We Are Rock Point | Week 4 | Bill Bush | Full Service · Rewind

Sep 12, 2022 · 81 min watch · 3 min read

We Are Rock Point | Week 4 | Bill Bush | Full Service

Big Idea

Followers of Jesus are called to live intentionally — going to 'them' with testimony, time, talent, and treasure so that 'them' can become 'we.'

Using the Great Commission as his anchor, the pastor challenges believers to move beyond passive church attendance into deliberate, whole-life discipleship. True faith in Jesus is expressed through four areas of intentionality — testimony, time, talent, and treasure — and the refusal to engage in any of them reveals either misplaced doubt or misplaced trust. Money, in particular, is not merely a fundraising issue but a faith-forming one: where we invest our treasure, Jesus says, our hearts will follow. The church exists to go to 'them' so that 'them' can become 'we,' and every believer is called to be personally invested in that mission.

Key points

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1Jesus' Great Commission is a clear, intentional mission given to every follower of Christ — not just pastors — to go and make disciples.
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2The most important word in the Great Commission is 'them' — the church exists to go to 'them' so that 'them' can become 'we.'
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3Every believer has a testimony and a sphere of influence — family, coworkers, neighbors — that is their personal mission field.
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4God has given every believer spiritual gifts and time that are meant to be used in serving the church body and reaching others for Christ.
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5Treasure (money) must be invested intentionally in the kingdom; wherever your treasure is, that is where your heart will follow — not the reverse.
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6The love of money causes people — including churchgoers — to wander from true faith and pierce themselves with sorrow, while trusting God with wealth brings blessing and contentment.
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7Jesus prayed for the unity of all future believers so that the world would know God's love — a unity that requires commitment to a church, intentional investment, and shared mission.

Application

The pastor's call is direct and personal: stop attending church like a résumé builder and start living like someone who actually believes Jesus meant what He said. That means taking your testimony into your natural sphere of influence and genuinely trying to lead people to Christ. It means discovering your spiritual gifts and using them — because you get to be part of something God is doing in the world. And it means letting your money go where your mouth is. If you have never given sacrificially, the pastor invites you to start — not because the church needs your money, but because your heart needs the practice of trust. Practically, that looks like filling out a two-year pledge card, committing to serve somewhere on campus, and identifying one person in your life you will intentionally pray for and point toward Jesus.

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Scripture in this message

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“what the mission is supposed to be. And so I hope you'll ask yourself, am I doing this? Do I even wanna do this? Or do I come to church like I went to Key Club to become president? There's something I want out of it, and I have no intention of actually being a part of what I'm supposed to be a part of. I have no intentionality of doing it. Because if that's true, you almost seem to ask yourself, am I really a Christian? Do I even believe in Jesus? Because Jesus was very clear in what the mission was, how we were supposed to go, and he says it in Matthew 28”
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“And it says here and starting in verse 16 of Matthew 28, it says this, then the 11 disciples left for Galilee going to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go”
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“I'm gonna put verse 19 back up. Or yeah. Go back to 19. There you go. What do you think the most important word is in here”
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“I wanna read Matthew six twenty one to us. Matthew say, here we go. Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be”
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“Let me read you a few verses out of first Timothy chapter six. Timothy, young pastor, pastor in Ephesus, Paul was writing to him”
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“And he says this in in starting in verse nine, chapter six verse nine. But people who long to be rich fall into temptation are trapped by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction”
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“And so then he finished it when you jump down to verse oh, yeah. Verse eleven first. But you, Timothy, are a man of God, so run from all these evil things. Pursue righteousness and a godly life along with faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness”
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“And then he comes back to the money thing in verse 17. When he when he's now, he's saying, here's what you need to do with your people. Teach those who are rich in this world not to be proud and to trust in their money”
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“You know in in in John chapter 17 verse 20 to 23, I just wanna read it really fast. Jesus, this is the last thing. He's praying over his disciples, and this is one of my most powerful passages in scripture because he starts praying and then he starts praying for you and I”

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There is a moment near the end of Matthew's Gospel that is easy to read quickly and move past — but the pastor slowed us down here for good reason. Eleven disciples climb a mountain, and the risen Jesus meets them. Matthew even notes that some of them doubted. And yet Jesus does not wait for perfect confidence before He speaks the mission. He gives it anyway: go, make disciples, baptize, teach. The commission lands on doubters and believers alike. That detail matters. The Great Commission was never reserved for a spiritually elite class of pastors and missionaries. It was handed to ordinary people standing on a hillside — people who had questions and fears and unsteady faith. It was handed to them, and through them, to you. The word 'go' implies movement, intention, crossing a distance. Passive attendance at a weekly service is not the same thing as going. The pastor was direct about that, and it is worth sitting with honestly. If Jesus meant what He said — and the whole sermon rests on the conviction that He did — then following Him involves stepping toward people, not just showing up in a building. The good news is that you are not going alone. 'I am with you always,' Jesus says, and He says it as the very last line of the commission. The call and the companionship come together.

For reflection

Where in your life are you genuinely 'going' — and where might you still be waiting for someone else to go instead?

Pray

Pray for an honest, unhurried look at whether your faith is moving or standing still.

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Small-group discussion guide

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This message made a bold claim: the Great Commission wasn't written for pastors alone — it was written for every person who follows Jesus. Let's spend some time sitting with what that actually means.

Discussion questions

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In Matthew 28:18–20, Jesus gives His followers a commission to 'go and make disciples of all the nations.' What do you think it meant for the original disciples to hear those words — and what do you think changes when we take seriously that those words are addressed to every believer, not just church leaders?
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The message made a point that the most important word in the Great Commission is 'them' — that the church exists to go to 'them' so that 'them' can become 'we.' What does that framing reveal about what a church is actually for?
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In Matthew 6:21, Jesus says, 'Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be.' The message pointed out that Jesus says treasure shapes the heart — not the other way around. What does that suggest about the relationship between what we invest in and what we end up caring about?
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In 1 Timothy 6:9–17, Paul warns that the love of money causes people to 'wander from true faith and pierce themselves with many sorrows,' while urging those with wealth to be 'rich in good works' and 'ready to share.' How do you think a community of people takes that seriously together — not just as individuals?
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In John 17:20–23, Jesus prays that all future believers would be unified — 'so that the world will know' that God sent Him. What connection do you see between a church that is genuinely committed to one another and a watching world coming to believe?
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The message described four areas — testimony, time, talent, and treasure — as ways a believer lives out intentional discipleship rather than passive attendance. If a community of people were to take all four seriously, what might be different about the way they show up for one another and for the people around them?

Pray together

Ask God for the courage and clarity to move from passive attendance into wholehearted investment — in His mission, in this community, and in the people He has placed in each of our lives.

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Matthew 28 Matthew 6 1 Timothy 6 John 17

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