{"id":14643,"date":"2026-04-07T09:22:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T13:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/?p=14643"},"modified":"2026-04-07T09:22:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T13:22:12","slug":"the-sending-savior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2026\/04\/the-sending-savior\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sending Savior"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>2026 THEME: Still the ONE!<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Title: The Sending Savior<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Scripture: Mt. 28:16-20; Acts 1-2<\/span><\/h2>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>I. COMMISSION TO A MISSION (Mt. 28:16-20)<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">5 essential elements to fulfilling the mission:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">1. (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Availability<\/strong><\/span>)- (V.16)<br \/>\n2. (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Worship<\/strong><\/span>)- (V.17)<br \/>\n3. (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Submission<\/strong><\/span>)- (V.18)<br \/>\n4. (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Submission<\/strong><\/span>)- (V.19-20a)<br \/>\n5. (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Power<\/strong><\/span>)- (V.20b)<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>II. CONFIRMATION OF THAT MISSION (Acts 1:1-11; 2)<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Two words to note:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">1. Baptize- Passive voice indicates entirely a (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>divine action<\/strong><\/span>).<br \/>\n2. Power- not in speaking in a foreign language but in the (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>resurrected Christ<\/strong><\/span>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">What happens in Acts 2?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">1. The followers of Jesus were (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>one-minded<\/strong><\/span>).<br \/>\n2. The Spirit came. Proof came in three ways: It was (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>audible<\/strong><\/span>). It was (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>visible<\/strong><\/span>). It was (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>oral<\/strong><\/span>).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Next week: 2026 Theme: Still the ONE!<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\">Sermon: The Show-me Savior<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\">Scripture: 1 Cor. 12:12-27<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026 THEME: Still the ONE! Title: The Sending Savior Scripture: Mt. 28:16-20; Acts 1-2 I. COMMISSION TO A MISSION (Mt. 28:16-20) 5 essential elements to fulfilling the mission: 1. (Availability)- (V.16) 2. (Worship)- (V.17) 3. (Submission)- (V.18) 4. (Submission)- (V.19-20a) 5. (Power)- (V.20b) II. CONFIRMATION OF THAT MISSION (Acts 1:1-11; 2) Two words to note: &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2026\/04\/the-sending-savior\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermon-notes","nodate","item-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14643"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14644,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14643\/revisions\/14644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}