Seeing the One: Jesus' Transformative Influence
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"You look back on it now and his impact seems obvious. But when Jesus was born, it just didn't seem like he was put in a position to have that kind of impact. It didn't seem like things were in his favor to be a person with that kind of influence. I mean, just think about it. Jesus was born the child of poor peasants. He grew up in this remote podunk town, lived in obscurity for 30 years, did some work as a carpenter, never ventured more than a few hundred miles." [00:01:14] (30 seconds)
"Jesus didn't have, you know, thousands of Facebook friends or millions of Instagram followers. He wasn't TikTok famous, didn't have a YouTube channel. He never tweeted. I don't think he did. He never even had his own podcast. He was a homeless preacher. He spent a few years traveling around preaching. He was arrested and he was sentenced to die a common criminal's death and yet here we are a couple of millennium later and he is time magazine's most impactful person in the history of the world and so the question for us is how did he do it i mean what was the secret i'd like to know because i'd like to have influence and impact and i want it to be in the way of jesus i know i'm not the only one right like i'm sure you and i have things um that are different about us different personalities different gifts and interests but one of the things that we have in common is that we want to make a difference with our lives we don't want to just be uh space takers we want to be difference makers" [00:02:58] (64 seconds)
"And the conclusion I came to is one at a time, one at a time, like that's it. Jesus did life with a zoom lens. When someone stood in front of him, time stopped. Everything else in his life, all of his concerns and his agenda and his plans, his goals, his schedule for the day seemed to just be put on pause. Everything seemed to just blur into the background. the only thing that mattered was the person standing in front of him, and Jesus changed the world one person at a time. This is the way of the gospel." [00:03:39] (34 seconds)
"They are built for the purpose of zooming in and staying focused on something that you wouldn't see if you're not looking through it. And I would just say one at a time living starts with a zoom lens. It starts with learning how to focus on the one. One at a time happens when we learn to live life with this kind of a focus. One of my favorite one at a time stories comes from Luke chapter 8. And we read in Luke chapter 8 that Jesus was returning from where he'd been, and there was a large crowd that welcomed him. And it says specifically that they were all expecting, they were all expecting him." [00:04:51] (40 seconds)
"I think for many of us, this is one of the biggest obstacles to the one at a time living, is that we are constantly trying to live up to the expectations of people around us, like without meaning to. allow our lives to be dominated, to be determined by the landscape of expectations. And it's hard to take time for the one when you're constantly feeling the pressure of the many." [00:06:03] (31 seconds)
"Luke says a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for 12 years. but no one could heal her. Luke says she came up behind Jesus and touched the edge of his cloak and immediately her bleeding stopped. And when it happened, Jesus said, who touched me? And everybody around denied it. And Peter said, master, people are crowding and pressing against you. Mark also tells the story and he tells us that the disciples asked Jesus in disbelief, Jesus, you are surrounded by a crowd and yet you're asking who touched me." [00:06:20] (33 seconds)
"the one. But Jesus said, someone touched me. I know because power has gone from me. And so this is the zoom lens way of Jesus, that Jesus seemed to look at the world and notice the one. That's what happened in Luke 8. He's looking for the person who touched him. And then there's this beautiful verse that really impacted me and my understanding of influence and impact. It says, the woman seeing that she could not go unnoticed. I love that. This woman recognizes that Jesus is not going to let her go unnoticed, not even if she wants to. I mean, surrounded by these crushing crowds, she knew the eyes of Jesus would not let her go unseen. And living a life of true influence and impact means that you learn to see people" [00:07:33] (56 seconds)
"What would it look like if you looked at those different environments, if you went into those different spaces and you were always looking through a lens that zoomed in and focused on the one? For Jesus, everything else in his life in that moment blurred into the background. He was fully present with her. Here's what happens next. Luke 8 says, trembling and fell at the feet of Jesus and in the presence of all the people she told why she had touched him and that she had been instantly healed and then he said to her daughter your faith has healed you go in peace it's the way he referenced her that tells you how he saw her he called her he called her daughter one at a time is the way that Jesus changes the world it's the way he has called us to change the world and so the question is how can we learn to live that way and in this series" [00:08:33] (63 seconds)
"we're going to be talking through some different examples of Jesus and how he impacted people one at a time. But I would say it just needs to begin with a commitment to pray a simple prayer. And this is my challenge for you. Just to pray the prayer, Jesus, give me your eyes for the one. Help me to see people the way you see people." [00:09:38] (20 seconds)
"Jesus, help me to see what you see." [00:11:11] (13 seconds)
