4. A successful franchise has to duplicate its DNA

7. Matthew 28:18-19
19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

8. The Lord’s Table The Body of Christ Memorial

9. The Body of Christ Called Out

10. The Body of Christ

11. Ephesians 4:1-13
Pg. 815

12. Call = KALEO Called out = EK KALEO = EKKLESIA The Body of Christ is the Gathering of the Called Out Ones for the benefit of the community.

13. Ephesians 4:2-13
Pg. 815

14. John 13:35
By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.

15. Ephesians 4:4-6 4 There is ONE body and ONE Spirit,
just as you were called to
ONE hope
when you were called; 5
ONE Lord,
ONE faith,
ONE baptism; 6
ONE God and Father of ALL, who is over ALL and
through ALL and in ALL.

16. Ephesians 7:4-13
Pg. 815

17. Service = diakonia (deacon)

18. Service = diakonia (deacon) “table servant”

19. Service = diakonia (deacon) “table servant” Latin = Vocatio (vocation)

20. Matthew 20:25-28
25 Jesus called them together and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. 2
6 Not so with you.
Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, 27 and whoever wants to be first must be your slave— 28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

21. NOW WHAT?

23. EUGENE PETERSON… “We chose: we follow the dragon and his beasts along their parade route, conspicuous with the worship of splendid images, elaborated in mysterious symbols, fond of statistics, taking on what whatever role is necessary to make a good show and get the applause of the crowds in order to get access to power and become self-important.

24. EUGENE PETERSON… “Or we follow the Lamb along a farmyard route, worshipping the invisible, listening to the foolishness of preaching, practicing a holy life that involves heroically difficult acts that no one will ever notice, in order to become, simply, our eternal selves in an eternal city.

25. EUGENE PETERSON… “It is the difference, politically, between wanting to use the people around us to become powerful, (or, if unskilled, getting used by them), and entering into covenants with the people around us so that the power of salvation extends into every part of the neighborhood, the society, and the world that God loves.”

26. John 13:3
Jesus knew that
the Father had put all things under his power, and
that he had come from God and
was returning to God;

27. Our Trinitarian Identity