What on Earth Are You Doing? Matthew 28:19-20 ValuesTransformation

What on Earth Are You Doing?Matthew 28:19-20

Values

Transformation

Four Core Values

People

Jesus

Ministry

Every Day


People Are Valuable! Some things just can’t compare Definite versus Indefinite shelf-life Principle #1: Engage your community and

culture


Book quotes read by Pastor Howie Holmes during his October 26, 2014 message:

“Our most recent data show that young outsiders have lost much of their respect for the Christian faith. These days nearly two out of every five young outsiders (38 percent) claim to have a bad impression of present-day Christianity…. We are known for having an us-versus-them mentality. Outsiders believe Christians do not like them because of what they do, how they look, or what they believe. They feel minimized – or worse, demonized – by those who love Jesus.”“We have become famous for what we oppose, rather than who we are.”

― David Kinnaman, unChristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks about Christianity... and Why It Matters

People Are Valuable! Some things just can’t compare Definite versus Indefinite shelf-life Principle #1: Engage your community and culture

Engage – to attract someone’s interest Community – those immediately around us Culture – things we do without thinking; formed by a

person’s values, ultimately becoming our behavior, language, and overall demeanor

This means we are to attract the interest and make significant connection with all whom we come in contact with each day!


John 4:37-38 (NASB)37 For in this case the saying is true, ‘One

sows and another reaps.’ 38 I sent you to reap that for which you

have not labored; others have labored and you have entered into their labor.”

1 Corinthians 3:6-7 (NASB)6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God

was causing the growth. 7 So then neither the one who plants

nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth.

Jesus Is Most Valuable! Our “one true value” – Jesus Our faith – personal Our firm foundation of that faith – Jesus Matthew 7:25


Matthew 7:24-27 (NASB)24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of

Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock.

25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock.

26 Everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.

27 The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell—and great was its fall.”

Jesus Is Most Valuable! Our “one true value” – Jesus Our faith – personal Our firm foundation of that faith – Jesus Matthew 7:25 1 Timothy 6:17-19


1 Timothy 6:17-19 (NASB)17 Instruct those who are rich in this present

world not to be conceited or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy.

18 Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share,

19 storing up for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is life indeed.

Jesus Is Most Valuable! Our “one true value” – Jesus Our faith – personal Our firm foundation of that faith – Jesus Matthew 7:25 1 Timothy 6:17-19 1 Corinthians 3:11


1 Corinthians 3:11 (NASB)11 For no man can lay a foundation

other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

Jesus Is Most Valuable! Our “one true value” – Jesus Our faith – personal Our firm foundation of that faith – Jesus Matthew 7:25 1 Timothy 6:17-19 1 Corinthians 3:11 Principle #2: Establish believers in the

foundation of Jesus Christ Hebrews 6:1-2


Hebrews 6:1-2 (NASB)1 Therefore leaving the elementary

teaching about the Christ, let us press on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God,

2 of instruction about washings and laying on of hands, and the resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment.

Jesus Is Most Valuable What does Hebrews 6:1-2 tell us not to teach

in relationship to Principle #2: Establish believers in the foundation of Jesus Christ?






in relationship to Principle #2: Establish believers in the foundation of Jesus Christ? Taking OT principles as inadequate – repentance

from dead works and faith toward God







from dead works and faith toward God Laying aside OT practices as inadequate – the

doctrine of baptisms and the laying on of hands







from dead works and faith toward God Laying aside OT practices as inadequate – the

doctrine of baptisms and the laying on of hands Laying aside OT prospects as inadequate – the

resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment


Jesus Is Most Valuable So, what does Hebrews 6:1-2 tell us to teach in

relationship to Principle #2: Establish believers in the foundation of Jesus Christ? Repentance – turning from sin to Christ Faith – trusting in Christ and the power He has to

change us Baptism – uniting with Christ in life and death Laying on of hands – working with Christ Resurrection – rising in Christ as a final destination

and as power to live the obedient Christian walk Eternal judgment – glory in Christ


Jesus Is Most Valuable The Bible becomes Jesus the “living word” This makes for a New Community

The Bible uses this word 86 times 85 times in the OT and only once in the NT NT reference is to a Jewish community So why did it disappear in the NT? It did not! The NT word for community is church! Our relationship with Jesus places us in relationship

with each other called the church! The church’s one foundation is Jesus Christ!


Application

Do you see people as valuable?

How valuable?

How is your church life?


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