Discovering the Mind of Christ

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Discovering the Mind of Christ

• The Redemption of Mankind

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Discovering the Mind of Christ

• June 7th The Glory of God
• - What is life all about?
• June 14th The Redemption of Mankind
• - Whats really important?
• June 15th Priorities
• - What do I need to accomplish with my life?
• June 22nd Kingdom of God
• - What kind of legacy will I leave?

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Luke 1910 (NAS)

• For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save
  that which was lost.

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John 434-38 (NAS)

• Do you not say, 'There are yet four months, and
  then comes the harvest'? Behold, I say to you,
  lift up your eyes and look on the fields, that
  they are white for harvest.  Already he who reaps
  is receiving wages and is gathering fruit for
  life eternal so that he who sows and he who
  reaps may rejoice together.  For in this case the
  saying is true, 'One sows and another reaps.' I
  sent you to reap that for which you have not
  labored others have labored and you have entered
  into their labor.

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Truths

• People are sinners.
• There is none righteous, not even one. (Romans
  310, NAS)
• People are loved.
• For God so loved the world, that He gave His only
  begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall
  not perish, but have eternal life. (John 316,
  NAS)

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Truths

• God wants us to minister His love to people
  around us.
• You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has
  come upon you and you shall be My witnesses both
  in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and
  even to the remotest part of the earth. (Acts
  18, NAS)
• Walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and
  gave Himself up for us, an offering and a
  sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma. (Ephesians
  52, NAS)

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10 Ways to avoid giving your testimony.

• Ignore Jesus' request in John 435 that we take a
  long hard look at the fields.
• Focus your energies on socially legitimate
  targets.
• Look down on people who don't look like you.
• Stay away from committed Christians.
• Restrict your attention to countries where it's
  impossible to openly do missionary work.

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10 Ways to avoid giving your testimony.

• Think how bad you are based on your own past
  failures.
• Always imagine ministers as talented,
  super-spiritual people who stand on lofty
  pedestals.
• Be constantly in the church.
• Preach at people.
• Develop a critical bitter gossipy spirit.

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Becoming a Redemptive Church

• Clear purpose.
• Emphasis on relational/servant evangelism.
  People want to see authentic Christianity.
• Cell groups that are relational and purpose
  driven.
• Morning worship that is contemporary, authentic,
  interactive and sensitive to visitors.
• Open door culture.

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Luke 1619-31 (NAS)

• Now there was a rich man, and he habitually
  dressed in purple and fine linen, joyously living
  in splendor every day. And a poor man named
  Lazarus was laid at his gate, covered with sores,
  and longing to be fed with the crumbs which were
  falling from the rich man's table besides, even
  the dogs were coming and licking his sores.

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Luke 1619-31 (NAS)

• Now the poor man died and was carried away by the
  angels to Abraham's bosom and the rich man also
  died and was buried. In Hades he lifted up his
  eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far away
  and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried out and
  said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send
  Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger
  in water and cool off my tongue, for I am

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Luke 1619-31 (NAS)

• in agony in this flame.' But Abraham said,
  'Child, remember that during your life you
  received your good things, and likewise Lazarus
  bad things but now he is being comforted here,
  and you are in agony. And besides all this,
  between us and you there is a great chasm fixed,
  so that those who wish to come over from here to
  you will not be able, and that none may cross
  over from there to us.

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Luke 1619-31 (NAS)

• And he said, 'Then I beg you, father, that you
  send him to my father's house-- for I have five
  brothers--in order that he may warn them, so that
  they will not also come to this place of
  torment.' But Abraham said, 'They have Moses and
  the Prophets let them hear them.' But he said,
  'No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them
  from the dead, they will repent!

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Luke 1619-31 (NAS)

• But he said to him, 'If they do not listen to
  Moses and the Prophets, they will not be
  persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.'"