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Sunday & Wednesday Messages presented by South Gate Baptist Church, located in Springfield, MO.
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Monday Oct 08, 2018
Monday Oct 08, 2018
Date: October 7, 2018
Series: The Discipleship Pathway
Title: Grow Spiritually
Text: Matthew 28:16-20
Pastor John Black
Listening Guide
South Gate’s mission as a church is:
Equipping Every Believer to Go and Make Disciples!
How do we accomplish our mission?
We must . . .
1. Change Believers’ False Self-Perception
There are two self-perceptions represented in the church today:
People who see themselves as . . .
- Contributors (Right)
- Consumers (Wrong)
Two types . . . Those who . . .
- Refuse to engage
- Are Afraid to engage
2. Embrace Christ’s Sovereign Provision
Jesus has been given
- All Authority
Jesus has given us
- All Assurance
3. Deploy Christ’s Strategic Plan
- Reach People
- Teach People
- Scripture
- Obedience
- Release People
Monday Oct 01, 2018
Monday Oct 01, 2018
Date: September 30, 2018
Text: Hebrews 10:19-25 (HCSB)
Title: Find Community!
Pastor John Black
Listening Guide
THE BEST NEWS EVER!
- We have direct access to the presence of God!
- ______________ _____________
- ______________ _____________
- ______________ _____________
How do we enter in?
- By Drawing Near to Him.
HOWEVER!
- There are forces that weaken our Faith and cause us to lose our Hope!
- ________________
- ________________
- ________________
How do we overcome these forces?
- We must Find Community!
In Community We …
- Live with concern for one another.
- Live with love and care for one another.
- Live with a commitment to one another.
Sunday Sep 23, 2018
Sunday Sep 23, 2018
Date: September 23, 2018
Title: The Discipleship Pathway – Knowing Christ, Part 2
Text: John 3:1-8 (HCSB)
Pastor John Black
Listening Guide
What does it really mean to “Know” Christ?
John 3:3
Jesus replied,
“I assure you: Unless someone is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
I. To “Know” Christ is to be . . .
1. Born Spiritually
The source of this spiritual birth is . . .
- The Spirit of God
The process of spiritual rebirth is . . .
- Conviction forms
- Consent is given
- Conversion occurs
Ezekiel 36:26–27
26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. 27 I will place My Spirit within you and cause you to follow My statutes and carefully observe My ordinances.
2. Transformed Internally
II. Two takeaways from this message:
Understanding what “Knowing” Christ really means . . .
- Provides for us a deep comfort or concern
- Provides for us a prayerful plea
Monday Sep 17, 2018
Monday Sep 17, 2018
Date: September 16, 2018
Title: The Discipleship Pathway – Knowing Christ, Part 1
Text: John 3:1-18
Pastor John Black
Listening Guide
What does it really mean to “Know” Christ?
John 3:3
Jesus replied,
“I assure you: Unless someone is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
To “Know” Christ is to be . . .
- Born Spiritually
- _________ _________ (next week)
What is the source of this “Birth?”
- The Spirit of God
Regeneration – The secret act of God in which He imparts new spiritual life to us.
Monday Sep 10, 2018
Monday Sep 10, 2018
Date: September 9, 2018
Text: Matthew 28:18-20
Title: Vision Sunday! Part 1
Series: South Gate’s Mission and Vision
Pastor John Black
Then Jesus came near and said to them,
“All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
I. The Great Commission. What is it?
The Great Commission is a . . .
- Divine Mandate
- Distinct Message
- Defined Mission
II. South Gate Baptist Church’s Mission:
- Equipping Every believer to Go and Make Disciples
III. How are we going to accomplish our mission?
We must have a . . .
- Passionate Vision
- Intentional Direction
- Strategic Plan
You are called to be part of the Great Commission and the Mission of South Gate!
Will you take the next step?
Tuesday Sep 04, 2018
Tuesday Sep 04, 2018
September 9, 2018
Dr. Carl Rees
"Humanity, We Have a Problem!"
