Matthew 28:18-20 CSB – Jesus came near and said to them, ”All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Acts 17:6 CSB – When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city officials, shouting, ‘These men who have turned the world upside down have come here too.’
Change Begins with Absolute Surrender!
Change starts with everyday people
Acts 4:13 CSB – When they observed the boldness of Peter and John and realized that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were amazed and recognized that they had been with Jesus.
Change starts with surrender to the cross of Jesus
Romans 10:9 CSB – If you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
Acts 2:38 CSB – Peter replied, ‘Repent and be baptized, each of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Change starts when I pick up my cross daily
Luke 9:23 CSB – Then He said to them all, ‘If anyone wants to follow after Me, let him deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow Me.’
1 Corinthians 3:1-3 CSB – For my part, brothers and sisters, I was not able to speak to you as spiritual people but as people of the flesh, as babies in Christ. I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, since you were not yet ready for it. In fact, you are still not ready, because you are still worldly. For since there is envy and strife among you, are you not worldly and behaving like mere humans?
Scarcity Mentality
Abundance
Matthew 6:26, 33 CSB – Consider the birds of the sky: they don’t sow or reap or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you worth more than they? Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you.
Perfection
I am your perfection
Politics
Jesus is King
All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. -Jesus
Safety and Comfort
Live by Faith
1 Corinthians 9:22, 23 CSB – To the weak I became weak, in order to win the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that I may by every possible means save some. Now I do all this because of the gospel, so that I may share in the blessings.
