YEAR END 2015 - GROWING ROOTS DOWNWARD - PTR JOVEN SORO-10AM MORNING SERVICE

1. Colossians 2:6-7,
John 15

3. ROOTS

4. No Roots, No Fruits

5.  Absorption of Nourishment
 Support and Steadiness
 Storage of Nutrients
 Vegetative Reproduction
Why roots are important?

6. CHRISTIANS HAVE TO GROW
DEEP ROOTS IN CHRIST

7. 6 And now, just as you accepted Christ
Jesus as your Lord, you must continue
to follow him. 7 Let your roots grow
down into him, and let your lives be
built on him. Then your faith will grow
strong in the truth you were taught,
and you will overflow with
thankfulness.
Colossians 2:6-7 NLT

8. 6 And now, just as you accepted Christ
Jesus as your Lord, you must continue
to follow him. 7 Let your ROOTS GROW
DOWN INTO HIM, and let your lives be
built on him. Then your FAITH WILL
GROW strong in the truth you were
taught, and you will overflow with
thankfulness.
Colossians 2:6-7 NLT

9. 6 And now, just as you accepted Christ
Jesus as your Lord, you must continue
to follow him. 7 Let your ROOTS GROW
DOWN INTO HIM, and let your lives be
built on him. Then your FAITH WILL
GROW strong in the truth you were
taught, and you will overflow with
thankfulness.
Colossians 2:6-7 NLT

10. I will result to being
 BUILT ON HIM
 FAITH IS GROWING STRONG
 LIFE OVERFLOWING WITH
THANKFULNESS

11. 1. Listen to Christ Voice
How to grow deep roots in Christ?
Matt 7:24
"Therefore everyone who hears
these words of mine and puts
them into practice is like a wise
man who built his house on the
rock. NIV

12. “He will be like a tree planted by
the water that sends out its ROOTS
by the stream. It does not fear
when heat comes; its leaves are
always green. It has no worries in a
year of drought and never fails to
bear fruit.”
Jeremiah 17:8:

13. “He will be like a tree planted by
the water that sends out its ROOTS
by the stream. It does not fear
when heat comes; its leaves are
always green. It has no worries in a
year of drought and never fails to
bear fruit.”
Jeremiah 17:8:

14. 7 "But blessed is the
man who TRUSTS in
the Lord, whose
CONFIDENCE is in him.
Jeremiah 17:7
You learn it by
Listening to Christ Voice

15. HOW DO I KNOW IF IT
GOD WHO IS SPEAKING TO ME?
 Be Familiar with
God’s Word
 Seek advise from
the seasoned
followers of
Christ.

16. 2. Learn Christ’s Principles
How to grow deep roots in Christ?
Matt 11:28-30
28 "Come to me, all you who are weary and
burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my
yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am
gentle and humble in heart, and you will find
rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and
my burden is light." (NIV

17. PICTURES OF LEARNING
YOU WILL FULLY UNDERSTAND
CHRIST PRINCPLES WHEN YOU
START APLYING IT.
THEORY PRACTICE

18. 3. Live Out Christ’s Practices
How to grow deep roots in Christ?
Luke 10:36-37
36 "Which of these three do you think was a
neighbor to the man who fell into the hands
of robbers?" 37 The expert in the law replied,
"The one who had mercy on him."
Jesus told him, "GO AND DO LIKEWISE."

19. PRACTICE
LOVING GOD BY
LOVING PEOPLE
SERVING GOD BY
SERVING PEOPLE

20. ROOTS
FRUITS

21. GLORIFIES the FATHER.
Why is it very
important?

22. 8 This is to my Father's glory, that
you bear much fruit, showing
yourself to be my disciples.
NIV
John 15:5-8

23. GLORIFIES the FATHER.
Why is it very
important?
Mark of a TRUE DISCIPLE

24. 8 This is to my Father's glory, that
you bear much fruit, showing
yourself to be my disciples.
NIV
John 15:5-8

25. Why is it very
important?
ESSENTIAL TO RECEIVING
ANSWERED PRAYERS

26. 16 You did not choose me, but I
chose you and appointed you to go
and bear fruit — fruit that will last.
Then the Father will give you
whatever you ask in my name.
John 15:16-17

27. What FRUITS does
JESUS wants us to
bear?

29. Gal 5:22-24
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love,
joy, peace, patience, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness
and self-control. Against such things
there is no law.
NIV

30. Galatians 5:16-17
But I say walk by the Spirit and
you will not carry out the
desire of the flesh. The flesh
sets its desire against the spirit
and the spirit against the flesh.
These are in opposition with
one another, so that you may
not do the things that you
please.

