Calvary Chapel Chattanooga

1. The nuclear family!2. The new testament church!3. Respect for elders and authority!4. Appropriate care for those truly in need!5. Hard work and generosity!6. Biblical Masculinity: Men who'll accept responsibility, reject passivity, and lead courageously!

What are we left with:1. See sonship through God's eyes!2. See sonship through this lens!3. Make sonship your main priority!

Even zeal’s not good without knowledge…Proverbs 19:2 HCSBHow can a young man cleanse his way?By taking heed according to Your word.Psalms 119:9Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.2 Timothy 3:12“God blesses you when people mock you and persecute you and lie about you and say all sorts of evil things against you because you are my followers. Be happy about it! Be very glad! For a great reward awaits you in heaven. And remember, the ancient prophets were persecuted in the same way."Matthew 5:11-12

Big Idea 1 - The truth is without controversy, not contention.Big Idea 2 - Listening to wrong ideas will lead you off-course.Big Idea 3 - God’s ways, works, and word are only good.1. The Bible was given to give every part of our life guidance.2. The Church is here to champion and contend for truth.

1. Awaken His Voice in Your Life! 2. Awaken His Voice in Your Family!3. Silence the Routine and Awaken Adoration!4. Let His Praise Ring Out!

1. Bring the meal!2. Church corporately! Bring the meal!

Follow the LeadFollow the LedFollow the FellaLead the FollowerFollow the Leader"A Worthy Leader is Repulsed by Mindless Compliance”while in contrast“A Worldly Leader is Repulsed by Mindful Resistance”

1. There is a way God wants it in the home and in the church.2. You've a role to play in the home and in the church.3. When we play the part God designed for both the home and the church; we flourish!

Christ has liberated us to be free. Stand firm then and don’t submit again to a yoke of slavery.- Galatians 5:1 HCSB1. Prayer is the first, most critical part every child of God can and should play in the political space!2. (That) is God's will for government = Limited!3. Freedom: a. is God's idea! b. is never free! c. is priceless! d. must be passed on!

To win, we need to know we are on the team and winning is expected.Winning is much harder than losing.There is a cost to losing.The finish line is close.

Product #1: ThanksgivingProduct #2: StrengthProduct #3: CallingProduct #4: MercyProduct #5: GraceProduct #6: Salvation Product #7: PatienceOur Story should make more of Christ than it does of us! His patience may exist for you today.

1. There are some things love will not tolerate! False Doctrine!2. Our doctrine matters because it impacts our destiny and our duty.3. Lawful living is awful living!

He did not use "mercy" as to the churches, because "mercy" in all its fulness already existed towards them; but in the case of an individual minister, fresh measures of it were continually needed. "Grace" has reference to the sins of men; "mercy" to their misery. God extends His grace to men as they are guilty; His "mercy" to them as they are miserable [TRENCH].1. What are you commanded by God to be?2. Doctrine matters to God, how about you?3. Remain in Ephesus! There's grace to stay!

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EKKLESIA: a gathering of citizens called out from their homes into some public place, an assemblyan assembly of the people convened at the public place of the council for the purpose of deliberating…POLITIKE (the earliest meaning): pertaining to public affairs, concerning the governance of a country or peopleMatthew 16:18John 1:12-13Romans 1:7; 12:1-2, 42 Corinthians 6:14-18; 11:2Ephesians 1:1; 5:31Philippians 1:1Colossians 1:1-21 Peter 2:4-5