SERIES PART 3
A Spiritually Healthy Church where Christ is seen and heard
Matt. 28:18-20
Our vision, a spiritually healthy church where Christ is seen and heard, is where we are going.
Theme for 2026: “Living the best life in Christ through obeying God’s word.”
Being spiritually mature is living the best in Christ through obeying God’s word
Spiritually mature saints obey God’s word, because they believe the Bible is true.
Spiritually mature saints believe the word of God is inerrant- means without error.
Spiritually mature saints believe the word of God is infallible- means no error in its teaching.
Spiritually mature saints believe the word of God is invariable- means it does not change.
Spiritually mature saints believe the word of God is authoritative- means it is the authority of God
Therefore, we are going to obey the great commandment and the great commission because it is going to make us a spiritually healthy church where Christ is seen and heard.
The result of obeying is living the best life in Christ!
Two principles of growth enable us to become a spiritually healthy church where Christ is seen and heard.
Three principles of growth to enable us to become a spiritually healthy church where Christ is seen and heard.
It is imperative and of the upmost importance that every member, including our children, understands where we are going and how we are going to get there.
A Spiritually church where Christ is seen and heard.
The first Sunday, we talked about obeying God’s commandment to worship.
The second Sunday, we talked about obeying God’s commandment to ministry.
I shared on the second Sunday; we’ve got to move from maintenance to ministry.
First, evangelism is not a gift, it is a commandment from God to every believer.
Secondly, evangelism is God’s plan to grow His church.
Thirdly, evangelism is doing what Jesus did while here on earth. Luke 19:10, “For the son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.”
Theme for 2026: “Living the best life in Christ through obeying God’s word.”
Being spiritually mature is living the best in Christ through obeying God’s word
Spiritually mature saints obey God’s word, because they believe the Bible is true.
Spiritually mature saints believe the word of God is inerrant- means without error.
Spiritually mature saints believe the word of God is infallible- means no error in its teaching.
Spiritually mature saints believe the word of God is invariable- means it does not change.
Spiritually mature saints believe the word of God is authoritative- means it is the authority of God
Therefore, we are going to obey the great commandment and the great commission because it is going to make us a spiritually healthy church where Christ is seen and heard.
The result of obeying is living the best life in Christ!
The Great Commandment
Matthew 22:37-40, “Jesus said unto him, thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy mind. 38, “This is the first and great commandment. 39, And the second is like unto it, thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40, “On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets."Two principles of growth enable us to become a spiritually healthy church where Christ is seen and heard.
- Worship 2. Ministry
The Great Commission
Matthew 28:19-20, “Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of Father and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost; 20, “ Teaching them to observe all things, what soever I have commanded you and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen."Three principles of growth to enable us to become a spiritually healthy church where Christ is seen and heard.
- Evangelism 2. Fellowship 3. Discipleship
It is imperative and of the upmost importance that every member, including our children, understands where we are going and how we are going to get there.
A Spiritually church where Christ is seen and heard.
- Obeying God’s commandment to worship Him.
- Obeying God’s commandment to ministry
- Obeying God’s commandment to evangelize
- Obeying God’s commandment to fellowship
- Obeying God’s commandment to discipleship
The first Sunday, we talked about obeying God’s commandment to worship.
The second Sunday, we talked about obeying God’s commandment to ministry.
I shared on the second Sunday; we’ve got to move from maintenance to ministry.
- Obey God’s commandment to evangelize- vs. 18-20
“And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, all power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things, whatsoever I have commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.”
First, evangelism is not a gift, it is a commandment from God to every believer.
Secondly, evangelism is God’s plan to grow His church.
Thirdly, evangelism is doing what Jesus did while here on earth. Luke 19:10, “For the son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.”
- God gave us authority to evangelize- vs. 18
“And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying all power is given unto me in heaven and in earth”
- God empowered us to evangelize when he saved us.
- Acts 1:8, “but when ye shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
- The same power that raised Jesus from the dead lives in us.
- Delegated power from the all-powerful God
- God gave us the assignment to evangelize.
“Go ye therefore, and teach all nations.”
- Go ye is a direct command from the Commander-in-Chief.
- The Greek also says, as you are going, everyday evangelism is the assignment.
- The assignment is to help us to live the best life in Christ through obeying God’s word.
- The verb phrase, “go ye therefore,” is in the middle voice, meaning you receive the benefit.
- Sharing our faith grows our faith.
- Evangelizing builds confidence in our faith.
- The more we evangelize, the stronger we are spiritually
- The assignment is to evangelize all people, every race, ethnicity and nationality.
- God gave us assurance of his presence to evangelize.
“And lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.”
- We can go with confidence knowing God is with us
- I am with you always is good news for those who evangelize.
- God’s power is with us and in us.
- God’s protection covers us.
- God’s provisions are with us.
