God, Inc. Five Ingredients for Success A clear mission and values A specific desired goal or product An organization that embodies the mission and values A process that produces the desired goal or product A well-defined plan to achieve success What Are Gods Desired Goals or Products? 1.People who have Jesus living in them that live like he lived 2.A community of people that have Jesus living in their midst who are an unstoppable movement of grace, reconciliation, redemption, and nurture Product #1 People who have Jesus living in them that live like he lived Galatians 2:20 NLT Galatians 5:16-25 NLT 2 Corinthians 4:4-11 NLT Product #1 2020I myself no longer live, but Christ lives in me. So I live my life in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20 NLT Product #1 1616So I advise you to live according to your new life in the Holy Spirit. Then you won't be doing what your sinful nature craves. 17The old sinful nature loves to do evil, which is just opposite from what the Holy Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are opposite from what the sinful nature desires. These two forces are constantly fighting each other, and your choices are never free from this conflict. 18But when you are directed by the Holy Spirit, you are no longer subject to the law.17 18 Product #1 1919When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, your lives will produce these evil results: sexual immorality, impure thoughts, eagerness for lustful pleasure, 20idolatry, participation in demonic activities, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, divisions, the feeling that everyone is wrong except those in your own little group, 21envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other kinds of sin. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the Kingdom of God.20 21 Product #1 2222But when the Holy Spirit controls our lives, he will produce this kind of fruit in us: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23gentleness, and self-control. Here there is no conflict with the law Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there. 25If we are living now by the Holy Spirit, let us follow the Holy Spirit's leading in every part of our lives.25 Galatians 5:16-25 NLT Product #1 44Satan, the god of this evil world, has blinded the minds of those who don't believe, so they are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News that is shining upon them. They don't understand the message we preach about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God. 55We don't go around preaching about ourselves; we preach Christ Jesus, the Lord. All we say about ourselves is that we are your servants because of what Jesus has done for us. 6For God, who said, "Let there be light in6 Product #1 66For God, who said, "Let there be light in the darkness," has made us understand that this light is the brightness of the glory of God that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ. 77But this precious treasurethis light and power that now shine within usis held in perishable containers, that is, in our weak bodies. So everyone can see that our glorious power is from God and is not our own. 88We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed and broken. We are perplexed, but we don't give up and quit. Product #1 99We are hunted down, but God never abandons us. We get knocked down, but we get up again and keep going. 10Through suffering, these bodies of ours constantly share in the death of Jesus so that the life of Jesus may also be seen in our bodies Yes, we live under constant danger of death because we serve Jesus, so that the life of Jesus will be obvious in our dying bodies. 2 Corinthians 4:4-11 NLT Product #1 Implications People are different because Jesus lives in them People live differently because Jesus lives in them People partner with God by living his mission and values Product #2 A community of people that have Jesus living in their midst who are an unstoppable movement of grace, reconciliation, redemption, and nurture Romans 8:28-39 NLT Ephesians 4:11-16 NLT 2828And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. 29For God knew his people in advance, and he chose them to become like his Son, so that his Son would be the firstborn, with many brothers and sisters. 30And having chosen them, he called them to come to him. And he gave them right standing with himself, and he promised them his glory What can we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us? 32Since God did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won't God, who gave us Christ, also give us everything else?32 3333Who dares accuse us whom God has chosen for his own? Will God? No! He is the one who has given us right standing with himself. 34Who then will condemn us? Will Christ Jesus? No, for he is the one who died for us and was raised to life for us and is sitting at the place of highest honor next to God, pleading for us Can anything ever separate us from Christ's love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or are hungry or cold or in danger or threatened with death? 36(Even the Scriptures say, "For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep.") 37No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.3637 3838And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from his love. Death can't, and life can't. The angels can't, and the demons can't. Our fears for today, our worries about tomorrow, and even the powers of hell can't keep God's love away. 39Whether we are high above the sky or in the deepest ocean, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.39 Romans 8:28-39 NLT 11He is the one who gave these gifts to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. 12Their responsibility is to equip God's people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ, 13until we come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God's Son that we will be mature and full grown in the Lord, measuring up to the full stature of Christ Then we will no longer be like children, forever changing our minds about what we believe because someone has told us something different or because someone has cleverly lied to us and made the lie sound like the truth. 15Instead, we will hold to the truth in love, becoming more and more in every way like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church.15 1616Under his direction, the whole body is fitted 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. Ephesians 4:11-16 NLT Product #2 Implications God has chosen us to be his people Jesus lives among us We are unstoppable The world needs what we have Grace Reconciliation Redemption A safe place to grow What are we producing? People who are different because Jesus lives in them? People who live differently because Jesus lives in them? People who partner with God by living his mission and values? What is the evidence? What are we producing? A community empowered and directed by the presence of Jesus? An unstoppable movement? A community where grace rules? A community where relationships are healed? A community where people are rescued? A community where people are valued and developed into what God wants for them to be? What is the evidence?