CHBC Connect for June 8, 2024
God’s Vision for CHBC: 3 Piers, 3 Pillars, and 3 Purposes
3 Pillars: Biblically-Modeled; Mission-Minded; and Multi-Cultural
“…so that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places.” (Eph. 3:10)
The mission of the church is to make certain that it is the means through which the manifold wisdom of God is made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. That the angels and demons are made to stand in awe of God’s wisdom in redeeming fallen human creatures into His own adopted sons and daughters.
May we never see the salvation of any person as routine, mundane, or humdrum. It is a fantastic miracle. May we not trivialize that which is truly miraculous.
When we speak of being mission-minded it means taking all the things we do as a church and submitting them to the scrutiny of this stated mission of God. If they cannot be done in such a way, and with the motivation of Ephesians 3:10, may we be willing to lay them aside as secondary at best and perhaps unnecessary as a pursuit.
This must be one of our three pillars, or three-core convictions. Our intentional focus and our mental energies must be spent on the mission of our living God. Pray that our church leadership would scrutinize all that we do by the prime mission of the Living God. Scrutinize your own daily activities and routines in the same way, so that your life moves with the eternal purposes and plans of God.
By His Grace and For His Glory,
Pastor Mark
