To Know Christ and to make him know

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To Know Christ andto make him know
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Three questions

• What do they mean?
• Why do we do these things?
• How do we do them?

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What does it mean to know Christ?
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To know Christ is

• To learn information about Christ.
• He is Holy, Eternal, Trinity, Faithful, Good,
  Just, Merciful, Loving

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To know Christ is

• To learn Jesus teachings
• Love for enemies
• Forgiveness
• Prayer

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To know Christ as

• To know Him as Savior

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Romans 5 8

• But God demonstrates his own love for us in this
  While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

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To know Christ asmy lord
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1 John 23,4

• we know that we have come to know him if we obey
  his commands. The man who says, I know him,
  but does not do what he commands is a liar, and
  the truth is not in him.

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1 Peter 221

• Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example,
  that you should follow in his steps.

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Philippians 23-4

• Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain
  conceit, but in humility consider others better
  than yourselves. Each of you should look not only
  to your own interests, but also to the interests
  of others.

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Philippians 25-6

• Your attitude should be the same as that of
  Christ Jesus Who, being in very nature God, did
  not consider equality with God something to be
  grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the
  very nature of a servant.

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Why do we seek to know Christ?
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Philippians 37, 8

• But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss
  for the sake of Christ. I consider everything a
  loss compared to the surpassing greatness of
  knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I
  have lost all things.

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Philippians 38, 9

• I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ
  and be found in him, not having a righteousness
  of my own that comes from the law, but that which
  is through faith in Christthe righteousness that
  comes from God and is by faith.

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Philippians 310, 11

• I want to know Christ and the power of his
  resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his
  sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11
  and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection
  from the dead.

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Philippians 37

• But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss
  for the sake of Christ.

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Philippians 38

• What is more, I consider everything a loss
  compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing
  Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost
  all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may
  gain Christ

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Philippians 39

• that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not
  having a righteousness of my own that comes from
  the law, but that which is through faith in
  Christthe righteousness that comes from God and
  is by faith

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Philippians 310, 11

• I want to know Christ and the power of his
  resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his
  sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11
  and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection
  from the dead.

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how do we seek to know Christ?
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We seek to Know Christ through

• Teaching / Study
• Fellowship with Believers
• Prayer
• Mentoring / Discipleship
• Worship

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We seek to Know Christ through

• Sunday Morning Worship Services

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We seek to Know Christ through

• Sunday Morning Worship Services
• Sunday School
• Age Group Ministries
• Mens and Womens Ministries
• Life Groups
• Many More

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To Know Christ andto make him know
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What does it mean to make him known?
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• We want people outside our church to come to know
  Him.

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Matthew 419

• Come, follow me, Jesus said, and I will make
  you fishers of men.

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how do we seek to Make Him known?
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Matthew 514-16

• You are the light of the world. A city on a
  hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a
  lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put
  it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone
  in the house.

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Matthew 514-16

• In the same way, let your light shine before men,
  that they may see your good deeds and praise you
  Father in heaven.

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How do we make him known?

• "Preach the gospel at all times if necessary, use
  words."

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Why do we seek to Make Him known?