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Intro
ALS;KJD;
There has always been a struggle in society.
We see it all the time.
People who dropout from one thing or another.
High school.
college, a challenging extracurricular activity.
Dropping out of martial arts before reaching black belt.
Quitting a job, dropping out of a family, even dropping out from living.
There is a challenge, to not drop out.
And for those who drop out and have a change of heart, then another challenge sets in, how to get back in the game.
We hear of sports legends retiring, only to regret the decision and return.
The struggle to not dropout, and how to get back in the game.
And how to keep encouraged and not drop out when it gets tough.
The problem
What can be done to get back in, or to find the way back?
We hear of sports legends retiring, only to regret the decision and return.
Me (How do I struggle with this?)
But the church, as Christians, we are not immune to the issue.
I have personally struggled with this.
Dropped out of college, but parallel to this was that I was also no longer connected to Jesus like I used to be.
Looking back, I was a dropout from my task as a Christian.
I wasn’t praying like I used to.
I wasn’t contemplating the Bible like I used to.
I was living life for my own pleasure.
I was self sufficient.
I share this because there is a deeper spiritual issue we should focus on.
We (How do we all struggle with this?)
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Are we as the church dropping out in some dimension?
Perhaps burnout, working too much in the church, lack of time in prayer and bible application, then another member drops out.
Perhaps others are dropping out of relationship with Christ.
Feeling like there is a loss of connection with Christ?
Stats on church dropout...
1 out of 2 young people will drift away from the church.
burnout causes dropouts.
13% drop in church attendance over the last 30 years.
In determining why this is happening, we can observe many things going on in our lives that might correlate.
Perhaps burnout, working too much in the church, lack of time in prayer and bible application, then another member drops out.
Perhaps others are dropping out of relationship with Christ directly.
Feeling like there is a loss of connection with Christ?
As if our prayers are not being heard.
Then, after dropping out, it is tough sometimes to get back in the game.
Hindrances and roadblocks for the prodigal Christians.
After dropping out, it is tough sometimes to get back in the game.
Hindrances.
Christ calls us by many names.
One is workers or laborers.
Implying that we are employed.
And indeed we are.
As Christians we are tasked with a divine calling to make disciples and share the gospel.
Our wages are eternal life and grace through Christ.
So if we dropout of a Christian walk or in being involved with the mission of the church, we are unemployed.
Christ needs laborers, for the harvest is plentiful.
There is much work to do.
God (What does the Bible say about this?)
And of course, the bible has Employment Solutions for Dropouts.
We can find the solution by looking into the life of one of the most famous dropouts in history.
Peter.
Peter, the disciple, dropped out.
When times got too tough, he bailed.
Oh yes, he was bold in word.
“Never me Lord.
I would never dropout.
You can count on me to stay with you.”
He started out with good intentions as he tried to defend Jesus from the soldiers who came to arrest him in the garden.
Drawing a sword Peter tried his best to put up a fight, but that fisherman was an awful swordsman.
And then a 180 conversion, with as much vigor as a boisterous rooster, three times Peter denied being a disciple of Jesus.
Although, he slyly followed from a distance for a while; by the time Jesus is going through the most excruciating suffering, Peter is nowhere to be found.
When Jesus was on the Cross and really needed the comfort of his disciples.
Peter, the dropout, wasn’t around to help.
No wonder he isn’t mentioned in the list of those who stayed by his side at the cross.
Peter turns off his stealth mode and emerges from his hiding spot on Sunday, after the heat was off of him.
He first learns of Jesus’ disappearance from the tomb from Mary M. And this is no surprise, for Mary was not a dropout.
She was confident in her job as a disciple and headed back to the tomb early in the morning.
She needed to finish preparing Jesus’ body for the tomb, Mary mother of James and Solome were with her.
And to their surprise, Jesus was not there.
The angels told them not to worry that his body was gone, for Jesus was alive.
One angel said to go tell the disciples, especially Peter.
And they left to do so.
They found Peter and John and shared the good news.
Peter and John race back to the tomb.
John wins, but Peter is the first to go into the tomb to check for himself that Christ’s body is not there.
They didn’t see the angels.
With nothing to see but an empty tomb in a graveyard, they leave and return to the place where they were staying.
Mary stayed behind, probably taking it all in.
She begins to cry, and two angels comfort her with kind words.
Jesus appears and says to her, “Woman, why are you crying?
Who are you looking for?”
“Woman, why are you crying?
Who are you looking for?”
Thinking he was the gardener, she replied, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him and I will get him.”
Jesus said to her, “Mary.”
She turned and said to him in Aramaic, “Rabbouni” (which means Teacher).
She turned and said to him in Aramaic, “Rabbouni” (which means Teacher).
She was able to recognize him now and Jesus explains not to hold on to him for he had not yet gone up to heaven and then told her to go share that news with the others.
Mary leaves and finds them and shares the good news that she had seen with her own eyes, the risen Lord.
Here is a notable point that is significant for how subtle it is.
The gospel writers record that Jesus has appeared to Mary in a dramatic way.
Then it records how he walked up on two disciples walking to Emmaus, one named Cleophas, and one unnamed.
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