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Something Has To Change
Something Has To Change
Maintaining Vs. Growing
Maintain: cause or enable (a condition or state of affairs) to continue.
Growing: becoming greater over a period of time; increasing
When I think about our church
I think about the battle of these two words.
We can and will maintain.... We will continue to reach out and connect to our church membership!
Huddles
Bible Study
TIE events / Group connections
I believe we should focus and stay connected.
But… We still have to grow!
How can we maintain and grow at the same time.
I believe being online is one way but not the only way…
We still have to connect with people - “Person to Person” in person.
I believe we have some now members and some not yet members.
And I am ok with it.
But the question is… Can we still grow?
I’m not worried about growing in membership / I’m talking about growing by making disciples (Ambassadors)
We still have to share the greatest message in the world - The Message Of Reconciliation
In order to do this we must be creative and safe!
Our ASSIGNMENT doesn’t stop because we are in a pandemic!
“Something Has To Change”
And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction.
Cities and villages - In Galilee
Jesue Went -
#1 We must Go.....
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,
Going will not look the same for everyone...
For some going we be IN-Person work… (Show pictures)
Community work
For others it will be controlled contact…
Co-workers
Neighbors
Family members
Online
Texting
For many it will be both!
It’s not either/or but it’s both/and
Going means interacting (Repeat)
The pandemic cannot stop our interaction and engagement with people!
# 2 The Mission
Jesus went “Proclaiming The Gospel Of The Kingdom”
This is our clear mission!
We must proclaim the The Gospel - The message of reconciliation
In-Person and with Controlled-Contact
We can’t maintain with this message. Meaning continuing to share the message to the same people!
We have to grow…
People are Spiritually dead! News Flash! - Your Soul is more important than anything!
that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
“Entrusting to us the message of reconciliation”
God entrusted to Jesus “The Gospel of The Kingdom”
We have been entrusted the message and the “Good News” - Yes there is a difference!
He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
The message deals with the deliverance
But the “Good News Of The Kingdom” deals with our conduct as Citizens of the Kingdom...
A kingdom has four basic elements: 1) a king, supreme ruler 2) territory, with its specific location and definite boundary lines; 3) subjects or citizens within that territorial jurisdiction; 4) and laws and a form of government through which the will of the ruler is exercised.
Dr. Tony Evans
“Throughout the Bible, the kingdom of God is His rule, His plan, and His program. God’s kingdom covers everything in the universe. In fact, we can define the kingdom as God’s comprehensive rule over all creation.
We pick up where Jesus left off establishing “God’s Kingdom On Earth.”
#3 Purpose
Jesus was Teaching / Proclaiming / Healing
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
and recovering of sight to the blind,
to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
As He went (Go) He operated in His calling!
He operated in what He was anointed to Do!
Do You! Just Do It....
Something Has To Change!
Go....
Get out of maintain mode
Look around you!
People need you…
In-Person or Controlled Contact
(My Quarter)