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THE MISSION TOTHE COMMUNITY

Acts 3:6-9MESSAGE SEVEN

AN EXPERIENTIAL EXEGESIS OF OUR CRIPPLED COMMUNITY1. People are at

church but not in church



2. People have friends who accommodate their dysfunction



2. People have friends who accommodate their dysfunction

3. People have settled for a sound but not service

AN EXPERIENTIAL EXEGESIS OF OUR CRIPPLED COMMUNITY4. People

are marked by disability

Thesis

• It is always the mission of the church to change lives in the name of Jesus and bring the kingdom of Christ into the world.

Point 1

• The effects of true Christianity are not merely vertical and personal, but also horizontal and spiritual—communal as well as cosmic.

Point 2

• The church is not primarily a place of preservation, but a place of preparation that should lead people into transformation.

KEY TO SUCCESS:

Is not what you have, but what you’re looking forward to.

THE MISSION OF CORRECTING OUR CRIPPLED COMMUNITY

1. Do not believe a bad report, 2; Heb 11:1-2


1. Do not believe a bad report, 2; Heb 11:1-2

2. Do not forget who you are

Point 3

• Roughness works in your favor when faith factors in God’s faithfulness.


3. Do not forget where you were, 3



4. Do not be afraid to use what you have been given, 4-7



4. Do not be afraid to use what you have been given, 4-7

5. Do not fail to give God glory through praise, 8


6. Do not forget you need fellowship that results in discipleship, 9-11

Point 4

• Your presenting problem can be

solved by getting saved, but your real problem can

only be rooted out by

discipleship.

For prayer

COME FORWARD

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