILL OF GOD BECAUSE THE ONE WE FOLLOW GAVE IN ABSOLUTE SURRENDER TO THE WILL OF GOD

3 -WE WOULD PRAY IN ABSOLUTE DEPENDANCE TO GOD!

Romans 12:12 ESV

Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.

Colossians 4:2 ESV

Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.

GOSPEL FOCUS: WE WOULD PRAY IN ABSOLUTE DEPENDANCE ON THE LORD BECAUSE THE ONE WE FOLLOW PRAYED IN ABSOLUTE DEPENDENCE ON THE LORD