Haven spring biblestudy_12112020
- 1. HAVENSPRING CHURCH Focus and goals
- 2. HAVENSPRING CHURCH What is our primary focus? •Is it fellowship? •Is it doctrine? •Is it church growth? •Is it spiritual strengthening?
- 3. These can me summed up in the great commandments: Matthew 22: 37-39
- 4. “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. The second is like it: love your neighbor as yourself,”
- 5. How then do we love God with all our heart, with all our soul, and with all our mind?
- 6. Matthew 6:33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, To be part of the kingdom you must be subject to the King,You must follow Him in all obedience
- 7. Surrendering your life to Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. Loving God means receiving cleansing inside first which was accomplished when: Romans 10:9 If you declare with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. John3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
- 8. Psalm 103:12 As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
- 9. Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God
- 10. Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
- 11. Do we stop there?
- 12. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 “do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God?You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
- 13. You now belong in God’s kingdom and the Holy Spirit lives in you.
- 14. If the Holy Spirit indeed lives in you… Then what should manifest in your life?
- 15. Galatians 5:22-23 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self- control.”
- 16. How do you sustain this?
- 17. 1.Prayer 2.Daily devotion. Reading the Bible. 3.Worship 4.Repentance 5.Know God’s word. Memorize Bible verses 6.Praise 7.Thanksgiving
- 18. “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment.
- 19. The second is like it: love your neighbor as yourself,”
- 20. How do we fulfill the second?
- 21. Make them like you. Duplicate yourself. Encourage them to love God with all their heart, with all their soul, and with all their mind.
- 22. Demonstrate the fruit of the Spirit in you. Witness, share the gospel.
- 23. Matthew 28:19-20 18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.
- 24. Acts 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
- 25. Do you believe that , that same authority that has been given to Jesus Christ has been imparted to us when we sought Him and accepted Him as our Lord and Savior? That SAME anointing and power has been given to us because the Holy Spirit lives in us?
- 26. What should we do with that authority, that power, that anointing then…
- 27. We exercise it… we use it to disciple all nations We use it to share the gospel and share this good news to every Filipino we meet
- 28. Now that should be everybody who love God should do.. Be concerned about what fate awaits those who miss the grace of God because we failed to share the gospel to them and fulfill the Great Commission.
- 29. How many more Filipino unbelievers will perish without the benefit of the Gospel, because we did not do anything, both individually and corporately.
- 30. How many more Louies and Aidas and other Filipinos who are here with us in Tucson, our “Jerusalem” have to die without at least the Word of God being shared to them?
- 31. I am throwing that question and challenge to everybody tonight. Pray about it. Mediate on it. Act on it!
- 32. I ask the question again: What is our focus and what is our goal?
- 33. “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. The second is like it: love your neighbor as yourself,” – Matthew 22:37-39