Perry Noble 12/4/2010
Are we willing as a church to do whatever it takes to reach people far from God?
OR – are we obsessed about own personal comfort level?
- Cry of Salvation — Hosanna!
Hosanna
- means please save or save now
- desperate cry for salvation
Jesus always want to save us from more than we want (or need) to be saved from
We’re still looking for a political savior — at end of the day — politics doesn’t save
2. Desire for salvation
3. Detractions from salvation
- Get so focused on people in the house (church) that we forget the people outside the house
- What are those outside the house saying? HOSANNA!
- Disciple — followed Jesus in a daily basis and all but John were martyred
- Religious crowd will always hold people back from coming to Jesus — too focused on information and not on applications
- Friends of paralytic (in Mark 2) were willing to dismantle the house of God to get friend to Jesus.
- We’ve forgotton our call as a follower of Jesus Christ –> we are supposed to be rescuers
- Are we willing as a church to do whatever it takes to reach people far from God — OR — are we obsessed about our own personal comfort level?
- Calling of church is rescue — we need to either pick up the shovel OR shut up.
4, Results of Salvation
- House (church) is dismantled
- personal preferences set aside
- People brought to Jesus
- People come to know Christ and are set free
Pray that God will save a multitude of people this Christmas!
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Newspring Church — http://www.newspring.cc
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