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02-16-2020
The Importance of One
Who's Your One Continued
Welcome
If you will recall last week we introduced you to the 1 sitting right here
Church this is not a prayer board, this is not a name you put up here so that others will pray for them to come to Christ and that is it
Church those names you put up here last week were 1 person you know in your life that needs Jesus and you are committing to praying for them and sharing the Gospel with them as that opportunity comes up
Just wanted to clear that up
If you didn’t put a name up last week we will ask you to put one up this week, if you already put a name up that’s you guy you are going to dig a hole in the roof to lower them down to get them to Jesus
You don’t put up another name until the one you put up comes down.
4 “What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go after the one which is lost until he finds it?
It isn’t until after we found the one we are looking for that we move on to another one, now in the event God opens the door for you to share the Gospel then by all means you step through no matter who it is
But church as individuals we are going to focus on 1 person in our own lives to share Jesus with
For far to long church we have been so afraid of sharing the Gospel
But we are very quick to focus on one, we buy into let me just invite one person, let me just be kind to one person, if they will hear to just one message of hope
Church do you understand that in those examples it is all about us when in reality it is the power of the God to salvation
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
Paul also goes on to explain that he is not asha,Ed of the Gospel
You and I should not be ashamed of the Gospel
We should not be afraid of the Gospel
The Gospel is God saving people
Why would we be afraid or ashamed of that
This morning we will talk about the importance of one
In a world with 7.4 billion people 2.4 billion of them say they are Christians, and if that is true that leaves 5 billion people you and I need to reach
So on the off chance we can mobilize all 2.4 billion people to share the Gospel with just 1 it would take everyone sharing the Gospel with 1 and those others who come to Christ with another person and we can reach the 5 billion people
So do you start to see how important that 1 is
But like we said last week when you and I start talking numbers when can get very glassy eyed very quick
7.5 billion people in the world
327.2 million people in the USA
2.9 million people in Kansas
178,187 people in Shawnee County KS
126,587 people in Topeka, KS
Population around the church
Those numbers are big and we can get so excited to go and reach the world, the us, KS, the county, the city and even those who live around us
And what happens Church is we get lost because we think others will pick those up
But when we see Jesus, Jesus went after the 1 lost until it was found and then went of the next
So church the 1 is so important for us because the other option is to become a large fishing building who talks about fishing
If you remember last week we shared that story about fishing
The reason people stop fishing is they are not foucsed, they are so overwhelmed by the many many numbers of lost people
You have heard it said you know how to eat a whole elephant, one bite at a time, you know how to reach the world for Jesus
You know how to fulfill the great commission
Start with reaching one person at a time
45 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking fine pearls, 46 and upon finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.
Church this is how you and I are to go after our owns
We are to do what is necessary to reach them for Christ
You and I are to pursue the lost for Christ
God chooses to use us in His great plan of salvation sharing
God desires all people to come to Him in salvation and God chooses to use us in that plan of spreading the good news that Jesus loves people
The good news that Jesus died for their sins and will save them from eternal damnation
And see church when we have that one and we know God is calling us to share Jesus with them
Then church we are to pursue them
This verse describes what is it to pursue the lost
It says this person sold everything and went and bought that pearl
This man did what he needed to do to get that pearl
That man made a sacrifice because he understood it was better to own that pearl than anything else
This man did not care what others thought of him in his pursuit of getting that pearl
This man is how you and I should be pursuing that lost person you put on this board
You and I will need to make sacrifice to reach that person for Christ
It will require that we spend time with that person, or maybe you need to change your schedule so you can meet them or run into them
It will require you to have a Gospel conversations with them and probably more than one
It will require you to share the Gospel through the words that you speak
You will look different to others and even your one
And that is ok church
See church if you and I are excepted to share the Gospel and I believe we are according to the great commission
Then we are to do it one person at a time and you and I are to pursue them
We are to do what is necessary to reach them for Christ
We are to do what is necessary to get that person to the foot of the Cross
We are to throw off being ashamed, or nervous, or anxious about it
Because people are not saved based off how well you share the Gospel people are saved because Jesus died on the Cross
It is the power of God that saves not how well Jeremy explains the Gospel
So you and I are to do what is necessary to share the Gospel with our 1
See church
4 “What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go after the one which is lost until he finds it?
5 “When he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 “And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’ 7 “I tell you that in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
As Paul Harvey said This is the rest of the story
This is what happens when you and I do what is necessary to get our 1 to the foot of the Cross
They have the chance at being saved and then the decision is between them and God
But church Jesus says there is more rejoicing for 1 sinner who repents and returns to Jesus then for the 99 righteous
Praise the Lord when you and I pursue that lost person we see people coming to Christ through the saving power of God
So church as we move into a time of invitation
let me ask you this question
If you were to die and stand before God and he were to say to you why should I let you into my heaven
what would you say
If you answer is anything else other than Jesus saved me its not right and this morning we want to invite you to the front and we can share with you how you can begin a relationship with Jesus and you can spend eternity with Jesus
Or maybe you need to spend some time in prayer
Or maybe you need to make some other decision this mornign
or maybe you did not put a one up on our one last week and God has placed a name on your heart that he wants you to pursue you can do that as well
Church I want to leave you with this challenge that you do what is necessary to reach your one for Christ
This is not I put a name on a list in hopes that everyone else prays for them and you want someone else to share Jesus with them
This is a promise before the Body of Christ here at Maranatha that you will pursue that one person and do what you need to do to bring them to the foot of the Cross