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

2. They’re Looking Over The Banisters Of Heaven 1 Peter 2:11-12 & Hebrews 12:1-4 & 12-13

3. They’re Looking Over The Banisters Of Heaven 1 Peter 2:11-12 & Hebrews 12:1-4 & 12-13 We Have a Sacred Heritage Hebrews 11:8-10 declares that: “By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. By faith he made his home in the Promised Land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.”

4. They’re Looking Over The Banisters Of Heaven 1 Peter 2:11-12 & Hebrews 12:1-4 & 12-13 We Have a Sacred Heritage Hebrews 11:8-10 declares that: “By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. By faith he made his home in the Promised Land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.” Caligula Caesar Caligula Caesar Nero Caesar Nero Caesar

5. They’re Looking Over The Banisters Of Heaven 1 Peter 2:11-12 & Hebrews 12:1-4 & 12-13 We Have a Sacred Heritage Hebrews 11:35-40 “Women received their dead raised to life again. And others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection. Still others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, and of chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in two, were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented-- of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains, in dens and caves of the earth. And all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise, God having provided something better for us that they should not be made perfect apart from us. Caligula Caesar Caligula Caesar Nero Caesar Nero Caesar John Huss John Huss William Tyndale William Tyndale Anabaptists Anabaptists Covenanters Covenanters Methodist Preachers Methodist Preachers William Carey William Carey

6. They’re Looking Over The Banisters Of Heaven 1 Peter 2:11-12 & Hebrews 12:1-4 & 12-13 We Have a Sacred Heritage 2 Corinthians 5:20 “We are Christ's ambassadors, and God is using us to speak to you. We urge you, as though Christ himself were here pleading with you, "Be reconciled to God!" Caligula Caesar Caligula Caesar Nero Caesar Nero Caesar John Huss John Huss William Tyndale William Tyndale Anabaptists Anabaptists Covenanters Covenanters Methodist Preachers Methodist Preachers William Carey William Carey

7. They’re Looking Over The Banisters Of Heaven 1 Peter 2:11-12 & Hebrews 12:1-4 & 12-13 It’s Time To Get In The Game Hebrews 12:1b-2 & 12-13 “Let us strip off everything that hinders us, as well as the sin which dogs our feet, and let us run the race that we have to run with patience, our eyes fixed on Jesus the source and the goal of our faith.” “So take a fresh grip on life and brace your trembling limbs. Don’t wander away from the path but forge steadily onward. On the right path the limping foot recovers strength and does not collapse.” (JB Phillips Translation) 1 Peter 2:11 “...keep away from worldly desires that wage war against your very souls”

8. They’re Looking Over The Banisters Of Heaven 1 Peter 2:11-12 & Hebrews 12:1-4 & 12-13 It’s Time To Get In The Game Hebrews 10:25 “Let us not stay away from church meetings. Some people are doing this all the time. Comfort each other as you see the day of His return coming near.” (New Life Version) Regular church attendance Regular church attendance Blow your cover Blow your cover

9. They’re Looking Over The Banisters Of Heaven 1 Peter 2:11-12 & Hebrews 12:1-4 & 12-13 It’s Time To Get In The Game 2 Corinthians 8:12 “For if the [eager] readiness to give is there, then it is acceptable and welcomed in proportion to what a person has, not according to what he does not have.” (Amplified Bible) Matthew 6:21 “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Regular church attendance Regular church attendance Blow your cover Blow your cover Making a financial commitment to the Lord’s work Making a financial commitment to the Lord’s work

10. They’re Looking Over The Banisters Of Heaven 1 Peter 2:11-12 & Hebrews 12:1-4 & 12-13 Thanks Giving Tradition 2 Corinthians 9:6-11 Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. As it is written: “They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor; their righteousness endures forever.” Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness. You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.

11. They’re Looking Over The Banisters Of Heaven 1 Peter 2:11-12 & Hebrews 12:1-4 & 12-13 Thanks Giving Tradition Luke 14:15 When one of those at the table with him heard this, he said to Jesus, ‘Blessed is the one who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.’ Sowing seed Sowing seed Pharisee = ‘separated one’ Pharisee = ‘separated one’ Those not yet here Those not yet here The price that Jesus paid on the Cross is available to everybody The price that Jesus paid on the Cross is available to everybody

12. They’re Looking Over The Banisters Of Heaven 1 Peter 2:11-12 & Hebrews 12:1-4 & 12-13 Thanks Giving Tradition Romans 10:13...for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." Sowing seed Sowing seed Pharisee = ‘separated one’ Pharisee = ‘separated one’ Those not yet here Those not yet here The price that Jesus paid on the Cross is available to everybody The price that Jesus paid on the Cross is available to everybody

13. They’re Looking Over The Banisters Of Heaven 1 Peter 2:11-12 & Hebrews 12:1-4 & 12-13

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