TRANSFORMING THE WORLD THROUGH A TRANSFORMED CHURCH

Introduction

1. The church mandate to transform, change the world to restore God’s eternal purpose on earth. (Ephesians 3:10; Matthew 28:20)
2. If the church is to change the world, what kind, change a picture of a change world.

I.  BIBLICAL PICTURE OF A TRANSFORMED WORLD (PSALMS 144:12-15;DANIEL 7:26-27)

1. Increasing Christian influence, Advance God’s kingdom, Extending God’s presence.
2. Lordship establish in the families, Government and businesses.
3. Families are happy
4. Enjoying abundance and economic are prospering.
5. Public justice prevail.
6. Social, peace, reigns in every area of society

Note:  The bible calls Shalom

II.HOW CAN THE CHURCH FULFILL EACH MANDATE?

• God establish three covenantal institution;  family, civil government, and church.

• The church equips people to administer God’s affairs over through Civil Government.  (Romans 13:1-5)

1. To the church:  Go and make disciple of all nations .  (Matthew 28:19-20)

Who is a disciple?

• Follower of Jesus
• Tell other about Jesus

1. God has given us strategy
2. God has given us His power and authority
3. God has given us resources

Note: 

• When churches stop serving ,evil will success.
• When Christian stop to give their missions, worker will back out
• No fire exit in hell – illustration “young boy”

Application

When Christ body serves, the hungry gets food, the sick are cured, the oppressed gets advocate.

The victims of tyranny gets justice.

The sick and the groaning gets healing, the good news preach.  All of these move us to culture of righteousness, and righteousness exalt a nation.  (Proverbs 14:4)

THE CONTENTED CHRISTIAN

Philippians 4:10-20

Introduction: 

                                It is easier to be a Christian at some time than at others.  Circumstances sometimes press us closer to the Lord and sometimes conspire to edge us  away from Him.  Not Paul: he was a man of unshakeable contentment.  Three factors helped him to master his variable circumstances.

We cry over things we can’t have, but we might cry twice as hard if we had received them.

I.  CHRISTIAN GENEROSITY

A.  Generosity is an ever-present sentiment (v.10)

As soon as opportunity opened, they were swift to grasp it and were not afraid of giving.

One Christian has enough because another Christian is generous

    B.  Generosity as a means of Christian fellowship (14-16)

One member was suffering and all took note of it.

  

    C.  Generosity as a future treasure in heaven (17-18)

Paul was careful about receiving monetary help from the churches he founded.

 The offering of a gift enriches the giver spiritually.

In Genesis 8, the flood was followed by Noah’s burnt offering. God responded: “I will never again curse the ground. . .”

II.  CHRISTIAN DISCIPLINE

  

           A.  We must decide not to covet (v.11) 

          Paul testifies that “enough” and “contentment” are relative terms. Because he had freed himself from the covetous spirit, he was able to “ride” every sort of circumstance. 

           B.  We must learn to be content (V.11, 12)

If I cannot find contentment in my heart, I cannot find it anywhere else.

“Learned”- initiation term among the Greeks.

Paul: “I have learned” = “I have made my way up through the degrees of progressive detachment from the things of the world- and finally I have reached maturity point.”

God was testing the faith of His people, trying the quality of their devotion to Him.

III.  CHRISTIAN TRUSTFULNESS

            A.  Paul, the contented Christian, gives the sole glory to God (20)

For what was he thankful?

-              for times when the Philippians could not help him (10)

-              times of hunger and times of plenty (12)

-              churches who neglected him And churches who remembered him (15)

             B.  He had learned to be content because he has learned to trust (13)

Victor Frankl: “Everything can be taken from a man except one thing: the last of the human freedoms- to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances.”

             C.  He states the trustworthiness of God as a Christian doctrine (19)

All things (13) – every need (19); Nothing will prove beyond God’s capacity.

Conclusion:

It is finally because of Christ that Paul is contented, and it is Christ whom he offers to us as the means and guarantee of our contentment.  For Paul, the person who possesses Christ possesses all.

THE ART AND METHOD OF SOUL WINNING - Acts 2:41-47

INTRODUCTION

     Every member is a minister.  How can they minister if they also in need, if we wait the rest, how can be benefit it.  This is a great difference of being parasite and being a minister, parasite expects to receive, the minister wants to share.  What is the difference of parasite member and a ministering member.  To be a minister we must receive first the grace of God is the

Source of our ministry.  A member who wants to minister without the grace of God will surely fail.  Grace first before ministries. 1 Cor. 12

They must receive the grace of God in order to share.

