Boldly Sharing the Extraordinary News of Jesus
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1. "These shepherds that we're going to look at today, they know a couple of things about what it means to be bold and to push through the hesitation and to go and to share the extraordinary news that they've been given. And so my hope and my prayer is that by the end of our time together this morning that we would have a renewed boldness, a desire to boldly step out and to push through the hesitation that when God prompts us to share the good news with other people to share who he is the birth story with other people to share what he has done in our lives that we would pray and that we would respond boldly because with God I believe that you never know how a bold moment could change someone's life." [00:01:19]
2. "And we're gonna pick up in Luke chapter two. And so if you brought your Bible or if you have the Bible app on your phone, feel free to take that out. The words will be on the screen as well. But we're gonna pick up in verse eight. And this is what it says. That night, there were shepherds staying in the fields nearby. Guarding their flocks of sheep. Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared among them and the radiance of the Lord's glory surrounded them. They were terrified, but the angel reassured them." [00:08:43] (29 seconds)
3. "Don't be afraid, he said. I bring you good news that will bring great joy to all people. The Savior, yes, the Messiah, the Lord has been born today in Bethlehem, the city of David. Now, we talked a little bit last week about the silence, the 400 years of silence that had been happening. And this is the moment that the angels have appeared to the public and have said, there is great news of great joy that our God has come. The Savior has come. Yes, the Messiah has come." [00:09:12] (37 seconds)
4. "Why are the shepherds living in the fields nearby? Notice they were living there. They weren't just passing through. They weren't just camping. They weren't just going out for the night. They were living in the fields nearby. You see, in culture, contextually, shepherds were the lowest of the low. They were the most marginalized people. They lived on the outside of town because they weren't welcomed in town." [00:11:19] (27 seconds)
5. "Well, what I would argue is is that what God is trying to do is he's trying to find somebody who is available. You see, these kings and queens and the elite and the people who are super duper, super busy, they're not available. They're so busy working on what they've got going on that they're not available to go and to share the good news in Jesus. God is trying to create this movement about who he is. And so he appears to these shepherds because they're available." [00:12:43] (32 seconds)
6. "Church, are we available? Do you have enough margin in your life to where if God maybe nudges you to go into, to care for someone, to love someone, to share the good news of Jesus, someone, do you have the margin? Are you available? I'm talking to me first because as I read through this and as I was studying this, man, hit me like a ton of bricks. I am so incredibly busy doing all of these things. Austin, are you available is the question I had to answer. And so I pose the same to you." [00:15:14] (32 seconds)
7. "The second thing I want us to understand is that these shepherds, when we see inside of this story, as they continue on in their journey, the shepherds say, okay, let's go to Bethlehem. This baby has been born. Let's go to Bethlehem. Verse 16, they hurried to the village. Hurried to the village. And found Mary and Joseph. And there was the baby lying in the manger, in the feeding trough for the animals. I love that the shepherds, they hurried. No hesitation. We gotta go." [00:16:32] (36 seconds)
8. "Friends, if I can be really, really honest, my hope and my prayer is, is that we, in this house specifically, that we would get rid of spiritual hesitation. To rise up and to get rid of spiritual hesitation, to lean into boldness. And when the world and the hesitations and the insecurities meet us at our front door, that we would push through the spiritual hesitations and to go and to share the good news of Jesus today. Because there is urgency. The time is short." [00:18:04] (41 seconds)
9. "When our lives have been transformed by the good news of Jesus, when we have been saved, we cannot help but go and share. When you hear something and experience something amazing, when you buy that thing on Amazon and it's better than you expected, when it actually works the way that the video happens, what do you do? You tell all your friends. This happened, we bought an onion chopper a couple months ago. And I'm like, there ain't no way this thing works like that. That thing chops like nobody's business, I'm telling you." [00:21:05] (34 seconds)
10. "But we look at these shepherds and they were despised and they knew that it was an uphill battle, but they had experienced something so significant that they could not stay quiet. They shared the good news that they had heard with who? Everyone. Not just a select few, not just a couple of people, not picking and choosing, just my family, just my coworkers, everyone. And I get it. I don't want to be weird, but I don't think sharing the greatest news ever is weird." [00:22:29] (33 seconds)
12. "Because God often chooses the unlikely to do the extraordinary. Isn't that good news today? He chose you. He chose us for this season, for this time. He chose you and I, an unlikely group of ordinary people, to share the extraordinary news of Jesus. God often chooses the unlikely to do the extraordinary, and it includes you." [00:27:41] (31 seconds)
