This document discusses the key aspects of Christianity according to the author. It begins by asking life's big questions about identity, purpose and how to fulfill one's purpose. It then argues that the answers are found in Jesus, who created and sustains all things and will one day judge humanity. The rest of the document outlines the importance of the gospel, church and mission, explaining that the gospel is about God's work through Jesus to restore his rule, the church is God's people called to display his wisdom, and the mission is proclaiming the gospel to others.

1. Looking at the
Big Picture

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

3. Life’s Big Questions
Who? What? How?
1. Who am I?
2. What is my purpose?
3. How do I accomplish my purpose?

4. The Big Picture
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Gospel Church Mission

5. Jesus

6. 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

7. Gospel Church Mission
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8. 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)

9. 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)

10. 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.

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

12. 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.

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

14. 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.

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

16. 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?

17. Gospel Church Mission
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18. The Church

19. What is the Church
Ekklesia
Ekklesia is the Greek word from
which we get our word "church"
from. An "ekklesia" is a
gathering of people who have
been called out for a purpose.

20. Importance of the Church
We have turned to a God we can use rather
than a God we must obey; we have turned to
a God who will fulfill our need rather than a
God before whom we must surrender our
rights to ourselves. He is a God for us, for
our satisfaction-- not because we have
learned to think of him in this way through
Christ but because we have learned to think
of him this way through the marketplace.
Everything is for us, for our pleasure, for our
satisfaction, and we have come to assume
that it must be so in the church as well.
David Wells

21. 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)

22. Importance of the Church
When Jesus came to the region of
Caesarea Philippi, he asked his
disciples, “Who do people say that the
Son of Man is?” “Well,” they replied,
“some say John the Baptist, some say
Elijah, and others say Jeremiah or one
of the other prophets.” Then he asked
them, “But who do you say I am?”
Matthew 16:13-15 (NLT)

23. Importance of the Church
Simon Peter answered, “You are the
Messiah, the Son of the living God.”
Jesus replied, “You are blessed, Simon
son of John, because my Father in
heaven has revealed this to you. You
did not learn this from any human
being. Now I say to you that you are
Peter (which means ‘rock’), and upon
this rock I will build my church, and all
the powers of hell will not conquer it.
Matthew 16:16-18 (NLT)

24. 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)

25. 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)

26. Bride of Christ

27. Body of Christ

28. Family of God

29. Trinity
Symbol

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

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

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

33. 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

34. The Church
The Church shows the world what it
looks like to live under the reign and
rule of Jesus.

35. City on a Hill

36. The Big Picture
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Gospel Church Mission