Episode 135: Target Practice

 

1 Peter 2:9-12

 

9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. -- 1 Peter 2:9-10 (CSB)

 

Does your church have a target problems

A floating target?

Following fads 

Constantly redefining the target

 

The wrong target?

Shooting at a metric that Jesus didn’t

Bodies, Baptisms and Budgets

 

No target?

Not intentional

If you aim at nothing - you will hit it every time

 

The target

The church exists for one timeless purpose- to glorify God by making disciples

 

3  identities on the target

We are worshippers. Vs 5 and 9

             

 

We are family

              Not just as individuals but collectively

              “One another” is used over 70 times in scripture

              We are sharing life together

 

We are missionaries to everyone else

             Vs 11-12

Our identity fuels us   And directs us