Sunday Morning 9/6/2020

Series: The Church Sermon: The Church, Part 1 "Never did the church so much prosper and so truly thrive as when she was baptized in the blood. The ship of the church never sails so gloriously along as when the bloody spray of her martyrs falls on her deck. We must suffer and we must die, if we are ever to conquer this world for Christ." - Spurgeon "But, though persecuting malice raged, yet the Gospel shone with resplendent brightness; and, firm as an impregnable rock, withstood the attacks of its boisterous enemies with success." - John Foxe Acts 1:1 KJV Luke 24:52 KJV Acts 1:2-3 KJV I. Jesus is God, He's Alive, and the Chief Cornerstone of The Church. Eph. 2:19-22 ESV Col. 1:18 ESV John 10:18 KJV Ps. 90:2 KJV Acts 1:4-8 KJV II. Jesus gave a clear command and mission to the church. Have we made sure that the "convenient commission" is fulfilled or that the great commission is fulfilled? John 4:9 KJV Acts 8:25 KJV Acts 9:31 KJV Acts 1:9-11 KJV III. Jesus is returning for His Church and for Judgment. John 14:1-6 KJV Acts 1:12 KJV IV. Jesus should be wholeheartedly obeyed.