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"You look back on it now and his impact seems obvious. But when Jesus was born, it just didn't seem like he was put in a position to have that kind of impact. It didn't seem like things were in his favor to be a person with that kind of influence. I mean, just think about it. Jesus was born the child of poor peasants. He grew up in this remote podunk town, lived in obscurity for 30 years, did some work as a carpenter, never ventured more than a few hundred miles." [00:01:14] (30 seconds)
"Jesus didn't have, you know, thousands of Facebook friends or millions of Instagram followers. He wasn't TikTok famous, didn't have a YouTube channel. He never tweeted. I don't think he did. He never even had his own podcast. He was a homeless preacher. He spent a few years traveling around preaching. He was arrested and he was sentenced to die a common criminal's death and yet here we are a couple of millennium later and he is time magazine's most impactful person in the history of the world and so the question for us is how did he do it i mean what was the secret i'd like to know because i'd like to have influence and impact and i want it to be in the way of jesus i know i'm not the only one right like i'm sure you and i have things um that are different about us different personalities different gifts and interests but one of the things that we have in common is that we want to make a difference with our lives we don't want to just be uh space takers we want to be difference makers" [00:02:58] (64 seconds)
"And the conclusion I came to is one at a time, one at a time, like that's it. Jesus did life with a zoom lens. When someone stood in front of him, time stopped. Everything else in his life, all of his concerns and his agenda and his plans, his goals, his schedule for the day seemed to just be put on pause. Everything seemed to just blur into the background. the only thing that mattered was the person standing in front of him, and Jesus changed the world one person at a time. This is the way of the gospel." [00:03:39] (34 seconds)
"They are built for the purpose of zooming in and staying focused on something that you wouldn't see if you're not looking through it. And I would just say one at a time living starts with a zoom lens. It starts with learning how to focus on the one. One at a time happens when we learn to live life with this kind of a focus. One of my favorite one at a time stories comes from Luke chapter 8. And we read in Luke chapter 8 that Jesus was returning from where he'd been, and there was a large crowd that welcomed him. And it says specifically that they were all expecting, they were all expecting him." [00:04:51] (40 seconds)
"I think for many of us, this is one of the biggest obstacles to the one at a time living, is that we are constantly trying to live up to the expectations of people around us, like without meaning to. allow our lives to be dominated, to be determined by the landscape of expectations. And it's hard to take time for the one when you're constantly feeling the pressure of the many." [00:06:03] (31 seconds)
"Luke says a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for 12 years. but no one could heal her. Luke says she came up behind Jesus and touched the edge of his cloak and immediately her bleeding stopped. And when it happened, Jesus said, who touched me? And everybody around denied it. And Peter said, master, people are crowding and pressing against you. Mark also tells the story and he tells us that the disciples asked Jesus in disbelief, Jesus, you are surrounded by a crowd and yet you're asking who touched me." [00:06:20] (33 seconds)
"the one. But Jesus said, someone touched me. I know because power has gone from me. And so this is the zoom lens way of Jesus, that Jesus seemed to look at the world and notice the one. That's what happened in Luke 8. He's looking for the person who touched him. And then there's this beautiful verse that really impacted me and my understanding of influence and impact. It says, the woman seeing that she could not go unnoticed. I love that. This woman recognizes that Jesus is not going to let her go unnoticed, not even if she wants to. I mean, surrounded by these crushing crowds, she knew the eyes of Jesus would not let her go unseen. And living a life of true influence and impact means that you learn to see people" [00:07:33] (56 seconds)
"What would it look like if you looked at those different environments, if you went into those different spaces and you were always looking through a lens that zoomed in and focused on the one? For Jesus, everything else in his life in that moment blurred into the background. He was fully present with her. Here's what happens next. Luke 8 says, trembling and fell at the feet of Jesus and in the presence of all the people she told why she had touched him and that she had been instantly healed and then he said to her daughter your faith has healed you go in peace it's the way he referenced her that tells you how he saw her he called her he called her daughter one at a time is the way that Jesus changes the world it's the way he has called us to change the world and so the question is how can we learn to live that way and in this series" [00:08:33] (63 seconds)
"we're going to be talking through some different examples of Jesus and how he impacted people one at a time. But I would say it just needs to begin with a commitment to pray a simple prayer. And this is my challenge for you. Just to pray the prayer, Jesus, give me your eyes for the one. Help me to see people the way you see people." [00:09:38] (20 seconds)
"Jesus, help me to see what you see." [00:11:11] (13 seconds)
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