2. Goal-oriented Christianity

3. Goal-oriented Christianity
Christ = Teacher/Master/Lord Christian = disciple (Acts 11:26) True disciples follow Christ’s teaching and example (Matt. 7:21-23; Luke 6:40, 46) Abide in Christ’s word (John 8:31-32; Matt. 11:29) Follow Christ’s example (I Peter 2:21; John 13:15) Whatever Christ’s goal was, that will be the Christian’s goal too

4. Goal-oriented Christianity
What was Christ’s goal?
Do the Father’s will
Higher importance than physical necessities (John 4:34)
The Father’s will, not his own (John 6:38)
Even when the Father’s will was most difficult (Luke 22:42)
Please the Father
Speak the Father’s message (John 8:28-29)

5. Goal-oriented Christianity
True disciples share Christ’s goals
Paul prayed for saints to be equipped to do God’s will and please him (Heb. 13:20-21; Col. 1:9-12)
We must understand and discern what the will of the Lord is (Eph. 5:10, 17; Rom 12:2)
We have our instructions (I Thess. 4:1)

6. Goal-oriented Christianity
True disciples share Christ’s goal of pleasing the Father
Balak’s goal was to please himself (Num. 23:27; 24:1)
We make it our aim to please God (II Cor. 5:9-10)
This requires obedience through faith (Heb. 11:4-6)
A soldier’s aim to please his commander (II Tim. 2:3-6)
Whose approval are we seeking? (Gal. 1:10-11)
Preaching to please God, not man (I Thess. 2:3-6)

7. Goal-oriented Christianity
True disciples share Christ’s goal of pleasing the Father
Live no longer for worldly desires but for the will of God
(I Peter 4:1-2; I John 2:17)
The worldly-minded cannot please God (Rom. 8:7-9)
Worshipping to please God, with reverence (Heb. 12:28)
We must continue to grow in pleasing God (I Thess. 4:1)

8. Goal-oriented Christianity
If pleasing God is your goal, then heaven is your goal
God rewards those who seek him (Heb. 11:6)
Run to win the prize (I Cor. 9:24-27)
Press toward the goal (Philip. 3:12-14)

9. What’s your goal?