MESSAGE OUTLINE

FOR MARCH 3, 2024

“Love Where You Live – Connect”

Introduction:

“The goal of the church is not to get away from the world, but we are to impact our world.”

  1. The goal of the church is to go into the world.

Mark 16:15

Acts 1:8

  1. We are to simply be witnesses.
  2. The problem with us is called Gracism.

Gracism says: I deserve to be with the Father more than you.

Lk. 18:10-13

Mt. 9:9,

 

Gracism scale

Pharisee

Teacher of the law

Doctor and nurses

Normal people 

Fishermen 

Sinners

Prostitutes

Tax Collectors 

San Francisco 49er fans

 

10-12

  1. We are to be with the people farthest from God.
  1. We are to be witnesses to even messy people.

Lk. 14:16-18, 21-23

  1. Who is in your Hood?

“Some wish to live within the sound of a chapel bell. I want to run a mission a yard from the gates of Hell.” C. T. Studd 

Conclusion: the mission if you choose to accept it: is to go be a witness for Jesus.