Theme for May: Go and Tell By Planting Churches (Local Missions)

1. Theme for May: Go and Tell By Planting Churches (Local Missions) The church's one Foundation
Is Jesus Christ her Lord;
She is his new creation
By water and the Word:
From heav'n he came and sought her
To be his holy bride;
With his own blood he bought her,And for her life he died.


2. Theme for May: Go and Tell By Planting Churches (Local Missions) The church shall never perish!
Her dear Lord to defend,
To guide, sustain and cherish
Is with her to the end;
Though there be those that hate her,
And false sons in her pale,
Against or foe or traitor
She ever shall prevail.



3. Christ's Commitment to the Church Matthew 16:13 ~ 20

4. Christ's Commitment to the Church Proposition: Standing on the solid foundation of Jesus Christ who has overcome the power of death, the church should continue to exercise God-given authority to preach the gospel while being obedient to God's will.

5. Christ's Commitment to the Church I. Jesus' Identity Generalized (v.13-14)13 ¶When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.

6. Christ's Commitment to the Church I. Jesus' Identity Generalized (v.13-14)1. Confused crowd ( v.13 ) (John 10:19-21)2. Based on man's knowledge and opinion (v.13)

7. Christ's Commitment to the Church II. Jesus' Identity Personalized (v. 15 - 17)15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar–jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

8. Christ's Commitment to the Church II. Jesus' Identity Personalized (v. 15 - 17)1. Peter's confession (v.16)2. Based on God's revelation (v.17) (Matt 11:25-27)

9. Christ's Commitment to the Church Our Personal Response : We must confess with our mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in our heart that God raised him from the dead( Romans 10:9,10)

10. Christ's Commitment to the Church III. Jesus' Commitment Declared (v. 18 )18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

11. Christ's Commitment to the Church III. Jesus' Commitment Declared (v. 18 )1. To build His Church on the Foundation Rock of Jesus Christ( Isa. 28:16, Ps. 118:22, 1 Cor. 3:11 )2. To defend His Church from the power of Satan and death

12. Christ's Commitment to the Church IV. Jesus' Commitment Delegated (v. 11 - 13)19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.20 Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.

13. Christ's Commitment to the Church IV. Jesus' Commitment Delegated (v. 11 - 13)1. To be the responsible steward of the gospel (v. 19a ) (Acts 2:36-39)2. To be obedient to God's will (v. 19b)

14. Christ's Commitment to the Church IV. Jesus' Commitment Delegated (v. 11 - 13)Our Corporate Response : We must keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, the Foundation Rock of His Church( Hebrews 12: 2)

15. Christ's Commitment to the Church What should be our response to this victorious Church to whom Christ committed and sacrificed himself to build, defend and to carry as the Foundation Rock ?