harvest baptist church

28 December, 2014

Message 1

Reaching
Discipling
Equipping
to fulfill the
mission of the
Great
Commission

THESIS
We serve a God who will not only enable you to
see where you are in church history, but will give
you a fresh ____________ of your ministry in his
mission.
AN EXPERIENTIAL EXEGESIS OF

YOUR PLACE IN CHURCH HISTORY

1. A ________ for church history is prophesied in

Revelation chapter 2-3

2. It is the Philadelphia church age (1611-1881) that

develops ________________

3. We live in the seventh and __________ age of

Laodicean churches (Rev 3:14-22)

Definitions
Zerubbabel means,
____________ by Babylon

Zechariah means,
____________________ by the
Lord

HOW TO REALIZE THE VISION

1. We will put our trust in what God __________, 6-7

2. We will place our trust in how God __________, 8-9

A. Stay ________________________

B. Stay ________________________

3. We will keep our trust in what God ________________, 10

Point 1. Summon the contagious courageousness to

look beyond what you are seeing so God can show
you what he is ____________.

Rom 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and

hearing by the word of God.

Prov 15:3 The eyes of the Lord are in every place,

beholding the evil and the good.

ZECHARIAH: THE LORD REMEMBERS

CH 1 VISIONS
CH 2 VISION
CH 3 VISION
CH 4 VISION
Jerusalem Rebuilt Israel Restored Israels Righteousness Israels Revival
I lifted up mine eyes and saw, 1:18
The Angel shewed me, 3:1
Zechariah Sees
The Lord Speaks
God and His People
God and His Leaders
God will recall
God will rebuild God will prepare
God will empower

Glorifying Godby Jesus Christ...through his body the church | 816-224-9113 | www.hbcbluesprings.org

GODS ETERNAL PURPOSE

Point 2. If you do not keep your

nose in the book, you cannot keep
your __________ right with God.

Point 3. In Gods house, ________________ is maintained by purpose,

and leadership is defined by
ministry.

Point 4. The future things of God

for your life can only be
comprehended by your
accomplishment of the ______
things of God for your life.

I. CONTROLLED BY THE SPIRIT, 6-7

Source of our enabling power
A. Not Started by Might, 6
B. Not Stopped by Mountain, 7
II. COURAGE TO BUILD, 8-10
Service in his eternal purpose
A. Commendation, 8-9
B. Caution, 10
Point 7. All Gods activities with
you, whether as a repentant sinner
or a worshipping believer, are
based solely on __________.

Point 5. The resistance you are

receiving is not just from the Devil;
it is Gods training program for his
eternal purpose, and the Spirits
scalpel to separate your soul from
carnal desires and a _____________
focus (Heb 4:12).

Point 6. Only what is eternal is

really worth your ________, and the
only two eternal things are the word
of God and the souls of people.

2 Chron 16:9 For the eyes of the

Lord run to and fro throughout the
whole earth, to shew himself strong
in the behalf of them whose heart is
perfect toward him

Col 3:9-10 Lie not one to another,

seeing that ye have put off the old
man with his deeds; and have put
on the new man, which is renewed
in knowledge after the image of him
that created him:

MISSION FOCUS 2015

Get Informed! Declare It

Mission Focus, 2 Sam 5:6-10
Get Involved! Do It
Jan 7-11 Mission Focus 15 Conference
Jan 11
Direction Focus, 2 Kings 4:1-7
Jan 18
Ministry Focus, Gal 1:1-5
Get Invested! Disciple It
Jan 25
Bible Focus, Exodus 3
Feb 1
SUPER SUNDAY: BAPTISMS
Gospel Focus, John 3:1-8
Jan 4

FAST FACTS
Vision
To make our church
the biggest
Christian-factory
in Blue Springsnot
in terms of
facilities or even
attendance, but in
terms of people
won, discipled, and
sent to preach the
gospelbecause the
most exciting thing
about coming to
this church is the
opportunity to
love!
Mission
To fulfill the
Great Commission of
Jesus Christ (Mat
28:19-20) by
reaching the lost,
discipling the
saved, and
equipping the
saints to continue
the work God has
started.
Sermon Video
hbcbluesprings.org
Pastor Alan Shelby
about.me/ashelby