Let's Go: "Committed to our Calling"
Luke 4:16-30
I. Stay Committed (Mark 6:1).
Matthew 16:24 - "Then Jesus told his disciples, 'If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.'"
II. Stay Away (Mark 6:2-5)
1. In Proximity (vs. 2)
2. Astonished (vs. 2)
Mark 1:22 - "And they were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one who had authority, and not as the scribes."
Mark 1:27 - "And they were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, 'What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.'"
Mark 2:12 - "And he rose and immediately picked up his bed and went out before them all, so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, 'We never saw anything like this!'"
Mark 5:20 - "And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and everyone marveled."
3. Questioning (vs. 2)
4. Doubting (vs. 3)
5. Offended (vs. 3)
1 Corinthians 1:18-31
III. Stay True (Mark 6:6).
Mark 1:38 - "And he said to them, 'Let us go on to the next towns, that I may preach there also, for that is why I came out.'"
Matthew 9:35 - "And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction."
Matthew 11:1 - "When Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in their cities."
Luke 8:1 - "Soon afterward he went on through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with him"
Luke 13:22 - "He went on his way through towns and villages, teaching and journeying toward Jerusalem."
John 3:36 - "Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him."
John 3:16 - “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life."