Preacher: Jeremy Herbert

Theme:

Text:

• John 1:14, 16
• Colossians 1:19, 2:9-10
• Ephesians 3:14-19
• 2 Corinthians 3:18

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Preacher: Jeremy Herbert

Theme: Gather, Grow, Go

Text: Ephesians 3:8-21

Notes:

1. Gather
   • gathering is the reality of Christ’s love
     • God exists in relationship
     • God calls us into that relationship
   • Christ our brother
     • Rom 8:29
     • Heb 2:11
2. Grow
   • growing is the response to Christ’s love
   • just as with plants, good roots are necessary for survival and growth
     • we must be rooted in Christ
     • seek to know Christ and His love
     • I seek to help others do the same
3. Go
   • going is the revelation of Christ’s love to the world

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Preacher: Jeremy Herbert

Theme: Gospel-Rooted Joy and Change

Text: Romans15:13

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Preacher: Jeremy Herbert

Theme:

Text: Romans 15:14

Notes:

1. “Full of goodness”
   • Christlike character
     • moral excellence
     • 1 Peter 3:10
   • Goodness delights in the character of Christ
   • Goodness is developing the character of Christ
     • God expects progression, not perfection
       • Progress in Christlikeness will require intentionality and effort
       • The world is always pushing against us–if we are not pushing forward we will be pushed back
       • As God works in each of our lives, He uses our respective strengths to help one another’s respective weaknesses
     •  Goodness is defending the goodness of Christ
       • We seek for God to be glorified and turn away from and seek to change those things that dishonor Him
       • “…Christ could not sit idly by while God’s character was impugned”, –Jerome
       • Galatians 6:1-2
       • Jude 1:20-23
       • Hebrews 10:24-25
2. “Filled with all knowledge”
   • specifically, gospel knowledge
3. “Able to instruct one another”
   • able to counsel, confront, and encourage

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