Northland Church
Empowered: Gospel Transformation and Implications
A message from Senior Pastor Josh Laxton
Locations & Times
Northland Church
522 Dog Track Rd, Longwood, FL 32750, USA
Saturday 5:00 PM
Sunday 9:00 AM
Sunday 11:00 AM
Welcome to Northland!
Northland Church exists to glorify God as we participate in His mission of redeeming a people from all peoples by engaging neighbors and nations to be fully alive in King Jesus through the power of the Spirit.
NorthlandChurch.net
Northland Church exists to glorify God as we participate in His mission of redeeming a people from all peoples by engaging neighbors and nations to be fully alive in King Jesus through the power of the Spirit.
NorthlandChurch.net
What's Current
MADE FOR MISSION
Saturday, March 2 from 9 A.M. to 12 P.M.
Are you ready to become a member of Northland Church? Join us for Made For Mission, a one-day session to learn about what it means to be a member at Northland. Register today at NorthlandChurch.net/MadeForMission.
NIGHT OF WORSHIP (N.O.W.)
Sunday, March 3 at 6:30 P.M. in The Rink
Bring a heart of expectation to our first Night of Worship of 2024. Experience this intimate gathering "in the round" with our church family, as we worship and seek the Lord together!
SIGN UP FOR SERVE DAY!
Saturday, March 9
Sign up for a project today. Serve inside and outside the walls of the church!
Sign up online at NorthlandChurch.net/ServeDay.
HOLY WEEK SERVICE TIMES
Good Friday Service - March 29 at 7 P.M.
Easter Celebrations - Saturday, March 30 at 5 P.M. and Sunday, March 31 at 9 and 11 A.M.
Saturday, March 2 from 9 A.M. to 12 P.M.
Are you ready to become a member of Northland Church? Join us for Made For Mission, a one-day session to learn about what it means to be a member at Northland. Register today at NorthlandChurch.net/MadeForMission.
NIGHT OF WORSHIP (N.O.W.)
Sunday, March 3 at 6:30 P.M. in The Rink
Bring a heart of expectation to our first Night of Worship of 2024. Experience this intimate gathering "in the round" with our church family, as we worship and seek the Lord together!
SIGN UP FOR SERVE DAY!
Saturday, March 9
Sign up for a project today. Serve inside and outside the walls of the church!
Sign up online at NorthlandChurch.net/ServeDay.
HOLY WEEK SERVICE TIMES
Good Friday Service - March 29 at 7 P.M.
Easter Celebrations - Saturday, March 30 at 5 P.M. and Sunday, March 31 at 9 and 11 A.M.
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Faith in the Gospel brings about SALVATION and a TRANSFORMATION, leading to some major IMPLICATIONS around Christian unity.
God’s Mission
- God is on mission to redeem a people from all people to reflect His glory in all spheres of life.
- God is on mission to redeem a people from all people to reflect His glory in all spheres of life.
Gospel
- God has sent the rightful KING of all creation, Jesus Christ, to earth, who, through His substitutionary death on the cross and His resurrection from the dead, is in the process of redeeming and restoring human beings from every nation, tribe, and tongue and the cosmos from the curse of sin.
- God has sent the rightful KING of all creation, Jesus Christ, to earth, who, through His substitutionary death on the cross and His resurrection from the dead, is in the process of redeeming and restoring human beings from every nation, tribe, and tongue and the cosmos from the curse of sin.
Church
- It is the diverse community of King Jesus who have been called out of the world through their confession of faith in the Gospel and sent back into the world on mission to show and share the Gospel that the Cosmic King has come to make all things new—including a new human race.
- It is the diverse community of King Jesus who have been called out of the world through their confession of faith in the Gospel and sent back into the world on mission to show and share the Gospel that the Cosmic King has come to make all things new—including a new human race.
1. (Jewish Christians) Circumcision/Law doesn’t save you or anyone, so don’t trouble Gentiles with this.
2. (Jewish Christians) Because you are Jewish (ethnically and culturally)—if you want to keep observing these things, that’s ok. Just remember they have no power to save and they don’t necessarily make you a mature Christian.
