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On Mission (Part3)
Walking with God in the world
INTRO: Good morning church, it is so good to be here with you all this morning.
And welcome back students.
We are so thankful that you are here.
We have prayed for you.
Thank you to everyone who expressed sympathy and condolences at the loss of my auntie.
And so I am just so thankful to be here with you all this morning.
I can't think of a better way for us to start our day off then what you're doing right now.
We are right at the end of a three part series called “On Mission”.
We've been looking at being On Mission from three different ways.
We’re looking at: what it means to be On Mission, why we should be On Mission, and how to be On Mission.
For those of you who weren’t here, we started off with what it means to be On Mission.
And we said that:
1. Being On Mission means we might have to go through a little bit trouble to bring our friends to Jesus.
We may have some hurdles, some obstacles, or barriers before us but we may just have to go through some trouble to bring our friends to Jesus.
And we certainly saw that in our story we read last week from .
2. Then we said that if we’re gonna be On Mission we have to understand that the current condition of those without Jesus is not sufficient.
We can't be comfortable with the condition of those who don't know Jesus.
We should want much more for our friends, God wants much more for them.
Comfort may have its place when it comes to furniture; but in the kingdom of God, comfort has no place.
Because you might have to go through some trouble to bring your friends to Jesus.
3. Then we said we have to have our friends best interest in mind.
We talked about the greatest threat to Christianity; is apathy, the lack of interest.
We must have interest, concern, care, and enthusiasm about bringing our friends to Jesus.
We don't have the luxury of being apathetic.
We cannot afford to sit around and be apathetic.
We have to have our friends best interest in mind.
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And lastly, we said we have to have faith and give up skepticism.
Skepticism is a defeatist attitude that can paralyze us and keep us from doing the things we just mentioned and so we must have faith and give up skepticism.
And then last week we talked about why we should be on mission.
1.
We should be on mission for the glory of God.
When we go on mission it’s never about us, we go on mission for God’s glory & honor and the advancement of God’s Kingdom.
2. Because the world needs your witness.
If Christ is going to be made known throughout the world, then it’s up to us to make Him known throughout the world.
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For our own faith.
I do much better emotionally, Spiritually when i’m On Mission.
It’s beneficial to us when we’re on mission.
4. Then lastly we said we should go on mission Because it’s my mission.
The great commission isn’t our mission, it isn’t the churches mission, or Curt’s, or Tom’s.
Because as long as the Great Commission remains our mission, as long as the Great commission remains the churches mission, it remains no ones mission.
Because what happens is that I assume that you’re gonna do, that you’re gonna do it.
And you assume that i’m gonna do it.
And so the Great Commission doesn’t get done because we’re all assuming that someone else is going to do it.
The Great Commission has to be my mission!
So today we will wrap up our series with some practical ways to how we can go on mission.
If you have your Bible's please join me in Genesis chapter 1. That’s where we will begin our lesson today.
While you're turning there, I want to tell you about a funny story I came across.
Funny bear chases man thankful story
One day, an atheist was walking through the woods, admiring all the beauty that the “accident of evolution” had created.
“What majestic trees!
What powerful rivers!
What beautiful animals!” he said to himself.
As he strolled alongside the flowing river he heard a rustling in the bushes behind him.
He turned to look.
There he saw a 7-foot grizzly bear charging toward him!
he man screamed in horror and ran as fast as he could away from the giant bear…
As the bear's shadow fell over him, the man tripped and fell to the ground…
Feeling the hot breath of the terrifying bear on his neck, the man rolled over.
The bear loomed large over him, raising its fierce paws to strike him dead.
As the bear's shadow fell upon his face and its paws came down upon his chest, the atheist screamed, “Oh help me, God!”
Time stopped.
The river he loved suddenly stopped flowing...
The trees stopped swaying…
The bear froze.
Then a bright light beamed down upon the man, a voice boomed all around him, “I am God, and even though you don't believe in me, I am here for all beings on this earth.”
The atheist felt relieved and confessed to God, “I'm in a situation and wonder if you would get me out of it.”
“You deny my existence your whole life, teach others I don't exist, and even credit creation to a ‘cosmic accident'.
Yet still, you ask for my help.
Am I to count you as a new believer?”
The atheist looked directly into the light and replied, “It would be hypocritical of me to suddenly ask you to treat me as a Christian now, but perhaps you could make the BEAR a Christian?”
“Very well,” said the voice.
The light went out.
The river resumed running.
And the sounds of the forest returned.
Then the bear dropped down from its terrifying stance, clasped its paws tightly together... bowed its head and spoke:
“Thank you, Lord, for this meal which I am about to receive.
I am truly grateful.
Amen.”
We all have a lot to be thankful for.
I am thankful that everyday we get to walk with God & participate with Him and step into what He is doing in the world around us.
Everyday.
For instance:
ILLUS: I’ve got to tell you about a true story that happened not that long ago.
Do we have any basketball fans here?
Many of you will be familiar with who Patrick Ewing is.
Former NBA player who played for the New York Knicks in the 80’s & 90’s.
In April of 2017 Patrick Ewing was hired as the new head basketball coach of Georgetown University.
And as you can imagine this is just an exciting time for everyone.
For the fans, for the team, the students and players, for the alumni, for the University, everyone; getting a new head coach.
To make the deal even sweeter, Georgetown was Patrick’s alma mater (so that's where he went to School and where he played basketball).
To make the deal even more sweet Patrick's son, Jr. was already a coach on the team.
So I'm thinking you’ve got to be kidding me this is exciting!
He gets to be a head basketball coach for a good program in Georgetown, he gets to coach at his alma mater and Patrick Jr. gets to coach basketball with his father.
That’s like a job of a lifetime!
Think of all of the celebrations, the victories, the memories they get to share, the talks over Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner.
I mean just what an amazing opportunity.
However, before they could get going, it was discovered that Georgetown had what's called a Nepotism clause.
Now if you’re anything like me then you are probably wondering what in the world is a nepotism clause?
I had to look this up myself.
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