Impact Christian Church
9/25/2022 Worship Gathering
Eats with Sinners - Week 4
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Impact Christian Church
3035 S 10th St, Independence, KS 67301, USA
Sunday 10:30 AM
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Welcome to Impact Christian Church! We are honored to have you with us this Sunday morning as we celebrate Jesus.<br><br>Impact is a new church in Independence. With the focus of <b><i>restoring hope in a hurting world</i></b>, we are committed to being a family of everyday people doing what we can to honor God and serve each other.<br><br>We are a non-denominational, New Testament, Christian Church. What that simply means is that we are wide open to people from all backgrounds, regardless of where they are in their spiritual journey. So whether you are a committed Christian or just starting to ask questions about this Jesus thing, we want you to know that you belong here! You can be you. We don’t have to agree on every religious or political idea in order to be a part of what Jesus is doing in our midst. In fact, when we come together around Jesus in spite of our differences, we get to experience a beautiful picture of the way God designed the Church.<br><br>We invite you to make an Impact with us!<br><br><b>H.E.I.R.S.</b><br>When you follow Jesus, you join God's family and become HEIRS to his kingdom as evidenced by your:<br>• <b>H</b>umble adoration<br>• <b>E</b>ternal focus<br>• <b>I</b>ntentional discipleship<br>• <b>R</b>estoring community<br>• <b>S</b>acrificial service
We are continuing our series Eats with sinners with the mindset that: We don’t go to church we are the church
Last week with Jason preaching we looked at Luke 7 and discussed :Tolerance and Resolve
This week we dive deeper into the book of Luke as we look at it through the lens of eating with sinners.
Before we dive to far into our message hear this:
1. God has a message for you not the person that is not here.
2. Let God speak to you not me.
3. If God asks you to live differently today do something about it. Remember that little changes are what creates growth in Jesus
What is something that creates urgency in your life?
Luke 9:57-10:12 As they were going along the road, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” To another he said, “Follow me.” But he said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” And Jesus said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead. But as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.” Yet another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but let me first say farewell to those at my home.” Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go. And he said to them, “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. Go your way; behold, I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves. Carry no moneybag, no knapsack, no sandals, and greet no one on the road. Whatever house you enter, first say, Peace be to this house!’ And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him. But if not, it will return to you. And remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they provide, for the laborer deserves his wages. Do not go from house to house. Whenever you enter a town and they receive you, eat what is set before you. Heal the sick in it and say to them, The kingdom of God has come near to you.’ But whenever you enter a town and they do not receive you, go into its streets and say, Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that the kingdom of God has come near.’ I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.
Being the church requires urgency in making disciples
**We are all limited by time
James 4:13-17 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.” As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil. So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.”
Time is currency
You can use it to make money
You can use it to make memories
You can use it to rest
You can use it to grow a relationship
You can use it to experience something new or different
Once it is used there is nothing you can do to get it back
Imagine your life as a bank account God has deposited all of this currency into your account
How many withdrawals would be for Jesus Kingdom?
Being the church requires urgency
What holds us back?
“I will follow you wherever you go.” And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”
1. Provision
To another he said, “Follow me.” But he said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” And Jesus said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead. But as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”
Luke 10:4-8 Carry no moneybag, no knapsack, no sandals, and greet no one on the road. Whatever house you enter, first say, Peace be to this house!’ And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him. But if not, it will return to you. And remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they provide, for the laborer deserves his wages. Do not go from house to house. Whenever you enter a town and they receive you, eat what is set before you.
2. Priorities
Yet another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but let me first say farewell to those at my home.” Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
3. Family
4. Fear
1 Peter 3:13-17 Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good? But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled, but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect, having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame. For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God's will, than for doing evil.
How do we begin with urgency?
Pray for people that don’t know Jesus
Pray for those you know
Pray for those you don’t know
Pray for more to go out and reach those that don’t know
For Want of a Nail
by Anon
For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
For want of a shoe the horse was lost.
For want of a horse the rider was lost.
For want of a rider the battle was lost.
For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.
What’s do we do next?
“Go your way; behold, I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.”
If your a disciple of Jesus you must go your way no matter the danger
We don’t have a moment to lose because salvation hangs in the balance
Impact’s new mission statement:
Go and make dedicated disciples
Matthew 28:19-20 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.”
Being the church requires urgency in making disciples
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