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But no matter what is said, you keep going, because no matter how ridiculous what you’re doing may look in the quiet middle of the night, when you hear the car pull up and the footsteps sound outside the door, when He arrives, it will all make sense.

So we are called to live today in light of the coming day, when Jesus returns. Not because my actions today will win me the treasure I get then, but because my actions today reflect whether I believe it has truly been won for me by Jesus.

And let me say, if you haven't trusted in Jesus then there is a clear and urgent call for action here in your life: the King of everything is coming back and you're not ready for that day. Your life, your brokenness, your willing choice to live your life apart from God and by your own standards separates you from Him and places you as His enemy. The Bible says there is only one way to be prepared: trust in Jesus. Everyone was separated from God, I was. But he died to break the separation between us and God, He did what you can’t to make you ready for the day, and He did it as a gift received by faith. So turn and trust in Him today.

Now you might hear me say that, and you might think "fine, whatever, I don't think I believe this stuff anyway, so I'm going to go on trusting my own way". And, you know, your life will make sense to you and to a lot of the world until the day when Jesus returns. He is coming, and if you leave it until then it will be too late. Trust Him to save you now, it’s the best choice you could ever make.

Now the second aspect of the waiting we are called to is that it is constant.

To live in a way that actively waits for the return of Jesus is not just a matter of going to church once a week, or spending a short time each day reading the Bible and praying because then your duty is done and you’re ready for another day.

The tasks Jesus describes, especially keeping your lamp burning, are not ones that you just do and leave. They are constant.

And, incidentally, a Jewish wedding feast could last days, even a week, so Jesus is creating this picture of us being ready all the time, over a potentially long time."

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Passage: Luke 12:13-34

Speaker: John Cook

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Passage: Luke 12:4-12

Speaker: Phil Cook

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Passage: Luke 11:29-12:3

Speaker: John Cook

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Passage: Luke 11:14-28

Speaker: John Cook

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Passage: Luke 10:38-11:13

Speaker: John Cook

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Passage: Luke 10:25-37

Speaker: Matt Anderson

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Passage: Luke 10:1-24; Speaker: Phil Cook

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Passage: Luke 9:52-62

Speaker: John Cook

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Passage: Luke 9:51

Speaker: John Cook

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Passage: 2 Corinthians 5:11-21; Speaker: Matt Anderson

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Passage: Lamentations 4-5

Speaker: John Cook

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Passage: Lamentations 3

Speaker: John Cook

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Passage: Lamentations 1-2

Speaker: John Cook

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Speaker: Matt Anderson; Passage: Luke:9-37-50

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Speaker: Phil Cook; Passage: Luke 9:18-36

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Speaker: Phil Cook; Passage: Luke 9:7-17

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Speaker: Matt Anderson; Passage: Luke 8:40-9:6

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Passage: Luke 8:22-39

Speaker: John Cook

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Passage: Luke 8:4-21

Speaker: John Cook

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Passage: Luke 736-8:3

Speaker: John Cook

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Passage: Luke 7:18-35

Speaker: Phil Cook

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Passage: Luke 7:1-17

Speaker: John Cook

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Passage: Luke 6:39-49

Speaker: John Cook

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Passage: Luke 6:12-38

Speaker: John Cook

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Luke 6:12-38

Speaker: John Cook

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Speaker: Matt Anderson; Passage: Luke 6:1-11

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Speaker: John Cook

Passage: Luke 5:27-39

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Speaker: John Cook

Passage: Luke 5:12-26

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Speaker: John Cook

Passages: John 20:91-22; Revelation 21:5-7

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Speaker: John Cook

Passage: John 19:28-30

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Speaker: Matt Anderson; Passage: Luke 5:1-11

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Speaker: Phil Cook; Passage: Luke 4:31-44

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Passage: Psalm 73

Speaker: John Cook

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Passage: various in Acts

Speaker: John Cook

Our vision is to see the good news of Jesus go out to all peoples in the country with transforming power for the glory of God and the joy of all who will come to believe. Locally, we seek to achieve that by making/being disciples of Jesus, and by multiplying communities of disciples of Jesus on mission together (we call those Gospel Communities!). But the mission doesn't end here, by merit of being a Church we are drawn into the age-long work of seeking to plant more Churches. Specifically, we seek to plant Gospel Churches in country areas.

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Passage: various passages

Speaker: John Cook

Our vision is to see the good news of Jesus go out to all peoples in the country with transforming power for the glory of God and the joy of all who will come to believe. But how does that work out in our local area and through this local Church? By the multiplying of disciples of Jesus, by the multiplying of Gospel Communities where disciples grow in authentic community on the mission, and by planting more Gospel Churches.

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Speaker: John Cook

Passage: Genesis 1:26-28; 2 Corinthians 3:18-4:6; Various other passages

We are the people of the God who has a unified vision which he has worked toward throughout all of history: the vision that his glory would be displayed, known and enjoyed throughout creation. As Gospel Church unveils our new mission statement, there is perhaps no more critical question than this: is our vision formed by the vision of God? Is our mission informed by His mission, lived out in our context?

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Speaker: Matt Anderson; Passage: Luke 4:14-30

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Speaker: Phil Cook; Passage: Luke 4:1-14

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Passage: Luke 3:21-38

Speaker: John Cook

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Speaker: John Cook

Passage: Luke 3:1-20

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Passage: Ephesians 2:11-22

Speaker: John Cook

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Speaker: Phil Cook

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Speaker: Alan Barrientos

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Passage: Philippians 3:17-4:1

Speaker: John Cook

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Speaker: John Cook

Passage: Isaiah 9:2-7

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Speaker: Matt Anderson; Passages: Genesis 3, Revelation 21

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Guest Speaker: Andrew Klynsmith

Passages: Luke 1:46-55; Psalm 98

Quotes:

"Jesus comes into a world where things are topsy turvy to turn them up the right way"

"believe in the Lord Jesus and ... you'll be set right on your feet, yor life will be turned the right way up, today you could speak with him".

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Speaker: John Cook

Passage: Matthew 1:22

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Speaker: Matt Anderson; Passage: Luke 2:39-42

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Passage: Luke 2:21-40

Speaker: John Cook

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Speaker: Phil Cook

Passage: Luke 2:1-21

Quote:

"We need to ponder these things in our hearts because, pretty soon we’re going to be finding out the truth of it, depending on it … like a ship that’s being shipwrecked on rocks, and there’s no one that can help us until we sail into that quiet and serene harbour and tie up our ship to the rock that cannot be moved, and he will rescue us."

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Passage: Luke 1:46-80

Speaker: John Cook

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Passage: Luke 1:4-45

Speaker: John Cook

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Speaker: John Cook

Passage: Luke 1:1-4

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Speaker: John Cook

Passage: Luke 19:10