What
on Earth are we here for ?
Rev
7:9-11
"After this I looked, and behold, a
great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes
and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb,
clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out
with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and
to the Lamb!” " (Revelation 7:9-10, ESV) Do
you ‘spoil’ a film by reading too much about it first or do you like
surprises? We
have peaked to the end of the book and know whats coming. We
know Jesus is returning for a glorious church not a vanguished vanishing one. We
know that a great multitude will be saved We
suspect that may well be more than those who are lost. We
know revival is occurring elsewhere in the world so what do we do? Does salvation really belong to God? Is
it him who determines the what the when the where the who? If
the answer to this is ‘no, it all depends on us’ then our major danger is
that we either become legalistic, driven and fearful that we haven’t done
enough. IF my evangelism is
failing because I am no good at it does that mean I am sending people to
hell? If
so, then the other danger is that we give up and become depressed, wondering
even if we have done enough to scrape into heaven ourselves! If
we do believe that God is the real author of salvation, that he determines
who is going to be saved, that the outcome is certain, that everyone who he
has chosen will be saved, then the danger is That
we give up- God will save people anyway what can I do about it! ‘God
can save the Indians without you’ BUT God decides who is going to be saved and also
decides the way in which they will be saved! Have a look at your feet for a moment- are they
beautiful or ugly? "For “everyone who calls on the name
of the Lord will be saved.” But how are they to call on him in whom they have
not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never
heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they
to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet
of those who preach the good news!”" (Romans
10:13-15, ESV) Turn
to your neighbour and say- you have beautiful feet!
To the lost the message is ‘Everyone who calls on
the lord will be saved’ This is
good news!!! Anyone here who
hasn’t called on the Lord you can today. To those who have already called on Jesus, the message is God
was the author of your salvation "For by grace you have been saved
through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a
result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship,
created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that
we should walk in them. " (Ephesians 2:8-10, ESV) So we have a job to do, or rather each of us has our own
job to do!!!! ESTHER – ‘For such a time as this’ This week we saw what can be done by a team of
people working together in just three days our old garage, drive, patio,
lawn, fencing were all destroyed and new ones installed. One of the people seemed to have the
job of making coffees for the workers.
Everyone knew what they were meant to do and did it! What are you meant to do? What on Earth are you here for? "Then he said to his disciples, “The
harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to
the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.” And he called
to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to
cast them out, and to heal every disease and every affliction….. These twelve Jesus sent out,
instructing them, “Go," (Matthew 9:37-10:5, ESV) We can’t simply
wait for the lost to COME to us- praise God for things like the internet, by
which many people find out about us.
But Jesus commands us to GO We can make a
difference- If we told TEN people and they all told TEN people, by the time
that had happened just EIGHT times more than the population of the UK would
have been told and if this happened just another TWICE after that then the
whole population of the world would know Not much wonder
we all get so much junk mail forwarded to us, and that viruses do so well!!! We need to PRAY like it all depends on God and WORK like it all depends on us! Believe God that he will keep you safe on the roads but drive safely and wear your seatbelt! Believe that God will provide your wife but go out there and meet the ladies!!! (40 single girls at Sue and Ant’s wedding!) TRUST GOD and Keep your powder dry! SO,
What on EARTH are WE HERE FOR? Mt"And Jesus came and 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 of the
Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have
commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
" (Matthew 28:18-20, ESV) Four things we are to
DO
GO
– be apostolic, be on a mission, have a sense of
purpose and calling to a specific job MAKE DISCIPLES – the goal of Evangelism- not decisions! Must make a friend before you can
make a follower. Of ALL NATIONS- all types of people- building the great multitude
BAPTISING- the outward sign of
joining the community of God’s people. Our identity marker- you’re not
properly ‘in’ if you haven’t done this as a believer in Jesus! TEACH the word- we must OBEY all that God commanded us- “Teacher, which is the great commandment in
the Law?” And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your
heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first
commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your
neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law
and the Prophets.” " (Matthew 22:36-40, ESV) A PROMISE to GO with JESUS will be with us! I won’t go unless he is- want to see
him doing stuff. Cell QuestionsWhat are you on Earth for? How is your contacts list progressing? How are your friendships developing? How can we build a stronger sense of the community of God? How do we practically work out loving God and our neighbour? |
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