The Kind of Church We Want to Be in 2016 (Santosh Poonen)

1. The Word (Acts 20:27): Be grounded in the whole counsel of God: KNow it fully; Obey it immediately; Teach it completely. 2. Faith (Matthew 17:20): Don’t look for human solutions for the promises of God (Numbers 11:21-23). You have circled some mountains long enough (Deuteronomy 2:13)! 3. Prophecy (Romans 10:613): The righteousness based on faith speaks! You will never defeat Satan in your life without the word of your testimony (Revelation 12:11). 4. A Light (John 1:56): The dark room in which God has placed you needs light more than it needs words not the “come and hear” church (Matthew 3:5), but the "come and see" church (John 1:39). “The fierce urgency of now” -- the way you are living right now is an example to those around you, for better or for worse. 5. Abiding Life (I John 2:36): Live as Jesus lived until you are like Him (I John 3:2) . This is abiding in the Head (John 15:47). 6. Abiding Love (I John 3:14): You will only fully know Christ by being knit together in the church (Colossians 2:2). The Body of Christ today is as much without stately majesty, and as unattractive and unesteemed to the world as Jesus was, and very few have believed in it (Isaiah 53:13).