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1. THE CORE SERIES (It’s what’s burning on the inside.) The

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4. The Core: 1. The Grace of God 2. Commitment to God and His Word 3. All Nations Reached wit the Gospel 4. The Church 5. Church Leadership 6. Oneness (Love and Unity) 7. Raising Godly Families 8. Every Member a Minister The

5. “Every Member a Minister” The

6. “Every Member a Minister” • R&R’s • Relationship with God, • Responsibility as a Christian The

7. R&R’s • Relationship with God, • Responsibility as a Christian The

8. Every Member a Minister Rather than a clergy-laity system, we affirm the “priesthood of all believers.” All Christians are “priests” according to 1 Peter 2:5-9, empowered through Holy Spirit to worship God and be workers in the church and the world. The

9. Relationship with God • We have created a clergy-laity system in our churches that is unbiblical. The

10. Robert E. Logan, “Beyond Church Growth” I believe the spiritual reformation begun by Martin Luther‘s 95 Theses is a process which has continued through the present day. It has proceeded in phases. First was the realization of the direct approachability of God through our high priest, Jesus Christ. The

11. Robert E. Logan, “Beyond Church Growth” The Scriptures were placed back where they belonged, in the hands of believers, and translated so the common man could read then with understanding. The decentralization of the Church was another phase, and the rediscovery of the Great Commission another. The

12. Robert E. Logan, “Beyond Church Growth” One of the few uncharted territories remaining in this spiritual reformation is mobilizing lay leaders for ministry. Although Luther steered us away from the centralized authority of the Church elite as the definers and owners of ministry, he was unable to complete that process to include the people in the pews. The

13. Robert E. Logan, “Beyond Church Growth” The church still makes a crippling distinction between the clergy and the laity, a distinction in which the clergy say, “We are the experts in ministry, trained in special schools called seminaries. Leave the ministry to us”, and the laity acquiesce and say, “Okay. Minister to me.” To placate them, the clergy involves the laity in committees, boards, and social functions, but gives them no real license to minister. The

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15. 1 Pet 2:4-5 (NLT) 4 You are coming to Christ, who is the living cornerstone of God’s temple. He was rejected by people, but he was chosen by God for great honor. 5 And you are living stones that God is building into his spiritual temple. What’s more, you are his holy priests. Through the mediation of Jesus Christ, you offer spiritual sacrifices that please God. The

16. Pet 2:9-10 (NLT) 9 … For you are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light. 10 “Once you had no identity as a people; now you are God’s people. Once you received no mercy; now you have received God’s mercy.” The

17. Old Covenant Temple vs. New Covenant Temple The

18. Jesus is now our new High Priest Heb 4:14-15 “So then, since we have a great High Priest who has entered heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we believe. 15 This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin. The

19. Jesus is the way to God the Father John 14:6 “Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” 1 Tim 2:5-6 5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave himself as a ransom for all people. The

20. Jesus has removed the curtain, separating us from the Holy of Holies and God’s presence. Matt 27:50 “Jesus shouted out again, and he released his spirit. At that moment the curtain in the sanctuary of the Temple was torn in two, from top to bottom.” The

21. Jesus became the sacrifice for us Hebrew 10:10 “For God’s will was for us to be made holy by the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ, once for all time.” Heb 10:12 “Our High Priest offered himself to God as a single sacrifice for sins, good for all time. Then he sat down in the place of honor at God’s right hand.” The

22. Relationship with God • We have created a clergy-laity system in our churches that is unbiblical. • We can sometimes change and alter the main purpose of church. The

23. John 2:13-17 (NLT) 13 It was nearly time for the Jewish Passover celebration, so Jesus went to Jerusalem. 14 In the Temple area he saw merchants selling cattle, sheep, and doves for sacrifices; he also saw dealers at tables exchanging foreign money. 15 Jesus made a whip from some ropes and chased them all out of the Temple. He drove out the sheep and cattle, scattered the money changers’ coins over the floor, and turned over their tables. The

24. John 2:13-17 (NLT) 16 Then, going over to the people who sold doves, he told them, “Get these things out of here. Stop turning my Father’s house into a marketplace!” 17 Then his disciples remembered this prophecy from the Scriptures: “Passion for God’s house will consume me.” The

25. A. W. Tozer, “The Pursuit of God” “Right now we are in an age of religious complexity.  The simplicity which is in Christ is rarely found among us.  In its stead are programs, methods, organizations and a world of nervous activities which occupy time and attention but can never satisfy the longing of the heart. ” The

26. A. W. Tozer, “The Pursuit of God” “The shallowness of our inner experience, the hollowness of our worship and that servile imitation of the world which marks our promotional methods all testify that we, in this day, know God only imperfectly, and the peace of God scarcely at all.” The

27. Question: “How’s your relationship with the Lord today?” The

28. Rev 2:4-5 (NLT) “But I have this complaint against you. You don’t love me or each other as you did at first! Look how far you have fallen! Turn back to me and do the works you did at first.” The

29. R&R’s • Relationship with God, • Responsibility as a Christian The

30. 1 Pet 4:10 (NIV) Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. The

31. Eph 4:11-16 (NLT) 11 Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. 12 Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ. 13 This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God’s Son that we will be mature in the Lord, measuring up to the full and complete standard of Christ. The

32. Eph 4:11-16 (NLT) 14 Then we will no longer be immature like children. We won’t be tossed and blown about by every wind of new teaching. We will not be influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever they sound like the truth. 15 Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church. 16 He makes the whole body fit together perfectly. As each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love. The

33. Spiritual Growth and Maturity Parent Infant The Child Young Adult “Real Life Discipleship” , Jim Putnam

34. The Spiritual Gifts

35. Ministry Gifts – • serve to reveal the plan of God • Apostle • Prophet • Evangelist • Shepherd • Teacher The

36. Manifestation Gifts - • serve to reveal the power of God • Wisdom • Knowledge • Prophecy • Faith • Discernment The

37. Motivation Gifts – • serve to reveal the personality of God • Leadership • Administration • Serving • Hospitality • Teaching • Giving • Exhortation/Encouragement • Mercy The

38. “Every Member a Minister” • R&R’s • Relationship with God, • Responsibility as a Christian The

39. THE CORE SERIES (It’s what’s burning on the inside.) The

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