Embracing Our Responsibility to Lead Others to Jesus
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### Quotes for Outreach
1. "It is not good enough to have your own private relationship with Jesus. It is not good enough to just be here on a Sunday. It is not good enough to only be connected with people in the safety of your faith bubble. We are called to extend beyond that, to get outside of our comfort zones and share Jesus with people that we rub shoulders with, people who look, act, and think differently than we do. And we're called to do it by loving like Jesus loved." [56:20]
2. "Jesus gave you and me the awesome responsibility of sharing him with our best friends, our odd neighbor, our annoying coworker, the parents of our kids' friends, and so many more people that God has placed directly in your life. What are you going to do with it? Are you going to share Jesus with someone else?" [57:08]
3. "Following Jesus produces change inside of us. And there's a radical difference that occurs inside of us. Paul says that we are a new creature and that the old version of who we are is dead. And baptism is this beautiful moment marker where we tell the world we're no longer about ourselves or anything else. But man, we are all about Jesus. That we have died. We have died to ourselves. And we have aligned who we are with the God of the universe. And that it is about him and what he wants." [51:04]
4. "A disciple is somebody who follows Jesus, is being changed by Jesus, and is committed to the mission of Jesus. See, that's exactly what these guys experienced. For three and a half years, they followed Jesus, watching, discussing, learning, and trying things with him. And as a result of being with Jesus, it changed them. Parts of them probably changed overnight. Other parts, it took a long time to work on, and if we're being honest, there's probably parts of them that are still being worked on even after Jesus leaves." [48:04]
5. "It's not about your skill or your knowledge or your charisma. It's about what God can do when you're obedient. See what Jesus left the disciples with was a purpose. And a purpose that was not dependent on their abilities but the power that comes from him." [45:00]
### Quotes for Members
1. "Jesus tossed the keys to the disciples and he gave them an incredible gift, an incredible responsibility, and an incredible purpose. He allowed them to be themselves in building his church and spreading his message. And when the disciples scattered all across the world sharing Jesus, they all did it in different places and they did it in different ways, but they held close to the needs of making disciples. And baptizing them. And then teaching all that Jesus had shared with them. And then here's the kicker. What was given to the disciples now been handed down to you." [53:59]
2. "When he was arrested, who had doubted him, who had failed him, who never seemed to fully get it. These are the guys that Jesus leaves his followers, his church, in the hands of. I'm not sure they were ready. They may have studied, but did they really pass any test? When we read about them, like honestly, these guys are not qualified. A qualified leader understands the mission. A qualified leader has proven experience. A qualified leader overcomes adversity. A qualified leader shows courage. These guys failed. A lot. And in the same section of verses right here we read it. It says that they worshiped Jesus and some still doubted him. Yet Jesus still hands it over to them. Why? It's simple. Because Jesus did what God always does. He doesn't call the qualified. He calls the qualified. He qualifies the called." [42:53]
3. "Jesus has done something here that I am not sure I would have done. Right? I'm not trying to question Jesus. He kind of knows what he's doing. But man, I'm not sure I could have done what he's doing right here. Like everything he's built over the past three years, all of the people that he has done and he's taught and he's poured himself into, the entire group that has followed him, all the messages, all the miracles. And he tosses the keys to the disciples and he says hey, take it over." [41:40]
4. "Jesus didn't get super specific on church. Now we do church like that if you didn't notice, right? Yeah, that's what we do and that's okay that we do it that way. But Jesus didn't say any of that. What he did was he said go pass along all of the things that I've given to you. And in doing so, he let his disciples figure out what ways worked best. And he allowed them to mess up. And he allowed them to learn along the way. And we've been doing that on repeat all throughout the history of the church. Because Jesus lets us mess up. And he lets us try new things. And he lets us figure out what works here for us and how we do things." [53:21]
5. "Jesus came and he said to them, all authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I've commanded you. But hold on with you always to the end of the age. See, before Jesus hands off his purpose to the disciples, he reminds them that it's not based on them but on him. Him. It's his authority on heaven and on earth, and he's the one who's gonna be there with them." [45:33]
