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Converting

The Great CommissionThe Great Commission

Eagle River Church of God

The Great Commission

Recap from November 15



Love - connecting point Going into all the world requires connecting.

Connecting = Loving The shortest distance between the lost and the

saved is a straight line of love. True love is not just an emotion but it is will,

decision and action



Love - connecting point The love of Christ compels us to act, to go:

Go to the hungry and broken Go to the seeking and searching Go to the inner city Go next door Go to the community, the city, other countries



The Connecting Points1. Prayer

2. Learn more about culture

3. Understand generational ministry

4. Become known as a caring church

5. Cultivate relationship with lost people

6. Do something significant for the community

7. Learn from other missionaries and missional churches

8. Discern the difference between preferences and essentials

9. Be a missional church

10. Remember the broken and backslidden



Cultivating and Reaping Reaping does not take place until the processes

of sowing and cultivating have been fulfilled. Cultivate = work

Prepare, pray, work, labor, plant, plow, care, improve, produce, develop and devote



Cultivate• Connect – show love and care• Understand – where they come from• Listen – their story• Tell – your story• Intercede – pray for them• Value – the relationship• Answer – their questions/your questions• Tell- the story of Jesus• Expect – results and miracles



The Mechanics of the Great Commission


Connecting

Converting

DisciplingEquipping

Empowering


ConvertingThe HEART of the

commission



The miracle of being converted

It is more than a simple change of mind or a persuasion to a new way of life.

Conversion is a supernatural reality that results in turning away from sin and unbelief in repentance and turning to Christ in faith and obedience.



To be converted means to be born again – to be changed into a new creature.

“Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold all things have become new” (2 Corinthians 5:17)

“Unless someone is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God” (John 3:3)



Redemption

“To buy out” with the intention of setting free such as a slave.

Jesus was the only one who could pay the price for our sins so that we can be reconciled to the Father. “ For even the son of Man did not come to be

served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many” (Mark 10:45)



Justification Not guilty! “We all have sinned and fall short of the glory of

God, being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. (Romans 3:23, 24)



Reconciliation We are no longer enemies of God, we are part

of His family. “Once you were alienated from God and were

enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. But now He has reconciled you. (Colossians 1:21, 22)



Righteousness by faith

Romans 5:12-21 Through the first man sin came into the world Through Jesus, the second Adam, came the gift

of righteousness



Romans 5:17 “Much more those who receive abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ”

To reign in life means to rule, to have dominion, to be victorious and to walk triumphantly every day in God’s true success.



The definition of righteousness Right standing with God When you receive the gift righteousness you are

freed from guilt, condemnation, inferior, and fear.

The opposite of righteousness Sin consciousness – It robs you of the

confidence, boldness in prayer, and authority in ministering to other people



Scriptures on righteousness “ The work of righteousness will be peace, and

the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance forever” (Isaiah 32:17)

“In righteousness you shall be established; you shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near you” (Isaiah 54:14)



How do we receive the gift of righteousness? “For with the heart one believes unto

righteousness…” (Romans 10:8-10)

“For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him” (2 Corinthians 5:21)


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