Christ Community Church of Pembroke Pines

Church Life “The Calling of God, Pt. 2- To New Life”                    (Acts 16:11-15)  Produces a New Root (vv. 11-14)     - The Need: Mt. 7:17-20.     - The How: Ja. 1:18 Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. The word- the gospel, the truth about Jesus saves 1 Pet. 1:23 you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God. (Eph. 2:1-5).     - The Why: Eph. 2:8-9 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast.1 Cor. 1:28-29,31 28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, 29 so that no human being[d] might boast in the presence of God. ...31 so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”1 Cor. 3:6-7 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. 7 So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.2 Reasons Why This Doctrine of the New-Birth Matters: worship and confidence.  Ro. 10:14-15a 14 How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard?[c] And how are they to hear without someone preaching? 15 And how are they to preach unless they are sent? Produces New Fruit (v. 15)

Church Life                “The Calling of God, Pt. 1- To Ministry”                                       Acts 16:1-10   Sacrifice (vv. 1-5)Obedience (vv. 6-10) Jo. 14:25-26 25 “These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you. 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.  16:7 Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.Psa. 37:3-5 3 Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness. 4 Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. 5 Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act.Calling of your spiritual gifts:  -        Calling (what is my passion for ministry?)-   Gifting (what am I good at?) -   Need (where is God working and what does the church and kingdom need?) 

Church Life “Trial Separation” (Acts 15:36-41) Next Journey (v.36)Next Conflict (vv. 37-41)1 Cor. 7:5 Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.1 Cor. 13:4-7 4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;[a] 6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.2 Tim. 4:10-11 10 For Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia,[a] Titus to Dalmatia. 11 Luke alone is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is very useful to me for ministry.  Three Warning Signs - that you’re not loving and not interested in peacemaking:Number one: When the issue becomes a controlling passion of your life. Number two: When you start thinking about revenge against those who have hurt you. Number three: When you begin to attack the person and not the problem.2 Tim. 2:23-26a 23 Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant controversies; you know that they breed quarrels. 24 And the Lord's servant[e] must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil, 25 correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth, 26 and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil

Church Life        “Law and Gospel, Pt. 3 - Grace” (Acts 15:22-35)The Summary and Mission of Grace (vv.22-29)Ro.8:9  You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. He adds in1 Cor. 6:19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,  Eph. 5:15-21; Col. 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. Almost word for word. Jo.15:4, 15:7 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.... 7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.The Soul Care of Grace (vv. 30-35)Heb. 3:12-13 12 Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. 13 But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

Church Life               “Law and Gospel, Pt. 2 - Grace” (Acts 15:6-21)1. The Case for Faith (vv. 6-11)Gal. 3:5-6 5 Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you do so by works of the law, or by hearing with faith— 6 just as Abraham “believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”? Sola fide.Rev. 7:9-10 9 After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, 10 and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”Eph. 2:4-5, 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—Eph. 2:8-9 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast.2. The Case for Scripture (vv. 12-18)3. The Case for Conscience (vv. 19-21)Ro. 14:1-4b, Ro. 14:5-6, Ro. 14:13-15b, Ro. 14:20-21,23 1 Cor. 10:25, 27-29a  25 Eat whatever is sold in the meat market without raising any question on the ground of conscience... 27 If one of the unbelievers invites you to dinner and you are disposed to go, eat whatever is set before you without raising any question on the ground of conscience. 28 But if someone says to you, “This has been offered in sacrifice,” then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who informed you, and for the sake of conscience— 29 I do not mean your conscience, but his. 1 attachment

Church Life                         “Law and Gospel, Pt. 1” (Acts 15:1-5)The Controversy Over Legalism (vv. 1-2)Ro. 4:2-3 2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. 3 For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.”Gal. 2:3-4, 11-14 3 But even Titus, who was with me, was not forced to be circumcised, though he was a Greek. 4 Yet because of false brothers secretly brought in—who slipped in to spy out our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might bring us into slavery— 11 But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. 12 For before certain men came from James, he was eating with the Gentiles; but when they came he drew back and separated himself, fearing the circumcision party.[a] 13 And the rest of the Jews acted hypocritically along with him, so that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy. 14 But when I saw that their conduct was not in step with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all, “If you, though a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you force the Gentiles to live like Jews?”Col. 2:16,18, 20, 21-22 16 Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath...18 Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, going on in detail about visions...  20 If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the world, why, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations— 21 “Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch” 22 (referring to things that all perish as they are used)—according to human precepts and teachings? The Controversy Over Liberty (vv. 3-5)Ro. 2:1-3, Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things. 2 We know that the judgment of God rightly falls on those who practice such things. 3 Do you suppose, O man—you who judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself—that you will escape the judgment of God? 12; For all who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.  Ro. 3:9-12,18,20,23  9 What then? Are we Jews[a] any better off? No, not at all. For we have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under sin, 10 as it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one; 11  no one understands; no one seeks for God. 12 All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good..... 18   “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”... 20 For by works of the law no human being[c] will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.....23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, Gal. 5:3-4 3 I testify again to every man who accepts circumcision that he is obligated to keep the whole law. 4 You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace.Gal. 5:13-15  13 For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. 14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 15 But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.

