Three-D Discipleship

Ep. 137 - Haggai Series: Are you complacent in any area of your life that God has called you to be active and obedient in? Haggai 1:12-15

Haggai: Return of the King. God's presence is promised to return. God woke up His complacent people. Are you complacent in any area of your life that God has called you to be active and obedient in? God's authority invokes obedience!

 

THEM:

- God's Authority Invoked Obedience

- God's Word Led to Obedience - God's Presence Awakened Obedience

 

US:

- God freed us through Jesus

- God calls us to build the church for His presence to dwell throughout the world.

- God INVOKES us to build.

- God LEADS us to build.

- God AWAKENS us to build.

 

Gospel Response: In Christ, contentment is the peace of lacking nothing, yet finding everything, never needing more, but faithfully willing to receive or give more. Complacency is the ignorance of feeling as if you lack nothing, while longing for more but not having the ability to find more.

 

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Haggai 1:12-15

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

Ep. 136 - Haggai Series: Has comfort become an idol for you? Haggai 1:1-11

Haggai: Return of the Temple. We have purpose in our freedom, to spread the Kingdom of God. Has comfort become an idol for you? God calls the people to rebuild the Temple. The reason is they have failed to follow through with their faithfulness to God. They continue this and it's fulfilled in the new dwelling place of God, in us.

 

God works through Haggai not to Haggai

- The challenge is to build the Kingdom.

- We can either build the kingdom commitment or worldly excuses.

God has chosen to work through the Church rather than a particular nation. God has chosen to dwell in you rather than a temple.

 

Haggai points to Jesus:

- God uses Zerubbabel.

- God is building a new temple.

 

Gospel Response:

- Be faithful, even if it means being uncomfortable.

- Be sent, even if it means being uncomfortable.

 

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Haggai 1:1-11

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor 

Ep. 135 - Titus Series: Who is with you in your walk to serve God? Titus 3:12-15

Church Unity in Ministry: So, unite together to serve God wherever He calls you. Who is with you in your walk to serve God? The church was united by Christ. It was specifically united around the task he gave them to make disciples in all the nations. We need to talk about our ministry to one another and the world more often.

- Paul Built a Ministry Team in Deep Community

- Paul Sent United Disciples to Make Disciples

- Paul Built Unity Around Ministry

 

We don't have true community without true unity. Every community creates parameters for unity. Christ destroyed immoral unity on the cross and built up a unity from love through the cross. The unity of the church is its degree of freedom from divisions among true Christians.‌ - Wayne Grudem

 

Recipe for Unity: Set Right, Think Right, Live Right, Do Right

‌- The Church doesn't have Fans

- Serving Together Builds Unity and Community

 

Gospel Response:

- Serve in a local church setting.

- Serve in a missional setting.

- Seek leadership for direction.

 

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Titus 3:12-15

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

Ep. 134 - Titus Series: The gospel unites and sin divides. Titus 3:9-11

The gospel unites and emboldens while worldly desires divide and extinguish. The gospel unites and sin divides. Church Unity in the Gospel: The church was united by Christ, it's foolish to let division seep into the church. Therefore, a solid faith and hope will prevent these dissensions.

Types of Division in Crete:

1. Foolish Debates

2. Genealogies

3. Quarrels/Disputes about the Law

Rejecting Division Self-condemnation here comes because the pride of the divisive person makes them the savior rather than Jesus.

Gospel Response:

‌- Set your Minds on Christ and His Gospel

- Seek First the Kingdom of God

- Identify "Hills to Die On"

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Titus 3:9-11

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

Ep. 133 - Titus Series: God purifies His people. Titus 3:1-8

Grace outside the Church. God purifies His people. The people of the church are transformed by the grace of God and it changes the way we live with those outside of the church. Live Different in the Community. Live Different because you are Regenerated and Renewed. Live Different because you are Devoted to Good Works.

3 things people say that you do that hurts them that might be sin:

What does scripture say about those struggles?

• Have you consulted other Christians to analyze this sin?
• Have I consulted other Christians to overcome potential sin in my life?
• Have I gained self control over this sin or struggle? ‌

Gospel Response:

• Submit to Christ-Control
• Recognize Works that are not “Good”
• Engage the Resources Around You to Overcome Sin

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Titus 3:1-8

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

Ep. 132 - Titus Series: God loves you despite your filth. Titus 2:11–15

Grace is going to motivate us personally to live a different life. Hope is going to help us see the world differently and enable us to live faithfully rather than foolishly. God loves you despite your filth. God’s Grace is for All People. God’s Grace Instructs His People. Hope Sustains Obedience. God’s Grace Redeems and Reclaims. Gospel Response: ‌You need God’s Grace, hope, and purpose Ask yourself this, are you eager to do good works?

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Titus 2:11–15

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

Ep. 131 - Titus Series: Every age and every situation can proclaim the gospel. Titus 2:1-10

Despite unhealth in the church, Titus is to recognize the grace of God in the church. No age and no situation exempts you from the sanctifying work of the Spirit. Every age and every situation can proclaim the gospel. Empty Talk: Prosperity Gospel

1. If you water down the gospel, people leave.

2. If you live a false life, people leave.

3. The gospel should change the way we live, and that will proclaim the gospel to the world.

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Titus 2:1-10

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

Ep. 130 - Titus Series: What is the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ in the face of the Gospel of Nationalism? 1 Peter 2:-9-10

Jesus is King; He has a Kingdom; He chose me for it; He gave me a role in it. What is the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ in the face of the Gospel of Nationalism? The Gospel of Nationalism is Faith in the Nation, the Savior or it's the desire to transform the Nation in a way into a covenant with the Christian Nation with God in order to save the people. This is not the Biblical Gospel.

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1 Peter 2:-9-10

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

Ep. 129 - Chaos in the Calm: A Real Life Christmas. No matter where you are, God is with you.

Our God came into the midst of this earth full of struggles. The only reason we can celebrate this time of year is because God is with us. A Real Life Christmas! Chaos in the Calm

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Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

Ep. 128 - Desire in Chaos: A Real Life Christmas. We have Life and Light because of Jesus Christ. Romans 8

How does the truth of John 1 and Revelation 21-22 impact us today? What are you chasing after in life? Should you change or broaden what you are after? We have Life and Light because of Jesus Christ. A Real-Life Christmas! Desire in Chaos.

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Romans 8

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor