1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:02,920 Well, we are continuing in our gospel series. 2 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:07,760 Stick to the notes. Mark and I just grateful to God 3 00:00:07,760 --> 00:00:12,120 for this opportunity we've had as a church to look at the 4 00:00:12,120 --> 00:00:14,520 gospel with the good news. And if you've been around or 5 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:18,400 indeed if you have caught up and many of you are watching online 6 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:22,920 at the moment, we've been looking at the good news and 7 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:25,640 it's a four parter, love a good four parter. 8 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:29,710 The first week we unpacked the truth that if there is good 9 00:00:29,710 --> 00:00:33,430 news, it is there because there exists bad news. 10 00:00:34,430 --> 00:00:36,990 And without understanding the bad news, the the gospel isn't 11 00:00:36,990 --> 00:00:41,470 really good news. And so we dive quite deeply and 12 00:00:41,470 --> 00:00:43,710 well done for getting through that talk on what actually the 13 00:00:43,710 --> 00:00:45,790 bad news is. And actually we did cover some 14 00:00:45,790 --> 00:00:50,910 quite deep theological items in that, but I hope that it was 15 00:00:50,910 --> 00:00:54,750 served in a palatable way for you to eat and digest. 16 00:00:55,350 --> 00:00:57,710 But indeed, the bad news exists. And then the second week we 17 00:00:57,710 --> 00:01:00,550 looked at what is the good news, That was a fun week. 18 00:01:00,550 --> 00:01:03,030 We actually looked at what happened on the cross of 19 00:01:03,030 --> 00:01:06,550 Calvary, what happened when Jesus died, and indeed he rose 20 00:01:06,550 --> 00:01:09,190 again and indeed is glorified with the Father. 21 00:01:09,270 --> 00:01:12,430 What is that good news for us? And what does that mean for us? 22 00:01:12,710 --> 00:01:16,790 Last week we looked at live in the gospel, which is the fact 23 00:01:16,790 --> 00:01:19,070 that we're not only saved by the gospel. 24 00:01:19,070 --> 00:01:21,870 It's not a one time event. It's not just, hey, I've got my 25 00:01:21,870 --> 00:01:24,470 ticket to heaven, right? Let's do what I want to do that 26 00:01:24,470 --> 00:01:26,630 we are called to live out the gospel. 27 00:01:26,990 --> 00:01:29,710 And last week we unpacked that together. 28 00:01:30,470 --> 00:01:34,470 And so we end on sharing the gospel. 29 00:01:35,270 --> 00:01:41,390 How do we share the gospel? I'm going to pray, and then 30 00:01:41,390 --> 00:01:43,470 we're going to get into that. Lord, we want to say thank you 31 00:01:43,470 --> 00:01:47,390 for the good news. The good news not of a magic 32 00:01:47,390 --> 00:01:51,630 formula. The good news not of facts, but 33 00:01:51,630 --> 00:01:56,300 the good news of Jesus himself. And we asked Cody Spirit, that 34 00:01:56,300 --> 00:01:59,300 you would come this morning and that you would speak, to 35 00:01:59,300 --> 00:02:04,140 continue, indeed to speak to our hearts as we incline our ear to 36 00:02:04,140 --> 00:02:10,500 you, Lord, our battle is not against flesh and blood, but 37 00:02:10,860 --> 00:02:12,700 against principalities and powers. 38 00:02:13,660 --> 00:02:17,260 And the reality is law, that the enemy would not want us, want us 39 00:02:17,260 --> 00:02:19,060 to hear this word, nor act upon it. 40 00:02:19,580 --> 00:02:22,020 And so I asked Cody, Spirit, that you would just help us 41 00:02:22,020 --> 00:02:26,590 remove any distractions. Would we make a decision to fix 42 00:02:26,590 --> 00:02:28,190 our eyes? And you, Jesus, as we hear your 43 00:02:28,190 --> 00:02:31,030 word and your truth this morning, we ask in your name. 44 00:02:31,350 --> 00:02:34,350 Amen. Now in in in kind of looking at 45 00:02:34,350 --> 00:02:36,470 sharing the gospel. I mean, we could do a whole 46 00:02:36,470 --> 00:02:39,790 series on sharing the gospel. There are many methods and ways 47 00:02:39,790 --> 00:02:40,990 in which you can share the gospel. 48 00:02:41,190 --> 00:02:43,030 I'm not. I'm not going to be able to in 49 00:02:43,870 --> 00:02:47,000 in an hour and a half to give you now. 50 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:47,920 You pick that up. Thank you. 51 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:51,160 I'm not going to be able to give you in 25 minutes the definitive 52 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:53,160 guide. What I'm hoping to do is give 53 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:57,160 you a starter for 10, a bit of a taster and excite you to the 54 00:02:57,160 --> 00:03:00,640 opportunity to share the gospel. And in order to do this, we're 55 00:03:00,640 --> 00:03:02,640 going to look at essentially 4 things. 