Called to love the world

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Whose church is it anyway?
Called to love the world Matthew 2816
21 Acts 8 26 - 40
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Love the Lord your God in ALL you do, with ALL
you are


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Called to love one another (A new community)

• God centred
• Unified and loving
• Clear vision
• Open and Outward

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Convinced of the urgency of loving all in Gods
world
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God created us in his own image

• Called into relationship with one another

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John 316

• For God so loved the world that he gave his only
  begotten Son

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Matthew 28 16 - 21

• All authority in heaven and earth has been given
  to me.
• Therefore go and make disciples

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Matthew 2816 - 21

• God has chosen weak and fallible human beings to
  take his message
• But we have this treasure in earthen vessels to
  show that this all surpassing power is from God.
  ( 2 Corinthians. 4 7)

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Matthew 2816 - 21

• All authority in heaven and earth has been given
  to me
• We go and make disciples not in our own authority
  BUT with His authority

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Philips divine appointment with the Ethiopian
eunuch

• Go south to the road the desert road

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Therefore go and make disciples of all nations

• We too are being called to GO and MAKE disciples
• Called to be supernaturally natural and
  naturally supernatural

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Called to go and make disciples

• It doesnt need to be complicated or difficult
• A coffee with a friend
• An invitation to supper
• A game of golf!!

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Called to build relationships

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I have other sheepI must bring them also

• God has a passion for the lost
• He never stops his searching

• Those who are seeking will only hear him and
  recognise Him in us

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NO ONE IS BEYOND REDEMPTION

• WE ARE CONVINCED OF THE URGENCY OF LOVING ALL IN
  GODS WORLD

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• No one is beyond redemption
• We are called to be fools for Christ's sake
• We have been given the Holy Spirit to live in the
  power of the Spirit
• One prepares the ground, one sows and another
  reaps

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We have this treasure in earthen vessels to show
that this all surpassing power is from God.
ThereforeGO AND MAKE DISCIPLES!
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Convinced of the urgency of loving all in Gods
world