The Goal of Gathering: Part 3
The Mission Driven Church
And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Matthew 16:18 (ESV)
Driven By - The Great Commandment
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
Matthew 22:37–39 (ESV)
Worship
God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.
John 4:24 (ESV)
Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness.
Psalm 29:2 (ESV)
Serve
Through love serve one another.
Galatians 5:13 (ESV)
Let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.
1 John 3:18 (ESV)
As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another…
1 Peter 4:10 (ESV)
Dedicated To - The Great Commission
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.
Matthew 28:19–20 (ESV)
Go — Evangelism
How are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? … How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!
Romans 10:14–15 (ESV)
Go out… and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled.
Luke 14:23 (ESV)
Make Disciples — Discipleship
That we may present everyone mature in Christ.
Colossians 1:28 (ESV)
Everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.
Luke 6:40 (ESV)
Of All Nations — Missional
…and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.
Acts 1:8 (ESV)
Declare his glory among the nations
Psalm 96:3 (ESV)
Baptizing Them — Fellowship
Those who received his word were baptized
Acts 2:41 (ESV)
“all were baptized into one body”
1 Corinthians 12:13 (ESV)
“Christianity isn’t just personal — it’s relational.”
Teaching Them to Obey — Reproduction
Entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.
2 Timothy 2:2 (ESV)
What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.
Philippians 4:9 (ESV)
I Am With You — Presence
But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed
2 Timothy 4:17
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