1. HELPING PEOPLE KNOW, FOLLOW AND SHARE JESUS

2. HELPING PEOPLE KNOW JESUS
Know God through his Word (Jesus and the Bible) John 5:24 “Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that heareth my word, and believeth on Him that sent me, hath everlasting life.”

3. HELPING PEOPLE KNOW JESUS
Know God through his Word (Jesus and the Bible)
Core Values
We are made for worship
We are gospel centered
We are ruled by God’s Word

4. HELPING PEOPLE KNOW JESUS
1. WE ARE MADE FOR WORSHIP A. Know God is Our Creator Genesis 1:1 - In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

5. HELPING PEOPLE KNOW JESUS
1. WE ARE MADE FOR WORSHIP B. Know God Made Us For a Purpose Genesis 1: So God created man in his own image; he created him in the image of God; he created them male and female. God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, and every creature that crawls on the earth.”

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1. WE ARE MADE FOR WORSHIP C. Know Our Purpose is Worship Colossians 3: Let the word of Christ dwell richly among you, in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another through psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. And whatever you do, in word or in deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

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1. WE ARE MADE FOR WORSHIP C. Know Our Purpose is Worship Romans 12:1 - Therefore, brothers and sisters, in view of the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your true worship.

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II. WE ARE GOSPEL CENTERED What is the gospel? 1 Corinthians 15:3,4 - “For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the scriptures.”

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II. WE ARE GOSPEL CENTERED 1. This Gospel is to Be Believed John 20:31 - “But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing ye might have life through His name. Romans 1:16 - “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth.”

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II. WE ARE GOSPEL CENTERED 2. This Gospel is to Be Lived 2 Corinthians 5:17 - “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature.” Philippians 2:13 - “For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure.”

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II. WE ARE GOSPEL CENTERED 3. This Gospel is to Be Shared John 20:21 - “As my Father has sent me, even so send I you.”

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III. WE ARE RULED BY GOD’S WORD
Revelation is God revealing himself to us
2 primary methods of Revelation
Jesus – the Word become flesh
The Bible – the written Word

13. HELPING PEOPLE KNOW JESUS
III. WE ARE RULED BY GOD’S WORD Revelation is God revealing himself to us Ezra 7:10 - Now Ezra had determined in his heart to study the law of the Lord, obey it, and teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel

14. HELPING PEOPLE KNOW JESUS
III. WE ARE RULED BY GOD’S WORD We are ruled by God’s Word because it is revelation that is inspired, true, inerrant, authoritative and sufficient

15. HELPING PEOPLE KNOW JESUS
III. WE ARE RULED BY GOD’S WORD Matthew 7: “Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain fell, the rivers rose, and the winds blew and pounded that house. Yet it didn’t collapse, because its foundation was on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and doesn’t act on them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. The rain fell, the rivers rose, the winds blew and pounded that house, and it collapsed. It collapsed with a great crash.” When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were astonished at his teaching, because he was teaching them like one who had authority, and not like their scribes.

16. HELPING PEOPLE KNOW JESUS
Know God through his Word (Jesus and the Bible)
Core Values
We are made for worship
We are gospel centered
We are ruled by God’s Word