NJ - Because of LOVE
Notes
Transcript
WELCOME:
WELCOME:
Good morning and welcome to Oasis Church! I am so glad that you have joined us today.
Welcome to Oasis Church Moura and those joining us online.
If you are visiting with us, we welcome you and look forward to chatting with you after our service.
MIssions Sunday
MIssions Sunday
“Evangelism - His last words out 1st command”
He did it, so should we
Intro: Missions Sunday The importance of “Evangelism”. How we can follow in Christ footsteps. I have titled my message: Because of LOVE .
Behold what manner of LOVE
Behold what manner of LOVE
1 Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. 2 Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. 3 And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.
Read
18 As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. 19 And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth. 20 “I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; 21 that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. 22 And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one: 23 I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.
Lets pray.
Prayer: Father we thank You for Your grace and love toward us. We pray that we would be filled with Your strength and power that we can walk in all that You have called us to. We ask Your Holy Spirit to bring revelation of Your word that we can apply it to our lives. Amen
Point 1
Jesus our example
God the Father sent Jesus into the world, Jesus has sent us, and we should go. John 20:21
21 So Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.”
The Son of man came to seek and save the lost Luke 19:10
10 for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”
Paul said be imitators of me as I imitate Christ. 1Corinthians 11:1
1 Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ.
Point 2
It is in us to go
We are ambassadors for Christ. 2Corinthians 5:20
20 Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God.
You are the right person at the right time and in the right place. Matthew 28:16-20
16 Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had appointed for them. 17 When they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some doubted. 18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
You are empowered to do His will. Acts 1:8 You shall receive power.
8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
Point 3
We need to reaching out
Jesus loves the lost. Luke 19:6 Zacchaeus quickly climbed down and took Jesus to his house in great excitement and joy.
1 Then Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. 2 Now behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich. 3 And he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not because of the crowd, for he was of short stature. 4 So he ran ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see Him, for He was going to pass that way. 5 And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and saw him, and said to him, “Zacchaeus, make haste and come down, for today I must stay at your house.” 6 So he made haste and came down, and received Him joyfully. 7 But when they saw it, they all complained, saying, “He has gone to be a guest with a man who is a sinner.” 8 Then Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, I give half of my goods to the poor; and if I have taken anything from anyone by false accusation, I restore fourfold.” 9 And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham; 10 for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”
Luke 15 Going to find the lost sheep.
1 Then all the tax collectors and the sinners drew near to Him to hear Him. 2 And the Pharisees and scribes complained, saying, “This Man receives sinners and eats with them.” 3 So He spoke this parable to them, saying: 4 “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost until he finds it? 5 And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’ 7 I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance.
Taking the opportunities when they arise.
Conclusion:
As we come to the end of this part of our service we covered how we can follow His example, we have been commissioned to go and we need to reach out to the lost. The bible tells us in Luke 10:2 that the harvest is ripe but the labourers are few. Let us be a church that is about reaping the harvest for Christ, we are His ambassadors.
2 Then He said to them, “The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few; therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.
Salvation Opportunity