Living Life On Purpose

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Living Life On Purpose
Liberty Baptist Church 2002 ABF Literature
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Lesson 1 Our Salvation
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• The Basis for Fellowship 101
• You are a member of Gods
• very own family
• and you belong in Gods household with every
  other Christian. Ephesians 219

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• Key Truths
• 1- The Church is ______________.
• 2- God expects you to be ________________________
  _.
• 3. A Christian without a ________________________
  _.

Gods idea
a member of a local church
church family is an orphan
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• The Goal of This Class
• That I will commit myself to ____________________
  _ ____________.

God and to Liberty Baptist Church
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• What does it Mean to be a Christian?

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• Common Salvation Questions

What does it mean to be saved?
What does it mean to be a born again believer?
What is the biblical meaning of repentance?
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• Common Salvation Questions

What must I do to be saved?
How do I know if Im saved?
What does it mean to have Faith or Believe in
Jesus Christ?
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• Ordinance vs. Sacrament
• _______________
• An outward rite prescribed by Christ to be
  performed by the members of His church.
• A symbolic act of remembrance.

Ordinance
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• Ordinance vs. Sacrament
• _______________
• A rite performed by a man that suggests the
  idea of grace being directly conveyed through
  the ordinance itself.
• The rite presumably holds some salvific
  (saving) value.

Sacrament
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• Ordinance vs. Sacrament

At Liberty, we practice two ordinances 1-
______________________ 2- ____________________
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Baptism
Lords Supper
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Lesson 2 Our Statements
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• The History of
• Liberty Baptist Church

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• Our Purpose
• ___________________________
• ____________________

Making a difference in the things that matter
most
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• Our Mission
• Were committed to Gods ultimate plan to reach
  and redeem the world. We work strategically by
  sending and networking with many proven and
  effective national and international ministries,
  and supporting mission works around the world.

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• Libertys Five Hallmarks of Ministry
• 1 ________ is at the heart of Liberty.
• 2 ___________ - At Liberty, our purpose is
  helping you fulfill yours.
• 3 ____________________ - Were committed to Gods
  ultimate plan to reach and redeem the world.

Worship
Discipleship
Evangelism/Missions
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• Libertys Five Hallmarks of Ministry
• 4 ___________ - True community doesnt just
  happen it must be built with purpose, with
  creativity, and with love.
• 5 ___________ - In a family when one member has a
  need, we all have a need.

Fellowship
Ministry
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• Statement of Beliefs
• _________ is our sole authority.
• All scripture is inspired by God and profitable
  for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for
  training in righteousness so that the man of God
  may be adequate, equipped for every good work.
• 2 Timothy 316-17

The Bible
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• Statement of Belief
• _____________ of the local church.
• Christ is also the head of the body, the church
  and He is the beginning, the first-born from the
  dead so that He Himself might come to have first
  place in everything. Colossians 118

Autonomy
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• Statement of Belief
• _____________ of every believer.
• But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a
  Holy nation, a people for Gods own possession,
  that you may
• proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called
  you out of darkness into His marvelous light. 1
  Peter 29

Priesthood
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• Statement of Belief
• _______________
• Baptism
• Lords Supper

Two Ordinances
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• Statement of Belief
• _________________________
• having been buried with Him in baptism, in
  which you were also raised up with Him through
  faith in the working of God, who raised Him from
  the dead. Colossians 212

Immersion after Salvation
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• Statement of Belief
• ____________
• Now this I say, he who sows sparingly shall also
  reap sparingly and he who sows bountifully shall
  also reap bountifully. Let each one do just as he
  has purposed in his heart not grudgingly or
  under compulsion for God loves a cheerful giver.
  And God is able to make all grace abound to you,
  that always having all sufficiency in everything,
  you may have an abundance for every good deed.
  2 Corinthians 96-8

Stewardship
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• Statement of Belief
• _________________________
• Go therefore and make disciples of all the
  nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father
  and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Teaching
  them to observe all things that I have commanded
  you and lo, I am with you always, even to the
  end of the age. Matthew 2819-20

Telling others about Christ
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Lesson 3 Our Structure
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• Liberty is a
• Pastor-Led Church

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• What is the SBC?

It is the largest association of Christian
churches in America.
It is the most diverse association of churches.
It is one of the fastest growing groups.
Why not be just an independent church?
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• Our Affiliation

• Southern Baptist Conservatives
• of Virginia
• The Southern Baptist Convention

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• Advantages of Affiliating with the SBC

• Six Seminaries That
• the SBC Supports

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• Stewardship

How much money belongs to God? Malachi 310
states, Bring all the tithes into the
storehouse, that there may be food in My house,
and try Me now in this, says the Lord of hosts,
If I will not open for you the windows of heaven
and pour out for you such blessing, that
there will not be room enough to receive it.
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• Church Discipline

Moreover if your brother sins against you, go
and tell him his fault between you and him alone.
If he hears you, you have gained your brother.
But if he will not hear, take with you one or two
more, that by the mouth of the two or three
witnesses every word may be established. And if
he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church.
But if he refuses even to hear the church, let
him be to you like the heathen and a tax
collector. Matthew 1815-17
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Lesson 4 Our Strategy
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• The Importance of
• Adult Bible Fellowship

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• Four Hallmarks of
• Adult Bible Fellowship

Care
Teach
Build
Birth
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• Why Commit to Church Membership?
• 4 Reasons

Christ is committed to the church.
It is an antidote to our society.
It defines who can be counted on.
It produces spiritual growth.