1. OUR MISSION: To guide those far from God into the new start found in Jesus Christ.

3. FEAR OF WHERE YOU STAND WITH GOD Week Three Luke 2:8-11 “Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid. Then the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord.” If we need a Saviour, what do we need saving from?

4. FEAR OF WHERE YOU STAND WITH GOD Week Three Luke 2:8-11 Who was speaking and who was being addressed? “A man should not teach his son to be… a camel driver, or a barber or a sailor, or a herdsman or a shopkeeper, for their craft is the craft of robbers.” (M. Kidd. 4.14) Shepherds were near the bottom of the social order Mishnah

5. FEAR OF WHERE YOU STAND WITH GOD Week Three Luke 2:8-11 First - Unworthy Second - Inadequate Third - Unloved The difference between perception and reality

6. FEAR OF WHERE YOU STAND WITH GOD Week Three Luke 2:8-11 Religion did not work for the shepherds and religion doesn’t work for us Christianity was never meant to be a religion; it was meant to be a relationship with God Matthew 23:27-28 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean. In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.”

7. FEAR OF WHERE YOU STAND WITH GOD Week Three Luke 2:8-11 Romans 3:20-22 “For no one can ever be made right with God by doing what the law commands. The law simply shows us how sinful we are. But now God has shown us a way to be made right with him without keeping the requirements of the law, as was promised in the writings of Moses and the prophets long ago. We are made right with God by placing our faith in Jesus Christ. And this is true for everyone who believes, no matter who we are.”

8. FEAR OF WHERE YOU STAND WITH GOD Week Three Luke 2:8-11 What is the Good News? Mark 12:30-31 “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.” Number One The Good News is, you cannot earn God’s acceptance by observing the Law Romans 3:20 “For no one can ever be made right with God by doing what the law commands”

9. FEAR OF WHERE YOU STAND WITH GOD Week Three Luke 2:8-11 What is the Good News? Number Two What’s the purpose of the Law? It shows your need for a Saviour Romans 3:20 “For no one can ever be made right with God by doing what the law commands. The law simply shows us how sinful we are.” One of the fundamental flaws in thinking, is so many people believe they are actually good

10. FEAR OF WHERE YOU STAND WITH GOD Week Three Luke 2:8-11 What is the Good News? Number Two What’s the purpose of the Law? It shows your need for a Saviour Until you see yourself as a sinner, you will never see your need for a Saviour Religion cannot save you Christianity was never meant to be a religion

11. FEAR OF WHERE YOU STAND WITH GOD Week Three Luke 2:8-11 What is the Good News? Number Three The Good News teaches: Righteousness with God comes by faith in Christ alone Religion could be spelt “D-O” Romans 3:22 “We are made right with God by placing our faith in Jesus Christ. And this is true for everyone who believes, no matter who we are.” Relationship could be spelt “D-O-N-E”

13. OUR MISSION: To guide those far from God into the new start found in Jesus Christ.