A Super Bowl Church

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A Super Bowl Church

• What it takes to be one

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You must have a Good Owner

• "He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who
  is not the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf
  coming, and leaves the sheep and flees, and the
  wolf snatches them and scatters them. "He flees
  because he is a hired hand and is not concerned
  about the sheep. " I am the good
  shepherd John 1012-14 NASU

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It Helps If Hes Rich

• The earth is the Lord's, and all it contains, The
  world, and those who dwell in it.
• Ps 241 NASU
• And my God will supply all your needs according
  to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
• Phil 419 NASU

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You Need Good Coaches

• And He gave some as apostles, and some as
  prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as
  pastors and teachers,
• for the equipping of the saints for the work of
  service, to the building up of the body of
  Christ
• until we all attain to the unity of the faith,
  and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a
  mature man, to the measure of the stature which
  belongs to the fullness of Christ.
• Eph 411-13 NASU

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Coaches do the Training

• "Go therefore and make disciples of all the
  nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father
  and the Son and the Holy Spirit,
• teaching them to observe all that I commanded
  you and lo, I am with you always, even to the
  end of the age."
• Matt 2819-20 NASU

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Preaching and Teaching

• The elders who rule well are to be considered
  worthy of double honor, especially those who work
  hard at preaching and teaching.
• 1 Tim 517 NASU

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• My children, with whom I am again in labor until
  Christ is formed in you.
• Gal 419 NASU

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The Best Coaches

• Have years of experience as a player, assistant
  and coach
• Work hard
• Expect and demand top performance
• Enjoy their job
• Continue to learn and be creative

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You Need Players

• Romans 123-8
• For through the grace given to me I say to
  everyone among you not to think more highly of
  himself than he ought to think but to think so
  as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to
  each a measure of faith.
• For just as we have many members in one body and
  all the members do not have the same function, so
  we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and
  individually members one of another.

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• Since we have gifts that differ according to the
  grace given to us, each of us is to exercise them
  accordingly if prophecy, according to the
  proportion of his faith if service, in his
  serving or he who teaches, in his teaching or
  he who exhorts, in his exhortation he who gives,
  with liberality he who leads, with diligence
  he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

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You Need A Team Spirit

• Phil 21-8
• Therefore if there is any encouragement in
  Christ, if there is any consolation of love, if
  there is any fellowship of the Spirit, if any
  affection and compassion, make my joy complete by
  being of the same mind, maintaining the same
  love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose.
• Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but
  with humility of mind regard one another as more
  important than yourselves do not merely look
  out for your own personal interests, but also for
  the interests of others.

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• Have this attitude in yourselves which was also
  in Christ Jesus, who, although He existed in the
  form of God, did not regard equality with God a
  thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking
  the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the
  likeness of men.
• Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled
  Himself by becoming obedient to the point of
  death, even death on a cross.

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You Must have a Good offense and Defense

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Teaching builds our defense

• All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable
  for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for
  training in righteousness so that the man of
  God may be adequate, equipped for every good
  work. 2 Tim 316-17 NASU

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In Teaching we learn

• How to be people of character
• To stand against the offensive schemes of the
  enemy
• How to stand strong under attack
• To fight and battle every minute and to never
  give up till the whistle blows

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Preaching the Gospel is our Offense

• Now after John had been taken into custody, Jesus
  came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God,
  and saying,
• "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is
  at hand repent and believe in the gospel.
• Mark 114-15 NASU

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The Ground Game

• And He said to him, " '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 foremost commandment.
• "The second is like it, 'YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR
  NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.'
• Matt 2237-39 NASU

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The Passing Game

• Go into all the world and preach the gospel to
  all creation.
• Mark 1615-16 NASU

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We Need A Good Playbook

• These signs will accompany those who have
  believed in My name they will cast out demons,
  they will speak with new tongues they will
  lay hands on the sick, and they will recover."
• Mark 1617-18 NASU

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We Need

• Financial Backers/Sponsors/advertisers
• Scouts
• Band
• Cheerleaders
• Trainers
• Grounds crew
• Administrators
• Ushers
• Concession Workers