Series “Are We There Yet?” Sermon # 1 “Where”

Series “Are We There Yet?”  — Sermon #1 “Where”

Can’t clearly know if your are THERE if don’t first know WHERE it is.

I drove the family to Disney. Saw the sign … We made it!!!

Went to Las Vegas … went all the way through death valley to get there.

If you don’t start somewhere, you’re gonna go nowhere.   Bob Marley

A man of purpose focuses on his destination, not his situation. Don’t let your situation mislead you!  

              T. B. Joshua

Acts 1:1-8 The former account I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, 2 until the day in which [a]He was taken up, after He through the Holy Spirit had given commandments to the apostles whom He had chosen, 3 to whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many [b]infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.

4 And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, “which,” He said, “you have heard from Me; 5 for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” 6 Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” 7 And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. 8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be [c]witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

John Calvin — “There are as many errors in this question as words.”

They didn’t grasp the scope of the mission they were being recruited to realize.

National instead of Global    —   Temporal instead of Eternal

You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks. Winston Churchill

Where Is CHURCH Going?

Acts 26:19  “Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,…”    

Paul was given a clear mandate.

1 Corinthians 9:26 (NLT) “So I run straight to the goal with purpose in every step. I am not like a boxer who misses his punches.”

Romans 16:25-26 “Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery kept secret since the world began but now made manifest,…”

Psalm 110:1-3 “The LORD said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.” The LORD shall send the rod of Your strength out of Zion  (CHURCH).”…

… Rule in the midst of Your enemies! Your people shall be volunteers In the day of Your power; In the beauties of holiness, from the womb of the morning, You have the 

dew of Your youth.”

Isaiah 2:2   “Now it shall come to pass in the latter days That the mountain of the Lord’s house Shall be established on the top of the mountains, And shall be exalted above the hills; And all nations shall flow to it.”

Cosmological   Eph 1:9-10    “He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His kind intention which He purposed in Him with a  view to an administration…

(oikonomia:– household management) … suitable to the fullness of the times, that is, the summing up of all things in Christ, things in the heavens and things on the earth. In Him.” 

Ecclesiological   Eph 3:9-10    “…and to bring to light what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God who created all things;…

…so that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places.”

John 13:12-17  “So when He had washed their feet, taken His garments, and sat down again, … For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you. Most assuredly, … 

Where Is IMPACT Going?

Started a Grosvenor 1990. —  220 Adelaide St. N. 1995-2021  —  All Saints  —  High School —

1200 Commissioners … and beyond!!!

IMPACT — A called out, transformed, authentic, generational, multicultural, community of believers consumed with the  mission of God’s Glory filling the earth.

John 13:34 “… love one another; as I have loved you, …”

1. Love Unconditionally    2. Accept Completely    3. Forgive On Purpose    4. Honour Everyone

Where Are YOU Going?

1Corinthians 12:18  “But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body just as He pleased.”

Ephesians 4:16 (NIV)  “From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.”

Only happens together!

1 Peter 4:10   “As each one has received a gift, (SHAPE) minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.” 

Realize Your SHAPE!

Joshua 14:12  (NIV)     “Now give me this hill country that the Lord promised me … I will drive them out just as he said.”

ARE WE THERE YET?   Where … clearly defined is so important. God has a where for you. You find it as you give yourself to community.

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