Jesus' mission was to fulfill God's plan of saving humanity from sin and eternal death. He willingly went to Jerusalem knowing he would sacrifice himself to save mankind. Jesus sought out and saved many sinners, fulfilling his fundamental mission to seek and save the lost. His goal was to call all people to repentance and forgiveness, regardless of their sins.
Pastor Elio Marrocco's "Testing Movements within the Church" sermon at New Life Christian Church in October 2012. You can learn more about New Life Christian Church here: http://www.newlifecc.ca
Hymns and Songs that Inspire: Amazing GraceJeff Gissing
You cannot be united to Christ in salvation unless and until God’s amazing grace has first interrupted your life, gotten your attention, taught you to fear, convicted you of your sin and need for a savior, and brought you to the place where you acknowledge your need for Jesus and cry out with Newton: “mercy!”
Pastor Elio Marrocco's "Testing Movements within the Church" sermon at New Life Christian Church in October 2012. You can learn more about New Life Christian Church here: http://www.newlifecc.ca
Hymns and Songs that Inspire: Amazing GraceJeff Gissing
You cannot be united to Christ in salvation unless and until God’s amazing grace has first interrupted your life, gotten your attention, taught you to fear, convicted you of your sin and need for a savior, and brought you to the place where you acknowledge your need for Jesus and cry out with Newton: “mercy!”
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After reading "The Gospel Message" article in the Module/Week 4 Reading & Study folder, answer the following questions (250–500 words). These questions are to be answered in separate paragraphs.
What are some ways the Christian gospel is perceived in our culture?
What are some specific moral reasons people may reject the Christian gospel?
What are some specific emotional reasons people may reject the Christian gospel?
What are some specific intellectual reasons people may reject the Christian gospel?
What can Christians do to address these objections and better communicate the Christian gospel?
The Gospel Message
The Apostle Paul said, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek” (Romans 1:16).
Paul should know, since his life was radically transformed when Jesus confronted him on the road to Damascus (Acts 9, 26:4–18).
Once he knew Jesus and His power, nothing held him back from telling others about the risen Christ.
He shared this gospel, the “good news,” with anyone who would listen to him, regardless of their religion or moral background.
Paul once wrote to a group of Christians telling them about this gospel.
He said:
Moreover, brothers, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.
For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures (1 Corinthians 15:1-4).
Be assured, this same gospel that changed and motivated Paul is for you and me today.
In understanding the gospel message we find out that:
Jesus paid the price for our sins (I Peter 3:18).
Our sins can be forgiven (Ephesians 1:7).
We can have eternal life by trusting in Him (John 3:15).
The word “gospel” is mentioned over 100 times in the Bible by Jesus and His disciples.
Jesus was the source and subject of this good news.
Jesus began his ministry by sharing this central truth, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand.
Repent, and believe in the gospel” (Mark 1:15).
Jesus personally shared the gospel with those who listened to Him and today He is sharing it through the Bible and those who know and follow Him.
He wants everyone to believe this gospel.
But why is the gospel needed and how do people come to
understand clearly what it means to become a follower of Christ and believe this gospel
message?
The Problem
The problem is that all people are born sinners and sin separates them from God.
“Your [sins] have separated you from your God” (Isaiah 59:2).
The problem started in the Garden of Eden.
Adam and Eve were given clear instructions by God.
They were free to eat of any tree in the gar.
This is a study of Jesus as an asker of Questions. He asked over a hundred questions in the Gospels, and some of them are relevant to us today for a personal response.
Set of 68 posters covering many Christian topics. Designed for display in a University mall during Christianity week. The posters cover many Christian topics.
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We will learn what Anime is and see what a Christian should consider before watching anime movies? We will also learn a little bit of Shintoism religion and hentai (the craze of internet pornography today).
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Countless volumes have been written trying to explain the mystery of three persons in one true God, leaving us to resort to metaphors such as the three-leaf clover to try to comprehend the Divinity. Many of us grew up with the quintessential pyramidal Trinity structure of God at the top and Son and Spirit in opposite corners. But what if we looked at this ‘mystery’ from a different perspective? What if we shifted our language of God as a being towards the concept of God as love? What if we focused more on the relationship within the Trinity versus the persons of the Trinity? What if stopped looking at God as a noun…and instead considered God as a verb? Check it out…
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The Good News, newsletter for June 2024 is hereNoHo FUMC
Our monthly newsletter is available to read online. We hope you will join us each Sunday in person for our worship service. Make sure to subscribe and follow us on YouTube and social media.
In Jude 17-23 Jude shifts from piling up examples of false teachers from the Old Testament to a series of practical exhortations that flow from apostolic instruction. He preserves for us what may well have been part of the apostolic catechism for the first generation of Christ-followers. In these instructions Jude exhorts the believer to deal with 3 different groups of people: scoffers who are "devoid of the Spirit", believers who have come under the influence of scoffers and believers who are so entrenched in false teaching that they need rescue and pose some real spiritual risk for the rescuer. In all of this Jude emphasizes Jesus' call to rescue straying sheep, leaving the 99 safely behind and pursuing the 1.
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A PowerPoint Presentation based on the Dhamma Reflections for the PBHP DYC for the years 1993 – 2012. To motivate and inspire DYC members to keep on practicing the Dhamma and to do the meritorious deed of Dhammaduta work.
The texts are in English.
For the Video with audio narration, comments and texts in English, please check out the Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF2g_43NEa0
Lesson 9 - Resisting Temptation Along the Way.pptxCelso Napoleon
Lesson 9 - Resisting Temptation Along the Way
SBs – Sunday Bible School
Adult Bible Lessons 2nd quarter 2024 CPAD
MAGAZINE: THE CAREER THAT IS PROPOSED TO US: The Path of Salvation, Holiness and Perseverance to Reach Heaven
Commentator: Pastor Osiel Gomes
Presentation: Missionary Celso Napoleon
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The Chakra System in our body - A Portal to Interdimensional Consciousness.pptxBharat Technology
each chakra is studied in greater detail, several steps have been included to
strengthen your personal intention to open each chakra more fully. These are designed
to draw forth the highest benefit for your spiritual growth.
