Men on a Mission - Track II: Reflect Christ Authentically
Historically church leaders have agreed that the primary purpose of our lives is to glorify God. But glorifying God is not in its essence, the common practice of singing worship songs or thinking mystical thoughts. We glorify God as we reflect his revealed nature through our everyday, go to work lives. We reflect Christ as we are transformed in character, values, beliefs, and behavior. This inside out transformation fits our new identity in Christ and makes us authentic. We are becoming who we really are.
This track of the HIGHQUEST Series introduces a new skill set that compliments the Appointment with God (AWG). In this unit you will learn how to meditate on a verse commit it to memory. We call this "getting a grip on the Scriptures." Mountain climbing requires the skill of securing anchor points that serve as anchors in the rock face along the route. Pitons are wedged in the cracks of the rock to serve as anchors. Carabineers are then attached to these anchors giving the climber a secure point for fastening his rope. Solid points of attachment are critical for a safe and successful climb. Setting "anchor points" in Scripture is also necessary for a successful journey with Christ. In track II, you will learn how to get a grip on the Scripture through meditation and memorization so that you can firmly attach yourself to God's Word. The following units in Track II: Reflect Christ Authentically will help you explore what it means to become like Christ.
This track of the HIGHQUEST Series introduces a new skill set that compliments the Appointment with God (AWG). In this unit you will learn how to meditate on a verse commit it to memory. We call this "getting a grip on the Scriptures." Mountain climbing requires the skill of securing anchor points that serve as anchors in the rock face along the route. Pitons are wedged in the cracks of the rock to serve as anchors. Carabineers are then attached to these anchors giving the climber a secure point for fastening his rope. Solid points of attachment are critical for a safe and successful climb. Setting "anchor points" in Scripture is also necessary for a successful journey with Christ. In track II, you will learn how to get a grip on the Scripture through meditation and memorization so that you can firmly attach yourself to God's Word. The following units in Track II: Reflect Christ Authentically will help you explore what it means to become like Christ.
Track II: Reflect Christ Authentically overview
His Image Order now
The life issue in His Image explores the principle of spiritual transformation. It looks at four important qualities of our new nature in light of laying aside the old qualities and putting on the new. This transformation into the likeness of Christ is not a short hike but a life long journey. It takes our attention and focus to continually put on our new nature.
In this unit of we want to get a clearer picture of the image of Christ as we seek to reflect him authentically. His Image sessions are
| His Calling Order now
Christ’s Great Commission is to make disciples. If that is what we are to be and do, then we need clarity regarding what does or does not qualify as marks of a disciple of Christ. Discipleship, we’ll discover, is not a course to be completed; rather a life-long pursuit of knowing and obeying Christ. The discipleship qualities Jesus identified are not a check list to be accomplished; they are indicators of the path we are to follow.
The purpose of this unit is to follow Christ through the Gospel records and discover what he means by discipleship. In HIGHQUEST: His Calling, you will focus on five definitive passages where Jesus identified the marks of his disciples. • Whole life transformation • Sacrificial allegiance • Faithful obedience • Servant love • Spiritual fruitfulness |
His Nature
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Following Jesus is more than a “get out of jail free” card. When Jesus invited people to follow him, he had more in mind than “redemption” (as important as it is). His goal was not to make people comfortable, give them a better set of rules to live by, or make them successful. His main goal in inviting people to be his followers was to transform their lives to look like him.
“A student is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher” (Luke 6:40).
This transformation is more than a behavioral makeover. Jesus is not interested in moral cosmetics. His goal is to change people deep in their souls to reflect his very nature. The apostle Peter expands this concept as he begins his second letter to the early believers, “Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires” (2 Peter 1:4). His Nature looks at six qualities of the nature of Christ that we are to develop on the foundation of our faith:
• Moral excellence
• Reverent wonder
• True knowledge
• Self control
• Geniune love
“A student is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher” (Luke 6:40).
This transformation is more than a behavioral makeover. Jesus is not interested in moral cosmetics. His goal is to change people deep in their souls to reflect his very nature. The apostle Peter expands this concept as he begins his second letter to the early believers, “Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires” (2 Peter 1:4). His Nature looks at six qualities of the nature of Christ that we are to develop on the foundation of our faith:
• Moral excellence
• Reverent wonder
• True knowledge
• Self control
• Geniune love
