In "Looking at the Big Picture" we look at what life is all about according to the Bible by looking at Jesus, the gospel, the church and the mission of the church. This teaching is the introduction to the gospel series "Growing Deep in the Gospel".

1. Looking at the
Big Picture

2. What
does
God sayGirl Reading Bible
life is all
about?

3. Life’s Big Questions
1. Why did God create me?
2. What is the purpose of life?
3. What is God’s will for me?
4. How do I decide what is
important in life?

4. Girl and
Question Marks

5. Magnifying Glass

6. Danger Sign

7. Frog on Pot

8. Frog Outside Pot

9. Frog in Pot

10. Boiling Water

11. Dangerous Inuences
1. Materialism
2. Individualism
3. Relativism
4. Pragmatism
5. Consumerism

12. Holding the Earth

13. My Story

14. Sistine Chapel Ceiling

15. Reality
For everything comes from him and
exists by his power and is intended
for his glory. All glory to him forever!
Amen.
Romans 11:36 (NLT)

16. Reality
For whoever wants to save their life
will lose it, but whoever loses their
life for me and for the gospel will
save it.
Mark 8:35 (NIV)

17. Reality
…You are not your own; you were
bought at a price. Therefore honor
God with your bodies.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (NIV)

18. Reality
And he died for all, that those
who live should no longer live for
themselves but for him who died
for them and was raised again.
2 Corinthians 5:15 (NIV)

19. Reality
I have been crucified with Christ
and I no longer live, but Christ lives
in me. The life I now live in the body,
I live by faith in the Son of God, who
loved me and gave himself for me.
Galatians 2:20 (NIV)

20. It’s About Jesus!
“We were created to live for something,
someone bigger than ourselves. We were
designed to live with, for, and through the
Lord. God is meant to be the motivation
and hope of everything we do. His
pleasure, his honor, and his will are the
things for which we are meant to live. But
the foolishness of sin really does cause
us to reduce our lives to the size and
shape of our lives.”
Paul Tripp

21. Looking through Binoculars

22. The Big Picture
Jesus
Gospel Church Mission

23. My Story

24. His Story

25. It’s about Jesus!

26. It’s About Jesus!
You search the Scriptures because
you think they give you eternal life.
But the Scriptures point to me!
John 5:39 (NLT)

27. It’s About Jesus!
Then Jesus said to them, “You foolish
people! You find it so hard to believe all
that the prophets wrote in the Scriptures.
Wasn’t it clearly predicted that the
Messiah would have to suffer all these
things before entering his glory?” Then
Jesus took them through the writings of
Moses and all the prophets, explaining
from all the Scriptures the things
concerning himself.
Luke 24:25-27 (NLT)

28. Bible

Gospel

Jesus

29. It’s About Jesus!
but in these last days he has spoken
to us by his Son, whom he appointed
heir of all things, and through whom
he made the universe. The Son is the
radiance of God's glory and the exact
representation of his being,
sustaining all things by his powerful
word…
Hebrews 1:2-3 (NIV)

30. It’s About Jesus!
“But when the Son of Man comes in his
glory, and all the angels with him, then he
will sit upon his glorious throne. All the
nations will be gathered in his presence,
and he will separate the people as a
shepherd separates the sheep from the
goats. He will place the sheep at his right
hand and the goats at his left… “And
they will go away into eternal
punishment, but the righteous will go
into eternal life.”
Matthew 25:31-33, 46 (NLT)

31. It’s About Jesus!
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.
Philippians 2:9-11 (NIV)

32. It’s About Jesus!
1. Jesus created the universe
2. Jesus sustains all things
3. Jesus will inherit all things
4. Jesus will judge everyone
5. Jesus will be King over all

33. Jesus

34. The Big Picture
Jesus
Gospel Church Mission

35. The Trinity and the Gospel
1. The Father established the eternal
plan of salvation and sent His Son.
2. Jesus fulfilled the plan and
accomplished redemption for man.
3. The Spirit applies the benefits of
Christ’s atonement to believers.

36. Isus pe Cruce

37. Gospel Church Mission
Jesus
Gospel Church Mission

38. Importance of the Gospel
But he replied, “I must preach the
Good News of the Kingdom of God
in other towns, too, because that is
why I was sent.”
Luke 4:43 (NLT)

39. Importance of the Gospel
I am not ashamed of the gospel,
because it is the power of God for
the salvation of everyone who
believes…
Romans 1:16 (NIV 84)

40. The Gospel
The gospel is the good news of what
God has done through His Son Jesus
Christ to restore His reign and rule
over all creation and bring
reconciliation to all those who repent
and place their trust in Jesus.

41. Aspects of the Gospel
1. Understanding/Believing
2. Living the gospel
3. Proclaiming the gospel
4. Defending the gospel

42. Understanding the Gospel
1. Growing in knowledge and
understanding of the gospel.
2. Able to write out the gospel.
3. Able to clearly explain the
gospel to others.

43. Understanding the Gospel
You never leave the gospel to go
onto other things. You only go
deeper into it.

44. Living the Gospel
1. Preach the gospel to yourself daily.
2. Live based on the truths of who
you are in Christ.
3. Live a cruciform life.
4. Live a life of repentance and faith.

45. Proclaiming the Gospel
1. Holy Spirit – need for prayer
2. Gospel – know it well
3. Testimony – your story & life

46. Defending the Gospel
1. Why believe in God?
2. Why believe that the Bible is the
Word of God?
3. Why does God allow evil and
suffering?
4. Why does God send people to hell?

