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John 1:35-46
This records the calling of
the disciples of Jesus Christ. There is a sequence here that we can follow:
Jesus called John
and John followed the Lord (35-42)
John reached Andrew
and Andrew followed the Lord
Andrew reached his
brother Peter and Peter followed the Lord
Jesus called Philip
and Philip followed the Lord (43-46)
Phillip reached
Nathanael and Nathanael followed the Lord
Do you see that? Each of
the disciples were reached one by one! And from this noble band of men, the
word of God was preached throughout the land and the Gospel message went
around the world. Each one of them continued to reach one.
Got yours?
[illustration from our church]
Ask yourself the question,
“If I don’t reach one, can I ever expect anyone else to?” (It’s a rare
privilege to be part of a church reaching many souls…but don’t ride the
coattails of others…have YOU reached one?)
Got yours?
I want to ask you every Sunday when you look this way if you've got
yours. Got yours?
I want you to ask me! I
want you to leave each service and walk underneath that 'Each One Reach One'
banner and know it's your duty now to share the good you have experienced
with others, and to bring them back with you next time!
Throughout the history of
Christianity, we see a profound effect that one person can have upon
another:
Jethro (father in
law) over Moses
Jonathan over his
friend David
Elijah over Elisha
Daniel over his
boss, King Darius of
Jesus over
Samaritan woman (whole village revival)
Disciples over N.T.
Christians
(breaking bread from house to house)
Delilah over Samson
(Satan believes in each one, reach one, too!
If you aren't affecting your world positively you are affecting it
negatively. No neutrality.
Your world will find out you're a Christian and then wonder why
you're not wanting to share that with them..."it must not be very good!")
Got yours?
Each one must reach one.
Each of us are absolutely vital to God's program and to the ministry of the
local church! We are His hands, His feet…He chooses to work thru us, He left
us here for a reason!
People are not reached in
masses like perhaps they once were. Most are reached just like the
disciples....one person sharing his/her faith with another. And then that
one sharing their faith with another...
I. EACH OF US HAVE A PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY:
John 4, Jesus said, I must
go through
Paul said, 1 Cor 9:22 I am
made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
To Remember…
A. THE WORTH OF THE SOUL
James 5:20
Let him know, that he which
converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from
death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
Got yours?
B. THE WEALTH OF THE SAINT
All that God has done for
us....He wants to do for others!…and He will do it through us if we will let
Him!
We have a personal
responsibility to live our lives so that others will see Christ living in us
and through us!
• If there is little resemblance to
Christ: there is little chance of reaching them
II. WE HAVE A PRESSING RESPONSIBILITY:
A. THE TIME IS SHORT
There's NO greater time to
commit yourself than now!
If it is ever to get done,
you’ll have to do it now! 2011 is the year for GBC!
Got yours? Join the movement!
B. THE TRUMPET IS CERTAIN
We are one trumpet blast
away from eternity!
1 Th 4:16-17 For the Lord
himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the
archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise
first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with
them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be
with the Lord.
But God has left you here
for a reason!
Got yours?
We want to build this year.
Build God's kingdom, and build the local church, and build each life
in the church. In other words,
we want to get them saved, get them into church, and get them right with
God. By the way, we have to work on
the latter in our own lives constantly!
ill.--the church is a
hospital for sinners, not a rest home for saints.
What other organization requires for membership that you say you are
bad? [other than the Hell's Angels!]
There's the progression.
Get saved, get into church, get right.
In that order! Where are
you at in the progression? If
you've been saved and need to find a good church I can make a
recommendation! Yes, church is
often done wrong, but it CAN be done right.
And you'll come to church if you are truly saved and love Jesus.
ill.--if you really love
Jesus you'll love what He loves.
Ephesians 5:25
...Christ also loved the church,
and gave himself for it;
Some people only go to
church 3 times in their lives.
When they're born, when they're married, and when they die.
Basically, when they're hatched, matched, and dispatched.
The first time they throw water, the second time rice, the last time
dirt!
The most important thing is
growing the kingdom, so many who we lead to the Lord this year may not come
to our church, but if they are serious, they will end up somewhere, and
sometimes we can help place them in something closer or more to their liking
or demographic.
But we very much want to
grow GBC, and fill this place up row by row.
Got yours?
There's a lot of love here,
and we want to share it with all we can.
Growing churches love, and loving churches grow! We've got more wood
to polish out there! In my years
here we've baptized hundreds, but where are they?
Many have joined the church that aren't here anymore?
Did they lose their
salvation? No. They most likely never had it.
Hebrews 10:38-39
38 Now the just shall live by faith:
but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
39 But we are not of them who
draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the
soul.
There are some who draw
back to perdition. That means judgment. Now the writer of Hebrews is saying,
“Those of us who are still attending, we’ve not drawn back. We’ve not
failed. We are going on. We are holding fast the profession of our faith.”
1 John 2:19
They went out from us, but they
were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have
continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made
manifest that they were not all of us.
They assumed in the New
Testament times if people stopped attending the worship service, they never
had been saved. That’s what they assumed. Attending the worship service was
a profession of faith. It was a way of expressing salvation. It was a way of
saying, “I still believe.” And when people stopped attending, they just
assumed, that person may have just come here for 'fire insurance' and now
have gone back to their sin. They didn’t lose their salvation; they never
really had it. By the way, I've come to respect a certain segment of lost
people. Those who will admit it.
