
Uncharted: When Jesus Is Minimized
Know Christ; Grow in Community; Go with Compassion
A kingdom is anywhere that the king rules.
Is His will, His Kingdom being played out in your heart?
Bible things in Bible ways:
• Angels: “He’s alive. God has given Him the name above every name.”
• Demons: “What do you want with us, Jesus, Son of the most high God?”
• John the Baptist: “Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sins…”
• Pilate: “I find no fault in this man.”
• Judas Iscariot: “I have betrayed innocent blood.”
• Roman Centurion: “Surely this man was the Son of God.”
• Apostle Paul: “I count all things lost compared to knowing Jesus my Lord.”
• Apostle Peter: “God has made Jesus you crucified both Lord and Christ.”
• Apostle Thomas: “My Lord and my God.”
• James and Jude: “Bond-Slaves of Jesus Christ.”
Matthew 16:16
Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
Matthew 16:17-19
Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”
• “Peter (Petros), and upon this rock (Petra).”
• In 1 Peter 2:5-6 – all Christians are a “Royal Priesthood.”
• Build my church.
• Gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.
Philippians 2:8-11
And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
With the good news of JESUS on our lips and OVERFLOWING as we KNOW Christ, GROW in Community and GO with Compassion, the HOLY SPIRIT tears apart Satan’s gates, citadels, and strongholds.
Matthew 16:19
I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.
Matthew 18:18-20
“I tell you the truth, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. “Again, I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them.”
If you don’t use a heavenly solution to solve your earthly problems, it won’t work.
1.) Every Sunday/Every Day: “We want heaven to look different at the end of the day.”
Romans 10:14-15
How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!
2.) Bottom Line: Choose your own adventure.
Jesus was telling the church in the face of evil, we’re supposed to be Pro-active, rather than reactive.
A.) Know Christ
B.) Grow in Community
C.) Go with Compassion
“You can’t love people without serving them, you can’t serve people without loving them.” -Tim Keller