The call of God cannot be fulfilled through human strength alone.
Zechariah 4:6 Your help will not come from your own strength and power. No, your help will come from my Spirit.’ This is what the Lord All-Powerful says.
Spirit = RUWACH = A mighty wind, a powerful breath, a violent exhalation.
Spirit = PNEUMA = a current of air, a blast of breath.
“CitizenShip”
Philippians 3:20 But we are citizens of heaven, where the Lord Jesus Christ lives.
We Are Christ’s Ambassadors
2 Corinthians 5:20 So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back to God!”
Kingdom Of Heaven Citizens Are Called To Make Kingdom Of Heaven Citizens
Mark 16:15 “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
God Loves The Lost
Luke 15:3 Jesus told them this story: 4 “If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them gets lost, what will he do? Won’t he leave the ninety-nine others in the wilderness and go to search for the one that is lost until he finds it?
5 And when he has found it , he will joyfully carry it home on his shoulders. 6 When he arrives, he will call together his friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.’ 7 In the same way, there is more joy in heaven over one lost sinner who repents and returns to God than over ninety-nine others who are righteous and haven’t strayed away!
John 10:11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
John 10:14 “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father —and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd.
John 10:12 a hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them.
Luke 15:4 Won’t he leave the ninety-nine others in the wilderness
wilderness = an area fit for pasture.
1. Connect With People
Luke 19:10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.
Luke 19:1-10
Listen First
Proverbs 18:13 Always listen before you answer.
#2 Share Your Story
Matthew 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.
Acts 1:8 You will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—
1 John 5:10 Those who believe in the Son of God have the testimony of God in them
#3. Invite Them To An Encounter.
John1:45 Philip found Nathanael, and said to him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. 46 And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
