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Everything the Lord does has purpose.

● 1 John 3:8 He who sins is of the devil, for the devil

has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the

Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy

the works of the devil.

● Everything we do should have purpose...we should be

accomplishing something.

● We should step into church on purpose.

● John 10:10 The thief does not come except to

steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that

they may have life, and that they may have it more

abundantly.

● Jesus’ teaching had purpose

● Jesus’ preaching had purpose

● Jesus’ healing had purpose

Jesus taught to “produce” something...or “accomplish”

something

● If Jesus taught to accomplish something and we

don’t know what that was, how can we duplicate

his ministry here on the earth??

● If you don’t understand the purpose behind the

action, how can you expect to place any value

upon the action.

● What is the purpose behind Jesus teaching,

preaching, & healing?

The reason Jesus would teach and preach was to

produce beliefs.

● Mark 16:15 And He said to them, “Go into all the

world and preach the gospel to every creature. 16

He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but

he who does not believe will be condemned.

● Rom 10:13 For “whoever calls on the name of the

LORD shall be saved.”14 How then shall they call on

Him in whom they have not believed? And how

shall they believe in Him of whom they have not

heard? And how shall they hear without a

preacher?

● Preaching leads to believing, which leads to calling,

which leads to salvation.

● What you believe is a result of what you have

heard.

● Acts 4:1 Now as they spoke to the people, the

priests, the captain of the temple, and the

Sadducees came upon them, 2 being greatly

disturbed that they taught the people and

preached in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

3 And they laid hands on them, and put them in

custody until the next day, for it was already

evening. 4 However, many of those who heard the

word believed; and the number of the men came

to be about five thousand.

● Acts 15:5 But some of the sect of the Pharisees

who believed rose up, saying, “It is necessary to

circumcise them, and to command them to keep

the law of Moses.” 6 Now the apostles and elders

came together to consider this matter. 7 And

when there had been much dispute, Peter rose up

and said to them: “Men and brethren, you know

that a good while ago God chose among us, that

by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of

the gospel and believe.

● 1 Cor 3:6 Paul planted, Apollos watered...God gets

the increase.

● Acts 14:19-22 Pauls travels - struggles - and return

to strengthen the believer’s.