08.29 Sermon Notes
August 29, 2021

Missional Faithfulness

Missional Faithfulness
Missional faithfulness definition
- Constantly growing in our awareness of God’s faithfulness, causing us to deepen our faithful pursuit after Him, which leads others into a similar lifestyle of devotion to Him.
- People need our

!

Matthew 28:16-20

Faithfulness in Us
- Even with the doubt in their heart, the disciples still chose worship. Faithfulness in our lives requires full surrender and submission to the Lord.
- It’s the

of our Savior that sends us, guides us, and empowers us.

Faithfulness Through Us
- Jesus commands His disciples to make disciples - remember how the disciples were when Jesus chose them.
- Disciples are not spontaneously created upon salvation - they are


How do we make disciples?
- Through teaching. But not just through words, through the Holy Spirit.
Faithful discipleship is a

The Great COmission, not the great mission
- We don’t just work for Jesus, work with Jesus
- The faithful promise of His presence & power was more than enough to strengthen and guide the disciples (v. 20)

3 John 1:5

Our

will not hinder the progress of the Kingdom of God (v. 18)

Faithfulness Because of Us

& go hand in hand.

“The Christian, not only himself magnifies God, but exhorts others to do likewise; and longs for the day to come, when all nations and languages, laying aside their contentions and animosities…shall make their sound to be heard as one, in magnifying and exalting their great Redeemer’s name.” - Dr. George Horne

Acts 1:8

Takeaways
Faithful discipleship is a process.
We are partnered with the presence and power of the Holy Spirit to fulfill the Great COmmission
It’s because of the Holy Spirit’s work in and through us that we make disciples of all nations - that our faithfulness is our mission.