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1. "These shepherds that we're going to look at today, they know a couple of things about what it means to be bold and to push through the hesitation and to go and to share the extraordinary news that they've been given. And so my hope and my prayer is that by the end of our time together this morning that we would have a renewed boldness, a desire to boldly step out and to push through the hesitation that when God prompts us to share the good news with other people to share who he is the birth story with other people to share what he has done in our lives that we would pray and that we would respond boldly because with God I believe that you never know how a bold moment could change someone's life." [00:01:19]
2. "And we're gonna pick up in Luke chapter two. And so if you brought your Bible or if you have the Bible app on your phone, feel free to take that out. The words will be on the screen as well. But we're gonna pick up in verse eight. And this is what it says. That night, there were shepherds staying in the fields nearby. Guarding their flocks of sheep. Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared among them and the radiance of the Lord's glory surrounded them. They were terrified, but the angel reassured them." [00:08:43] (29 seconds)
3. "Don't be afraid, he said. I bring you good news that will bring great joy to all people. The Savior, yes, the Messiah, the Lord has been born today in Bethlehem, the city of David. Now, we talked a little bit last week about the silence, the 400 years of silence that had been happening. And this is the moment that the angels have appeared to the public and have said, there is great news of great joy that our God has come. The Savior has come. Yes, the Messiah has come." [00:09:12] (37 seconds)
4. "Why are the shepherds living in the fields nearby? Notice they were living there. They weren't just passing through. They weren't just camping. They weren't just going out for the night. They were living in the fields nearby. You see, in culture, contextually, shepherds were the lowest of the low. They were the most marginalized people. They lived on the outside of town because they weren't welcomed in town." [00:11:19] (27 seconds)
5. "Well, what I would argue is is that what God is trying to do is he's trying to find somebody who is available. You see, these kings and queens and the elite and the people who are super duper, super busy, they're not available. They're so busy working on what they've got going on that they're not available to go and to share the good news in Jesus. God is trying to create this movement about who he is. And so he appears to these shepherds because they're available." [00:12:43] (32 seconds)
6. "Church, are we available? Do you have enough margin in your life to where if God maybe nudges you to go into, to care for someone, to love someone, to share the good news of Jesus, someone, do you have the margin? Are you available? I'm talking to me first because as I read through this and as I was studying this, man, hit me like a ton of bricks. I am so incredibly busy doing all of these things. Austin, are you available is the question I had to answer. And so I pose the same to you." [00:15:14] (32 seconds)
7. "The second thing I want us to understand is that these shepherds, when we see inside of this story, as they continue on in their journey, the shepherds say, okay, let's go to Bethlehem. This baby has been born. Let's go to Bethlehem. Verse 16, they hurried to the village. Hurried to the village. And found Mary and Joseph. And there was the baby lying in the manger, in the feeding trough for the animals. I love that the shepherds, they hurried. No hesitation. We gotta go." [00:16:32] (36 seconds)
8. "Friends, if I can be really, really honest, my hope and my prayer is, is that we, in this house specifically, that we would get rid of spiritual hesitation. To rise up and to get rid of spiritual hesitation, to lean into boldness. And when the world and the hesitations and the insecurities meet us at our front door, that we would push through the spiritual hesitations and to go and to share the good news of Jesus today. Because there is urgency. The time is short." [00:18:04] (41 seconds)
9. "When our lives have been transformed by the good news of Jesus, when we have been saved, we cannot help but go and share. When you hear something and experience something amazing, when you buy that thing on Amazon and it's better than you expected, when it actually works the way that the video happens, what do you do? You tell all your friends. This happened, we bought an onion chopper a couple months ago. And I'm like, there ain't no way this thing works like that. That thing chops like nobody's business, I'm telling you." [00:21:05] (34 seconds)
10. "But we look at these shepherds and they were despised and they knew that it was an uphill battle, but they had experienced something so significant that they could not stay quiet. They shared the good news that they had heard with who? Everyone. Not just a select few, not just a couple of people, not picking and choosing, just my family, just my coworkers, everyone. And I get it. I don't want to be weird, but I don't think sharing the greatest news ever is weird." [00:22:29] (33 seconds)
12. "Because God often chooses the unlikely to do the extraordinary. Isn't that good news today? He chose you. He chose us for this season, for this time. He chose you and I, an unlikely group of ordinary people, to share the extraordinary news of Jesus. God often chooses the unlikely to do the extraordinary, and it includes you." [00:27:41] (31 seconds)
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