47. The Church

48. Gospel Church Mission
Jesus
Gospel Church Mission

49. Importance of the Church
As you come to him, the living Stone
—rejected by humans but chosen by
God and precious to him—you also,
like living stones, are being built into
a spiritual house to be a holy
priesthood, offering spiritual
sacrifices acceptable to God through
Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 2:4-5 (NIV)

50. Importance of the Church
God’s purpose in all this was to use
the church to display his wisdom in its
rich variety to all the unseen rulers and
authorities in the heavenly places. This
was his eternal plan, which he carried
out through Christ Jesus our Lord.
Ephesians 3:10-11 (NLT)

51. Importance of the Church
A spiritual gift is given to each of us
so we can help each other…All of you
together are Christ’s body, and each
of you is a part of it.
1 Corinthians 12:7, 27 (NLT)

52. Bride of Christ

53. Body of Christ

54. Family of God

55. Trinity
Symbol

56. The Church
The Church is a community of people
who belong to God through faith in
Jesus Christ.

57. The Church
The church is a community of
imperfect people clinging to a
per fect Christ who are being
perfected by grace.
Jonathan Dodson

58. The Church
The Church is God’s People saved by
God’s Power for God’s Purposes.
Soma Communities

59. The Church
The purpose of the church is to serve
as an outpost of Jesus’ kingdom that
makes the invisible kingdom visible
by the grace of God and power of the
Holy Spirit.
Mark Driscoll

60. City on a Hill

61. The Mission:
Making

62. Gospel Church Mission
Jesus
Gospel Church Mission

63. Our Mission
Glorifying God and Jesus
Proclaiming Discipling Loving
Kingdom of God

64. Throne

65. Goal
After John was put in prison, Jesus
went into Galilee, proclaiming the
good news of God. “The time has
come,” he said. “The kingdom of
God has come near. Repent and
believe the good news!”
Mark 1:14-15 (NIV)

66. Goal
your kingdom come, your will be
done on earth as it is in heaven… But
seek first his kingdom and his
righteousness, and all these things
will be given to you as well.
Matthew 6:10, 33 (NIV)

67. Goal
…which he exerted in Christ when he
raised him from the dead and seated him
at his right hand in the heavenly realms,
far above all rule and authority, power and
dominion, and every title that can be
given, not only in the present age but also
in the one to come. And God placed all
things under his feet and appointed him to
be head over everything for the church,
Ephesians 1:20-22 (NIV)

68. Goal
Our goal is to bring the reign and
rule of God over all aspects of His
creation.

69. Jesus teaching
disciples

70. The Mission
Jesus came and told his disciples, “I have
been given all authority in heaven and on
earth. Therefore, go and make disciples of
all the nations, baptizing them in the
name of the Father and the Son and the
Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to
obey all the commands I have given you.
And be sure of this: I am with you always,
even to the end of the age.”
Matthew 28:18-20 (NLT)

71. The Mission
And He said to them, “Go into all
the world and preach the gospel
to every creature.
Mark 16:15 (NKJ)

72. The Mission
But you will receive power when the
Holy Spirit comes upon you. And
you will be my witnesses, telling
people about me everywhere—in
Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in
Samaria, and to the ends of the
earth.”
Acts 1:8 (NLT) (see Luke 24:48-49)

73. The Mission
Again Jesus said, “Peace be with
you! As the Father has sent me, I am
sending you.”
John 20:21 (NIV)

74. Great Commandment
“Teacher, which is the most important
commandment in the law of Moses?” Jesus
replied, “‘You must love the LORD your God
with all your heart, all your soul, and all your
mind.’ This is the first and greatest
commandment. A second is equally
important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
The entire law and all the demands of the
prophets are based on these two
commandments.”
Matthew 22:36-40 (NLT)

75. Great Commandment
Like Jesus we are to go out in the
power of the Holy Spirit and proclaim
the gospel and make disciples who
love God and people of all those who
respond to the gospel.

76. Gospel Living

77. Our Ultimate Purpose
Glory to him in the church and in Christ
Jesus through all generations forever
and ever! Amen. Ephesians 3:21 (NLT)
... as God’s grace reaches more and
more people, there will be great
thanksgiving, and God will receive
more and more glory. 2 Corinthians
4:15 (NLT)

78. Summary of our Purpose
The ultimate purpose of all we
do is to bring God glory.
When God is glorified people
worship Him.

79. Mountainman is Sunset
“Chief end of Top to glorify
God and enjoy Him forever.”
The Westminster Confession

80. Question Mark in Sky
What is the
Glory of
God?

81. Mountainof GodSunset
“The glory Top is the
innite beauty and greatness
of his manifold perfections.”
John Piper

82. Golden Clouds
Everything that
comes forth from
God is His glory.

83. The Sun

84. Jesus on Cross

85. What
does
God sayGirl Reading Bible
life is all
about?

86. God’s Will For Us
1. Goal - to bring the reign and rule of
God over all aspects of His
creation.
2. Mission - to share the gospel in order
to make disciples of Jesus
who love God and people
3.Purpose - to bring glory to Jesus and
the Father so they may be
worshiped

87. To know God
and to make
Gospel Living
Him known

88. The Big Picture
Jesus
Gospel Church Mission