Faith and Courage: The Call to Disciple-Making
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### Quotes for Outreach
1. "So you know, I hope after reading that, listening to that, I hope none of us ever take for granted the privilege it is to gather on a Sunday to worship God in spirit and in truth. So I'm really glad you're here today, or if you're watching online, because this is a really convicting message. It's about God's judgment, and there's some really important stuff in here for us to get today." [00:00]
2. "So whenever we go to shop and save, yeah, we got a list that we got to go through. But hey, while we're there, we make a disciple. And that is the focus that we have here. So if we're not making disciples, then we kind of have a problem on our hands. Because maybe we're just like this nation Israel that we're studying. God says go, but we're just not actually going." [03:02]
3. "The best way to think about it is that making disciples is helping people meet and grow in Christ. That's it. So every single moment of your day in your everyday lives, you have this opportunity to make disciples. And the cool thing is, as you help point people to Jesus, as you help build them up, strengthen them and encourage them, you start to look past the fact that these people are annoying you, that they're taking shots at you, that they're getting underneath your skin because you don't care about that anymore. You're over yourself. You're actually focused on making a disciple." [15:01]
4. "You know, it always strikes me, the number of people who say, oh yeah, I want to go to heaven. Yeah, yeah, sure, I'll believe in Jesus if I can go to heaven. But they don't want to follow him. They don't even want to come to church. When they do come to church, they don't want to sing. There's really nothing at all that they like about God, or this Jesus thing. They just kind of want to go to this notional heaven thing for some reason." [17:53]
5. "Think about the things we grumble about and how much he's using that to shape us. It's actually pretty easy to see when you look at Israel. Despite all God had done for them, they continue to grumble. And you look at them, you're like, I don't know what the deal is. But when we look at our own lives, we see the exact same thing. Because at the end of the day, our lives mirror the lives of those Israelites very closely, don't they? We lack trust in God. And so we grumble. It displeases him. And he sees it as a very wicked thing, to use his words." [24:48]
### Quotes for Members
1. "So when you think about that, you snatch up your sammich with you each day, and you go out to the tri-state region and beyond, and you go make disciples, because that's what we're called to do. That's where we live out our everyday, ordinary lives. But when you take your sammich, you're not going to be able to make disciples. You're not going to be able to make disciples. That's what changes the ordinary life into an extraordinary life, because our entire mission changes. We aren't about making a living or making money anymore. We're about making disciples. And that becomes our focus." [03:02]
2. "So these 12 spies, they set out. They're out there for 40 days. They return to render their report. Here's what they find. The land is absolutely amazing. It overflows with milk and honey, just like God had promised. However, people there are strong, really strong. And the cities, they're fortified. There seem to be multiple clans there, and one of the clans is comprised of Anakites, these superhuman giant warriors. So that's what they're up against." [04:33]
3. "And then God says, since those Amalekites and Canaanites dwell in this promised land, you know what, don't bother going in at all. Forget about it. I'm now directing you otherwise. Turn tomorrow, he says, and set out for the wilderness by way of the Red Sea. In other words, I will pardon Israel, but those who rebelled against me, they're not going to see this promised land. In fact, turn around tomorrow, because none of you are going to see this land that flows with milk and honey anytime soon." [17:53]
4. "So everyone, 20 and up, except Caleb and Joshua, will not enter the promised land. They're going to die in the wilderness. Those are the consequences for sinning against God. Don't ever forget this truth. Sin leaves scars, and it always has consequences. We don't ever want to pay the cost for them ourselves. Unfortunately, Jesus came to pay the eternal cost for that. But in the here and now, it leaves scars, and there are consequences." [22:11]
5. "And then God concludes by sentencing the 10 spies who did not trust him. The text says, and the men who Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned and made all the congregation grumble against him by bringing up a bad report about the land. The men who brought up a bad report of the land died by plague before the Lord. Of those men who went to spy on the land, only Joshua, the son of Nun, and Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, remained alive." [26:18]
6. "When God says move, we see throughout this entire text today, we better move. He wasn't actually suggesting that maybe if we get around to it, maybe, you know, if the kids don't have a game this afternoon, or if I don't have to run to the grocery store, or if I, you know, don't have to get the grass mowed, maybe then I will go make a decision. He wasn't asking us. He was directing us that when we go to the ball fields, we make a disciple. When we go to the grocery store, we make a disciple. Shoot, figure out how to make disciples where you're cutting grass. I don't know, maybe praying for people. Who knows? But everything we do, we are called to go make disciples. That's our mission." [27:47]
