THE CHURCH AT ANTIOCH – Acts 11:19-26

***The first ten chapters of Acts refers to the church @ Jerusalem.  It was a good church, but missed the heart of God which is the Great Commission

***The Lord raised up the church @ Antioch who had the heart of God

***The church @ Jerusalem is not mentioned again after chapter ten, but Antioch is

                       FACTORS @ ANTIOCH THAT MADE IT THE CHURCH

                                         THAT HAD THE HEART OF GOD

FACTOR #1 – THE CHURCH AT ANTIOCH WAS AN OUTWARD FOCUSED CHURCH

-The church of Acts 2 started outward, but went inward

-the church missed the purpose of God – the Great Commission

               FOUR TRANSFER PRINCIPLES TO REMEMBER

(1) TRANSFER #1 – A transfer from one kingdom to another – Colossians 1:13-14

-before we are saved, we are a part of the Great Commission because we needed  to be saved and born again

Delivered – means to rescue

power – means the authority/the rule/the domination

*Before we are saved, we are ruled by the enemy

*after we are saved, we are delivered from the enemy and His rule – rescued

conveyed…brought us…translated – means to transfer…removed from one place to another…a big transportation of people

-at salvation, we are moved from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of light

TRANSFER #2 -A transfer of God’s Word into our lives – Matthew 28:18-20

-we must follow the Word of God

-the Lord gave us a Word – Matthew 28:18-20 – the Great Commission

-each believer must be the witness and not the church services……

TRANSFER #3 – A transfer of power and goodness to the believer – Acts 1:8

     1. A transfer of the Lord’s Goodness

-evangelism flows out of what the Lord has done for us

     2. A transfer of the Lord’s power

-whatever the Lord asks us to do, He gives us the power to do it

TRANSFER #4 – A transfer of ownership from us to HIm – Matthew 24:24-26

-we must deny what we want and obey what He wants

-the Lord owns us and we must surrender to His ownership

-we must surrender in our thinking

          TWO MENTALITIES WE MUST ALL BREAK

1. The Come To Me Mentality

-people will just automatically come to church

-60% of our culture will not come to any church

2. The Lord Will Do It Mentality

-the Lord is going to do it…He will get the job done

FACTOR #2  – THERE WAS A RADICAL IDENTIFICATION WITH JESUS CHRIST  – Acts 11:26b

-they were first called Christians @ Antioch – Christ Like

-something was different about this group of people

-they made Jesus Christ Lord

-v20 – preached the Lord

-v21 – the hand of the Lord

-v21 – turned to the Lord

-v24 – added to the Lord

13:2 – ministered to the lord

Jesus being our Lord means:

1. We obey our Lord without any questions at all

-this is hard when we can question people in our lives

-obey the call to the Great Commission

2. We only please Jesus

-everything we do needs to please Jesus

3. We honor all people – 1 Peter 2:17

-we honor all people because they are create by God