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Today, we are finishing the Elder Selection Process that has lasted a year. We will be Installing new Elders, renewing returning Elders, and saying thank you to retiring Elders. God knows we need Shepherds. Today we will look at what we need from our good Shepherds.

Today’s lesson comes from Deuteronomy 6:4-9. This is arguably the most important passage in the whole OT and it is about discipleship. Specifically, family discipleship. Its been called “the Great Commission b4 the Great Commission”. When it comes to forming our children into disciples of Christ, this passage lays out the steps to take.

Today our lesson comes from Josh Jackson. Josh is the lead preacher at Rural Hills Church of Christ in middle Tennessee. Josh gives us a challenging message to give our lives order instead of balance. When we place things in the right order, we are doing things in the likeness of God.

Does Life feels like a hamster wheel? A never ending circle. Harder you try, the faster you spin, but you don’t get anywhere. Problems don’t get actually get fixed, they just get band-aided, and eventually they turn into problems again. Is there another life? Through the resurrection of Jesus we do find another life, that allows us to live a different way. And we start that new life through dying to our old self in baptism.

There’s been times in CoC history where we thought we were the only ones who understood baptism right, and so, our baptism was the only one that counted. That is not us. Eric explains that we agree with many others on these three things. 1. Jesus Saves Me
2. I Need to be Baptized 3.My Perfect Understanding of Baptism is NOT what Saves Me. Our lesson today we discuss this and more.

Today's lesson is the first part in a series about baptism. There is a fundamental misunderstanding of the Gospel, and how baptism fits into it. We can’t know enough. We can’t be good enough. But we can be saved. By Him. Baptism is something Jesus does to us, a washing of rebirth and renewal he pours out on us. Not something I do.