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Vision Matters - 02-12-2017
Series: ALL IN
Message: VISION MATTERS
(Acts 2:42-47)
(Acts 2:42-47) (NIV) 42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43 Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. 44 All the believers were together and had everything in common. 45 They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. 46 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.
Churches Fail When:
They aren’t built on a SOLID FOUNDATION.
(Matthew 7:24-27) (NIV) Jesus said, 24“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”
They don’t let JESUS TAKE THE WHEEL.
(Matthew 16:18)(ESV) Jesus said… “I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”
(Colossians 1:18)(NLT) Christ is also the head of the church, which is his body. He is the beginning, supreme over all who rise from the dead. So he is first in everything.
They become only INWARD FOCUSED.
(Matthew 9:36)(NIV) JESUS “When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.”
(Matthew 28:19)(NIV) Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
(Acts 2:47)(NIV) …. “And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.”
They refuse to WORK TOGETHER.
(Acts 2:44)(NIV) All the believers were together and had everything in common.
They have no GOD VISION.
(Psalm 29:18)(KJV) “Where there is no vision, the people perish….”
At Refuge You Will Always Find:
Realness.
(Matthew 15:8)(NLT) These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.
(John 4:23) (NLT) Jesus said, “But the time is coming—indeed it’s here now—when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth.
Encouragement
(1 Thessalonians 5:11)(NLT) So encourage each other and build each other up, just as you are already doing.
(Hebrews 3:12-14) (NIV) 12See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. 13But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. 14We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original conviction firmly to the very end.
(Hebrews 10:25)(NLT) And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.
Faith
(Isaiah 55:8-9)(NLT) 8 “My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord. “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. 9 For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.
(2 Corinthians 5:7)(NIV) For we live by faith, not by sight.
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By Craig CrosbySeries: ALL IN
Message: VISION MATTERS
(Acts 2:42-47)
(Acts 2:42-47) (NIV) 42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43 Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. 44 All the believers were together and had everything in common. 45 They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. 46 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.
Churches Fail When:
They aren’t built on a SOLID FOUNDATION.
(Matthew 7:24-27) (NIV) Jesus said, 24“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”
They don’t let JESUS TAKE THE WHEEL.
(Matthew 16:18)(ESV) Jesus said… “I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”
(Colossians 1:18)(NLT) Christ is also the head of the church, which is his body. He is the beginning, supreme over all who rise from the dead. So he is first in everything.
They become only INWARD FOCUSED.
(Matthew 9:36)(NIV) JESUS “When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.”
(Matthew 28:19)(NIV) Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
(Acts 2:47)(NIV) …. “And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.”
They refuse to WORK TOGETHER.
(Acts 2:44)(NIV) All the believers were together and had everything in common.
They have no GOD VISION.
(Psalm 29:18)(KJV) “Where there is no vision, the people perish….”
At Refuge You Will Always Find:
Realness.
(Matthew 15:8)(NLT) These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.
(John 4:23) (NLT) Jesus said, “But the time is coming—indeed it’s here now—when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth.
Encouragement
(1 Thessalonians 5:11)(NLT) So encourage each other and build each other up, just as you are already doing.
(Hebrews 3:12-14) (NIV) 12See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. 13But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. 14We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original conviction firmly to the very end.
(Hebrews 10:25)(NLT) And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.
Faith
(Isaiah 55:8-9)(NLT) 8 “My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord. “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. 9 For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.
(2 Corinthians 5:7)(NIV) For we live by faith, not by sight.