Modelling the Heart of Jesus

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Crossing the street

Recap - Sent like the son - Loved by the father, empowered by the Spirit

Meeting where people are at - models the incarnation, motivated by love, opens gospel opportunities

Modelling the heart of Jesus

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Modelling the heart of Jesus leads you/us to...

1. SEE the need

» We read in verse 13 that Jesus saw the woman. He saw her despair, her pain and the hopelessness of her situation as a woman in the culture who no longer had the protection of her husband or son. He saw her. And the hope for us today is that Jesus sees us too. We serve a God who is not afraid to meet us in the midst of our messiness and pain.

» Following Jesus means following Him across the street and into spaces we might be uncomfortable in. It means opening our eyes to the injustice, pain, and oppression in our world and neighbourhood.

Barne’s and Creation care video - Andy Global partnership executive

What do we see - what are the things we are passionate about, have a holy discontent?

What are some areas you see but ignore?

In Tasmania, housing affordability, alcohol and drug misuse, mental health, homelessness and family violence were identified as the top issues in Tassie.

what we saw with Housing

2. FEEL the experience of the other person

» In Jesus’ encounter with the woman in Luke 7, it’s more than just seeing. We can see the needs around us without engaging with them. In the Good Samaritan story (Luke 10:25-37), the religious leaders see the man in the ditch, but they pass by.

» Jesus sees the woman… and then He feels. The Greek texts reveal that Jesus’ gut was moved. In compassion and love, His stomach turned with emotion. We serve a God who is not distant or detached.

Jesus wept, he knows the anguish of loss. Samaritan, know’s the pain and the loss.

Compassion (Cambridge Dictionary) - a strong feeling of sympathy and sadness for the suffering or bad luck of others and a wish/desire to help them:

God’s Grace for we are sinners

3. ACT in loving response

» It’s not enough to see the need and feel the experience of the other, we also need to act. In the story, Jesus acts. He raises the young man back to life. Jesus is about making all things new. He is about bringing life where there is death, hope where there is hopelessness and joy where there is despair.

» As we embody the good news, this is our mission too. Around the world, our Baptist Mission Australia intercultural teams are crossing the street to see communities wholistically transformed in Jesus’ name.

empowered by the holy spirit

Overwhelmed by the amount of devastation we see around us. War, homelessness, cost of living, statistics, global issues (broken world)

Wish I had a nice story to insert here - naturally. but itis had to beak out of ou bubbles. to go in twos - Sam - encourage to see, do. Accountability with Maddy to review sermons.

Direction ‘not Good intentention’ get us to the destination.

See the people in your path

The best action is to pray, even better when it is with the person.

See the need, Feel the experience of the other person, and Act in a loving response

See God at work, feel and experience a need for God, Respond to know Jesus

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