Revive: Live Sent

This woman knew very little about Jesus, but she was still qualified. How do we know she was qualified? Because she brought more people to see Jesus than his own disciples did. And they had spent three years with Jesus, learning from him, watching his example, growing in their knowledge and understanding of the things of god. And this woman was more effective in bringing people to Jesus than they were when she went into that town. Sometimes I think our education gets in the way of us just talking about Jesus and bragging on Jesus. [01:10:05] (41 seconds)  #UntrainedButEffective

You see, when a witness is called into court, the the the attorney will often say to them, tell us what you saw and what you heard. That's what a witness does. You wouldn't be a good witness if you don't didn't see anything or know anything to say or or you didn't hear anything. A witness is somebody who has heard about Jesus and knows some things about Jesus and how Jesus maybe has affected your life and changed your life for the better so you could tell other people about that. That's all a witness does. You don't have to have a theological degree to do that. [01:01:16] (32 seconds)  #SpeakWhatYouSaw

You are qualified to do this whether you think so or not. You are qualified to do this. Well, I haven't been to bible college. I haven't been to seminary. I don't have any training. Neither did these guys. They just met Jesus, fell in love with Jesus, and wanted to tell people about Jesus. That's the training they had. But here's the good thing, even without training, who is with us on the mission? Jesus is. You know the guy that rose from the dead? You know the guy that sent the Holy Spirit to indwell us and empower us? He's the guy that's with us in this. [00:59:31] (42 seconds)  #MissionWithJesus

The ends of the earth are great. They're awesome and it sounds it sounds exciting to say. Our pastor went to this country to lead revival event in that country and we can think so good about that while we walk past people every day that don't know Jesus. And we don't say anything to them about Jesus. It's time we wake up and realize we need to start right where we are. And if you wanna boil it down, I'll give you some tips. It starts in your home. You need to speak Jesus in your home. [00:49:22] (46 seconds)  #SpeakJesusAtHome

Remember, it doesn't mean everybody they talk to is gonna respond well. They didn't every time. But we're supposed to be on mission, on commission with Jesus. So our job is to do our part of helping to make disciples. His job is to take care of the responses and the outcomes. See, we're working together with Jesus. He has all authority in heaven and on earth, but he's given us a responsibility to do our part and talk to people about Jesus. [00:57:54] (35 seconds)  #PartnerWithJesus

You see, God has always used very imperfect people, and you know why. Right? It's the only kind there are. We're all flawed. We're all very imperfect. But if he's gonna accomplish this mission with the people that we have to work with, he's gonna do it with imperfect people. This woman had been divorced five times. She was living with a man not her husband and she was effective in witnessing and getting more people to come learn about Jesus simply by saying come and see the man that I met. Just come and see. Come and listen to this man. Come and listen to his teaching. We all can do that. Can't we? [01:10:46] (50 seconds)  #ImperfectButUsed

And and it's amazing that that with all the attacks that have happened against the church and listen, if you if you read history, if you're a student of history at all, from the time the first church started in the book of Acts to this very present day, the church has been under attack the whole time. But Jesus said, I will build my church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it. So, we're still alive. We're still standing by the power of Jesus Christ. Not by our own power, but by his. [00:34:05] (34 seconds)  #GatesWontPrevail

What we see happening around The United States right now is a real tangible searching and reevaluating life that's taking place, especially among gen z and those coming behind them, the younger generation. What they're beginning to sense is that what the world is offering them is confusing and it's pretty empty when you pursue it. It doesn't have what will really answer their greatest needs and greatest questions. It doesn't offer them real meaning with any depth at all to their purpose, their reason for being on this earth. [00:46:31] (45 seconds)  #GenZSearching