SHARE THE WORD
Series: Follow Me
August 28, 2024
Michael Boyd
LISTEN ON MIXLR @ https://gbcsl.mixlr.com WATCH US ON YOUTUBE LIVE @ http://www.youtube.com/gracechurch-slus/live The Work of Jesus… The strategy of Jesus on earth revolved around two main aspects: John 19:30—A message of redemption. John 17:4—A method of reproduction. In John 17, Jesus never mentions the miracles he performed or the multitudes to whom he preached, but over 40 times he mentions the men whom God had given him out of the world! Jesus’ strategy depended on a few disciples’ faithfulness to advance the message of redemption by following His method of reproduction. The urgent need… If we do not reproduce ourselves in disciple-making, then we will do a pitiful job of advancing the message of redemption. The urgent question… Will we be faithful to obey His plan? The Foundation of Disciple-Making… God is glorified in the completion of the Incarnation. God is glorified in the continuation of the Incarnation. The First Component of Disciple-Making: SHARE THE WORD… Our confidence in sharing the Word is grounded in God’s sovereignty, not our savvy. He gives us the people. He gives us the words. He gives us the authority. When we share the Word, we share eternal life, not religious laws. If we share laws… • We need to have programs. • We need to memorize presentations. • We need to organize projects. If we share life… We need only to know a Person Sharing the Word is designed to humble us and honor Christ. The Comforting Truths: Christ is exalted through our weakness. People are saved through our witness. The Challenging Question: Will we live so that Christ receives glory in others? So What Now… Do you know the Word? Will you share the Word?
Episode Notes
John 17:1-8 When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, 2 since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. 3 And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. 4 I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do. 5 And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed. 6 “I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world. Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. 7 Now they know that everything that you have given me is from you. 8 For I have given them the words that you gave me, and they have received them and have come to know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me.
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