Invite Christ into your heart

Exploring in Christ

• Find a church home and grow

• Discipleship

Growing in Christ

• Be involved, attend Sunday school and other functions

• Discipleship

Close to Christ

• Lead• Be involved,

attend Sunday school and other functions

• Discipleship

Christ Centered

Five Year PlanFour Groups of people:

Establishing that Foundation, Learning more, and continual growth in maturity in the Word of God•Sunday School•Christine Quintana - Birth to Kindergarten•Teresa Ott – 1st to 5th grade•Alison Ott – 6th grade to 12th grade•Hector Quintana – Adult (ages 18 and up)

How do I lead someone to Christ?How do I know I am a Christian?DISCIPLESHIP – SPREADING THE GOOD NEWS!

TELLING OTHERS THE GOOD NEWS!

What is discipleship? Per Merriam Webster

•Someone who accepts and helps to spread the teachings of a famous person

•One of a group of 12 men who were sent out to spread the teachings of Jesus Christ

Full Definition of DISCIPLE

1: one who accepts and assists in spreading the doctrines of another: as

a : one of the twelve in the inner circle of Christ's followers according to the Gospel accounts

What is discipleship? Per Merriam Webster

•The state or condition of being something

•The position, status, or duties of something

Full Definition of -SHIP

1: state : condition : quality <friendship>

Discipleship The state or condition of being one who accepts and assists in spreading the salvation of Jesus

Christ!

Christians

How do I lead someone to Christ?

Equipping Ephesians 4:11-13 11 So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, 12 to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.

Why am I to lead someone to Christ?

Matthew 28:16-20 The Great Commission

16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. 18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

Colossians 1:24-29 Paul’s Labor for the Church

24 Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church. 25 I have become its servant by the commission God gave me to present to you the word of God in its fullness— 26 the mystery that has been kept hidden for ages and generations, but is now disclosed to the Lord’s people. 27 To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

28 He is the one we proclaim, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone fully mature in Christ. 29 To this end I strenuously contend with all the energy Christ so powerfully works in me.

What is salvation? Per Merriam Webster

•in Christianity : the act of saving someone from sin or evil : the state of being saved from sin or evil

•: something that saves someone or something from danger or a difficult situation

Full Definition of SALVATION

1a : deliverance from the power and effects of sin

What is sin? Per Merriam Webster

Definition of SIN

1 a : an offense against religious or moral law

What is mercy? Per Merriam Webster

Definition of MERCY

1 a : compassion or forbearance shown especially to an offender or to one subject to one's power; also : lenient or compassionate treatment <begged for mercy>

b : imprisonment rather than death imposed as penalty for first-degree murder

What is grace? Per Merriam Webster

Definition of GRACE

1 a : unmerited divine assistance given humans for their regeneration or sanctification

b : a virtue coming from God

c : a state of sanctification enjoyed through divine grace

What is Love? Agape Love

•This type of love is the love that God has for His own children. This type of love is what was displayed on the cross by Jesus Christ.

John 15:13

Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.

What is Faith? Per Merriam Webster

Full Definition of FAITH

1 a : allegiance to duty or a person : loyalty

b (1) : fidelity to one's promises (2) : sincerity of intentions

2 a (1) : belief and trust in and loyalty to God (2) : belief in the traditional doctrines of a religion

b (1) : firm belief in something for which there is no proof (2) : complete trust

An example/description of Faith

How were we delivered from sin?

Romans 4:25

He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification.

Who is He?John 14:5-6 Jesus the Way to the Father

5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”

6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7 If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”

Mark 8:27-29 Peter Declares That Jesus Is the Messiah

27 Jesus and his disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked them, “Who do people say I am?”

28 They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.”

29 “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?”

Peter answered, “You are the Messiah.”

What will happen when I share Christ?

Luke 8:1-10 The Parable of the Sower

8 After this, Jesus traveled about from one town and village to another, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with him, 2 and also some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases: Mary (called Magdalene) from whom seven demons had come out; 3 Joanna the wife of Chuza, the manager of Herod’s household; Susanna; and many others. These women were helping to support them out of their own means.

4 While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, he told this parable: 5 “A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds ate it up. 6 Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the plants withered because they had no moisture. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the plants. 8 Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up and yielded a crop, a hundred times more than was sown.”

When he said this, he called out, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.”

9 His disciples asked him what this parable meant. 10 He said, “The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that,

“‘though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.’

