Looking at the Big Picture

Girl Reading Bible

What does

God say life is all about?

1. Why did God create me?

2. What is the purpose of life?

3. What is God’s will for me?

4. How do I decide what is important in life?

Life’s Big Questions

Girl and Question Marks

Magnifying Glass

Danger Sign

Frog on Pot

Frog Outside Pot

Frog in Pot

Boiling Water

Dangerous Inuences

1. Materialism2. Individualism3. Relativism4. Pragmatism5. Consumerism

Holding the Earth

My Story

Sistine Chapel Ceiling

Reality

For everything comes from him and exists by his power and is intended for his glory. All glory to him forever! Amen.

Romans 11:36 (NLT)

Reality

For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.

Mark 8:35 (NIV)

Reality

…You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (NIV)

Reality

And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.

2 Corinthians 5:15 (NIV)

Reality

I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Galatians 2:20 (NIV)

It’s About Jesus!

“We were created to live for something, someone bigger than ourselves. We were designed to live with, for, and through the Lord. God is meant to be the motivation and hope of everything we do. His pleasure, his honor, and his will are the things for which we are meant to live. But the foolishness of sin really does cause us to reduce our lives to the size and shape of our lives.”

Paul Tripp

Looking through Binoculars

The Big Picture

Jesus

Gospel Church Mission

My Story

His Story

It’s about Jesus!

It’s About Jesus!

You search the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. But the Scriptures point to me!

John 5:39 (NLT)

It’s About Jesus!

Then Jesus said to them, “You foolish people! You find it so hard to believe all that the prophets wrote in the Scriptures. Wasn’t it clearly predicted that the Messiah would have to suffer all these things before entering his glory?” Then Jesus took them through the writings of Moses and all the prophets, explaining from all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.

Luke 24:25-27 (NLT)

Bible

Gospel

Jesus

It’s About Jesus!

but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe. The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact r e p r e s e n t a t i o n o f h i s b e i n g , sustaining all things by his powerful word…

Hebrews 1:2-3 (NIV)

It’s About Jesus!“But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit upon his glorious throne. All the nations will be gathered in his presence, and he will separate the people as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will place the sheep at his right hand and the goats at his left… “And t h e y w i l l g o a w a y i n t o e t e r n a l punishment, but the righteous will go into eternal life.”

Matthew 25:31-33, 46 (NLT)

It’s About Jesus!

Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Philippians 2:9-11 (NIV)

It’s About Jesus!

1. Jesus created the universe

2. Jesus sustains all things

3. Jesus will inherit all things

4. Jesus will judge everyone

5. Jesus will be King over all

Jesus

The Big PictureJesus

Gospel Church Mission

The Trinity and the Gospel

1. The Father established the eternal plan of salvation and sent His Son.

2. Jesus fulfilled the plan and accomplished redemption for man.

3. The Spirit applies the benefits of Christ’s atonement to believers.

Isus pe Cruce

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Gospel Church Mission

Importance of the Gospel

But he replied, “I must preach the Good News of the Kingdom of God in other towns, too, because that is why I was sent.”

Luke 4:43 (NLT)

Importance of the Gospel

I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes…

Romans 1:16 (NIV 84)

The Gospel

The gospel is the good news of what God has done through His Son Jesus Christ to restore His reign and rule o v e r a l l c r e a t i o n a n d b r i n g reconciliation to all those who repent and place their trust in Jesus.

Aspects of the Gospel

1. Understanding/Believing

2. Living the gospel

3. Proclaiming the gospel

4. Defending the gospel

Understanding the Gospel

1. Growing in knowledge and understanding of the gospel.

2. Able to write out the gospel.

3. Able to clearly explain the gospel to others.

Understanding the Gospel

You never leave the gospel to go onto other things. You only go deeper into it.

Living the Gospel

1. Preach the gospel to yourself daily.

2. Live based on the truths of who you are in Christ.

3. Live a cruciform life.

4. Live a life of repentance and faith.

Proclaiming the Gospel

1. Holy Spirit – need for prayer

2. Gospel – know it well

3. Testimony – your story & life

Defending the Gospel

1. Why believe in God?

2. Why believe that the Bible is the Word of God?

3. Why does God allow evil and suffering?

4. Why does God send people to hell?

The Church

Gospel Church Mission

Jesus

Gospel Church Mission

Importance of the Church

As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him—you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy pr iesthood, of fer ing spir i tual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 2:4-5 (NIV)

Importance of the Church

God’s purpose in all this was to use the church to display his wisdom in its rich variety to all the unseen rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. This was his eternal plan, which he carried out through Christ Jesus our Lord.

Ephesians 3:10-11 (NLT)

Importance of the Church

A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other…All of you together are Christ’s body, and each of you is a part of it.

1 Corinthians 12:7, 27 (NLT)

Bride of Christ

Body of Christ

Family of God

TrinitySymbol

The Church

The Church is a community of people who belong to God through faith in Jesus Christ.

The Church

The church is a community of imperfect people clinging to a per fect Christ who are being perfected by grace.

Jonathan Dodson

The Church

The Church is God’s People saved by God’s Power for God’s Purposes.

Soma Communities

The Church

The purpose of the church is to serve as an outpost of Jesus’ kingdom that makes the invisible kingdom visible by the grace of God and power of the Holy Spirit.

Mark Driscoll

City on a Hill

The Mission: Making

Gospel Church MissionJesus

Gospel Church Mission

Our MissionGlorifying God and Jesus

Proclaiming Discipling Loving

Kingdom of God

Throne

Goal

After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God. “The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!”

Mark 1:14-15 (NIV)

Goal

your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven… But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

Matthew 6:10, 33 (NIV)

Goal

…which he exerted in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every title that can be given, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church,

Ephesians 1:20-22 (NIV)

Goal

Our goal is to bring the reign and rule of God over all aspects of His creation.

Jesus teaching disciples

The Mission

Jesus came and told his disciples, “I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

Matthew 28:18-20 (NLT)

The Mission

And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.

Mark 16:15 (NKJ)

The Mission

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

Acts 1:8 (NLT) (see Luke 24:48-49)

The Mission

Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.”

John 20:21 (NIV)

Great Commandment

“Teacher, which is the most important commandment in the law of Moses?” Jesus replied, “‘You must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ The entire law and all the demands of the p r o p h e t s a r e b a s e d o n t h e s e t w o commandments.”

Matthew 22:36-40 (NLT)

Great Commandment

Like Jesus we are to go out in the power of the Holy Spirit and proclaim the gospel and make disciples who love God and people of all those who respond to the gospel.

Gospel Living

Our Ultimate Purpose

Glory to him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen. Ephesians 3:21 (NLT)

... as God’s grace reaches more and more people, there will be great thanksgiving, and God will receive more and more glory. 2 Corinthians 4:15 (NLT)

Summary of our Purpose

The ultimate purpose of all we do is to bring God glory.

When God is glorified people worship Him.

Mountain Top Sunset“Chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever.”

The Westminster Confession

Question Mark in SkyWhat is the

Glory of God?

Mountain Top Sunset“The glory of God is the innite beauty and greatness of his manifold perfections.”

John Piper

Golden Clouds

Everything that comes forth from God is His glory.

The Sun

Jesus on Cross

Girl Reading Bible

What does

God say life is all about?

God’s Will For Us

1. Goal - to bring the reign and rule of God over all aspects of His creation.

2. Mission - to share the gospel in order to make disciples of Jesus who love God and people

3.Purpose - to bring glory to Jesus and the Father so they may be worshiped

Gospel LivingTo know God and to make Him known

The Big Picture

Jesus

Gospel Church Mission