Empowered Discipleship: Engaging in Faith and Action

This is the framework that the Lord has given us here at the Mount, Mount Olivet Baptist Church, as to how we will live our lives. And so, yes, today is the final day of this conversation, but it is the beginning of our journey together. Because everything we do will line up with this. [00:03:57] (24 seconds)


But it says that we, as pastors and elders and senior leaders, our ministry responsibility, and hear this clearly, our ministry responsibility is to equip the saints for the work of ministry. If us, as elders and senior leaders and pastors are doing all the work, we've got a problem to begin with. [00:04:55] (31 seconds)


It just means their primary, our primary responsibility is to equip the saints to take the gifts that God has given us and impart many of those things to you so that we, as a church, a community of believers can do the work of the ministry until there's unity in the body. [00:05:44] (25 seconds)


The more we get involved, I said the more we get involved, I said the more we get involved, Pastor Tim loves that part. The more we get involved, there you go, the more we grow. And the more we grow, the more we can do. [00:06:37] (26 seconds)


And you should know how that went down and why that was. And we've been 분IfIf möglich. Now, if you are not done, you should be able to put on these things. And that's what we've left. Let's begin. That's what you're seeing here. And we've seen the height of Acts. Let's let's see. Thank you. [00:13:49] (6 seconds)


And so, clearly, these new Jesus followers, beginning with the 12, then the 120, then the 3 ,120, and then the 5 ,000, and you should know what happened along the way because we've covered that already, were all hanging out in the capital, Jerusalem, preaching the gospel. People were being saved and baptized in water and baptized in the Holy Spirit. And they were meeting at Solomon's porch, having an amazing time, teaching the word. And then they would go to homes when the sun would go down and continue doing likewise, breaking bread and continuing in the apostles' teaching. [00:14:12] (53 seconds)


And the enemy is not the city of Portland. It's not the government. It's not a political party. It's not a culture group. It's none of that. The enemy is Satan. And he's real. And he's turned loose in the world. He's been condemned. He's been sentenced. But the fulfillment of that is yet to come. [00:15:34] (27 seconds)


But when you're really engaged, and that's the fourth environment that we'll be talking about today, when you're really engaged, you will receive opposition. But remember, put this in your brain. When you receive opposition, opposition equals opportunity. That's all it is. Opposition is opportunity. [00:16:23] (25 seconds)


Jesus is calling each of us as followers to give and to go each of us has a mandate on us to go he said it to his disciples even before he was gone you know it well in Matthew chapter 28 starting in verse 18 he says to them all authority in heaven on earth has been given to me therefore do what do what go and make disciples of all nations make sure you're baptizing them in the name of the father and the son and the holy spirit what else he says teaching them to obey everything that i've been teaching [00:19:47] (54 seconds)


The word goal can better be rendered as you are going or while you are going or as you engage. Remember, you have purpose and you are filled with his spirit. His life is inside of you. His life now was inside of them. And the same life that was inside of them is inside of you. [00:22:39] (33 seconds)


And we begin to proclaim the goodness of Jesus all over the place. And like little seeds, it just starts planting everywhere. And before you know it, it starts springing. Listen, we're not responsible for the springing up. We're just responsible for the planting. Are you with me? [00:34:49] (18 seconds)