Pastor Sherman Burkhead

The truth is if you are going to speak into someone’s life about something important like faith you need to earn the right to do so. Until you do that your just another person trying to sell them something or trying to get over on them. The key to effectively sharing the Gospel is building a relationship where you have earned the right to be heard. Listen to part 5 of Go.

Everything we have talked about in the last three weeks had led up to this message. This is where the rubber meets the road. Listen to part 4 as we talk about a step by step way to share the Gospel of Christ with other people.

You see you don’t have to travel the world to find people to share the gospel with. You don’t have to leave your town to go to a big city to find people to share the gospel with. You don’t have to go way out THERE to share the hope and healing of Jesus Christ with other people. You can do that right here. Right here in our community, in your neighborhood, at your school, at your work place. You can do that on your street, or at the place you have lunch. You can do that where you bank.

Because the truth is you are surrounded by people who need the love of Christ, right here! Listen to part 3 of GO

Our lives have a testimony, and that testimony tells the truth about who we really are and what we really believe. In the end it doesn’t matter what we say. And it doesn’t matter how we pretend to act in certain situations. It doesn’t matter how religious we try to be. What really matters is the testimony of our lives. Listen to Part 2 of GO.

If you were to close your eyes and think about the Great Commission or Evangelism? What would you see? Would you see big Events like Harvest Crusade? How about some one with a bull horn standing on a street corner preaching to passers by? Maybe a missionary going to a foreign country to share Jesus with un-reached people groups. While all these things are ways to share the Gospel the Great Commission is so much bigger than these things. Listen to Part 1 of GO to find out more.

"Being a Christ follower is about our relationship to Christ, and our relationship with all other people."

In Part 6 we explore on of the best known quotes in all of the New Testament. It is a quote that is known even by people who are not Christians and people who have not read the Bible. This quote is not only widely known but it is also the most misinterpreted.

Everyone sells out for something. So what have you sold out for? Is it Jesus or something else? Listen to part 4 and find out what Jesus has to say about what it means to blessed.

For God it has never been about the rules. It has always been about the relationship. Because you can’t keep all the rules. It’s impossible. That is why God came to earth and died for our sins. Her fulfills the righteous requirements of the law for us. Not so we could obey a bunch of rules. Not so we could be religious. He came and died for us so we can have a relationship with Him! Listen to Part 2.

Jesus in Luke 6:46 asks “Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you?" What a huge question. Why would we call Him Lord, or why would we call ourselves by His name if we are not willing to do what he says. In part one of this series we explore the foundation of what it means to be a Christ Follower.