Witnesses to Jesus: Conviction, Community, and Vision Giving

person of Jesus Christ and to know and be known by the person of the Holy Spirit. What we're seeing in our city isn't built off of a few people's witness or a couple of people's time or gifts or energy. This is the many choosing a collective conviction of being used Yes. For something much bigger than just our own selves, with our time, with our talents, with our treasure. And for each one of us, regardless of our vocation or our calling, not just for professional clergy or professional pastors, but the whole body, the whole church, redeemed, restored. We're all invited to participate in this great mission. Yes. And we never wanna quit being used as witnesses of the gospel. Why? Because we're the body of Christ. We're his church. [01:07:16] (48 seconds)  #CollectiveWitness

hi to her again. And this woman said to my mom, you're always so kind when you speak to me. Why are you so kind to me? And my mom was like, can I tell you about Jesus? And the lady said, who's Jesus? And my mom shared the gospel with her. And I was like, God bless you, mom. Yeah. She's like, I live in 107. If you wanna if ever you have questions, and the lady's like, could I just come knock on your door? Mom's, yeah. Come knock on my door. And and I just think, like, there's people waiting to hear about Jesus. They just don't know. [00:55:37] (32 seconds)  #EverydayEvangelism

Some of you before you knew Christ, felt a deep conviction regarding sin in your life. And then when you came full face with the good news of the cross and that Jesus through his death and resurrection redeems you and and makes all things right, you were you have begun to be convinced that you're righteous. Not because you're good enough, not because you check boxes, but because Jesus rose and went to the father, God has justified you and sanctified you. We unpacked both of those words last week. But you're righteous. [00:43:31] (33 seconds)  #RighteousByGrace

Holy Spirit's loving, merciful conviction reveals where we miss the mark and reminds us that because of Jesus, we're righteous. Yeah. We're being made holy. Judgments reserved for the enemy. Condemnation Right. Is very different. And you can't confuse the two. You can't confuse conviction and condemnation. Condemnation is the lie of the enemy that you are your sin Come on. And that you are doomed and judged in your sin. Yeah. And so maybe you're uncomfortable with the word conviction because the enemy's lied to you and condemned you. [00:45:19] (37 seconds)  #NoCondemnation

And so if you don't get your eyes off of, like, yours and your family's and even in a cultural moment like this where, like, gas prices are high and there's war going on around the world, and we're all a little bit like, what's going on? We we tend to just kinda shore up and protect what what we have, but that's not how God's kingdom works. It's in moments like this that we're more than ever meant to go, oh, wait. There is a a lost and hurting world that Jesus' kingdom is invited into to bring power and grace and peace and reconciliation and hope and truth and life. [00:56:09] (32 seconds)  #KingdomNotComfort

the person of the Holy Spirit. The big idea for this series is that our lives are meant to be witnesses to the good news of Jesus because we are empowered by the Holy Spirit. Jesus in John 16, we read this last week. Nevertheless, I tell you the truth. Remember what Jesus said to his followers? It's to your advantage that I go away. Right. They really struggled with the person of Jesus leaving because they're like, this is pretty good. And he's like, no. Wait. Wait. It's to your advantage that I go. For if I don't go away, the helper will not come to you. But if I go, I'll send him. [00:41:52] (34 seconds)  #SendTheHelper

And so we say welcome, holy spirit. We need your ongoing convent convincing. We we want to continue to be convinced that we're not dead to sin. We want to continue to be convinced that we're righteous, and we wanna continue to be convinced that we don't walk in judgment because judgment is for the enemy. It's how the Holy Spirit reminds us and witnesses to us about Jesus in our inner life, in our heart, or our spirit man, that we're called righteous through the finished work of the cross. Conviction's a beautiful thing. [00:44:04] (34 seconds)  #WelcomeHolySpirit

It's the Holy Spirit's ongoing presence and his power that reveals areas of our lives where we're missing the mark Yeah. And not honoring God's created best intention for us as his children. Holy Spirit, would you convict and convince us that we're still in need of a savior? Every day. We need you to be crucified with Christ, to be dead to sin, to be raised into a new life, a new way of living, a new way of being in this world as a part of God's redemptive work, a brand new nature, a brand new identity. Yes, Holy Spirit. Convince us or convict us. Yeah. Note. Here's an important designation. [00:44:39] (41 seconds)  #NewLifeDaily