New Story Church

Why Sabbath? | Pastor Scott Lackey

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Practicing the Way | Pastor Scott Lackey

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We proclaim him by instructing and teaching all people with all wisdom so that we may present every person mature in Christ. - Colossians 1:28

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Create space to become like Jesus.

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What is practicing the way? 

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Why is it called "the way"? 

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Meanwhile Saul, still breathing out threats to murder the Lord’s disciples, went to the high priest and requested letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way,  either men or women, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem. - Acts 9:1-2

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But I confess this to you, that I worship the God of our ancestors according to the Way (which they call a sect), believing everything that is according to the law and that is written in the prophets. - Acts 24:14

Becoming a Cruciform community | Pastor Scott Lackey

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But when I saw that they weren’t walking straight down the line of gospel truth, I said to Cephas in front of them all: “Look here: you’re a Jew, but you’ve been living like a Gentile. How can you force Gentiles to become Jews?” - Galatians 2:14 (NTFE)

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Create Space to participate in the Cruciform community

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Cruciformity: Participating in the process of death and resurrection with Christ; this participation forms human beings into the likeness of Christ.

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The Cross must shape our Christian community

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15 We are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners, 16 yet we know that no one is justified by the works of the law but by the faithfulness of Jesus Christ. And we have come to believe in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by the faithfulness of Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified. - Galatians 2:15-16

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“Justification, then, is about reconciliation with God and membership in God’s covenant community.” - Dr. Michael Gorman

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17 But if while seeking to be justified in Christ we ourselves have also been found to be sinners, is Christ then one who encourages sin? Absolutely not! 18 But if I build up again those things I once destroyed, I demonstrate that I am one who breaks God’s law. - Galatians 2:17-18

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Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled.”  - Luke 24:44

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Justification is participation (co-crucifixion)

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19 For through the law I died to the law so that I may live to God. 20 I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So the life I now live in the body, I live because of the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. - Galatians 2:19-20

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“Paul now tells the story of the Messiah’s death and resurrection as his own story.” - N.T. Wright

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I do not set aside God’s grace, because if righteousness could come through the law, then Christ died for nothing! - Galatians 2:21

Create Space for God | Pastor Scott Lackey

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Creating Space Episode 3: Why are people walking away from Church? - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/creating-space/id1730849984?i=1000654300746

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Create

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Thus, if anyone is in the Messiah, there is a new creation! Old things have gone, and look—everything has become new! - 2nd Corinthians 5:17

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Create Space to join God in the New Story he is writing.

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Embrace your part in joining God’s New Story.

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So we are ambassadors, speaking on behalf of the Messiah, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore people on the Messiah’s behalf to be reconciled to God. - 2nd Corinthians 5:20

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Start serving and giving

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34 “Tell me,” said the eunuch to Philip, “who is the prophet talking about? Himself or someone else?” 35 Then Philip took a deep breath and, starting from this biblical passage, told him the good news about Jesus. 36 As they were going along the road, they came to some water. “Look!” said the eunuch. “Here is some water! What’s to stop me from being baptized?” 38 So he gave orders for the chariot to stop, and both of them went down into the water, Philip and the eunuch together, and he baptized him.  - Acts 8:34-38

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Holy | Pastor Scott Lackey

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You are Chosen | Lisa Griffiths

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To God’s elect, exiles scattered throughout the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to be obedient to Jesus Christ and sprinkled with his blood:
Grace and peace be yours in abundance. 
1 Peter 1:1-2

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For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession. Deuteronomy 7:6

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And I will make you a great nation, And I will bless you, And make your name great;
And so you shall be a blessing; And I will bless those who bless you,
And the one who curses you I will curse. And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.
Genesis 12:2-3

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Now then, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be My own possession among all the peoples, for all the earth is Mine; and you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’
Exodus 19:5-6 

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For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake. Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified him, and so your faith and hope are in God.
1 Peter 1:18-21

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Salvation | Pastor Scott Lackey

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Salvation requires a Savior

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Today your Savior is born in the city of David. He is Christ the Lord. - Luke 2:11

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And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world. - 1 John 4:14

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This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, that has become the cornerstone. And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved.” - Acts 4:11-12

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Salvation = Rescue

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Moses said to the people, “Do not fear! Stand firm and see the salvation of the Lord that he will provide for you today; for the Egyptians that you see today you will never, ever see again. - Exodus 14:13

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The Lord is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him. - Exodus 15:2

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Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and make me willing to obey you. - Psalm 51:12 (NLT)

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For he has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of his dear Son - Colossians 1:13 (NLT)

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Salvation can be process

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So then, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence but even more in my absence, continue working out your salvation with awe and reverence, for the one bringing forth in you both the desire and the effort—for the sake of his good pleasure—is God. - Philippians 2:12-13

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They were devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Reverential awe came over everyone, and many wonders and miraculous signs came about by the apostles. All who believed were together and held everything in common, and they began selling their property and possessions and distributing the proceeds to everyone, as anyone had need. Every day they continued to gather together by common consent in the temple courts, breaking bread from house to house, sharing their food with glad and humble hearts, praising God and having the good will of all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number every day those who were being saved. - Acts 2:42-47

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For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. - 1 Corinthians 1:18

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For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing. - 2nd Corinthians 2:15

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Jesus is the Gospel. Salvation is one of the benefits of the Gospel.

