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Crossview Spiritual Growth Path

Crossview Spiritual Growth Path. Theme Passage I Peter 2 9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Reaching towards the Cross…. Crossview

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Crossview Spiritual Growth Path

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  1. Crossview Spiritual Growth Path

  2. Theme Passage I Peter 2 9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

  3. Reaching towards the Cross…. Crossview Connects Crossview Grows

  4. Reaching to the “other side” of the Cross… Crossview In the Community Crossview Worldwide

  5. “Someone asked me once, “Dr. Graham how do I know that I am becoming more like Christ?”. It did not take me long to answer, Dr. Billy Graham Crossview In the Community Crossview Worldwide

  6. “When you begin to genuinely love other people, more than just for your own gain or security, and begin to give away the great blessings of God that have been given to you- like salvation, grace and mercy…that shows that Jesus is growing in you.” Dr. Billy Graham Crossview In the Community Crossview Worldwide

  7. 3. Crossview in the Community Matt 25 40 "The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'

  8. 3. Crossview in the Community Ministry to the community is being Jesus outside of the meetings of the church. When you are among the world, you should be like Christ among the world so that light shines into the world.

  9. 3. Crossview in the Community Our ministry should not be centered in the church, but in the heart of the people of the church.

  10. 3. Crossview in the Community Acts 10 38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit & with power, who went about doing good & healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.

  11. 3. Crossview in the Community “This, after all, is the goal of the American dream: to make much of ourselves. But here the gospel & the American dream are clearly & ultimately antithetical to each other.” David Platt, Radical, p. 46-47

  12. 3. Crossview in the Community “While the goal of the American dream is to make much of us, the goal of the gospel is to make much of God” David Platt, Radical, p. 46-47

  13. 3. Crossview in the Community John 13 3 Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, & that he had come from God & was returning to God;

  14. 3. Crossview in the Community John 13 4 so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, & wrapped a towel around his waist. 5 After that, he poured water into a basin & began to wash his disciples' feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him…

  15. 3. Crossview in the Community John 13 15 I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you.

  16. 3. Crossview in the Community John 13 16 I tell you the truth, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. 17 Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.

  17. 3. Crossview in the Community Am I living like Jesus in the community by… …Serving the people around me-my co-workers, friends & neighbors-by genuinely loving them? …by intentionally seeking to share Christ, touching the lives of those who are in need/need Christ?

  18. 4. Crossview Worldwide Matt 28 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

  19. 4. Crossview Worldwide Matt 28 20 & teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age

  20. 4. Crossview Worldwide Participating in reaching the rest of the world in not optional or extra for the person following Jesus-

  21. 4. Crossview Worldwide His heart & His Spirit will compel us to care about & sacrifice to accomplish the task of making disciples of all nations. Pray urgently, Give sacrificially, Go willingly

  22. 4. Crossview Worldwide • Out of the world’s 11,000-plus people • groups, nearly 7,000 are considered yet unreached; they include more than half the world’s population. •  More than 3,000 unreached people groups are unengaged completely, having no churches, evangelistic witness or church-planting strategy at all.

  23. 4. Crossview Worldwide Acts 1 8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; & you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, & in all Judea & Samaria, & to the end of the earth.

  24. 4. Crossview Worldwide - Even in the Holy Spirit power charged book of Acts, the gospel still spread through people, people who lived in obedience to God’s mission.

  25. 4. Crossview Worldwide Am I engaging in God’s mission to reach the rest of the world… … by praying for unreached people & more missionaries to reach them … by giving to missions (Acts 1:8 Fund or other evangelistic missions) … by being willing to go as God calls

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