serve the church

REFRESHER ON SENDING

THE FATHER SENDS THE ___________.

THE SON SENDS THE ___________.

THE SPIRIT SENDS THE ___________.

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.

Acts 1:8

WITNESSES.

WHY DO WE SERVE?

1 PETER 4:10-11

THAT GOD MAY BE GLORIFIED IN ALL THINGS.

GLORY & DOMINION

THE WAY THAT THE KINGDOM OF GOD EXPANDS IS THROUGH ITS SUBJECTS.

THE PERSON WHO IS NOT MOVING TOWARDS SERVING HAS A MUCH

BIGGER PROBLEM THAN SIMPLY NOT SERVING.

either HE OR SHE DOES

NOT HAVE THE SPIRIT or

HE OR SHE IS IN REVOLT TO THE MONARCH

THE SPIRIT DOES NOT JUST SEND.

HE EQUIPS.

1 CORINTHIANS 12:1-7

ONE GOD. MULTIPLE GIFTS.

FOR THE COMMON GOOD.

THE ADVANCING OF THE KINGDOM IS WARFARE.

WHAT IF I DON’T KNOW WHAT I’M GIFTED IN?

MOVE TOWARDS SERVING.

Christ emptied Himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

Philippians 2:7-8