Matthew 11:28-30

Soul Care Part 2

Soul Care, Pt. 1                                       “Every Christian is a Counselor”               1 Thessalonians 5:14-15 Discipleship Loves (v. 14,15b) Ro. 15:14 I myself am satisfied about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to instruct one another Heb. 10:24-25 24 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, 25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.  3 common objections to church attendance: “I don't need to go to a building to meet with God.""I can read my Bible and pray anywhere.""I love Jesus, but I'm against organized religion." 3 Biblical Responses: You are commanded to attend the church gathering (Heb. 10:24)You need the church gathering (Heb. 10:25; 3:13-14)You are part of a body that needs you (1 Cor. 12:18, 25-26) 2 Tim. 3:16-17 16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. Discipleship Encourages (15a) 1 Jo. 4:11,18a  11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.... 18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear....  2 attachments

 The Biblical Mandate for Men and Women, Pt. 2                                                         “Womanhood 101”                      Titus 2:3-5 Be Discipled (v. 3) - Slaves to Much Wine (3b) Pro. 20:1; 23:20-21, 29-30, 32-33 Be Disciplers (vv.4-5) Gen. 2:18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.”). Gal. 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.  1 Tim. 3:11; 5:9b-10  Qualifications for homemakers:  (1) Applies to married women with children (2) Does not necessarily apply to widows and single mothers (i.e. divorce) (3) Does not necessarily apply to married woman with adult children (i.e. empty nester)- Be a Proverbs 31 woman 1. Home and family are her priority (Pro. 31:10-15, 27-28). 2. Enjoy the Blessing (1 Tim. 2:12a,13-15) (Pro. 31:16,18,22,24). 3. Enjoy the Opportunities (Pro. 31:16,18,22,244. Enjoy the Ministry (Pro. 31:20,26).

Genesis 2:15

Gospel OPS Ministry

 The Word of God Pt. 3                                                                  “What Does it Say?”                          Neh. 8:8 Observation (8a-c) 1 triangle, 3 corners and 3 T’s (3 figures/Text/Them-Then/Today-P.P.). SEE ATTACHED FILE LAURENThe Five 5 W’s of observation: Who, What, When, Where and Why?) Case study- Jo. 3:16 Who (is speaking to whom)? What (are they saying)? When (are they saying it)? Where (is this taking place)? Why (is he saying what he is saying)?  Context is King – historic overview - 5 Tips on How to Study a Section: - Read the paragraph or chapter or section several times. - Parallel the Passage. - Pay attention to the WordsESV- So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.NIV - In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin … KJV - Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin- Pay attention to purpose and direction words. - Write down questions for deeper study. - Try to state the main point or theme or big idea  Interpretation (8d) - The Communication barrier - The Cultural Barrier The Literary Barrier - The Old Testament: Narrative (history)  Law Poetry  Prophets New Testament:Letters (epistles)  Gospels  Parables Revelation  Application (8e)  SPECK: - Sin to confess - Promise to Keep - Example to follow - Command - Knowledge of God to reflect on Here’s 4 more good questions:   1. “Everything is permissible for me – but not everything is beneficial” (1 Cor. 6:12). Question 1:  Is it helpful – physically, spiritually, and mentally?2. “Everything is permissible for me’ – but I will not be mastered by anything” (1 Cor. 6:12). Question 2:  Does it bring me under its power?3. “Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to fall” (1 Cor. 8:13). Question 3:  Does it hurt others?4. “So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God” (1 Cor. 10:31). Question 4:  Does it glorify God?

Fathers Day Message

2nd Timothy 3:15-16