31. Galatians 5:19-21
[19] The works of the flesh are
immorality, impurity,
sensuality [20] idolatry,
sorcery, enmities, strife,
jealousy, outbursts of anger,
disputes, dissensions, factions
[21] envying, drunkenness,
carousing . . .

32. Walk By The Spirit
 Walk by the spirit and you will
not carry out the desire of the
flesh
 How do you walk in the Spirit?
STEP BY STEP
 Walk with Lord, Day by Day

33. Galatians 5:22-23
[22] But the fruit of the Spirit is love,
joy, peace, patience, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness, [23]
gentleness, self-control; against
such things there is no law.

34. Dying To Self
 The principle of the exchanged
life is called dying to self.
 No longer I, but Christ

35. Galatians 2:20
I have been crucified with Christ; and
it is no longer I who live, but Christ
lives in me; and the life which I now
live in the flesh I live by faith in the
Son of God, who loved me and
delivered Himself up for me.

36. AKO’Y NAPAKO SA KRUS NA
KASAMA SI KRISTO; AT HINDI
NA AKO ANG NABUBUHAY,
KUNDI SI KRISTO NA ANG
NABUBUHAY SA AKIN

37. HINDI NA
AKO ANG
NABUBUHAY,
KUNDI SI
KRISTO NA!

38. No longer I, but
Christ!

39. Living out
The principle
of the
exchanged
life.

40. Fruit of
Souls
to JESUS through
you

41. HEAVEN REJOICES

42. 7 I tell you that in the same way
there will be more rejoicing in
heaven over one sinner who
repents than over ninety-nine
righteous persons who do not need
to repent.
NIV
Luke 15:3-7

43. GOD WANTS HIS HOUSE FULL

44. 16 Jesus said to him, "There was
once a man who was giving a great
feast to which he invited many
people. 17 When it was time for
the feast, he sent his servant to tell
his guests, 'Come, everything is
ready!'
Luke 14:16-23

45. 18 But they all began, one after
another, to make excuses. The first
one told the servant, 'I have bought a
field and must go and look at it; please
accept my apologies.' 19 Another one
said, 'I have bought five pairs of oxen
and am on my way to try them out;
please accept my apologies

46. 20 Another one said, 'I have just
gotten married, and for that reason I
cannot come.' 21 The servant went
back and told all this to his master.
The master was furious and said to his
servant, 'Hurry out to the streets and
alleys of the town, and bring back the
poor, the crippled, the blind, and the
lame.'

47. ' 22 Soon the servant said, 'Your order
has been carried out, sir, but there is
room for more.' 23 So the master
said to the servant, 'Go out to
the country roads and lanes and
make people come in, SO THAT
MY HOUSE WILL BE FULL.

48. A WARNING FOR NOT
BEARING FRUIT

49. Luke 13:6-9
6 Then he told this parable: "A
man had a fig tree, planted in
his vineyard, and he went to
look for fruit on it, but did not
find any. NIV

50. Luke 13:6-9
7 So he said to the man who took
care of the vineyard, 'For three
years now I've been coming to
look for fruit on this fig tree and
haven't found any. Cut it down!
Why should it use up the soil?'

51. Luke 13:6-9
8 "'Sir,' the man replied, 'leave
it alone for one more year, and
I'll dig around it and fertilize it.
9 If it bears fruit next year, fine!
If not, then cut it down.'"
NIV

52. A REWARD FOR THE
FAITHFUL

53. 3 Those who are wise will shine like
the brightness of the heavens, and
those who lead many to
righteousness, like the stars for ever
and ever.
NIV
Dan 12:3-4

54. IT IS GOD’S WILL FOR YOU TO
Cultivate DEEP ROOTS,
1. Listen to Christ Voice
3. Live Out Christ’s Practices
2. Learn Christ’s Principles

55. IT IS GOD’S WILL FOR YOU TO
Bear MUCH FRUIT,
1. Glorifies the Father
3. Essential to answered Prayer
2. Mark of a true Disciple

56. IT IS GOD’S WILL FOR YOU TO
Bear MUCH FRUIT,
1. Fruit of the HOLY SPIRIT
2. Fruit of Winning Souls
WHAT?