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

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

Sep 12, 2022

Big Idea

Following Jesus means living intentionally on His mission, going to people so that "them" can become "we," and that intentionality shows up in our testimony, time, talent, and treasure.

Jesus gave His followers one clear mission before He ascended: go and make disciples. Real faith is not about what we get out of church attendance but about intentionally investing our story, our time, our gifts, and our money in reaching others, because that intentionality is also what grows and blesses us.

Key points

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1Jesus' final words were a clear mission, not a suggestion.
Working through Matthew 28:16-20, the message notes that even as the disciples worshiped the risen Jesus, some still doubted, yet He still commissioned them to go and make disciples of all nations. The point drawn out is that our jobs, relationships, and families are the backdrop of life, but the mission Jesus gave is the actual purpose.
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2The most important word in the Great Commission is "them" — the church exists to go to people, not to serve itself.
The preacher points out that we go to them so that them can become we, arguing that caring about numbers is really caring about people, since each number represents a person God loves. Growth is framed like a healthy baby gaining weight rather than something to be suspicious of.
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3Intentionality shows up in four areas: testimony, time, talent, and treasure.
Testimony means proclaiming Christ through our own story and using our sphere of influence to point people to Jesus; time and talent mean discovering and using the spiritual gift every believer has been given to serve the church and reach others rather than just attending.
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4Two popular lies keep people from being intentional with the church.
The message names the ideas that you can love Jesus without committing to a church, and that you can commit to a church without intentionally investing in it, calling both lies that leave people merely attending rather than truly belonging to the body of Christ.
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5Treasure reveals and shapes the heart, not the other way around.
Reading Matthew 6:21, the preacher corrects the common misquote, showing that wherever your treasure goes, your heart follows — not the reverse — so giving is a choice that then produces cheerful, changed hearts rather than waiting to feel like giving first.
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6Money is a spiritual test because it can quietly replace God as our source of trust.
Drawing from 1 Timothy 6:9-17, the message argues that loving money (not money itself) is the root that pierces people with sorrows, and that even the least wealthy in this room are, by global standards, the rich this passage warns. The application is to trust God who richly provides rather than to hoard.
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7Jesus prayed for unity among believers, and giving and serving together is part of living out that unity.
Reading John 17:20-23, the preacher shows Jesus praying specifically for future believers to be one, arguing that committing to a church, giving financially, and serving together are how that oneness and love become visible to the world.

Application

The message frames the ask as choosing to live intentionally with your testimony, time, talent, and treasure instead of just showing up.

Share your testimony with someone in your circle
Ask yourself honestly if you have ever even tried to lead someone to Jesus, and use your own story to point the people in your life — family, coworkers, neighbors — toward Christ.
Find and use your spiritual gift
Discover what gift the Holy Spirit has given you and get involved serving the church body rather than merely attending week after week.
Drop the two lies about church commitment
Stop believing you can love Jesus without committing to a church, or commit to a church without investing in it — actually become part of the body, not just a visitor.
Make a two-year financial pledge above your regular giving
Commit by October 1 to a two-year giving commitment beyond your normal tithe toward the building campaign, giving first fruits now to help fund the design and construction.

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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”

7-day devotional

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Day 1

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.

Small-group discussion guide

For leading a group conversation about this message.

Open

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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Topics

Generosity and Trust Personal Mission Field Spiritual Gifts The Great Commission Whole-Life Discipleship

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