Life Church Vineyard

Pastor Mitch Price

I am chosen not forsaken 

I am who YOU say I am

I am a child of God…yes I am.

1 John 3:1 Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! 

Purposeful Practices

Luke 19

19 Then Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. 2 Now behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich. 3 And he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not because of the crowd, for he was of short stature. 4 So he ran ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see Him, for He was going to pass that way. 5 And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and saw him, and said to him, “Zacchaeus, make haste and come down, for today I must stay at your house.”

Zacchaeus positioned himself to be seen and known by God.

We can be positioned next to Christ but never conned with Him. 

Without Jesus it is impossible to please God. And without  Holy Spirit guiding our life…we will struggle and fail. We need to work on our relationship by giving Him our time. Our life can be a continuance of prayer for His guidance.

The disciples of engagement.

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Witnessing

Salvation:

The one time event in which we move from being spiritually dead to being spiritually alive in Christ

Justification

The pronouncement of not guilty being officially, legally declared, righteous

Sanctification

The ongoing process of being separated from sin.

Glorification

The fulfillment of the process. Experiencing perfection in Christ.

At salvation we immediately experience justification and our sanctification begins. Resulting in sanctification, which results in our final glorification.

The meaning of life is to come into relationship with Jesus!

1 Timothy 1:9

9 knowing this: that the law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and for sinners,

1 Corinthian 1:18

18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

Romans 5:10

10 For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. 

Hebrews 10:14

14 For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.

Philippians 1:6

6 being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;

The more time we give to Holy Spirit the more He power He has to change us into the image of His Son, Jesus Christ.

Galatians 5:1

5 Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

Romans 6:11

11 Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord. 

The New King James Version