| 4 N A I L S T H A T C H A N
G E D T H E W O R L D:
With 4 nails He passed the torch of earthly ministry from Himself
to His followers.
BEFORE THE CROSS:
Jesus was the one who healed the sick,
He was the one who fed the hungry.
He sought out the lost, no matter what it cost Him in popularity,
He taught us to pray,
He told us to love those who hated us.
There are very few unsaved in Monongalia County this morning that
could care less about how the choir sings,
There are very few people in West Virginia today who want to know
how good our prayer meeting are,
There are very few in America today who want to know if your pastor
delivers the message with passion.
They are not interested in seeing us talk about Jesus, sing about
Jesus, teach about Jesus or even yet preach about Jesus,
BUT:
I can tell you what every unsaved person in America is waiting
for:
They are waiting to see if our walk matches our talk.
If our love and mercy of Him will leave the pews and reach the
streets
They are waiting to see if we roll up our sleeves and do ministry
the way Jesus did ministry.
JESUS:
Reached out to a lost world, and tried to stop their suffering,
He called us to be His hands to a hurting world.
When is the last time you've reached out to someone in Need? (Family
doesn't count on this one.)
When is the last time we've helped an unsaved person, just because
Jesus called us to be His hands?
We've sold Easter candy, Krispy Kreme donuts, Pizza, Chicken dinners,
and you name it!
We have parked cars in the rain, and had 7 years of drama.
I CHALLENGE YOU TO BE HIS HANDS BEFORE EASTER
AND AFTER EASTER.
Reach, touch, help change, help minister to help give of yourself
to make a difference in someone's world
N A I L 3:
The third nail reminds us that, since His feet were nailed, He
has called us to be His feet.
His feet carried Him from town to town in search of those who needed
His love.
He came to seek and save that which was lost.
He has called us to go you therefore and do likewise.
Don't forget that GO is part of Gospel.
Where have your feet taken you?
Have you been to your neighbors house, a co-workers house?
Have they taken us to visit the sick?
Have they taken us to those who have come to church?
We think because we give we don't have to go, that our responsibility
stops when the ink dries on the check, HOWEVER, giving is but one
aspect of being His feet to a lost world.
Statistically, 95 out of 100 Christians will die without telling
someone about Jesus.
67% of people around you don't go to church, their name is on the
roll but they don't go to church and when they die they are going
to heaven.
2 out of 3 people you saw yesterday at Wal-Mart, Krogers, Giant
Eagle and the Mall could be lost without a hope of ever being reached.
Outreach is still a vital part of our church. It is as important
as prayer.
Where is our feet taking us? To pleasure, to recreation, to work?
Should not our feet be His feet, going to meet the needs of others
by caring and reaching out to them.
George Barna's research poll says that 2/3rd's or 67% of the un-churched
do not go to church because they have never been invited.
It's time to take up the cross, follow Him to those who need him
T H E 4 TH N A I L:
The last nail is to remind us that since the sign proclaimed Him
to be King, we are called upon to proclaim Him as the King.
The sign read, "JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS."
The sign was written in Hebrew, Greek and Latin so all could read
it.
Some complained about the sign to Pilate but Pilate said, "What
I have written I have written."
Jesus deserved to be born in a palace instead of a stable.
Jesus deserved a throne instead of a cross.
He is God Almighty, come to earth, robed in flesh.
The 4th nail was to remind us that there is one God and only one
God and His name is not Allah, Buddah or Khrishna
……………BUT……….J E S U S !
He is not just a king or the king BUT He is KING OF KINGS AND LORD
OF LORDS!
Philippians 2
9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name
which is above every name:
10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in
heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
Jesus has called us to be
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