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  • Mission to the End
    • Always on mission, it’s who we are. 
    • food pantry, sharing our testimony. Everywhere all the time to the end. 
  • Acts 13:1-3- Sent to send
    • The people in the “middle”. 
    • Barnabas {Simeon, Lucius, Manaen} Saul 
    • We all have a part to play.
      • But what’s our goal? To keep expanding the Kingdom. 
      • Why? Because we actually believe it’s the only way to be Justified by God to have relationship with God, to be set free from our sin! We don’t just ell others but we teach those who believe to tell others also. 

Speak the Word of Freedom

  • It was logical to go first to Cyprus, for this was the home of Barnabas (Acts 4:36)
    • vs. 5  Speak
      • Through words, proclamation, herald the Gospel- It’s news! 
      • Through our works, verifies our words or our words verified by our works, but to see the kingdom move forward, it’s the NEWS that does it. 
    • But it’s scary… 
  • Never share your faith and you will never look like a fool. R. Kent Hughes 
    • We see from example in Acts and in scripture as an indicative (truth) 
  • 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? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!” But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?” So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ. Romans 10:14–17
    • Speak God’s Word 
  • vs. 5-12, TELL STORY, 
  • VS. 6, “False prophet”  
    • Read vs. 9-12
    • Contrast Prophets vs. False Prophets
  • God’s word, not your word. 
    • How do you know the difference between a true and false prophet? 
  • Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy. 1 Corinthians 14:1
  • Where are we going with our church? 
    • “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will recognize them by their fruits. Matthew 7:15–16a
    • I want to hear from God. Open the word. You have the Spirit. Every day you can read the Bible and hear from God. Every Sunday, hear God’s word and grow in faith
    • All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16–17
    • Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. Psalm 119:105
    • But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. James 1:22
    • How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word. Psalm 119:9
    • “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.” Matthew 4:4
    • Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. Matthew 24:35
  • Speak God’s Word Of Freedom 
    • Tour Southern Galatia preaching the word. 
    • Read vs. 13-14 (Highlight John Mark) vs. 15-16
      • vs. 38-39  “Freed”  Justification 
    • When you speak of forgiveness and freedom it draws a crowd. 
      • But people want to keep their bondage and add freedom to it. 
    • I’ll take a side of freedom and forgiveness but let’s keep the law and our traditions. 
    • In this Spirit of conflict, the church in Galatia was planted
      • Read vs. 46-49
    • Yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.  Galatians 2:16
    • For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.  Galatians 5:1
  • Speak God’s word of freedom to non-disciples who make disciples (48-49)
  • Speak God’s word of freedom to disciples (Vs. 14:3)
  • Speak God’s word of freedom to ourselves (vs. 52) 
  • Mission: Sent to speak of God’s work of redemption
  • Sent to send others
  • Sent to speak God’s word of freedom 
    • Churches planting Churches, everyone part of the church, even those in the middle, not the Barnabas and Sauls but the Simeons, Lucius, Manaen
  • SLIDE of churches we support 
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