Who just say, "I don't want to give up my sin or change my
lifestyle." At least they are being honest and not trying to have it both
ways. I don't recommend their
decision, but respect their honesty.
I know you know about the
prodigal son, but let me tell you about the prodigal pig:
When the prodigal son got
down in the pig pen, he said, “I’m going to rise and I’m going to go to my
father. And I’m going to say to my father, ‘Father, I have sinned against
heaven and in your sight, and am no more worthy to be called your son.’” And
the pig said, “What’s that?” “I’m going to go to my father.” He said, “Why
are you going to your father?” “O, you ought to see my father’s house. My
father’s house is wonderful. In my father’s house there’s bread enough and
to spare. Even the servants in my father’s house are eating better than I am
down here in this pig pen. My mother’s a wonderful cook and a wonderful
housekeeper, and my father is a rich, wise, and godly man. And I’m going
home. I’m getting out of the hog pen.”
And the prodigal pig said,
“Well, that, that sounds wonderful. Can I go with you?” He said, “Well, come
along and I’ll be glad to have you."
Home they went. "Mom, dad,
this is my friend, the pig. He wants to come and stay with us if he can.”
The mother of the prodigal son says, “That’s your pig? That’s your friend?
Well, okay. You two come on in, but Mr. Pig, you’re going to have to take a
bath. You’re going to have to scrub. You can’t come in my living room
looking that way.” So the pig was scrubbed from top to bottom. Then it’s
time for dinner, and the pig wants to put his snout in the plate. She said,
“Now, Mr. Pig, first of all, we’re going to say the blessing, and then we’re
going to eat with a knife and a fork, and we’re going to use good manners,
and we’re going to wipe our mouth.” The pig wants to go out and sleep in the
mud. She says, “No, Mr. Pig, you’re going to sleep in the house. You’re
going to sleep in a bed.
After a while, the pig
says, “You know, I just don’t like this. I’m not made for this. I’m going to
rise and go back to my father.” And back he goes back to the pig pen.
Now there are a lot of
people who are just like that. They come to church for a while, they stay in
church for a while, and they say, “You know, I don’t like this. I’m not made
for this.” You know the reason why? The Bible says in the book of 1 Peter,
“It is happened to them according to the true proverb, the sow that was
washed is returned to the mire.” It doesn’t mean a person loses his
salvation. God never called one of His children a sow. And it says, “The dog
is returned to his vomit.” That’s not a very elegant phrase, but have you
ever seen a dog turn around and eat his own vomit? The dog will eat
something that upset his stomach. He regurgitates, feels better, starts to
walk off, and he looks back and says, “Hey, there’s a warm meal.” It’s
disgusting. But a dog will do that.
That’s the reason that
people go back once they come to the church. They stop attending. You’ll
never change a pig by washing it, and you’ll never change a dog by letting
him regurgitate. The dog is still a dog, the sow is still a sow. They go
back to their father.
John 8:44
Ye are of your father the
devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do.
Just because a person is in
church doesn't mean they are saved.
Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than going to a
APPLICATION to the UNSAVED:
Realize 10 things:
1. You are lost
Romans 3:10
As it is written, There is
none righteous, no, not one:
Romans 3:23
For all have sinned, and
come short of the glory of God;
2. You are longing
Psalm 84:2 -
My soul longeth, yea, even
fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for
the living God.
Ps 107:9 -
For he satisfieth the
longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
3. You need not labor
Titus 3:5
Not by works of
righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us
Ephesians 2:8-9
For by grace are ye saved
through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of
works, lest any man should boast.
Galatians 2:16
Knowing that a man is not
justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we
have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of
Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall
no flesh be justified.
4. You belong to Lucifer
John 8:44
Ye are of your father the
devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do.
You don't have to be a bad
person for the devil to still possess ownership of your soul.
You must be born again into God's family for Him to become your
Heavenly Father.
3 X’s Jesus called the
devil: "The prince of this
world"
John 12:31; 14:30; 16:11
II Tim. 2:26
…that they may recover
themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at
his will.
Ephesians 2:2
Wherein in time past ye
walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the
power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of
disobedience:
2 Corinthians 4:4
In whom the god of this
world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of
the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto
them.
Colossians 1:13
Who hath delivered us from
the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear
Son:
5. You are loved
Titus 3:3
For we ourselves also were
sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and
pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. 4 But
after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared…
Jn. 3:16
6. You can be liberated
Luke 4:18
The Spirit of the Lord is
upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel…he hath sent me to
heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and
recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
2 Cor 3:17
Now the Lord is that
Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
Gal 5:1
Stand fast therefore in the
liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free…
7. You can receive life
John 10:10
I am come that they might
have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am
the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John 10:28
And I give unto them
eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them
out of my hand.
8. You will never lack
Ps 37:25
I have been young, and now
am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging
bread. [concerned about the economy?]
Phil. 4:19
But my God shall supply all
your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
9. You won’t be left
I Thess. 4…but the lost
will be left behind!
10. You will be lifted
[at the rapture]
Even in this life:
Ps 40:2 -
He brought me up also out
of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock.
Salvation: Got yours?
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