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Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, a descendant of David; such is my gospel - 2nd Timothy 2:8

Because He Lives | Pastor Scott Lackey | Easter 2024

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38 “Why are you so disturbed?” he said. “Why do these questionings come up in your hearts? 39 Look at my hands and feet; it really is me, myself. Touch me and see! Ghosts don’t have flesh and bones like you can see I have.” 40 With these words, he showed them his hands and feet. - Luke 24:38-40

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Jesus’ scars tell the story of victory over corruption

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13 So Pilate called the chief priests, the rulers and the people. 14 “You brought this man before me,” he said to them, “on the grounds that he was leading the people astray. Look here, then: I examined him in your presence and I found no evidence in him of the charges you’re bringing against him. 15 Nor did Herod; he sent him back to me. Look: there is no sign that he’s done anything to deserve death. 16 So I’m going to flog him and let him go.”  - Luke 23:13-16

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18 “Take him away!” they shouted out all together. “Release Barabbas for us!” 19 (Barabbas had been thrown into prison because of an uprising that had taken place in the city, and for murder.) 20 Pilate spoke to them again, with the intention of letting Jesus go, 21 but they shouted back, “Crucify him! Crucify him!” 22 “Why?” he said for the third time. “What’s he done wrong? I can’t find anything he’s done that deserves death, so I’m going to beat him and let him go.” 23 But they went on shouting out at the tops of their voices, demanding that he be crucified; and eventually their shouts won the day. 24 Pilate gave his verdict that their request should be granted. 25 He released the man they asked for, the one who’d been thrown into prison because of rebellion and murder, and gave Jesus over to their demands. - Luke 23:18-25

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Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. - Matthew 11:28

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Jesus’ scars tell the story of victory over darkness and death

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44 By the time of the sixth hour, darkness came over all the land. 45 The sunlight vanished until the ninth hour. The veil of the Temple was ripped down the middle. 46 Then Jesus shouted out at the top of his voice, “Here’s my spirit, Father! You can take care of it now!” And with that he died. - Luke 23:44-46

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The centurion saw what happened, and praised God. “This fellow,” he said, “really was in the right.” - Luke 23:47

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So we must not grow weary in doing good, for in due time we will reap, if we do not give up. - Galatians 6:9

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Jesus’ scars tell the story of God’s victorious new reality

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44 Then he said to them, “This is what I was explaining to you when I was still with you. Everything written about me in the law of Moses, and in the prophets and the Psalms, had to be fulfilled.” 45 Then he opened their minds to understand the Bible. 46 “This is what is written,” he said. “The Messiah must suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, 47 and in his name repentance, for the forgiveness of sins, must be announced to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. 48 You are the witnesses for all this. 49 Now, look: I’m sending upon you what my father has promised. But stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.” - Luke 24:44-49

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The scars we pick up in the present will be redeemed for an eternal purpose.

Christus Victor | Pastor Scott Lackey

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For this is the way God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world should be saved through him. - John 3:16-17 (NET)

The cross of Jesus solidifies the victory of God over Satan, evil & death.

God loves & God gives

By this the love of God is revealed in us: that God has sent his one and only Son into the world so that we may live through him. In this is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins. - 1 John 4:9-10

“I give you a new commandment—to love  one another. Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another”. - John 13:34

This is why the Father loves me—because I lay down my life, so that I may take it back again. No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down of my own free will. - John 10:17-18A

What then shall we say to all this? If God is for us, who is against us? God, after all, did not spare his own son; he gave him up for us all! - Romans 8:31-32B

Grace and peace to you from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from this present evil age according to the will of our God and Father, - Galatians 1:3-4

God rescues

Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him and said, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask.” He said to them, “What do you want me to do for you?” - Mark 10:35-36

They said to him, “Permit one of us to sit at your right hand and the other at your left in your glory.” - Mark 10:37

For even the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” - Mark 10:45

Instead we speak the wisdom of God, hidden in a mystery, that God determined before the ages for our glory. None of the rulers of this age understood it. If they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. But just as it is written, “Things that no eye has seen, or ear heard, or mind imagined, are the things God has prepared for those who love him.” - 1 Corinthians 2:7-9

"Your mother died to save you. If there is one thing Voldemort cannot understand, it is love. He didn't realize that love as powerful as your mother's for you leaves its own mark. Not a scar, no visible sign... to have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever." - Dumbledore

Going a little farther, he threw himself down with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if possible, let this cup pass from me! Yet not what I will, but what you will.” - Matthew 26:39

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of people who suppress the truth by their unrighteousness, - Romans 1:18

Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity, to dishonor their bodies among themselves. They exchanged the truth of God for a lie  and worshiped and served the creation rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen. For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. - Romans 1:24-26A

And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what should not be done. They are filled with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice. They are rife with envy, murder, strife, deceit, hostility. They are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, contrivers of all sorts of evil, disobedient to parents, senseless, covenant-breakers, heartless, ruthless. - Romans 1:28-31

God made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, - 2nd Corinthians 5:21A

“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” - Matthew 27:46B

He has destroyed what was against us, a certificate of indebtedness expressed in decrees opposed to us. He has taken it away by nailing it to the cross. Disarming the rulers and authorities, he has made a public disgrace of them, triumphing over them by the cross.  - Colossians 2:14-15

Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, he likewise shared in their humanity,  so that through death he could destroy the one who holds the power of death (that is, the devil), and set free those who were held in slavery all their lives by their fear of death. - Hebrews 2:14-15

The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. For this purpose  the Son of God was revealed: to destroy the works of the devil. - 1 John 3:8