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1. "It is not good enough to have your own private relationship with Jesus. It is not good enough to just be here on a Sunday. It is not good enough to only be connected with people in the safety of your faith bubble. We are called to extend beyond that, to get outside of our comfort zones and share Jesus with people that we rub shoulders with, people who look, act, and think differently than we do. And we're called to do it by loving like Jesus loved." [56:20]
2. "Jesus gave you and me the awesome responsibility of sharing him with our best friends, our odd neighbor, our annoying coworker, the parents of our kids' friends, and so many more people that God has placed directly in your life. What are you going to do with it? Are you going to share Jesus with someone else?" [57:08]
3. "Following Jesus produces change inside of us. And there's a radical difference that occurs inside of us. Paul says that we are a new creature and that the old version of who we are is dead. And baptism is this beautiful moment marker where we tell the world we're no longer about ourselves or anything else. But man, we are all about Jesus. That we have died. We have died to ourselves. And we have aligned who we are with the God of the universe. And that it is about him and what he wants." [51:04]
4. "A disciple is somebody who follows Jesus, is being changed by Jesus, and is committed to the mission of Jesus. See, that's exactly what these guys experienced. For three and a half years, they followed Jesus, watching, discussing, learning, and trying things with him. And as a result of being with Jesus, it changed them. Parts of them probably changed overnight. Other parts, it took a long time to work on, and if we're being honest, there's probably parts of them that are still being worked on even after Jesus leaves." [48:04]
5. "It's not about your skill or your knowledge or your charisma. It's about what God can do when you're obedient. See what Jesus left the disciples with was a purpose. And a purpose that was not dependent on their abilities but the power that comes from him." [45:00]
### Quotes for Members
1. "Jesus tossed the keys to the disciples and he gave them an incredible gift, an incredible responsibility, and an incredible purpose. He allowed them to be themselves in building his church and spreading his message. And when the disciples scattered all across the world sharing Jesus, they all did it in different places and they did it in different ways, but they held close to the needs of making disciples. And baptizing them. And then teaching all that Jesus had shared with them. And then here's the kicker. What was given to the disciples now been handed down to you." [53:59]
2. "When he was arrested, who had doubted him, who had failed him, who never seemed to fully get it. These are the guys that Jesus leaves his followers, his church, in the hands of. I'm not sure they were ready. They may have studied, but did they really pass any test? When we read about them, like honestly, these guys are not qualified. A qualified leader understands the mission. A qualified leader has proven experience. A qualified leader overcomes adversity. A qualified leader shows courage. These guys failed. A lot. And in the same section of verses right here we read it. It says that they worshiped Jesus and some still doubted him. Yet Jesus still hands it over to them. Why? It's simple. Because Jesus did what God always does. He doesn't call the qualified. He calls the qualified. He qualifies the called." [42:53]
3. "Jesus has done something here that I am not sure I would have done. Right? I'm not trying to question Jesus. He kind of knows what he's doing. But man, I'm not sure I could have done what he's doing right here. Like everything he's built over the past three years, all of the people that he has done and he's taught and he's poured himself into, the entire group that has followed him, all the messages, all the miracles. And he tosses the keys to the disciples and he says hey, take it over." [41:40]
4. "Jesus didn't get super specific on church. Now we do church like that if you didn't notice, right? Yeah, that's what we do and that's okay that we do it that way. But Jesus didn't say any of that. What he did was he said go pass along all of the things that I've given to you. And in doing so, he let his disciples figure out what ways worked best. And he allowed them to mess up. And he allowed them to learn along the way. And we've been doing that on repeat all throughout the history of the church. Because Jesus lets us mess up. And he lets us try new things. And he lets us figure out what works here for us and how we do things." [53:21]
5. "Jesus came and he said to them, all authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I've commanded you. But hold on with you always to the end of the age. See, before Jesus hands off his purpose to the disciples, he reminds them that it's not based on them but on him. Him. It's his authority on heaven and on earth, and he's the one who's gonna be there with them." [45:33]
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