Sermons

How Christ’s Church Pursues Christ’s Mission

Stand alone sermon from Pastor Dan Hammer.

Discovering Jesus Christ’s Mission of Peace for the World. www.harvestfairfax.org

Christmas is about peace. We know this because Christmas is about Jesus. Peace was the mission of Jesus back then and it is his mission still today. As Pastor Dan shares from Isaiah 9, may we sense the peace of Jesus in our lives and be inspired to share that peace to those around us. 

God has a mission for the church. God has a mission for you. The minute someone decides to follow Jesus Christ they are given a role in the mission of Jesus Christ. This Sunday Pastor Dan and Matt Rumbaugh share with us a vision for the role of Harvest Fairfax in fulfilling God’s mission to make disciples in all nations. 

Pastor Brian White is the pastor at Harvest Bible Chapel North Indianapolis. Pastor Brian joins us this week and shares a message from Romans 10. Are you burdened for the lost? Do you have a zeal to see people come to Christ? These are questions that Brian has asked of himself and now asks us to answer in order that we might gain a deeper passion to see people come to know Jesus as Savior. 

In Acts chapter 4 we see a group of people united by their belief in Jesus Christ. This belief led to living selfless lives that were committed to the welfare of the whole of their community. The world had never seen anything like this. And while their Christian community was astounding, their Christian community was not the goal. It was the bi-product of being committed to the mission of Jesus. 

This week we move on to Acts chapter 5. The dramatic events in chapter 5 show us that when mission is not the goal, and community, which should be a byproduct, takes center stage community gets harmed and the mission gets jeopardized. 

Brett Miller is the director of Cru at George Mason University. Brett shares with us, through God’s Word, that when we see Jesus clearly it requires a response from us. We see the response from some of the disciples and are challenged to respond to Jesus and what he has done for us. 

Names are pretty significant aren’t they? Your name represents all of who you are. When pastor Dan married his now wife Jaime he used his name in his vows, “I, Dan, take you, Jaime, to be my wife.” By doing this Dan was saying that all of who he was in that moment, all of who he would be in his 30’s, 40’s and beyond belonged to her. Our name, who we are, is a big deal.

More significant than any other name is the name of Jesus. His name represents all of who Jesus is, all he has done, and all that he will do. In Acts 3 we see what the name of Jesus meant to the Apostle Peter, a lame man and what the name of Jesus means to you and I today.