What is the Purpose of the Church? Preached by Pastor Phil Layton at Gold Country Baptist Church on January 20, 2008 www.goldcountrybaptist.org I want to ask you guys this morning a question that is not intended to insult but to initiate some thinking: why did you come to church today? What was your…

Message today is How to Change the World in One Easy Lesson. I believe Jesus wants us to change the World. Look at the sermon on the Mount. Jesus is teaching the Sermon on the Mount in Matt 5-7 . He teaches the Beatitudes: Blessed are the Poor in Spirit… those who mourn... When Jesus preached that sermon,…

The church is called to praise and glorify God, to establish Jesus Christ’s kingdom, and to proclaim the gospel throughout the world.

The Church: A Community of Resident Aliens 1 Peter 2:4-12 Open your Bibles to 1 Peter … chapter 2. … In 1 Peter 2 … Peter does something which might seem a little unusual. … He compares Jesus to a living stone … and he talks about Christians as stones which are being built together into a great temple.…

Plan of Salvation 14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. Day 2 Using the following verse, develop in your own words a five-point outline for sharing the essential facts of the Gospel with someone. Write two or…

Turn to 2 Peter 1 When I entered the Army right after high school, becoming a disciplined soldier came easy to me. In many ways, I was a good soldier. I obeyed my orders, performed my duties to the best of my ability …. Discipline was not much of a struggle for me. My struggle with was self-control –…

THE BRIDE OF CHRIST Selected Scriptures David Riley Liberty Baptist Church September 19, 1999 I. OUR PURPOSE Why does the church, the bride of Christ, exist? Now there's a question! Like all why questions, which are so often probing and uncomfortable, it can yield life-changing answers. Because asking…

The Nature and Mission of the Church “Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?” (1 Corinthians 3:16) 1. The Purpose of Creation: To Fill the Earth with the Presence/Glory of God (Theme: Isaiah 43:6-7[1]; Habakkuk 2:14[2]; Psalm 22:27-28[3]) A. Genesis 1:26-2:3[4]:…

1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh,…

THE DUTY OF FREEDOM: RESCUING THE CAPTIVES! (Galatians 6:1) “Brethren, even if anyone is caught in any trespass, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; each one looking to yourself, so that you too will not be tempted.” In an article in the August 2006 Christianity Today,…

Acts 5:12-16- Acts Sermon Series

Discussion: Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them…