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Speaker Schedule: May 17 – Greg Gibson May 24 – First Light SUMMER SESSION (Room 2400 next to cafeteria)

SUMMER FIRST LIGHT Begins Wednesday 5/24/17 May 24 - August 2 MBC Room 2400 at 6:30AM (Located next to MBC Cafeteria.) Topics: - Beatitudes - Sermon on the Mount (Romans 12:2-3) Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. May 24 - August 2

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Today’s Speaker: Greg Gibson Veritas City Church

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS – 1. What excites you about stepping out in faith and being a part of something new? 2. What does it mean to be a man who risks for the sake of the gospel? 3. In what ways are you fighting the good fight right now? And in what ways are you failing to fight the good fight right now? 4. How do you think God might lead you to be involved in the work of church planting that McLean Bible Church is currently doing?

Men & Church Planting 1 Timothy 6:11-21 Glen Gibson May 17, 2017

What does it mean for a man to join a church plant?

1 Timothy 6:11-21 [11] But as for you, O man of God, flee these things. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness. [12] Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. [13] I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, [14] to keep the commandment unstained and free from reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,

1 Timothy 6:11-21 [15] which he will display at the proper time—he who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, [16] who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen. [17] As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy. [18] They are to do good, to be rich in good works. to be generous and ready to share,

1 Timothy 6:11-21 [19] thus storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life. [20] O Timothy, guard the deposit entrusted to you. Avoid the irreverent babble and contradictions of what is falsely called “knowledge,” [21] for by professing it some have swerved from the faith. Grace be with you.

ONE: Church plants need men who will fight the good fight (11-16).

TWO: Church plants need men who will give generously (17-19).

THREE: Church plants need men who will guard the deposit (20-21).

Is God calling you to be that man?

Table Questions: ONE: What excites you about stepping out in faith and being a part of something new? TWO: What does it mean to be a man who risks for the sake of the gospel? THREE: In what ways are you fighting the good fight right now? And in what ways are you failing to fight the good fight right now? FOUR: How do you think God might lead you to be involved in the work of church planting that McLean Bible Church is currently doing?