Point of Grace Worship 5.25.25 Sermon Notes – “Come and See, Go and Tell – Sent Ones”
Followers of Jesus are “Sent Ones!”
John 20:21 “As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.”
Matthew 28:16-20 16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. 18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
The Sending - “In your going… make disciples of all nations”
The Strategy -
1. “Baptizing in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit” (new identity) and
2. “teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you” (new way of life)
The Sustenance – “And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” (His Presence)
Why? Why live as “Sent Ones”?
2 Corinthians 5:17-20 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.
Why? The answer has to be love.
Living “Sent”! How?
In our “going” we are Sent to people we already know who do not yet know and trust Jesus.
We get to B.L.E.S.S. them in Jesus’ name!
B – Begin with Prayer (3x5 … or more)
L – Listen
E – Eat
S – Serve
S – Story to Share