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- Have the value statement and the discipleship path passed out.Review Shed Value Statement Series we will finish todayToday is the final sermon of the season of answering the question, “Who are we at The Shed.”If you’re new here and still trying to figure us out, I encourage you to go back and watch this series from the beginning.It will give you insight into who we are, step by step through the vision and core values that guide our growth.We began by walking through our discipleship pathway together, leaning in on the fact that discipleship isn’t a class, it’s not a curriculum, it’s not a book…Discipleship is life lived together, learning and growing into the image of Jesus on the earth.The Shed is a greenhouse where disciples grow…We grow disciples in here that embody Jesus out there.And because Growth is the expected avenue that members should be traveling on, each of our six core values are an expression of how we grow…You will notice, each begins with “Growing”…Growing with… Growing through… Growing from…All of these are intended to guide us in and propel us to GROWTH.These are how we grow…The expected result of what we do in here is growth.So “We grow disciples in here that embody Jesus out there.”And this is how we do it:By…Growing with IntentionGrowing through EncouragementGrowing through CommunityGrowing through the SpiritGrowing through ServiceAnd..Growing from God’s WordWe grow deeper by rooting all we do in the timeless truth of God’s word.(2 Tim. 3:16-17)The wording of the description of this core value is intentional and specific with depth being connected to and rooted in the study of God’s word.There are those who think depth is found elsewhere: either in some spiritual experience, a manifestation of some sort, a feeling we get, an experience we have, or in things like prophecy and miracles and deliverance…Here’s a test: I’m going to say this and I want you to monitor your initial reaction. What’s the immediate feeling you get or thought you have when I say this:You cannot go any deeper than what you find in God’s word…Now there are usually two camps: first is the camp that amens and wholeheartedly believes this with everything they are, because they can’t get enough of the word, they are always reading in it, studying through it, discovering more with it…Then there is the second camp that has tuned out my entire description of the first camp because as soon as I said that, your hackles rose up and your first thought was, “Well, I just don’t think you can put a limit on God like that…”Let me be clear: If you think the revelation of God in His word is limited, you don’t understand the depth and breadth of what has been deposited in the words of these pages…So if that’s you, please listen close… today is especially for you.I want to hopefully give you a glimpse into what the Word really is and why we are so adamant about it here at The Shed…First, God’s Word doesn’t begin when the authors of scripture began to write…Before it was written, it was spoken.Before man walked the earth, before animals crawled on the ground, before rivers or oceans, before clouds or rain, before the sun or starts began to shine…There was darkness over the depth of the void…But in the midst of that emptiness came a sound… a sound that shook the heavens… a sound that carried unmatched power…That sound was the very first command… the Word of God…
Genesis 1:3 NASB95 3 Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.At the very word of God, darkness had to retreat, emptiness was suddenly filled, and light burst forth with an intensity and impact that still reverberates across the expanse of space today…It wasn’t just energy, it wasn’t just power, it was the Word that brought the fullness of creation and life….The Word was so powerful it caused everything that can be seen today to come from nothing but the sound of the voice of God Himself…The Word was so intentional it could even hang the earth on nothing and cause it to stay…The Word was so authoritative, even the oceans listened with God said you shall come this far and no further…Job 38:11 NASB95 11 And I said, ‘Thus far you shall come, but no farther; And here shall your proud waves stop’?This is the power of The Word of God…Those words were later transcribed, recording in writing, allowing us to see God's progressive revelation of Himself to mankind through His word.Exodus 24:4 NASB95 4 Moses wrote down all the words of the Lord…God has spoken from the beginning before it was written, then for your sake and mine inspired men to write His words as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit…When it was written down, it didn’t become any less God’s word. On the contrary, it gave record to the Word God had spoken throughout history, preserved for generations to come…It is of this Word that the psalmist speaks in Psalm 119:Psalm 119:9 NASB95 9 How can a young man keep his way pure? By keeping it according to Your word.Psalm 119:11 NASB95 11 Your word I have treasured in my heart, That I may not sin against You.Psalm 119:15–16 NASB95 15 I will meditate on Your precepts And regard Your ways. 16 I shall delight in Your statutes; I shall not forget Your word.Psalm 119:17 NASB95 17 Deal bountifully with Your servant, That I may live and keep Your word.Psalm 119:89 NASB95 89 Forever, O Lord, Your word is settled in heaven.This is the beauty and majesty and wonder found in the Word of God!This is