Mission Hills Church
The greatest thing keeping us from the life God has for us might just be…us. We have a choice: hide behind the comfortable and the familiar, or step into the unknown…and a life unleashed.
2 Corinthians 5:17-19 NIV
One of the biggest obstacles to the mission of reconciliation is how comfortable we are with existing division.
Acts 10:1-2 NIV
Religious practices don't make righteous people.
Jesus taught us that righteousness can’t be earned by practice…it can only be received in relationship.
Righteousness isn’t a religious score, it’s a relationship status.
Acts 10:3-8 NIV
Acts 10:9-14 NIV
Why would God want a social division?
1. To create a light in the darkness.
2. To preserve His people until the savior arrived.
Acts 10:15 NIV
Mark 7:15-19 NIV
All of the Old Testament laws come from character, creation or context.
John 10:16 NIV
Acts 10:17 NIV
What would the people in my life who don't know Jesus yet probably assume will create a barrier to relationship?
Acts 10:18-22 NIV
The old ways can be obstacles to reaching new people.
Luke 5:37-38 NIV
What are some old ways I prefer that could be barriers to reaching new people?
Acts 10:23 NIV
Social differences cannot be Gospel barriers.
What social differences am I allowing to be Gospel barriers?
Acts 10:24-48 NIV
There are no barriers between you and God except the ones you put up.
If we want to live unleashed, we have to let go of old ways that keep us from reaching new people.
Who am I going to invite to an Easter service?