1. Welcome Christians and Visitors to the HWY 290 church of Christ

3. Shadow of the Ambassadors
Whose shoes must we fill ?
- The Apostles –

4. Shadow of the Ambassadors
“All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.” (2 Cor. 5:18-20)-ESV
Whose shoes must we fill ?
- The Apostles –

5. Shadow of the Ambassadors
“But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us” (2 Cor. 4:7)-ESV “But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us” (2 Cor. 4:7)-KJV
Whose shoes must we fill ?
- The Apostles –

6. Shadow of the Ambassadors
“Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ. (1 Cor. 11:1)-ESV “Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.” (1 Cor. 11:1)-KJV
Whose shoes must we fill ?
- The Apostles –

7. Shadow of the Ambassadors
“Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love” (Eph. 4:15-16)-ESV
Whose shoes must we fill ?
- The Apostles –

8. Shadow of the Ambassadors
“Conduct yourselves wisely toward outsiders, making the best use of the time. Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person” (Col. 4:5-6)-ESV
Whose shoes must we fill ?
- The Apostles – their conduct is to be imitated as they were imitators of Christ

9. Shadow of the Ambassadors
“And when he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching, and said, "By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?" (Mt. 21:23-24)-ESV
- Whose shoes must we fill in this world to the next where God is ?
- The Apostles and the authority of God by direct revelation

10. Shadow of the Ambassadors
“For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. (Rom. 15:4) ESV “Now these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction, on whom the end of the ages has come” (1 Cor. 10:11) ESV
Whose shoes must we fill ?
- The Apostles –

11. Shadow of the Ambassadors
“Whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked” (1 John 2:6) ESV “And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, so that you should walk in it” (2 John 6) ESV
Whose shoes must we fill ?
- The Apostles –

12. Shadow of the Ambassadors
“I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment. For it has been reported to me by Chloe's people that there is quarreling among you, my brothers. What I mean is that each one of you says, "I follow Paul," or "I follow Apollos," or "I follow Cephas," or "I follow Christ." Is Christ divided? (1 Cor. 1:10-13) ESV
Whose shoes must we fill ?
- The Apostles –

13. Shadow of the Ambassadors
“For when one says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos," are you not being merely human?
(1 Cor. 3:4) ESV
Joseph Smith - Mormon (LDS)
Martin Luther - Lutherans
Papacy - Catholics
L. Ron Hubbard - Scientologist
John Smythe - Baptist
Charles T. Russell - Jehovah Witness
William Miller - 7 Day Adventists
Whose shoes must we fill ?
- The Apostles –

14. Shadow of the Ambassadors
“If we walk in the shoes of the Apostles.
This is a spiritual walk.
Do what they did and follow the laws the Holy Spirit gave to them.
We to can overcome life’s greatest obstacle wall-Spiritual Death.
But the walk is ours to walk or avoid.
Let those shoes show a walk.
Let the shadow on the wall be you.
And one day you will walk on the other side of it, forever.
Whose shoes must we fill ?
- The Apostles –

15. God’s Plan of Salvation
(Romans 10:17) “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God”
(Hebrews 11:6) “But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him”
(Luke 13:3) “I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish”
(Romans 10:10) “For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation”
(Acts 2:38) “Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost”