Truth Unites

OVERFLOWING GRACE GOD’S LOVING FAVOR IN MY INADEQUACY RESULTING IN OVERFLOWING BENEFITS. GOSPEL RELATIONSHIPS MY RESPONSIBILITY PARABLE OF THE SOWER ACCEPT AND DECLARE GOD’S TRUTH REGARDLESS OF THE POSSIBLE RESPONSES TO THAT TRUTH. MY MANNER 1 THESSALONIANS 2:1-12 BOLDY PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL IN THE RIGHT MANNER FROM A POSITION OF GODLY CHARACTER. MY FOUNDATION 2 JOHN BUILD LOVING RELATIONSHIPS ON TRUTH. MY PURPOSEFULNESS MATTHEW 29:18-20 BASED UPON THE AUTHORITY OF CHRIST, BUILD GOSPEL RELATIONSHIP DEPENDING UPON THE POWER OF CHRIST. TRUTH DIVIDES MATTHEW 10:5-42 PROCLAIM TRUTH THAT OTHERS MAY HAVE A RIGHT RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD: IT IS WORTH IT! Truth Unites PHIL. 1:27-30 JOHN 17:1-26 TRUTH UNITES 1. God desires unity based on the gospel. Jn. 17:11, Phil. 1:20-23 2. Truth unites our foundation for life choices. Phil 1:27 3. Truth unites our relationships. Phil. 1:27b 4. Truth unites our purpose. Phil. 1:27c 5. Truth unites our resolve to faithfulness. Phil. 28-30 TRUTH UNITES THE BELIEVER IN RELATIONSHIP AND PURPOSE LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR COURAGEOUS LIVING. APPLICATION 1. Identify what forms the foundation for your relationships? External similarities give superficial unity but internal beliefs give unity of depth. The truth of God must be what unites! APPLICATION 2. Identify what determines your life purposes. Self, success, comfort, happiness, family, relationships – truth must be the determiner of your life purpose – it is what unites us in our common cause of the gospel in the midst of our differences of personality, opinions, desires, and life direction. 3. What do my life choices reveal about what I believe about truth? TRUTH UNITES THE BELIEVER IN RELATIONSHIP AND PURPOSE LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR COURAGEOUS LIVING. FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH OF CHEROKEE ROAD: BUILDING GOSPEL RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH TRUTH, FAITH, AND LOVE.