- 1 trick of the devil is to get us to a point where we don't even realize that people around us are hurting! (because we become so focused on whats best for us and how we can get blessed, etc). You never get healing before glorifying the name of God.
**QUESTION: how is it possible for you to have friends and they AREN"T christian??! --> the most terrible thing about Hell is that the presence of God is there, and you can't get to Him. his grace, glory, love, mercy, kindness, etc. is all there!!! BUT you can't get to it, Him. You had a choice to love him...
--> **Would you want to live with that guilt for all eternity??! (the guilt of knowing that you could have shared, you had the opportunity to share the Gospel with a friend, stranger, etc, and they could have possibly given their life to Christ, but you were too afraid to open your mouth and share the good news with them..) God is soverien in both heaven and hell
*if the christians never lift up Jesus, how will the world ever see him?
-"preach" - to make known, to announce openly or proclaim
-> this isn't a shy person, or a popular person for that matter.
-> *anyone who hates being corrected probably is not a Christian! (wow!) God contradicts the things of the world, and vice versa. he is a father who corrects his children out of love..
-> if your friends don't want to be held up to God's standards, judged by him, why would they want you in their faces constantly proclaiming the name of Jesus??!
-we have to be careful b/c we can go a few days w/o being in the presence of God and we may look fine on the outside, but in actuality, we are slowly dying like a branch that has been removed from the vine.
-you can't be damaged beyond repair if you have Jesus
-Jesus can fix you, but you have to go to him! & he is the only one that can satisfy our needs!
-don't worry about your hurt! --> go out into the world and help others with their hurt & i guarantee you that god will take care of yours
*Q: what's the reason you don't want people saved?? (b/c you must not want them saved if you're not opening your mouth to share God w/ them!)
*you'll never be pleasing to God until you realize that you need him (heaven should be the last thing on your mind)
-everyday you almost have to live in the mindset of "hey, does that person know Jesus?"
-open your eyes!! there's life outside of highscool!! life is bigger than your household
---> [continued..] Matthew 9:34-38
point # 1:
point# 2: have the same compassion 4 the lost that Christ had 4 them
point #3: (1 timothy2:4) know that God desires for everyone to be saved --> therfore we should want them saved too!
point #4: God ensures that everyone he sends out is equipped to preach!! --> he gave us all the same power that he had! --> that's what you need to build your faith on!
- you have to start speaking the word of God into your own life before you can speak it into someone else's life!
*Jesus ought not be a expression or phrase! we must use that name with respect
-we have the power to cast out all demons & afflictions & pain. & we must have the faith in the name of Jesus
-point #4 continued--> luke 10:17- --> God kicked Satan out of heaven faster than lightning and he turned into a SERPANT! Jesus's name gives us authority and power to triumph over the heads of serpants (vs 20)
-bk to the text: healing will never take place before/ unless you procliam Jesus first (because he is the one doing the healing..)
- the answer to all problems is Jesus! nothing else
-Q: why did Jesus care/ have compassion for the multitudes??
A: b/c the people were harassed; harassed- to be distressed, to have great pain, to have anxiety and sorrow. To have acute physical & mental suffering, afflictions & trouble.
- helpless: to feel like a failure or disappointment.
Refer to Matthew25:31
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