Compeling Others To Christ

Intro - Jesus called us sheep why is that? It is because we need a shepherd. Being left to ourselves isn’t good God said at the very beginning, it isn’t good that man be alone

Luke 14:15-24 “And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God. Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many: And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready. And they all with one consent began to fmake EXCUSE The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me EXCUSED. And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me EXCUSED. And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.”

No More Excuses -

Reason why we can’t do something.

A man who is good at making excuses is seldom good at anything else.

Never give someone so much power they can take me out of myself

Seek out God confidence and not Self Confidence.

Compel Them-

“I haven’t always wanted what’s best for me” Sometimes, I even “want is what isn’t good for me”

Luke 14:23 “And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.”

Vines - to impress into service

Greek - English Lexicon - strongly urge/invite, urge upon, press

Shout it from the rooftops.

Confess him before men.

Matthew 10:27-32 “What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that PREACH ye upon the housetops. And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows. Whosoever therefore shall CONFESS me before men, him will I CONFESS also before my Father which is in heaven.”