the same Word that was carried by prophets like Jeremiah who said…Jeremiah 1:4 NASB95 4 Now the word of the Lord came to me saying,or Ezekiel who said…Ezekiel 12:17 NASB95 17 Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me saying,or Isaiah who said…Isaiah 6:1 NASB95 1 In the year of King Uzziah’s death I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe filling the temple.This word carried by men who spoke not of their own accord, but as they were empowered and inspired by the Holy Spirit..It was this word that warned and rebuked, blessed and declared, set up kings and kingdoms and tore them back down again…This Word that still carried the power of the God of the universe…This is the Word of God!But something unimaginable happens after Israel repeatedly turned their back on God and refused to heed His powerful Word…God went silent..For 400 years, there was no prophet to carry the Word of the Lord..In fact, we have writings from that time from outside the bible that say,1 Maccabees 4:45–46 NRSV 45 And they thought it best to tear it down, so that it would not be a lasting shame to them that the Gentiles had defiled it. So they tore down the altar, 46 and stored the stones in a convenient place on the temple hill until a prophet should come to tell what to do with them.Later in the same writing it says,1 Maccabees 9:27 NRSV 27 So there was great distress in Israel, such as had not been since the time that prophets ceased to appear among them.Those that lived at this time recognized something had happened and the Word of God was no longer being inspired on the Earth, no prophet came forth, and no scripture was written…400 years slowly pass... that's nearly double the lifetime of the United States of America... 400 years of silence.... no word... no revelation...Then one man, dressed in camel skins, a voice crying in the wilderness…REPENT! FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND…One lone cry heralded the coming of what had been missing for 400 years... THE WORD!As it turns out, this man was there, leaping in his mother's womb when the WORD was placed in Mary by the Holy Spirit...When the angels showed up with a message of hope and salvation... when Gabriel appeared to Mary with a message... Greetings favored one! The LORD is with you!When a host of angels appeared to the shepherds in the field... GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHSEST! AND ON EARTH, PEACE AMONG MEN WITH WHOM HE IS PLEASED..."Finally after 400 years of silence, the Word broke through the barrier of silence, but this time it was different...This time the word was wrapped in flesh....John the revelator says of Him...John 1:1–5 NASB95 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. 5 The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.According to verse 9, this word…John 1:9 NASB95 9 …was the true Light which, coming into the world, enlightens every man.And verse 14 reveals this:John 1:14 NASB95 14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.The elders looked for Him... John testified about Him...Mary carried Him... The angels sang of Him...The demons trembled before Him...the pharisees tried to kill him... but death couldn't hold Him, because he is not just a man, HE IS THE VERY WORD OF GOD!The same Word that saw light come forth in the darkness…The same Word than hung the earth on nothing…The same Word that commanded the oceans, separated the firmament, and brought forth all that is seen…The angel called him Yeshua... his disciples called him teacher...the sadducees called him a heretic...the Church calls him the hope of our salvation...But I CALL HIM JESUS!He always has been and He always will be the WORD OF GOD...But as if that’s not enough, here's the amazing thing...He told his disciples, its good that I go so that the helper will comeJohn 15:26 NASB95 26 “When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, that is the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify about Me,and this is what Jesus promised of Him…John 16:13 NASB95 13 “But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth…In other words, The Word in the flesh is telling them, there will be one who resides in you that will speak of me...He will deliver the word to you... And you will do even greater works than if I stayed...What we see after that is the spread of the gospel, the good news about Jesus, the Word, providing a way for salvation, not only to the Jews but to the whole world...And Jesus' promise was fulfilled when the Holy Spirit inspired the Apostles to begin recording what was being revealed to them...The very Word of God alive in their hearts, revealed in them...They began to write and develop the letters that we now call the New Testament...They even recognized this themselves… Look at what Paul writes about the Word in 1 Thess. 