Note:

The soul winners must learn and recognized individual

1. FRUSTRATION  
2. LONELINESS
3. SENSE OF GUILT
4. FEAR OF DEATH

Preposition…

Every Christian is responsible to live a life that glorifies God and to be true ambassadors but how, where do I start? What is involve?

Lets found out Philip and the Ethiopian official:

1. Philip witness to Jesus Christ a chosen worker because of this character – Acts 6:3-5
2. The Holy spirit and Philip life's ministry 
3. Knowledge about the scripture – Acts 8:3-5

I.                    ELEMENTS OF PASSION FOR SOULS

1.      Love for Christ

2.       Concern for souls

3.       Sense of urgency – Eph. 5:15-17

4.       Sense of responsibility

5.       Sense of call

II.                  DESCRIPTION OF POTENTIAL WORKER

1.                   Heart of people

2.                   Vision of multiplication

3.                   Voluntary spirit

4.                   Servant hood spirit

5.                   Productive witness – meaning transmission by example

6.                   Spirit of whole heartedness

III.                PROCEDURE TO SUCCESSFUL SOUL WINNING

1.       From the word of God, show the need of salvation.  Rom. 6:23;  Isa 53:6;  Rom. 5:12;  Eph. 2:1, 8-9

2.       Show the word of God, that we cannot save ourselves.  Titus 3:5

3.       Show from the word of God the way to be saved is to repent and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ.  Mark 1:14-15;  Acts 16:30-31;  John 1:12;  John 6:36

4.       Show the word of God that assurance of salvation does not depend upon feelings, but upon what God says.  John 6:37

5.       Show from the word of God that open confession should follow believing on the Lord Jesus Christ.  Matt. 10:23-33;  Rom. 10:9-10

APPLICATION

     A fully surrendered Christian is an individual who never complains in what the Lord’s work place to Him.

My Ministry Update by Rev. Leo P. Magayon (MCL San Jose) Based on Acts 1:8

Last summer April 28, 2010, I visit Coron, Palawan one of our daughter church and testify the word of God, and later on I baptized fourteens (14) in the water, decided to follow Christ, This is our Samaria. At the same time I officiate a couple to settle their marriage.

And this year we conducted once a month and evangelistic service for the Fisher folks around three hundred fifty persons (350) including their family, the owner of this Fishing boats please to do the blissful occasions, so after the service members served food for all attendees and they are all blessed.

November 8 – 12, 2010, We have a Pastor’s Conference in our District and empowering leaders through Rev. Harry Buzza from Canada served as our Guest Speaker. November 23-26, 2010, we accommodated also a Blessing Conference, we gathered around two hundred fifty (250) Pastor’s and Workers sponsored by End Time Harvest from Holland headed by John Maschback Word Evangelist and then Bishop Juvie Galaraga Harvest Time International Director for Philippines and Asia and Rev. Juvanie M. Gregorio the Healing Evangelist Chairman Triumphant Ministries and Senior Pastor Faith Foursquare Church. This occasion is unforgettable moment of the Pastor’s and the Workers due to the tremendous move of God’s power and all receive the anointing of the power of God according to the promises of his infallible words. To God Be the 
Glory……!

November 28, 2010, We celebrate Hotdog Party Fellowship with one hundred fifty (150) Participants Children with our Guest Anne Maentenen from Australia, Sponsored books for our kinder school, as part of our Evangelism we shared the Word of God through Bible Stories and the Children receive the Lord Jesus Christ.




Last December 21, 2010, We distributed 500 pairs of slippers, 200 in one barangay and 300 and another barangay. The slippers are sponsored by our member a couple who owned the fishing boats in our area, we call this a Give Giving Activity, Season of Giving, Part of our Evangelism we did not only shared the Gospel the good news but we shared something but is needed in their life, we shared also Christmas gift and food for them specially the Children. Everybody is happy and happy ever…..!

Last December 27, 2010, We celebrated our Thanksgiving and Christmas party in Villa Enriquez Resort around 350 Participants including Children, we give more Gifts, Eating Together, Setting Together, Enjoy Together and Testify the goodness and faithfulness of God witness by Tatay Familara our Former Supervisor with Rev. Juvanie Gregorio our Guest.

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