1 The Lutheran Church Hong Kong Synod “ ABLAZE ” ~ SERVE THE Destitue.
Serve the Church
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How does the sending of missionaries and the equipping of the saints overlap? In this slide deck, we examine how the Father sends the Son sends the Spirit sends the Church, and how spiritual gifts are sent to the Church for the sake of advancing the Kingdom of God.
Transcript of Serve the Church
REFRESHER ON SENDING
THE FATHER SENDS THE ___________.
THE SON SENDS THE ___________.
THE SPIRIT SENDS THE ___________.
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.
Acts 1:8
WITNESSES.
WHY DO WE SERVE?
1 PETER 4:10-11
THAT GOD MAY BE GLORIFIED IN ALL THINGS.
GLORY & DOMINION
THE WAY THAT THE KINGDOM OF GOD EXPANDS IS THROUGH ITS SUBJECTS.
THE PERSON WHO IS NOT MOVING TOWARDS SERVING HAS A MUCH
BIGGER PROBLEM THAN SIMPLY NOT SERVING.
either HE OR SHE DOES
NOT HAVE THE SPIRIT or
HE OR SHE IS IN REVOLT TO THE MONARCH
THE SPIRIT DOES NOT JUST SEND.
HE EQUIPS.
1 CORINTHIANS 12:1-7
ONE GOD. MULTIPLE GIFTS.
FOR THE COMMON GOOD.
THE ADVANCING OF THE KINGDOM IS WARFARE.
WHAT IF I DON’T KNOW WHAT I’M GIFTED IN?
MOVE TOWARDS SERVING.
Christ emptied Himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
Philippians 2:7-8
