Beyond… Membership

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Nehemiah 3-5

Nehemiah sought God(publically)

  • people did not let opposition prevent the vision

Nehemiah 3:10-11 – spiritual warfare; mental exhaustion of the workers


Mission & Motivation of Jesus
John 3:16 -> world equated people who opposed God

  • Lost people matter to God
  • Jesus #1 purpose ===> save lost people
  • Jesus paid w/his life to fulfill His purpose
    • there was a physical cost
    • there was an emotional cost
    • there was a spiritual cost

The cup was the wrath of God(in the Garden prayer)

Romans 5:8
Jonah 4:11
Mark 10:21
Luke 19:10
Colossians 1:16
Isaiah 53:6
Matthew 3:17
Luke 23:24
Matthew 27:46

Jesus died with an obsession