56 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:06,720 One is, what does it mean to share the gospel, #2 why should 57 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:12,400 we share the gospel, #3 difficult that we encounter with 58 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:15,440 sharing the gospel? And #4, how we can share the 59 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:18,610 gospel, And let's start with why does it? 60 00:03:18,610 --> 00:03:19,970 What does it mean to share the gospel? 61 00:03:20,210 --> 00:03:24,570 Well, in in many respects, sharing the gospel, what does it 62 00:03:24,570 --> 00:03:26,090 mean? It's a very simple thing. 63 00:03:26,650 --> 00:03:28,610 It means sharing Jesus with others. 64 00:03:29,250 --> 00:03:30,450 I mean, that's essentially what it means. 65 00:03:30,450 --> 00:03:34,170 If we understand that the gospel itself is the good news of Jesus 66 00:03:34,170 --> 00:03:37,690 himself, then in terms of sharing the good news, we are 67 00:03:37,690 --> 00:03:42,490 called to be a witness, to share Jesus with others. 68 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:47,720 You know at the at the start of the Reach series, when we looked 69 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:51,120 at the vision for the church, I looked at the fact that we're 70 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:57,640 akin to a lifeboat, place, place, lifeboat, club, house. 71 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:01,160 Thank you, Trevor. A lifeboat, lifeboat house where 72 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:05,080 we are here to go and save the people that are going to be 73 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:09,880 broken up on the rocks of sin. And so we get into our lifeboats 74 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:12,520 and we go and save people. And as I unpacked that I said 75 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:15,960 the danger of being a lifeboat house is we can get comfortable 76 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:19,399 being in the house and we forget that we've got a lifeboat there 77 00:04:19,399 --> 00:04:22,079 we need to use. And you see, sharing the gospel, 78 00:04:22,079 --> 00:04:25,280 we need to recognize that there is the thing called the Great 79 00:04:25,280 --> 00:04:29,680 Commission that we've been called to share Jesus because 80 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:34,800 the time is short and the bad news is really bad news. 81 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:41,560 And as good news bearers, that's what you are, We have a role to 82 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:44,120 play in sharing that good news with one another. 83 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:47,800 And really what it is, it's a Kingdom activity. 84 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:50,600 What do I mean by Kingdom in this age of the here and not 85 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:52,040 yet. And I won't go into the detail 86 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:54,040 of that. I did so maybe last week or the 87 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:57,280 week before, you know, the Kingdom of God is breaking in. 88 00:04:57,280 --> 00:05:00,440 Do we know this? The rule on the on the reign of 89 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:04,440 God is breaking in. He inaugurated it when he came 90 00:05:05,030 --> 00:05:06,790 2000 years ago and died and rose again. 91 00:05:06,790 --> 00:05:08,990 And he will consummate that Kingdom when he comes again, 92 00:05:08,990 --> 00:05:11,990 which he will Maranatha come, Lord Jesus, come quickly. 93 00:05:12,630 --> 00:05:15,790 But in this time of the here and not yet, we are called to extend 94 00:05:15,790 --> 00:05:18,830 his Kingdom where we are. That's why we are ambassadors of 95 00:05:18,830 --> 00:05:20,990 Christ. You know where an ambassador 96 00:05:20,990 --> 00:05:25,190 resides in a foreign land. That is the the, the sovereign 97 00:05:25,190 --> 00:05:27,190 soil of where the ambassador comes from. 98 00:05:27,230 --> 00:05:29,410 Yeah. And so the reason we're called 99 00:05:29,410 --> 00:05:33,130 ambassadors of Christ is because you take God's Kingdom with you 100 00:05:33,250 --> 00:05:34,930 where you step. Did you know that? 101 00:05:36,410 --> 00:05:39,770 And God's Kingdom. When God's Kingdom breaks in, we 102 00:05:39,770 --> 00:05:42,370 should expect to see signs and wonders. 