The Chakra System in our body - A Portal to Interdimensional Consciousness.pptx
28th August 2017 - What was Jesus' mission?
1. What was Jesus’mission?– 28th
August 2017
“Here I am!I standat the doorand knock. Ifanyone hears my voice andopens the door, I will come in
and eat with that person,and they with me.” (Revelation3:20).
Several times in Jesus’ life, He demonstrated that He had to fulfill a mission. He had a purpose,
which He fulfilled. The gospels reports of an incident where at a young age his parents couldn’t
find him. We can learn of this from Luke 2:45-49, “When they did not find him, they went back
to Jerusalem to look for him. 46 After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting
among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. 47 Everyone who heard him
was amazed at his understanding and his answers. 48 When his parents saw him, they were
astonished. His mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I
have been anxiously searching for you.”49 “Why were you searching for me?” he asked.
“Didn’t you know I had to be in my Father’s house?”
Evenat an earlyage JesusknewthatHe “mustbe about the Father’sbusiness.”He came here for a
purpose…tosave humanityfromsinandresultingeternal death. The bible tellusthat He knew thatHe
wouldsacrifice Himself tosave mankindfromGodsrighteousjudgment. We canreadthisfromLuke
9:51, “As the time approachedfor himto be taken up to heaven, Jesusresolutely set out for
Jerusalem.” He willinglywenttoJerusalemknowingfull wellastowhat wasto happento Him. The bible
alsoteachesusthat the fundamental missionof Christ’stime onearthwasto fulfill God’splanof saving
the lost.
Thisis explainedbyJesushimself in Luke19:10, “Forthe Sonof Mancame to seek and to save the
lost.” We can learnof an incidentwhere Jesushadjustbeencriticizedforgoingtothe house of a
“sinner.”JesusrespondedbyaffirmingHismissionwastosave people whoneededsaving. We canlearn
from1 Timothy 1:15, “Here isa trustworthy sayingthat deserves full acceptance: ChristJesus came
intothe worldto save sinners—ofwhomI am the worst.” Theirreputationforsinfulnesswasnota
reasonto avoidthem;rather,itwas a reasonto seekthemoutand bringthemback to God’spresence.
Many timesduringChrist’sministry,He soughttoforgive those whomthe self-righteousleadersof the
day shunned.
We can observe manyinstanceswhereJesussavedmanysinnerswhocame toHim. He soughtout and
savedthe womanat the well andthe Samaritansof hertown:“Manyof the Samaritansfromthat town
believed inhim becauseof the woman’stestimony,“He toldme everything I ever did.” 40
Sowhen the
Samaritanscame to him,they urged him to stay withthem, and he stayed two days. 41
And becauseof
hiswords many more became believers.” (John4:39–41, We can read of the sinful womanwiththe
alabasterjar as we readfrom Luke 7:37-38, “Awoman inthat town who liveda sinful lifelearned that
Jesus waseating at the Pharisee’s house,so she came there withan alabasterjar of perfume. 38
Asshe
stoodbehind himat his feet weeping,she began to wet hisfeet with her tears. Then she wiped them
with her hair,kissed them and pouredperfume on them.” We can alsolearnthat Matthew one of
Jesus’own disciples,hadbeenatax collector:“AsJesuswent on from there, he sawa mannamed
Matthew sittingat the tax collector’sbooth. “Followme,” hetold him,and Matthew got upand
followedhim.” (Matthew9:9). Itis clearthat hismission wastofulfill God’splanof savingthe lost
2. sinnersandto bringthemback to God’s presence.
We can readthat again inMatthew 9, Jesuswascriticizedfor“eatingwithtax collectorsandsinners” as
we can read from Matthew 9:11, “Whenthe Phariseessaw this,they asked his disciples,“Whydoes
your teacher eat withtax collectors andsinners?” Jesusresponded bystatingHismissionaswe can
learnfromMatthew 9: 12-13, “On hearingthis,Jesus said, “Itis not the healthy whoneed a doctor,
but the sick. 13
But go andlearn what thismeans: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’For I have not come to
call the righteous,butsinners.” Jesus’goal wasto save us frometernal destruction.Itwasa goal that
He reached.Before He wastakenaway He prayedto God as we can learnfrom John 17:4 “I have
broughtyou gloryon earth by finishingthework yougave me to do.”
All throughthe Gospels, we cansee that Jesus’missionwastosave humanity.He calledforrepentance
and forgives the worstof sinners.Noone istoosinful tocome to Him.In fact,He goesafterthose who
are lost,as the parables of the lostsheep andlostcoinshow in Luke 15:1–10. In the story of the prodigal
son,JesusteachesthatGod will alwayswelcome withopenarmsthose whocome toHimwitha
repentantheart.We can read thisfrom Luke 15:21–22, “Theson saidto him, ‘Father,I have sinned
againstheaven andagainstyou. I am nolonger worthy to be calledyour son.’22
“Butthe father saidto
hisservants, ‘Quick!Bring the best robe andput it on him.Put a ring on hisfingerand sandalsonhis
feet.”
From the bible we canlearnthat He tellstothe lostsheep:“HereI am!I standat the doorand knock. If
anyonehears my voice and opensthe door,I will come in and eat with that person,and they with
me.” (Revelation3:20). Our decisiontoseekHimandprayfor salvationhasto originate fromusandHe
will come intoourhearts.