The first message in our Summer Series of Walking With Jesus: Learning to Be a Disciple was about the DNA of being a Disciple.
That DNA of being a Disciple was described as:
• Divine Truth. Truth comes from God. It is the revelation of God to humankind. This comes from the Son, the Spirit, and the Scriptures. The Son (Jesus) is both God and human and came to reveal to us in his person what God is like and what God requires. The Scriptures were authored by God and reveal God’s unfolding plan for humanity. The Spirit of God is also Divine Truth, since he brings revelation and direction to believers.
• Nurturing Relationships. Humans were never created to be alone. We are social creatures and have an intrinsic need for relationships. Our relational orientation is a reflection of the image of God in us. God Himself is relational and exists in a community—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. God is love because God is relational. To the Christian, God is love because he has always existed in relationship. Is love possible without someone to love? This should be the defining characteristic of our faith. All men should know that we are Christ’s disciples by the love that we have for one another.
• Apostolic Mission. Apostolic means that someone is sent as a representative with a message. We are here for a purpose. We have been given a prime directive to fulfill—to make disciples of all the nations. This part of us also comes from the nature of God. Jesus is an Apostle. He is the Chief Cornerstone of the apostolic foundation. Before he left this planet, he sent his disciples into the world with a mission.
One of the key tools we talked about in Walking With Jesus was Life Transformation Groups. Find out more on our website.
Below is the full Sunday Morning message by Phil Helfer:
Phil Helfer - March 1, 2020
Committed to Love
This week in our series titled “Live Free or Die”, Pastor Phil covered Galatians 5. He began by reminding us about some of the things that Christ has freed us from and backed them up with some scripture, including: Condemnation (Romans 8), the Power of Sin (Romans 6), the Fear of Death (Hebrews 2), and the Need to Act Selfishly (2 Peter 1). In Galatians 5, Paul draws distinct lines between being somebody committed to the law versus being committed to Jesus. Being under the Law requires a perfection that we cannot attain, while following Jesus grants a freedom full of grace. Paul warns us, though, that with that freedom comes another kind of temptation and the very easy opportunity to fall back into being a slave to sin, so we must be on our guard and instead of using our freedom to serve ourselves, we must use that freedom to serve others. Verse 14: “For the whole law can be summed up in this one command: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
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