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Download  		 Aug 13 2006 AM Worship Complete service Paul Stith
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Download  		 Aug 13 2006 AM Worship Sermon Responding to Jesus (Mark 1:21-45) Paul Stith
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Download  		 Aug 13 2006 Bible Study Sharing the Good News as a Body Stan Reeves
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Download  		 Aug 13 2006 Bible Study A Lifestyle that Reflects an Eternal Hope Paul Stith

Sermon Outline

 

Responding to Jesus

Mark 1:21-45

 

1.  Disturbed by his authority.  21-28

 

2.  Drawn by his power 29-34

           

3.  Dumbfounded by his mission 35-39

 

4.  Doubtful of his compassion 40-45

           

 

Lessons to be learned:

           

1.  Be sure that you may receive compassion from Christ.

           

2.  Be certain that your mission is consistent with Christ’s.

           

3.  Be clear about why you are drawn to Christ.

 

4.  Beware your response to the authority of Christ.

Bible Study

Sharing the Gospel as a Body

1. Our corporate worship should be a powerful means of evangelism.

a. Ps. 96 commands us to declare God’s salvation to the nations by singing in his sanctuary and his courts!

b. Non-believers are expected to be in Christian worship. (ref. Acts 2 and see 1 Cor. 14:24-25).

c. God has ordained preaching as his primary means of salvation. (1Co 1:21)

d. We are called to make worship comprehensible to non-believers.

2. Shepherds have a responsibility to encourage bringers.

a. Pastors must speak and plan as though there are non-believers present

b. Pastors must create an atmosphere in which Christians sense that their non-Christian friends are being addressed in an understandable way

c. Shepherds must lead in constructing pathways for non-believers into the congregation.

d. Leaders must provide tools for sharing the gospel and inviting people – tracts, booklets, tapes, flyers, etc.

3. Church members must cultivate a bringer mentality.

a. New believers can use their connections and credibility with a larger network of non-believing friends.

b. Mature believers can articulate biblical truth more clearly. These should work together!

c. Church members must engage in internal “self-talk” that moves them to bring.

4. Church members can promote an atmosphere for non-believers to encounter God.

a. Be prepared and on time. Lack of preparation and walking in late communicate a lack of seriousness and joy in worship, not to mention being distracting.

b. Participate enthusiastically.

i. Sing heartily and authentically.

ii. Say the “amen”. (1 Cor. 14:16)

iii. Welcome others.

5. Church members can support the gospel in other ways.

a. Corporate prayer

b. Practice speaking of God easily with other believers.

c. Encourage one another to keep gospel-sharing opportunities before you.

d. Love one another in practical, visible ways. (Joh 13:35 By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”)

6. Mercy ministry should be celebrated and embraced as a testimony of the coming of the kingdom.

a. Jesus healed the sick and cared for the downcast. (Luke 10:8-9)

b. The gospel expanded when mercy ministry was exercised in Acts.

c. Mercy ministry provides a counter-intuitive testimony to the world.

7. We believe this is a front-line approach because it respects relational connections.