What will happen when I share Christ?Luke 8:1-15 The Parable of the Sower

Luke 8:11-15 The Parable of the Sower

11 “This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God. 12 Those along the path are the ones who hear, and then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved. 13 Those on the rocky ground are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in the time of testing they fall away. 14 The seed that fell among thorns stands for those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by life’s worries, riches and pleasures, and they do not mature. 15 But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop.

Who deserves salvation?Matthew 9:9-12 The Calling of Matthew

9 As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.

10 While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. 11 When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

12 On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 13 But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Are you the one that's come to set me free?

Cause if you knew who I am, would you really wanna die for me?

They say you are the cursed man, the one who hangs from this tree

But I know this is the one and only Son of God, so tell me, who the **** is He?

P.O.D. LYRICS

"I Am"

Who deserves salvation?Luke 3:6

•And all people will see God’s salvation.’”

I am the murderer, the pervert, sick to the coreI am the unclean dope fiend, I am the whore

I am the beat down, mistreated, sexually abusedI have violated, fornicated, and sexually used

I am the con artist, cold hearted, smooth preacherCash stealer, emotion bleeder, the soul leecher

Feed off the poor, but I'm a slave to the richI'm in depression so this reflection is making me sick

P.O.D. LYRICS

"I Am"

Who deserves salvation?John 3:16

•For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

I am fake, fraud, phony, I'm a known liarAnorexic, rejected object of your desire

Suicidal thoughts keep one in the chamberI'm a turned out streetwalking heroin banger

I am a secret cutter, porn lover, the town drunkardNext door, neighborhood slut, I'm somebody's mother

Outcasted, arrogant, bastard sonI'm the talk of the town but this story has just begun

P.O.D. LYRICS

"I Am"

Who deserves salvation?Romans 1:16

•For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.

I amI am what you've reaped, I am what you've sewed

I am that guy talking to himself, I am aloneI'm the forgotten child, ravaged and raped through sex traffic

Since I'm a little strange, my daddy called me a faggotI am insecure, immature, even I disgust meIn denial, pill poppin', prescription junkie

P.O.D. LYRICS

"I Am"

Who deserves salvation?Titus 2:11

•For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people.

So tell me

I see demons, eyes bleeding, my soul impureAlready know that I'm diseased, but tell me what's the cure?

This is me, we are him, and I am youOld things pass away and all becomes new

This is me, we are him, and I am youOld things pass away and all becomes new

This is me, we are him, and I am youOld things pass away and all becomes new

P.O.D. LYRICS

"I Am"

Who deserves salvation?John 14:15-21

Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit

15 “If you love me, keep my commands. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. 18 I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. 19 Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. 20 On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. 21 Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.”

So tell me

I see demons, eyes bleeding, my soul impureAlready know that I'm diseased, but tell me what's the cure?

This is me, we are him, and I am youOld things pass away and all becomes new

This is me, we are him, and I am youOld things pass away and all becomes new

This is me, we are him, and I am youOld things pass away and all becomes new

SALVATION• Everyone• Sinners• Sick

• Whoever’s• All people• Jew• Gentile

Now Actually Leading Someone to Christ!

Let us use what is known as

The Roman Road

Roman Road

Romans 3:23 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Romans 10:13 13 for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

Romans 5:8 8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Romans 10:9-10 9 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.

Romans 6:23

Non – Christian Will you accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior?

Revelation 3:20 20 Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.

Prayer of Salvation Our Heavenly Father, I believe Jesus was crucified on the cross for me, died, and arose from the dead. Jesus, I invite you into my heart and my life. Please forgive me of my sins and clean me white as snow. I want to be a follower of you Lord. Please fill me with the Holy Spirit and your love. Make me a home in heaven and write my name in the Book of Life. Thank you Lord. In Jesus name I pray. Amen.

Christian “You are now entering the mission field!”

Matthew 28:19-20 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

“Christ Saves” by Lifesavers Underground from the album Grace Shaker

When a sick man needs a physician, sometimes the healthy come cutting instead of stitching,When he's locked by indecision, the selfish make him more dying than he is living.

One thing I've learned through my wrong ways,One thing I've found in my day: Christ saves.

When a man falls from position, the crusade starts on a mission to make him feel more damned than he is forgiven,

When the righteous come in tripping, they take your words and they start twisting,It makes you lose trust in 'em.

One thing I've found through my wrong ways,One thing I've found in my day: Christ saves,

Christ saves.