103 00:05:42,490 --> 00:05:46,210 We should expect to see the very presence of God, healing and 104 00:05:46,210 --> 00:05:48,650 saving. That's what we should expect. 105 00:05:48,730 --> 00:05:52,490 And that therefore is our role when we share the gospel. 106 00:05:52,490 --> 00:05:56,410 What we are doing is we are extending God's Kingdom here on 107 00:05:56,410 --> 00:05:58,590 earth. Who praise the Lord's Prayer. 108 00:05:59,030 --> 00:06:01,070 Our Father who art in heaven. Hallow be your name. 109 00:06:01,070 --> 00:06:04,030 Your Kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in 110 00:06:04,030 --> 00:06:05,150 heaven. And God says good prayer. 111 00:06:05,150 --> 00:06:05,950 Go on then. Off you go. 112 00:06:06,870 --> 00:06:09,030 What? What you mean I'm here to extend 113 00:06:09,030 --> 00:06:10,190 your Kingdom here on earth? Yep. 114 00:06:10,950 --> 00:06:13,230 Oh, if I knew that, I don't think I'd have prayed that. 115 00:06:13,550 --> 00:06:14,830 Well, that's what you signed up for. 116 00:06:16,230 --> 00:06:19,830 You see, sharing the gospel is a Kingdom activity. 117 00:06:20,070 --> 00:06:22,830 It's about extending the rule and the reign of Christ here on 118 00:06:22,830 --> 00:06:23,550 earth. Do we get that? 119 00:06:25,670 --> 00:06:28,260 And so that's what it means to share the gospel. 120 00:06:28,380 --> 00:06:30,420 It's very simple. It means sharing Jesus. 121 00:06:30,420 --> 00:06:32,380 And we're going to look at how we can do that in a moment. 122 00:06:34,660 --> 00:06:38,380 But why should we? While I've covered that already, 123 00:06:39,820 --> 00:06:43,700 you know one Peter 315. Peter says this in your heart. 124 00:06:43,700 --> 00:06:47,500 On a Christ, the Lord is holy. Listen to this always being 125 00:06:47,500 --> 00:06:52,660 prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason 126 00:06:52,660 --> 00:06:57,120 for the hope that is in you. We are to be prepared. 127 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:01,760 If you are here and you're sitting here and you confess and 128 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:06,040 profess a faith in Jesus Christ, and that with that you can 129 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:11,840 declare that you have a hope in him, if that's you, then you got 130 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:14,000 to be prepared to share why you have a hope in Christ. 131 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:18,520 Did you know that? And I know quite frankly that 132 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:20,600 many times in my life I'm not prepared. 133 00:07:22,470 --> 00:07:24,830 And part of that is, and that's why I I addressed at the start 134 00:07:24,830 --> 00:07:27,950 of this series, is we don't fully understand what we what 135 00:07:27,950 --> 00:07:32,350 the good news is we're giving. That's why I felt of the Lord as 136 00:07:32,350 --> 00:07:36,310 I shared to you an unction upon me of the Spirit of God to 137 00:07:36,310 --> 00:07:38,670 preach very clearly on the gospel. 138 00:07:39,110 --> 00:07:41,150 And what is the gospel? Because unless you know what the 139 00:07:41,150 --> 00:07:45,150 gospel is and the work of Christ on the cross, then it's very 140 00:07:45,150 --> 00:07:48,430 difficult to be prepared to share the hope that you have. 141 00:07:48,430 --> 00:07:54,560 Does that make sense? But we move on, therefore, to 142 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:58,880 the difficulties we encounter. Because I hope that that what 143 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:00,760 you hear from this pulpit is truth. 144 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:05,480 I hope you hear it in a relevant way that it's applicable to your 145 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:07,840 life. But I also hope that what you 146 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:11,200 hear is the reality of life and how difficult it can be 147 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:14,480 sometimes. Because I would suggest that the 148 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:18,040 irony is that churches of the place where we put the most 149 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:22,810 amount of masks on, you walk in and you you put on your holy 150 00:08:22,810 --> 00:08:24,810 mask. I'm sure you don't of course, 151 00:08:24,810 --> 00:08:27,570 But. And I don't know about you, but 152 00:08:27,570 --> 00:08:28,770 I'm. I'm going to be completely 153 00:08:28,770 --> 00:08:33,330 honest whenever I heard about right, I'm someone's going to 154 00:08:33,330 --> 00:08:35,090 preach and share in the gospel. There's a little part of me. 155 00:08:35,090 --> 00:08:40,090 It's like, Oh no, please don't. Did he say that? 156 00:08:42,090 --> 00:08:46,810 Oh no, Why don't I feel condemned? 