2. (Jewish Christians) Because you are Jewish (ethnically and culturally)—if you want to keep observing these things, that’s ok. Just remember they have no power to save and they don’t necessarily make you a mature Christian.
3. (Gentile Christians) Please remember that salvation by grace alone through faith alone transforms your allegiances and has major implications for your alliances.
4. (Gentile Christians) Please be sensitive to your Jewish brothers and sisters regarding some liberties you have that will offend them and cause a division that will threaten the unity Christ intends between you and them.
4. (Gentile Christians) Please be sensitive to your Jewish brothers and sisters regarding some liberties you have that will offend them and cause a division that will threaten the unity Christ intends between you and them.
#1—Gospel Transformation
There will be some things Christians CEASE DOING because they belong to Christ and live by His law.
“You are to abstain from food sacrificed to idols…and from sexual immorality.”
There will be some things Christians CEASE DOING because they belong to Christ and live by His law.
“You are to abstain from food sacrificed to idols…and from sexual immorality.”
Genesis 2
“And the Lord God commanded the man, ‘You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.’” (v16–17).
“The Lord said, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.’. . . Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. . . . and they become one flesh.” (v18, 22, 24).
“And the Lord God commanded the man, ‘You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.’” (v16–17).
“The Lord said, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.’. . . Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. . . . and they become one flesh.” (v18, 22, 24).
Exodus 20
“You shall have no other gods before me.”
“You shall not make for yourself an image…and worship them.”
“You shall not commit adultery.”
“You shall have no other gods before me.”
“You shall not make for yourself an image…and worship them.”
“You shall not commit adultery.”
Leviticus 18 (Unlawful Sexual Relations)
“The native-born and the foreigners residing among you must not do any of these detestable things, for all these things were done by the people who lived in the land before you, and the land became defiled.” (v27).
“The native-born and the foreigners residing among you must not do any of these detestable things, for all these things were done by the people who lived in the land before you, and the land became defiled.” (v27).
Matthew 4, 5
“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.” (4:17)
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” (5:27–28)
“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.” (4:17)
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” (5:27–28)
Galatians/1 Thessalonians
“I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” (Galatians 2:20).
“It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality….” (1 Thess 4:3)
“I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” (Galatians 2:20).
“It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality….” (1 Thess 4:3)
1 Peter
“To God’s elect… who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying word of the Spirit, to be obedient to Jesus Christ….” (1:1–2).
“As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: ‘Be holy, because I am holy.’” (1:14–16; referencing Leviticus 11/19).
“To God’s elect… who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying word of the Spirit, to be obedient to Jesus Christ….” (1:1–2).
“As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: ‘Be holy, because I am holy.’” (1:14–16; referencing Leviticus 11/19).
The Gospel Transformation brought about by the centrality of Jesus’ Life and Kingship lays the groundwork for Christian Unity.
#2—Gospel Implications
There will be some things Christians CEASE DOING in front of diverse brothers and sisters because it would offend/agitate/trouble them, cause division, and threaten Christian unity.
“You are to abstain from eating meat of strangled animals and [eating] blood.”
There will be some things Christians CEASE DOING in front of diverse brothers and sisters because it would offend/agitate/trouble them, cause division, and threaten Christian unity.
“You are to abstain from eating meat of strangled animals and [eating] blood.”
What cultural-ethnic or theological-religious beliefs/practices can or do divide Christians (relationally/corporately) from Christian unity?
- Cultural/Ethnic
- Theological
- Spiritual Practices
- Personal Liberties
- Theological
- Spiritual Practices
- Personal Liberties
Love God supremely and love each other humbly.
- We will elevate the truth of the gospel.
- We will lower our views on the cultural/ethnic and theological/religious beliefs and practices that are non-essential to the Gospel and Christian maturity.
- We will elevate love for our fellow Christians by respecting their cultural/ethnic, theological/religious differences that are non-essential to salvation and sanctification.
- We will lower our views on the cultural/ethnic and theological/religious beliefs and practices that are non-essential to the Gospel and Christian maturity.
- We will elevate love for our fellow Christians by respecting their cultural/ethnic, theological/religious differences that are non-essential to salvation and sanctification.