Isaiah 53
Isaiah 53 presents Jesus as a Suffering Servant:
1) A Suffering Servant who is dispised and rejected
2) A Suffering Servant who submits as a substitute
3) A Suffering Servant who is exalted and victorious
Three Types of Suffering:
1) All sufferers are sinners - because you are a sinner, you suffer
2) Innocent people suffer - because we live in a fallen world
3) Some suffer vicariously - the innocent in place of the guilty
Characteristics of Sin:
1) Sin is universal - we all are sinners
2) Sin is stupid - it leads us away from God, it breaks our relationship with God, and it takes us away from God's heart
3) Sin separates us from God
4) Sin is selfish - we go our own way, trust in our own weakness
God's response to the problem was to lay it on Jesus - the problem was solved (vs 12).
Monday Aug 27, 2018
Monday Aug 27, 2018
Steve Ladd was at South Gate this morning for a concert during our morning worship service. There was also a baptism! Enjoy!
Monday Aug 20, 2018
Monday Aug 13, 2018
Monday Jul 30, 2018
Monday Jul 30, 2018
Date: July 29, 2018
Title: When Trouble Comes!
Text: 2 Chronicles 32:1-22
Pastor John Black
Listening Guide
When trouble comes . . .
- Seek God
- Get Help
- Take Action
- Have Faith
- Pray Hard!
The Moral of the Story & Our Takeaway Truth
Faithful deeds are often followed by divine strength and divine deliverance.
Monday Jul 23, 2018
Monday Jul 23, 2018
Lisa Stribling and her husband, Ray, were with us today as part of the Bill Glass Behind the Walls Prison Ministry weekend which South Gate hosted this weekend. Lisa shared her powerful testimony and talked about their ministry in the inner city of Kansas City, MO.
Monday Jul 16, 2018
Monday Jul 16, 2018
Date: July 15, 2018
Text: 1 John 5:16-17 (HCSB)
Series: 1 John, Exposing Counterfeit Christianity
Title: Three Spiritually Life-Changing Truths We Should “Know!”
Pastor John Black
Listening Guide
I. Three Spiritually Life-Changing Truths we all should “know”
- We have the power to be Victorious over Sin.
- We belong to God, not to the World.
- Jesus Christ is our one and only true God.
II. John’s final precautionary word of instruction
- We must guard ourselves from idols.
Idolatry is anything you love, enjoy, and pursue more than God.
III. How do we “Guard” ourselves from idols?
We must . . .
- Reveal them in our lives. (See listening guide appendix below.)
Possible problem points in my life include:
- ____________________________
- ____________________________
- ____________________________
- Repent of them from our lives.
- Return our hearts to the Lord.
- Resist them in the future.
Listening Guide Appendix
Questions to reveal potential idols in my life:
- What preoccupies or rules my heart, my thoughts, my time?
- What compels me, controls me, drives me, motivates me?
- To what does my heart cling?
- What competes for my time with God?
- What gives me a sense of worth?
- What defines my identity before others?
- What do I crave?
- If everything was to be taken away what is the one thing I could not bear to live without?
- Am I looking to something or someone to provide what only God can?
- What do family or friends think may be an idol in my life?
- Where did I devote most of my time last week?
- Where did I expend most of my energy last week?
- Where do I spend most of my money?
- What prohibits me from serving and worshiping God faithfully?
Monday Jul 09, 2018
Monday Jul 09, 2018
Date: July 8, 2018
Series: 1 John, Exposing Counterfeit Christianity
Title: Your Prayers, Answered! (Part 2)
Text: 1 John 5:16-17 (HCSB)
Pastor John Black
Listening Guide
I. John’s Promise:
- God will answer our prayers when they align with His will!
II. John’s Application:
- Our prayers have the power to Restore a Christian who has Wandered off into Sin!
III. Our Application:
- Who do I need to pray for?
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Monday Jul 02, 2018
Monday Jul 02, 2018
Date: July 1, 2018
Series: 1 John, Exposing Counterfeit Christianity
Title: Your Prayers Answered! (Part 1)
Text: 1 John 5:14-17 (HCSB)
Pastor John Black
Listening Guide
Your Prayers Answered!
I. John’s Promise:
- God will answer our prayers when they Align with His Will!
II. Our Problem:
- How do we pray according to God’s Will?
- We must be Saved.
- We must be living a Righteous life.
- We must pray in His Name and for His Cause.
- We must Listen more than we Talk.
- We must seek to Know God’s Will.
- We must be willing to Do God’s Will.
III. Reflection Questions:
- What Decisions are you facing?
- Are you truly Praying for God’s Will or are you really praying for Your will?
Monday Jun 25, 2018
