The Church of Eleven22

There is no celebration of the risen King without the crucifixion.

See that you fulfill the ministry that you have received in the Lord.

When Jesus is before all things, the RESCUED will stop at nothing to tell the world about the RESCUER. When we are in Christ His mission is our mission and His mission is: For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost. Luke 19:10 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. John 3:17

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him ca stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him! Matthew 7:7-11

Of all the parents in the entire world, God chose YOU to raise your kids. Are you raising God worshiping missionaries or culturally compliant citizens. Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward. 4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children[a] of one's youth. Psalm 127

Your marriage is not about YOU. It’s all about declaring that Christ is BEFORE ALL THINGS. Therefore, in Christ: Wives, your job is to make your husband feel like the man. Husbands, your job is to make your wife feel like the most valuable thing in your world. Is Jesus before all things in your marriage? If not, what are you going to do about it?

“Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men” - Colossians 3:23

A heart infected with the Gospel has 2 primary symptoms: Loving God and Loving people - “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.” – Jesus (Matthew 22:37-40) Produce/fruit vs. manufacture…. If you want the “fruit” you gotta be “rooted” in Jesus. 4 "Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me".- Jesus (John 15:4)

Kill the sin that is killing you by first loving the God that first loved you.

Religion says my activity earns a right standing before God. The gospel says Jesus' activity earns a relationship with God.