1. WELCOME TO GRACE COMMUNITY!

4. Where are you headed? (The Power of Biblical Community) Grace Community Church Galatians 5:13-14

5. Antartic explorer Ernest Shackleton posted this advertisement in 1913: Men wanted for hazardous journey. Small wages. Bitter cold. Long months of complete darkness. Constant danger. Safe return doubtful. Honor and recognition in case of success. EPIC – A dangerous and risk –filled adventure

6. Every true Epic seeker needs to know the benefits that come with the ultimate thrill… Biblical Community.

7. Galatians 5:13a “You my brothers were called to be free.” Chosen out; selected – chosen as a recipient of special priveledge

9. First benefit: You can know your mission

10. Galatians 5:13b (NAS) “Only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.” Military term…central base where all operations of a military campaign originated

11. Dietrich Bonhoeffer author and theologian who was martyred at the hands of the Nazis for his beliefs in April 1945 said this, “The church, is not a church, unless it exists for others.”

13. Second benefit: You live for what really matters

14. Galatians 5:14 (NAS) “ For the whole Law is fulfilled in one word, in the statement, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”

15. Third benefit: You experience the power of Christ

16. Every true Epic seeker needs to know the benefits that come with the ultimate thrill… Biblical community. Y ou know your mission. Y ou live for something greater than yourself. Y ou experience the power of Christ.