0738 Answer the Call

Pastor started with the vision, not with crowd. Aquirium church? (Street, school, mall, parks outreach)

Take mystery out of evangelism. Lawyer or witness.

Woman at the well was not theologian. (Donnie - Hector; Anna - Dina)

Just because you can’t debate, it should not stop you from inviting.

Life without Jesus is pointless, life without purpose is powerless! Purpose story

It's not them that lose but everyone they will invite - cho story

- ester on top - mardecai struggling - purpose is for both

John 15:7

The will of God -

People are God’s passion. They have soul. Souls is eternal

God can’t think in percentages. Sheep don't care

The mission of Jesus -

Most of temptations were to distract with ambition and self preservation, fame.

Our calling - we are branch not roof

We choose the career, God choses the calling. Career can change, calling does not. Career is what brings money, calling is what brings God glory.

Focus - trim shoots for fruits

Sap for fruit - prayer for purpose

Reward for answering the call - answers to prayers.

God exalted Jesus’ name above every name!

Adam race - waste, wreck it....no voice message.

Headache. House.

Shavarsh Karapetyan is a retired Soviet-Armenian champion swimmer. He is an 11-time World Record holder, 17-time World Champion, 13-time European Champion and 7-time USSR Champion.

One cold morning on September 16th, 1976 he was doing his usual run along the dam in Erevan (Armenia), when a large trolleybus carrying 92 passengers lost control and flew off the road into the freezing water. During the impact, most of the passengers fell unconscious – the bus sank approximately 10 meters deep. Without a second of hesitation, Shavarsh leaped into the freezing water to rescue people.

Diving to the depth of 10 meters, Shavarsh used his feet to break the back window of the trolleybus. One by one, he saved 20 peoples’ lives (he actually pulled out more then 20, but not everyone made it). He spent nearly 20 minutes in the frigid water and accomplished 30 dives down to the wreck of the bus.

Bystanders who watched Shavarsh bring people up to the surface said that his feet and back were full of glass shards. When later asked, what was the most horrifying part of this, Shavarsh replied by saying:

“I knew that I could only save so many lives, I was afraid to make a mistake. It was so dark down there that I could barely see anything. One of my dives, I accidentally grabbed a seat instead of a passenger... I could have saved a life instead. That seat still haunts me in my nightmares.”

After his 30th dive, Shavarsh lost consciousness. This courageous act has cost him dearly; he incurred heavy 2-sided pneumonia and blood contamination from the polluted water. Doctors were unsure if Shavarsh would ever recover. His life was hanging on by a thread while he stayed unconscious for 46 days. He finally recovered, but was never able to compete again. Today's experts agree that no one but Shavarsh could have done what he has done.