Shiloh Road – Week 3 (1-23-22)
Shiloh Road
Invest & Invite
January 23, 2022
Vision & Values
- Pursue God Together
- People Matter
- Invest & Invite
What are we for?
What you are AGAINST has the capability to blind you to what you are FOR.
Acts 15:1
Certain people came down from Judea to Antioch and were teaching the believers: “Unless you are circumcised, according to the custom taught by Moses, you cannot be saved.”
How would he have felt?
Acts 15:19-20; 23-29
“It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God. 20 Instead we should write to them, telling them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals and from blood.
The apostles and elders, your brothers,
To the Gentile believers in Antioch, Syria and Cilicia:
Greetings.
24 We have heard that some went out from us without our authorization and disturbed you, troubling your minds by what they said. 25 So we all agreed to {and} choose some men and send them to you with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul— 26 men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 27 Therefore we are sending Judas and Silas to confirm by word of mouth what we are writing. 28 It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond the following requirements: 29 You are to abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things.
Farewell.
It’s just a letter BUT a lot went into that little piece of paper!
Investment & Invitation
I see a problem, Paul sees a person.
Problems & Roadblocks
Invest & Invite —> Three “NOTS”
- I’m NOT from here.
- Things are NOT going well.
- I do NOT know what to do.