EVANGELISM FOR THE REST OF US
Discovering How God Can Use You to Move People Toward Him
Pastor Jeff Summers
Evangelical Free Church of
EVANGELISM FOR THE REST OF US - WEEK 1
LUKE 15
LATERAL THINKING
You can move someone toward Christ
by…CHANGING YOUR THINKING!
1)
Thinking Like the ____________________________
Don’t Stop _________________________
Do It Takes
2)
Thinking Like the ______________________
Understand ___________________________
Search __________________________
3)
Thinking Like the _______________________________
Paying Close _____________________________
Always ___________________________
Actively Demonstrating ______________________________
THIS WEEK:
LATERAL THINKING
You can move someone toward Christ
by…CHANGING YOUR THINKING!
What’s the
big criticism of Jesus? He is welcoming
sinners and eating with them.
It wasn’t
so much the wickedness of the “sinners” that made it wrong to eat with them, but
their failure to observe the traditions of their elders—their “uncleanness”
according to the Law of Moses.
1)
Thinking Like the SHEPHERD
Don’t Stop LOOKING
Understands the great cost at which
these sheep were obtained.
9/11—“Missing” vs. “Lost”
God understands the great cost at
which humanity was redeemed, thus he persistently to search for those He misses
most
Do
WHATEVER It Takes
The Shepherd puts the missing sheep
on his shoulders and carries it home
God does the work of bringing us
home
Viewing people as
“missing” and not “lost”—fosters hope
2)
Thinking Like the WIFE
Understand
VALUE
Part of dowry
Irreplaceable
Search CAREFULLY
Searches everywhere and searches
with care—as to not overlook it, as not to push it out of reach
God understands the immeasurable
value of each individual person and carefully searches for those He misses
most.
3)
Thinking Like the FATHER
Paying
Close ATTENTION
Watching all the details
of the horizon…
Always
AVAILABLE
Waiting for his son to
come home; ready to meet him
Actively
Demonstrating COMPASSION
Runs to his son;
embraces him; forgives mistakes; celebrates his homecoming
Redemption is a journey, not a mere impulse or emotion.
THIS WEEK:
1) Begin to see people as “MISSING” rather than “LOST” and foster the hope that God will recover them…and realize He wants you to help Him.
2) See all people as INFINITELY VALUABLE. Avoid looking at people as groups and see individual people that God has created and loves as deeply as He loves you.
3) Attentively watch and pray for THOSE GOD MISSES MOST. Look for ways that you can love and serve them…and celebrate each step on their journey home
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