Christ in the Midst Matthew 16:13-20 – Jesus mentions the “church” for the first time v.16 You are the Christ, the Son of the living God Built with those who have confessed Christ: v.17 Flesh and Blood did not reveal this to you > Church = those who have had revelation of Jesus from the...

Christ in you, pouring out of you Acts 1:1 all that Jesus began to do and teach, THE MINISTRY OF JESUS IN THE GOSPELS WAS JUST THE WARM-UP TO HIS REAL MINISTRY. WE ARE THE MAIN EVENT John 14:12 … the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he...

Always satisfied, Always hungry for more Acts 10:38 “You know of Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him. IF JESUS NEEDED THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,...

God has been on a mission since the garden, and He has always sought those who would work with Him He is militant about this – there is no middle ground in this Great Co-Mission Matthew 12:30 “He who is not with Me is against Me; and he who does not gather with Me scatters....

What are you seeking? Matt 6:33 …seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. > Find the treasure in the field…the pearl of great price – sell out and buy it all!!! John 1: 35-39 What do you seek? > This is one of those moments that...

Gen 3 > Fig leaves – covering our own sin because we are afraid to bring it to God > When we sin…hell now has an access point, but the accuser wants to drive us from God. > Naked = uncovered – “I have nowhere to hide, but I want to” WHEN WE GET OFFENDED,...

He Satisfies our desire for good! Genesis 3:1-6 DANGEROUS CONVERSATIONS >- Speaking with the devil (or flesh, or temptations) without God present is dangerous. has God said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’ >- He asks questions for which there is no rational answer. Undermines God, then poses his own answer....

1 Cor 3:12-15 > You can build – even upon a foundation in Christ — with worthless materials! > Temporary materials which grow from the earth = wisdom and ideas which originate from the earth > OR materials which have been purified by fire, or formed with fire and pressure > Sometimes, it’s God’s mercy...

Proverbs 3:5-12 With the firstfruits of all your increase Before anything else, God gets HIS portion. CAIN AND ABEL Ezekiel 20:33-40 33   with wrath poured out Not against US…against the sin which plagues us Only if we insist of retaining fellowship with it does God’s wrath harm us. (fleeing Sodom) 37    I will make you...

John 5:19…30 “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, these things the Son also does in like manner… because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. Like...