5. Missouri?

6. Missouri?
Missouri!

7. 3 Gospel Commitments
Gospel Truth - We are committed to the truth of scripture, and believe its central message is the Gospel; the message of God’s gracious work to redeem sinners.
Gospel Community - We are committed to knowing, loving and serving one another as brothers and sisters united in Christ.
Gospel Mission - Individually and corporately, we are committed to declaring and demonstrating the Gospel to our communities, our cities and the nations.

9. The Dwelling Place of God

10. The Dwelling Place of God
Genesis - Man Walking with God

11. The Problem
- Genesis 3:8 And they heard  the sound of th e LORD God walking  in the garden in the co ol of the day,  and the man and his wife hid  t hemselves from the presence of the LORD  God among the trees of the garden.”

12. The Problem
- Genesis 11 - Tower of Babel “Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth.”

13. The Problem
- Genesis 11 - Tower of Babel “Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth.”

14. The Promise of Home
- Deuteronomy 33:27  ”The eternal God is your dwelling plac e,  and underneath are the everlasting arms.  And he thrust out the enemy before  you an d said, ‘Destroy.”

15. The Promise of Home
- Psalm 46:4-6 4There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Mo st High. 5God is in the midst of he r; she shall not be moved; God will help her when morning dawns. 6The nations rag e, the kingdoms totter; he utters his voic e, the earth melts.

16. The Promise of Home
Psalm 48 - God is described as a fortress

17. The Promise of Home Psalm 48 - God is described as a fortress
Ezekiel 37: My dwelling place shall  be with them,  and I will be  their God, and  they shall  be my people. 28Then t he nations  will  know that I am the LORD w ho  sanctifies  Israel, when my sanctuary i s  in their  midst forevermore.” 

18. The Promise of Home
- Acts 17: “He has set the exact times and places where he should live.”

19. The Promise of Home
- Acts 17: “He has set the exact times and places where he should live.” - Eph. 2:17-22

20. The Promise of Home
- Revelation 7:15-17 “he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any scorching heat.”

21. The Culmination of History
- Revelation 5:1-4 “1Then I saw in the right hand of him  who wa s seated on the throne a scroll  written within  and on the back, sealed  with seven seals. 2A nd I saw a mighty  angel proclaiming with a lo ud voice,  “Who is worthy to open the scroll a nd  break its seals?” 

22. The Culmination of History
Revelation 5:1- 4   And no one in h eaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open  the scroll or to look into it, 4and I began to  w eep loudly because no one was found  worthy to open  the scroll or to look into it. 

25. Why Don’t We Live on Mission

26. Why Don’t We Live on Mission
1. We think this our home 

27. Why Don’t We Live on Mission
1. We think this our home 2. We think life is all about us

28. What Do We Do?

29. What Do We Do?
1. Believe The Gospel Day by Day

30. What Do We Do?
1. Believe The Gospel Day by Day 2. Participate in Global Gospel Mission

31. What Do We Do?
1. Believe The Gospel Day by Day 2. Participate in Global Gospel Mission 3. Demonstrate and Declare the Gospel right where you are

32. The Gospel

33. The Gospel
"And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” - Matthew 8:20

34. 3 Gospel Commitments Gospel Truth - When we know and believe
the good news (Gospel)
Gospel Community - Know believe and
share with the family of believers.
Gospel Mission - Sharing the good news
with everyone, everywhere!

35. The Final Dwelling Place
Revelation 21:1-6 “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.”