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The Jesus Adventure: The Way of Service


Series Introduction: The Jesus Adventure: Called → Equipped → Sent → and Restored. This is the pattern of life for the followers of Jesus. The pattern is reinforced in us through our weekly Worship. As we live the Adventure in our everyday lives we develop Wisdom—competence with regard to the complex realities of life. But how, exactly does that work? How are we supposed to live the Adventure in our everyday lives? For the next seven weeks we will explore the Bible’s teaching on what has come to be called Vocation. Vocation is a short-hand way to talk about what it looks like to follow Jesus. Perhaps the easiest way to think about vocation is to call it Service. Vocation is loving and serving the people God has placed in our lives on a daily basis. The Jesus Adventure is the Way of Service.

Sunday, June 23 - God's Workmanship: As we begin our series, The Way of Service, it is critically important that we clearly understand that our service does not contribute to our eternal salvation.Salvation is 100% God’s grace alone for us through Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection. But God not only saved us FROM something—sin, death, and eternal separation from him; he also saves us FOR something—”we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus, for good works.” Everything we do is now done in response to God for the people around us: family, friends, coworkers, classmates, neighbors, even strangers and enemies.

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