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The missing chapter: Acts 27
This generation of believers is responsible for this generation of unbelievers. What is your strategy to reach those who do not know Jesus Christ
Is your strategy effective?
Do the demons tremble when you get up in the morning because you are dangerous to their cause of keeping lost people lost?
If you had someone that you dearly loved – a child, a deep friend, family member – and this dearly loved person in your life did not know Jesus and they just happen to move in next door to someone who is as intentional about sharing their faith as you… Are they ever going to hear about Jesus?
Paul’s simple strategy.
1 Corinthians 3:5 What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, as the Lord assigned to each. 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. 7 So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. 8 He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his wages according to his labor. 9 For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's field, God's building.
Look at that Scripture and discern a couple of things;
Found people find people.
God has an assignment specifically for you to facilitate bringing people to Jesus.
Your assignment is to purposefully plant and water the seed.
God is the one who gives life and growth to the seeds that you plant and water.
It is intentional work/labor.
We are doing this together with all the other believers.
You can look around and see the results of planted seeds.
In this Scripture we are told that giving away the gospel, sharing the news about Jesus Christ is like planting a seed.
So let me summarize is the make what I’m trying to say clear; our job is to intentionally plant the seed of Jesus, the seed of the gospel, the seed of the good news anywhere and everywhere that we can. That seed is any good thing that you are doing in the name of Jesus. It could be mowing the lawn. It could be helping a neighbor changes breaks. It could be babysitting child. And when you throw that seed out there it may not look like much but when it finds the right soil the miracle of life takes place and people come to know Jesus.
So again, what is your strategy for planting seeds? And, at the risk of making you angry, don’t tell me that your strategy is just living a good life in front of people! That’s a good thing but that is not the best you can do.
I’m asking you about your strategy because you are the plan!
Matthew 10:40 “Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me.
Before you can talk about the good news you have to be good news.
Did you notice the order of things in what Jesus said in Matthew 10:40? The very first thing is not about receiving Jesus, it’s whoever receives you.
Before you can even talk about the good news you have to be the good news. They will not receive your Jesus if they will not receive you as his messenger.
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By Riverside Church2022 Go!
The missing chapter: Acts 27
This generation of believers is responsible for this generation of unbelievers. What is your strategy to reach those who do not know Jesus Christ
Is your strategy effective?
Do the demons tremble when you get up in the morning because you are dangerous to their cause of keeping lost people lost?
If you had someone that you dearly loved – a child, a deep friend, family member – and this dearly loved person in your life did not know Jesus and they just happen to move in next door to someone who is as intentional about sharing their faith as you… Are they ever going to hear about Jesus?
Paul’s simple strategy.
1 Corinthians 3:5 What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, as the Lord assigned to each. 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. 7 So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. 8 He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his wages according to his labor. 9 For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's field, God's building.
Look at that Scripture and discern a couple of things;
Found people find people.
God has an assignment specifically for you to facilitate bringing people to Jesus.
Your assignment is to purposefully plant and water the seed.
God is the one who gives life and growth to the seeds that you plant and water.
It is intentional work/labor.
We are doing this together with all the other believers.
You can look around and see the results of planted seeds.
In this Scripture we are told that giving away the gospel, sharing the news about Jesus Christ is like planting a seed.
So let me summarize is the make what I’m trying to say clear; our job is to intentionally plant the seed of Jesus, the seed of the gospel, the seed of the good news anywhere and everywhere that we can. That seed is any good thing that you are doing in the name of Jesus. It could be mowing the lawn. It could be helping a neighbor changes breaks. It could be babysitting child. And when you throw that seed out there it may not look like much but when it finds the right soil the miracle of life takes place and people come to know Jesus.
So again, what is your strategy for planting seeds? And, at the risk of making you angry, don’t tell me that your strategy is just living a good life in front of people! That’s a good thing but that is not the best you can do.
I’m asking you about your strategy because you are the plan!
Matthew 10:40 “Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me.
Before you can talk about the good news you have to be good news.
Did you notice the order of things in what Jesus said in Matthew 10:40? The very first thing is not about receiving Jesus, it’s whoever receives you.
Before you can even talk about the good news you have to be the good news. They will not receive your Jesus if they will not receive you as his messenger.