LEGACY BIBLE CHURCH > Embrace, Embody, Entrust, & Engage the Gospel

Do you know that you are on a mission for God? Christ had modeled discipleship throughout His earthly ministry and His last command to His disciples (and thus to us) was to go and make disciples. Paul in 2 Timothy 2:2 tells Timothy that he is to take what he has learned from Paul and teach others so that they will in turn one day teach others. Discipleship is one of the marks of a healthy church.

This week we are looking at embodying the gospel. We see that the gospel is not just a tool for bringing us to faith but it keeps us in that faith, it draws us back to what Christ has done for us. Transformation occurs when we delight in God and what He has done for us. At Legacy, Life Groups are the primary means by which we as a church body embody the gospel with one another.

At Legacy, we talk a lot about the gospel. Our messages are centered around it, our songs are centered around it. But a lot of the time, people don't really know what the gospel is all about. During the next three messages, we'll be laying out the vision of our church and seeing just how the gospel affects everything we do.

Do you feel like you don't measure up to what is expected of you as a part of a family? Listen as we dive into the implications of the gospel on how we live as a family and the opportunities that the gospel gives us to live in the freedom of our roles. This message is for all family members: sons, daughters, husbands, wives, dads, moms, grandparents and great grandparents.

Can you name families that you know who embody the gospel? We want to be a family of believers who embody the gospel for a lifetime within our families and within our community. Family ministry is designed to partner the church and the family to be the most effective and influential example of the gospel lived out.

When you look around do you see people created in the image of God or just differences? This week as we continue in our study of Acts we see Peter learning that God does not show partiality. Salvation is just the beginning, once we are saved the gospel must transform and transcend all boundaries and barriers in our lives. We are to share the gospel with all those around us with out prejudice. There are no longer divisions of rich or poor, black or white, we are all sons of God.

Have you discovered the secret? Paul discovered it! The secret is Christ, spending time alone with Him and devoting our lives to sharing Him with others. If you are a Christian and yet you don't have "peace" then the question is, "Do you understand grace"? After Paul's conversion God sent him to Arabia where he would spend time sitting with God daily for three years. Finally God sent Paul out to proclaim Christ to the Gentiles. Are you pouring into the lives of others? Does your fruit show?

Conversion transforms the life of the believer. Has this been your experience? Paul's conversion, while it was unique in supernatural ways, serves as a pattern for us. Salvation is more than an intellectual experience, it is a relationship. It is the power of God to transform a heart through His Holy Spirit. On Easter we celebrate and remember the power that transformed our life.

Hear from each of our new pastors (Doug Greene, Lincoln Golike and Simon Keizer) how God brought them to Legacy. Doug (Associate Family Pastor), Lincoln (Students' Pastor) and Simon (College and Young Singles Pastor) each share the vision that God has placed in their hearts for their individual ministries.

What barriers are there in your life that prevent you from trusting God? Barriers can present themselves in many different fashions. They can be those things we prize the most or they can be the failures or disappointments that we strive to hide. In today's sermon we see God overcome barriers in the lives of Philip and a Eunuch that will result in the transformation of their lives. God's message of salvation overcomes all barriers and gives hope to the hopeless.