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Looking at the Big Picture
Girl Reading Bible
What does
God say life is all about?
1. Why did God create me?
2. What is the purpose of life?
3. What is God’s will for me?
4. How do I decide what is important in life?
Life’s Big Questions
Girl and Question Marks
Magnifying Glass
Danger Sign
Frog on Pot
Frog Outside Pot
Frog in Pot
Boiling Water
Dangerous Inuences
1. Materialism2. Individualism3. Relativism4. Pragmatism5. Consumerism
Holding the Earth
My Story
Sistine Chapel Ceiling
Reality
For everything comes from him and exists by his power and is intended for his glory. All glory to him forever! Amen.
Romans 11:36 (NLT)
Reality
For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.
Mark 8:35 (NIV)
Reality
…You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (NIV)
Reality
And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.
2 Corinthians 5:15 (NIV)
Reality
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Galatians 2:20 (NIV)
It’s About Jesus!
“We were created to live for something, someone bigger than ourselves. We were designed to live with, for, and through the Lord. God is meant to be the motivation and hope of everything we do. His pleasure, his honor, and his will are the things for which we are meant to live. But the foolishness of sin really does cause us to reduce our lives to the size and shape of our lives.”
Paul Tripp
Looking through Binoculars
The Big Picture
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Gospel Church Mission
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My Story
His Story
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It’s About Jesus!
You search the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. But the Scriptures point to me!
John 5:39 (NLT)
It’s About Jesus!
Then Jesus said to them, “You foolish people! You find it so hard to believe all that the prophets wrote in the Scriptures. Wasn’t it clearly predicted that the Messiah would have to suffer all these things before entering his glory?” Then Jesus took them through the writings of Moses and all the prophets, explaining from all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.
Luke 24:25-27 (NLT)
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It’s About Jesus!
but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe. The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact r e p r e s e n t a t i o n o f h i s b e i n g , sustaining all things by his powerful word…
Hebrews 1:2-3 (NIV)
It’s About Jesus!“But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit upon his glorious throne. All the nations will be gathered in his presence, and he will separate the people as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will place the sheep at his right hand and the goats at his left… “And t h e y w i l l g o a w a y i n t o e t e r n a l punishment, but the righteous will go into eternal life.”
Matthew 25:31-33, 46 (NLT)
It’s About Jesus!
Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Philippians 2:9-11 (NIV)
It’s About Jesus!
1. Jesus created the universe
2. Jesus sustains all things
3. Jesus will inherit all things
4. Jesus will judge everyone
5. Jesus will be King over all
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The Trinity and the Gospel
1. The Father established the eternal plan of salvation and sent His Son.
2. Jesus fulfilled the plan and accomplished redemption for man.
3. The Spirit applies the benefits of Christ’s atonement to believers.
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