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What does a pastor or missionary look like?

What does the church look like?

“We always thank God for all of you and continually mention you in our prayers. We remember before our God and Father

your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love,

and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.”

1 Thessalonians 1:2-3

What does it mean to live by faith?

“Living with confidence as if a future possibility was a current reality.”

Faith: “A complete trust in someone or something’s ability and reliability.”

“Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.”

Hebrews 11:1

We have an:

Our Purpose: is to be a people who live by faith in Jesus Christ

“…these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.”

John 20:31

• unbreakable foundation - the object of faith

We have an:

Our Purpose: is to be a people who live by faith in Jesus Christ

“we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus”

Colossians 1:4

• unbreakable foundation - the object of faith

We have an:

Our Purpose: is to be a people who live by faith in Jesus Christ

• irrevocable commitment - the opportunity of faith

• unbreakable foundation - the object of faith

The ark only makes sense when it starts to rain

Our Purpose: is to be a people who live by faith in Jesus Christ

“By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family.” Hebrews 11:7

We have an:

Our Purpose: is to be a people who live by faith in Jesus Christ

• unyielding pursuit - the action of faith

• irrevocable commitment - the opportunity of faith

• unbreakable foundation - the object of faith

“To be one who exists in Christ is to have a life defined by a certain kind of actions.

This is not merely the repetition of “belief” in Christ, but a whole life lived so as to

please our God and Father.”

JR Daniel Kirk

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