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1. "So you know, I hope after reading that, listening to that, I hope none of us ever take for granted the privilege it is to gather on a Sunday to worship God in spirit and in truth. So I'm really glad you're here today, or if you're watching online, because this is a really convicting message. It's about God's judgment, and there's some really important stuff in here for us to get today." [00:00]
2. "So whenever we go to shop and save, yeah, we got a list that we got to go through. But hey, while we're there, we make a disciple. And that is the focus that we have here. So if we're not making disciples, then we kind of have a problem on our hands. Because maybe we're just like this nation Israel that we're studying. God says go, but we're just not actually going." [03:02]
3. "The best way to think about it is that making disciples is helping people meet and grow in Christ. That's it. So every single moment of your day in your everyday lives, you have this opportunity to make disciples. And the cool thing is, as you help point people to Jesus, as you help build them up, strengthen them and encourage them, you start to look past the fact that these people are annoying you, that they're taking shots at you, that they're getting underneath your skin because you don't care about that anymore. You're over yourself. You're actually focused on making a disciple." [15:01]
4. "You know, it always strikes me, the number of people who say, oh yeah, I want to go to heaven. Yeah, yeah, sure, I'll believe in Jesus if I can go to heaven. But they don't want to follow him. They don't even want to come to church. When they do come to church, they don't want to sing. There's really nothing at all that they like about God, or this Jesus thing. They just kind of want to go to this notional heaven thing for some reason." [17:53]
5. "Think about the things we grumble about and how much he's using that to shape us. It's actually pretty easy to see when you look at Israel. Despite all God had done for them, they continue to grumble. And you look at them, you're like, I don't know what the deal is. But when we look at our own lives, we see the exact same thing. Because at the end of the day, our lives mirror the lives of those Israelites very closely, don't they? We lack trust in God. And so we grumble. It displeases him. And he sees it as a very wicked thing, to use his words." [24:48]
### Quotes for Members
1. "So when you think about that, you snatch up your sammich with you each day, and you go out to the tri-state region and beyond, and you go make disciples, because that's what we're called to do. That's where we live out our everyday, ordinary lives. But when you take your sammich, you're not going to be able to make disciples. You're not going to be able to make disciples. That's what changes the ordinary life into an extraordinary life, because our entire mission changes. We aren't about making a living or making money anymore. We're about making disciples. And that becomes our focus." [03:02]
2. "So these 12 spies, they set out. They're out there for 40 days. They return to render their report. Here's what they find. The land is absolutely amazing. It overflows with milk and honey, just like God had promised. However, people there are strong, really strong. And the cities, they're fortified. There seem to be multiple clans there, and one of the clans is comprised of Anakites, these superhuman giant warriors. So that's what they're up against." [04:33]
3. "And then God says, since those Amalekites and Canaanites dwell in this promised land, you know what, don't bother going in at all. Forget about it. I'm now directing you otherwise. Turn tomorrow, he says, and set out for the wilderness by way of the Red Sea. In other words, I will pardon Israel, but those who rebelled against me, they're not going to see this promised land. In fact, turn around tomorrow, because none of you are going to see this land that flows with milk and honey anytime soon." [17:53]
4. "So everyone, 20 and up, except Caleb and Joshua, will not enter the promised land. They're going to die in the wilderness. Those are the consequences for sinning against God. Don't ever forget this truth. Sin leaves scars, and it always has consequences. We don't ever want to pay the cost for them ourselves. Unfortunately, Jesus came to pay the eternal cost for that. But in the here and now, it leaves scars, and there are consequences." [22:11]
5. "And then God concludes by sentencing the 10 spies who did not trust him. The text says, and the men who Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned and made all the congregation grumble against him by bringing up a bad report about the land. The men who brought up a bad report of the land died by plague before the Lord. Of those men who went to spy on the land, only Joshua, the son of Nun, and Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, remained alive." [26:18]
6. "When God says move, we see throughout this entire text today, we better move. He wasn't actually suggesting that maybe if we get around to it, maybe, you know, if the kids don't have a game this afternoon, or if I don't have to run to the grocery store, or if I, you know, don't have to get the grass mowed, maybe then I will go make a decision. He wasn't asking us. He was directing us that when we go to the ball fields, we make a disciple. When we go to the grocery store, we make a disciple. Shoot, figure out how to make disciples where you're cutting grass. I don't know, maybe praying for people. Who knows? But everything we do, we are called to go make disciples. That's our mission." [27:47]
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