Our third Sunday message at Harvest Baptist Church is available for download on our church's new site. If you'd like to download the sermon notes or the audio, please visit (bottom middle for the latest sermon):
http://www.harvestbaptistks.org/
Or you can go straight to the message by following this link:
http://www.harvestbaptistks.org/what-disciple
Thanks! ~Greg
Last Sunday (our first service as Harvest Baptist Church) we studied what the Bible says about our purpose. Why are we here—as individuals and as a church? Why did we start yet another church in Kansas City?
That was good place to start, but it left us with a question: How do we do that? That is our mission...
In this message we focus on what the Bible says about what we are to do in order to fulfill our life's purpose of glorifying God and enjoying Him forever.
Our Mission (to be and make disciples) has two aspects: evangelism and edification. When we speak about discipleship, we need to get used to using these terms because they communicate a simple picture of biblical discipleship in the Church Age.
Both together (evangelism and edification) form what we call "discipleship" (i.e., making disciples).
This is why we started Harvest Baptist Church: So that we, as individuals and as a church family, can glorify God and enjoy Him now and forever by being and making disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ. That is our purpose and that is our mission. That is what we aim to do.
Why are we here... starting a new church?
I believe that one of the most important things we can do, being a brand new church, is to clarify our purpose: Why are we doing this? By defining our purpose and always keeping that purpose in the forefront of everything we do, we can (hopefully) avoid the many pitfalls that get ministries side-tracked today.
Our purpose (as a church and as individuals) is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever.
Those two things work together: When we are glorifying God we will be enjoying Him forever (the way to enjoy God is to do that which glorifies Him).
So, if you're not enjoying God... maybe you should evaluate whether or not you're living in a way that glorifies and pleases Him.
I recently had the great privilege of teaching a two-part survey of the Book of Romans in the KCBT Shepherd School of Ministry. Here are the notes from the teaching and the audio of the second session on the "Conent" of Romans.
I would encourage you to listen to the audio. Romans is a very encouraging and edifying book, and I think you'll find the survey of its content to be motivating and challenging in your walk with the Lord.
Survey, part #1: The Context of Romans
Survey, part #2: The Content of Romans