The Church of Eleven22

The path to resurrection and life is always by of suffering and death.

"He must increase, but I must decrease" John the Baptist

Salvation does not mean that you INHERIT God because of who you are. Salvation means that God ADOPTS you into His family because of who HE is.

Freedom and forgiveness are found only in the grace of Jesus.

Your personal relationship with Jesus is intended to be lived out in authentic community.

No one wakes up and says, “Today I will become God.” Yet, everyday our pride tempts us to remove God from the throne of our hearts and replace him with misplaced hope.

Thank God that answered prayer isn’t based on our faith but on His faithfulness.

Psalm 22 The seven things Jesus said while on the cross.

He struck Peter on the side and woke him, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his hands.

He was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord. (NIV)

Who am I that I would stand in God’s Way?

Water Baptism is the first step of obedience for a disciple of Jesus to publicly declare their faith.

God's forgiveness cannot be earned, inherited, nor self-declared. It must be received.

“…but God has shown me that I should not call any person common or unclean. “ Acts 10: 28

Acts 10:1-8 True Obedience is rooted in TRUST. TRUST is built in RELATIONSHIP.

Dorcus / Tabitha raised from dead/ Big Impact on Community. Acts 9:32-43

Let us not deny nor be defined by our past, but trust the sufficiency of the CROSS to secure our destiny.

God has placed you on purpose so that you may “Open your mouth tell about the good news about Jesus”. Acts 8:26-40

Acts 8:9-25 Jesus did not come as merely a teacher to be obeyed, or a leader to be followed, but as a Savior to surrender to. Progressive Sanctification.

Delayed obedience - a church dispersed; Mt 28 & Acts 1:8 fulfilled in 8:1 Acts 7:54 - 8:8

A Soverign mess: (Christmas message…manger=soverign mess) Acts 7:1-51

"Face of an angel": How do you respond when it doesn’t go your way?Acts 6:8-15

Chosen to serve: Volunteer push for greater missions Acts 6:1-7

Acts 5:12-42 Be obedient to God; Trust Him w/ results.

Acts 5:1-11 Tithing & Offerings, Vain Generosity

Generosity Acts 4:32-27 Radical Generosity

Acts 4:23-31 (What you pray reveals what you believe about God)

Acts 4:1-22 Peter & John (seen and heard)

Acts 3:11-6 The Scarlet Thread

Acts 3:1 Silver & Gold I have not (Healing)

Acts 2:42-47. Fellowship: Biblical Community

Acts 2:1-14. Gospel Invitation.

Acts 1:12-26. Due Diligence and Prayer. Pray, Guess, Go

Evangelism Acts 1:8 Authentically point people to the One true God.

Luke 4