2:131 Thessalonians 2:13 NASB95 13 For this reason we also constantly thank God that when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but for what it really is, the word of God, which also performs its work in you who believe.And look at what he says it does now… “Which also performs its work in you who believe…”This word hasn’t gone stagnant, it’s not dead, and it’s not just a thing of history…This word works in you who believe!Hebrews 4:12 NASB95 12 For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.Being rooted in the Word is not just a line of study, it is engaging in surgery that leaves us transformed!We have been given the opportunity to share in the Word by accepting the gift of salvation offered in Jesus, thereby welcoming the Holy Spirit into our heart, transforming us, renewing us, regenerating us, so that when we look at these words, we don't just see ancient records....No, we begin to read these words and the Holy Spirit illuminates the Word of God that lies within these pages, joining the Word of God that resides within our hearts, and becoming the Word of God proclaimed from our own mouths, preached to the whole world, declaring the very words of John the baptist…The Kingdom of Heaven is at Hand!We hold the same ministry he did in that it is the calling of the church to make ready a people prepared for the Lord...Because he didn't just come and leave, but He will be back again...John the revelator saw a glimpse of it when he said this...Revelation 19:11–16 NASB95 11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war. 12 His eyes are a flame of fire, and on His head are many diadems; and He has a name written on Him which no one knows except Himself. 13 He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. 14 And the armies which are in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, were following Him on white horses. 15 From His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it He may strike down the nations, and He will rule them with a rod of iron; and He treads the wine press of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty. 16 And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name written, “KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”We have the WORD to proclaim the WORD, to prepare for the return of the WORD…The same word that was revealed from the beginning...The same word that is reflected in these scriptures...The same word we now have in us by the Holy Spirit and revealed to us through the writings of scripture...So when we say we grow deeper by rooting everything we do in the timeless truth of God's word, we are not only talking about studying an ancient text...We are partnering with the illuminating power of the Holy Spirit to be transformed by the renewing of our mind...The study of the Word is not a boring trek through history... it is a journey through a living well, a depth of wisdom inspired by the very Spirit of God and embodied by Jesus Himself...Jesus said the one who hears my words and does them is like a man who built his house on a rock, a firm foundation...Matthew 7:24 NASB95 24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock.He also said, if you love me, you will keep my commands...John 14:15 NASB95 15 “If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.The study of the Word is not a chore, is a process of discovery through which we can gain insight into who The Word really is...So we root ourselves in the Scriptures, for they contain the very words of God...The Inspiration of Scripture is the first of the Assemblies of God fundamental truths, because everything flows from this...At the Shed, we are a bible believing church and if we are to grow, we must be rooted in the Word of God.Because We grow from God's word...Call Worship TeamI want to give you something practical here, because I've heard this is a struggle for some of you, and I want you to feel confident in your study and reading of the Word.So here's what we are going to do.You already know we are launching a Friday night grow group at the first of the year going through Financial Peace University. Jimmy will be leading that.In addition to that, we are also launching a new bible study class on Sunday mornings. Here's how it will work:At 9:30 every Sunday morning, for the first 10 weeks of the year, we will have a bible study basics class.It will last 30 minutes, then we will have coffee with the pastors after that.So from 9:30-10am every Sunday morning starting Jan. 4th, 4 weeks from today, we will have a bible study basics class.Yes, I'll have the cinnamon rolls ready, but this will be an intentional time of training in basic bible study.I hear from many that you're not sure where to start in your reading or how to study, so this class is especially for you.Don't worry, if you have kids, bring them on. They will love the cinnamon rolls.In case you didn’t pick it up, I’m passionate about the Word, and I think with the right tools, you too can discover the depth that can be found in these scriptures.I want to commend you as Paul commended Timothy:2 Timothy 2:15 NASB95 15 Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth.So that you can be equipped as he said in the next chapter:2 Timothy 3:16–17 NASB95 16 All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; 17 so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.This is how we are Growing…We are…Growing with IntentionGrowing through EncouragementGrowing through CommunityGrowing through the SpiritGrowing through ServiceGrowing from God’s WordLet’s worship together… Genesis 1:3NASB95
Job 38:11NASB95
Exodus 24:4NASB95
Psalm 119:9NASB95
Psalm 119:11NASB95
Psalm 119:15–16NASB95
Psalm 119:17NASB95
Psalm 119:89NASB95
Jeremiah 1:4NASB95
Ezekiel 12:17NASB95
Isaiah 6:1NASB95
1 Maccabees 4:45–46NASB95
1 Maccabees 9:27NASB95
John 1:1–5NASB95
John 1:9NASB95
John 1:14NASB95
John 15:26NASB95
John 16:13NASB95
1 Thessalonians 2:13NASB95
Hebrews 4:12NASB95
Revelation 19:11–16NASB95
Matthew 7:24NASB95
John 14:15NASB95
2 Timothy 2:15NASB95
2 Timothy 3:16–17NASB95
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