Sermon Notes

“The DNA of the Church - Unashamed Proclamation”
Series - Unstoppable: I Will Build My Church (Part 4 of 5)

Pastor Dave Scherrer
April 20, 2008

Acts 6:8-7:53 and 2 Timothy 1:7-12

For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.

So do not be ashamed to testify about our Lord, or ashamed of me his prisoner. But join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God, who has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time, but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. And of this gospel I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher.

That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet I am not ashamed, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him for that day.

Notes:

Why proclaim?

It is the DNA of the Church to proclaim

What do we proclaim?

The surprisingly simple decision of the incalculable cost that transforms everything.

Who proclaims?

All who call Jesus King of Kings

How do we proclaim?

We tell the old, old story and the new, new story!

“I am not ashamed” and a prayer of responsiveness