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Church of the Nazarene
Mission in Action: God
“God, I need you. You alone are worthy of my worship, my life.”
“Our mission statement says “Transformed by God to bring hope to others through Christ”.
We believe this concise, yet powerful statement gives light and guidance to our purpose as the church and as individual believers.
This teaching series, called Mission in Action, is not just to help us understand our mission more deeply, but to engage in the mission in these days.
As we continue in our series, we want to understand, and affirm, that God is central in our mission.
Exodus 20:1-6
And God spoke all these words: “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. “You shall have no other gods before me. “You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.
The Lord speaks directly to his people, saying that in covenant relationship with Him- he is the exclusive one to whom we give ourselves. He is to be the center and the focus of our lives- and there is to be no other.
If we are in relationship with God- we cannot be worshiping or giving ourselves to another- that’s not covenant.
Our world is full of false gods: wealth, power, prosperity, self-sufficiency, freedom, my sin-of-choice, my rights, etc.But our mission statement points us to the one and only God, existing in the nature of the Trinity: God the Father, God the Son, Jesus the Christ, and God the Holy Spirit.
Nazarene Article of Faith #1:
We believe in one eternally existent, infinite God, Sovereign Creator and Sustainer of the universe; that He only is God, holy in nature, attributes, and purpose. The God who is holy love and light is Triune in essential being, revealed as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Matthew 22:37-40
Jesus replied: “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
We can’t reach others with hope until and unless we are being transformed. And we won’t be truly transformed until He takes His rightful place in our lives. As we surrender completely to Him, He transforms us.We are transformed by God!
A prayer of response:
God, I need you. You alone are worthy of my worship, my life.
Verses for further study/reflection:
Deuteronomy 5:1-10
Isaiah 40:28
Revelation 1:8
Psalm 18:30
Isaiah 44:6
Jeremiah 51:15
Zephaniah 3:17
Genesis 1:1
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