TODAY’S “GOOD NEWS” – June 27, 2004

MESSAGE:  “BORN TO REPRODUCE:

                     …Growing The Family Of God!”

SCRIPTURE:  Luke 5:1-11 and Colossians 1:28-29

KEY VERSE:  v. 4  “Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.”   

FOCUS:  That natural impulse of new Christians is to tell others what Christ has done in their lives.

 INTRODUCTION:  “Sometimes we think there are two kinds of Christians: those who catch the animals for the zoo and those who come and look at them.  It’s not so.  If we follow Jesus, He tells us we will be involved in big game hunting.  What could be more thrilling than to begin to stalk those who don’t know Jesus and help them discover who He is in order that they may be saved from boredom or immorality or addiction or whatever their destiny would be apart from Him?                                 ~ Bruce Larson

I.      THIS MISSION IS DRIVEN BY COMPASSION

II.   CHRISTIANS ARE CALLED TO REACH OUTWARD

III.  THE NEED FOR ‘GOOD NEWS’ IS GREAT AND SERIOUS

IV.  EVANGELISM IS AN ACT OF LOVING OBEDIENCE

V.    MIRACLES OF LIFE-CHANGE SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED

VI.   EVANGELISM PROSPERS IN CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY

VII. FULLY DEVOTED FOLLOWERS BRING OTHERS TO CHRIST

CONCLUSION:  “No one is ever going to hear the last of this!”

   (A young boys comment after finding Christ’s forgiveness and joy)

PREACHING:  Pastor Holland Lewis