Action Church
Idea: Jesus came to do something new for the world.
Why Know this?: So as not to try and brush over the stark contrast between Him and what came before.
Luke 3:1-2 NIV
Matthew 3:5-6 NIV
John 1:7-9, 15, 17, 19-27 NIV
Malachi: 400 years earlier
Malachi 3:1 NIV
Matthew 3:7-8 NIV
John 1:28-31 NIV
-Jesus was the bridge between the old and new covenants
-Born under one to introduce the other.
-Those who profit the most from the status quo are least inclined to let it go.
-The Bible is God’s Word. But every word is not for everybody.
-Jesus would reduce the 600+ Jewish laws to two. Then in the end, to 1, and send His followers into the world to teach what HE, not Moses, commanded.
-This was a New Movement and the Conclusion of a religious system.
-Jesus revealed a:
New Covenant
New Command
New Movement