Sermons About Outreach
His story...my story...
"Mission is not primarily an activity of the church but an attribute of God. God is a missionary God. It is not the church that has a mission of salvation to fulfill in the world; it is the mission of the Son and the Spirit through the Father that includes the church."(Source: Wikipedia) Evangelism is a key issue that we need to talk about as individuals and as a church family. When you conisder the pendulum of "preaching the story" vs. "living the story", where do you think most of us fall? Key Passage: 1 Corinthians1:21
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Walking in Wisdom
Once we ourselves have an understanding of the Gospel and truly know Christ as Savior, it should become a passion in us to get that message to others! How do we "Walk in Wisdom toward those who are outside" in order to win them to Christ?
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Becoming 1 in 1000
My sermon was from the text which has defined my ministry for most of its existence, Job 33:23-24. In this passage, Job has gone through his tragedies and then argued with his three friends for 29 chapters of the book. In chapter 32 a man named Elihu enters the scene and changes the direction of the discussion. I realize that there are different views of this book, but as I read it I see Elihu as an evangelist who brings Job to a right understanding of God and his situation. It is after Elihu's four discourses in chapters 32-37 that God enters the scene and confronts Job Himself. Elihu is also not included in God's rebuke of the other three men. As Elihu describes his ministry he says this, Job 33:23-24 "If there is a messenger for him, a mediator, one among a thousand to man His uprightness, 24 then God is gracious to him and says, 'Deliver him from going down to the pit, behold I have found a ransom!" We need to be ready as Elihu was to speak to the culture whether they are "good" people or not we need to 1. Be a messenger; bring God's message of judgment and of mercy to them. 2. Be a mediator or interpreter; explaining to them that there situation of suffering is God's mercy designed to bring them to repentance and faith. 3. Be 1in1000; the rare individual that is willing and able to perform that task. 4. Be ready to show them that God is righteous even though He makes us suffer because first of all, He is God and has a right over His creation and secondly because He uses suffering to get our attention and draw us to Himself for our benefit. 5. Be ready to show them that this is God's grace 6. Be ready to show them the Ransom, Jesus Christ! We are not all "evangelists," but we are all ambassadors for Christ and we need to be willing and able to reach into the life of our culture, our families and friends with this message and help people who have no idea about what the one true God is like to understand His workings in their lives. I pray that you are inspired and encourage to the task of being 1in100 as you listen.
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Reaching the World From Torrance
As the church's heart for evangelism grows, Pastor Gavin offers three truths from 1 Corinthians 12:12-26 to help us be a God-honoring sending church family.
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The World at Your Doorstep
The "world" in all it's cultural and spiritual diversity has been brought to our neighbourhood. Where once we had only a few cultures, and mostly Christianised people to reach out to, today we have people of almost every culture and worldview imaginable. How can we handle the challenges and opportunities presented to us without even leaving our street?
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Simply Go
This is the third message in a series of three messages about CenterPointe's Conspiracy to reach 10,000 through kindness and encouragement.
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