First General Baptist

4/2/2017

Message: Bro Joey Rupard
Text: Matthew 9:35-10:7
9:36 If we can’t see them, we won’t love them
9:36-38 If we can’t love them, we won’t pray for them
10:1 If we can’t pray for them, we won’t win them
10:2-5 If we can’t win them, we won’t send them

 
Vance Havner,  "The Gospel is not merely something to come to church to hear, it is something to go from church to tell."
 

Message: The gospel according to Luke
Text: Luke 5:33-39
 
~Lost — Unbeliever
~Christian — Believer
~Disciple — Follower
 
~Appropriate at the time and      situation. Ecclesiastes 3:1-3, 
Romans 12:15
 
~Like changing seasons or cycles of a disciple. 
Dr James Dobson—2 weeks
 
~The awareness of His presence.
Mother Teresa—Christopher
Hitchens
Jeremiah 29:13

 
 You may find that a relationship with Jesus raises more questions than it  answers.
 

Message: The gospel according to Luke
Text: Luke 5:27-32
 
When you look at people, what do you see? What do you think Jesus sees?
 
This is why the Father sent the Son. Why has the Father sent you?
 
Who is the most important person for you to reach? _________
 
First General Baptist is not a   nursing home for saints, but a  hospital for sinners.
 
 
The calling of Matthew
 
I don’t care _______
      Or
I don’t care _______
 
 

Message: The gospel according to Luke

Message: The gospel according to Luke
Text: Luke 5:17-26
1 Timothy 1:15
 
Who is the worst person in this room?
 
Forgiveness should not create in us a self righteous attitude, but   rather gratitude, for what Jesus has done for us. To be self righteous means you have forgotten what Jesus has done for you. 
 
Oswald Chambers,  "When once you realize all that it cost God to forgive you, you will be held as in a vice, constrained by the love of God."
 
C.S. Lewis,  "To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable, because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you."
 
 

Message: The gospel according to Luke
Text: Luke 5:17-26
 
4 men named Doubt, Discouraged, Indifference and Quitter
 
4 men named Faith, Hope, Love and Perseverance
 
You are one of these 8 characters, which are you?
 

Message: The gospel according to Luke
Text: Luke 5:12-16
 
What do you want Jesus to do?
What do you think Jesus wants to do? Miracles happen when these two things match up!
 
2 Corinthians 12:9-10
“My grace is enough…”
Paul was not asking for too much, he was not asking for enough.
Is it possible to ask too much of God?
 
“Yes” would have meant weakness, “No” has turned to strength