157 00:08:46,810 --> 00:08:51,030 Because not very good at it. I feel like I can't be bothered 158 00:08:51,030 --> 00:08:54,790 because I'm so tired. Listen, you might look at me and 159 00:08:54,790 --> 00:08:56,510 think, wow, he's a zealous man of God. 160 00:08:56,510 --> 00:08:58,190 Maybe you don't. I don't want to put words in 161 00:08:58,190 --> 00:09:01,150 your mouth. But the reality is I'm not 162 00:09:01,150 --> 00:09:07,150 zealous all the time. And quite frankly, got one of 163 00:09:07,150 --> 00:09:09,470 the trustees over here. Bruce McKinnon, our chair of 164 00:09:09,470 --> 00:09:11,430 trustees over there. See him? 165 00:09:11,430 --> 00:09:13,430 Winfield. Sometimes I can't be bothered. 166 00:09:13,870 --> 00:09:18,150 I'm too tired. And so when I hear about sharing 167 00:09:18,150 --> 00:09:23,430 the gospel, I'm like, I know none of you are like that. 168 00:09:25,830 --> 00:09:29,030 But when we talk about sharing the gospel, we can often say, 169 00:09:29,030 --> 00:09:31,470 well, that's for the extroverts. I'm an introvert. 170 00:09:31,470 --> 00:09:34,790 I've used that excuse or it's difficult. 171 00:09:34,790 --> 00:09:36,790 I tried it before and it didn't work. 172 00:09:36,790 --> 00:09:39,510 So why try again? I I felt that. 173 00:09:40,470 --> 00:09:43,310 Or maybe we've lost hope because we've been disappointed. 174 00:09:43,750 --> 00:09:46,270 We've shared the gospel, we went to extend the Kingdom and it was 175 00:09:46,270 --> 00:09:49,390 like, egg on my face. I mean, anyone tried praying for 176 00:09:49,390 --> 00:09:53,630 someone in a supermarket. It's great when it works, but 177 00:09:53,630 --> 00:09:57,310 when it doesn't, it's like, that's embarrassing, isn't it? 178 00:09:58,550 --> 00:10:01,110 I'm trying to be real here with you just is this helpful? 179 00:10:01,950 --> 00:10:05,110 So what I don't want you to hear from the pastor is share the 180 00:10:05,110 --> 00:10:09,110 gospel or you'll be bad. I'm not saying that I'm trying 181 00:10:09,110 --> 00:10:13,300 to encourage you and excite you to the opportunity and convict 182 00:10:13,300 --> 00:10:17,260 you to the opportunity, but I equally want to be real about 183 00:10:17,260 --> 00:10:20,060 the challenges we face when we go and try and do so. 184 00:10:20,540 --> 00:10:29,300 OK, does that that help? So with that, let's get into 185 00:10:29,300 --> 00:10:30,740 some scripture. We're going to look at a 186 00:10:30,740 --> 00:10:33,300 wonderful story. I know you know this, some of 187 00:10:33,300 --> 00:10:37,140 you, John Four. It's the story of Jesus and the 188 00:10:37,140 --> 00:10:40,620 woman at the well. And what I love about this story 189 00:10:40,620 --> 00:10:44,260 is it does a really good job of showing how we can share the 190 00:10:44,260 --> 00:10:47,380 gospel. The way Jesus models it is 191 00:10:47,380 --> 00:10:50,340 wonderful, and the way the woman at the well models it thereafter 192 00:10:50,420 --> 00:10:54,220 is wonderful. And as we then unpack, how can 193 00:10:54,220 --> 00:10:58,340 we share the gospel? We'll find some very insightful 194 00:10:58,340 --> 00:11:01,420 things within this account. Now we're going to go from verse 195 00:11:01,420 --> 00:11:07,100 7 and we're going to continue to read up until a later verse. 196 00:11:08,260 --> 00:11:10,020 When I get to it. I don't know what it is yet, but 197 00:11:10,020 --> 00:11:11,980 we'll keep reading and we'll stop when I need to stop. 198 00:11:12,500 --> 00:11:13,900 It will be on the screen in the room. 199 00:11:13,900 --> 00:11:16,740 If you're online, it may be on your device as well. 200 00:11:17,860 --> 00:11:20,980 Let us read a woman, a woman from Samaria came to draw water 201 00:11:21,180 --> 00:11:22,940 and Jesus said to her, give me a drink. 202 00:11:24,860 --> 00:11:27,060 His disciples have gone away into the city to buy food. 203 00:11:27,380 --> 00:11:29,700 The Samaritan woman said to. By the way, I don't think that 204 00:11:29,700 --> 00:11:32,620 Jesus said give me a drink. I think he said, would you give 205 00:11:32,620 --> 00:11:36,020 me a drink? Just want to clarify that point, 206 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:42,120 the Samaritan woman said to him. How is it that you, a Jew, asked 207 00:11:42,120 --> 00:11:44,040 for a drink from a woman of Samaria? 208 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:47,000 For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans? 209 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:50,600 Jesus answered her. If you knew the gift of God and 210 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:52,840 who it is that is saying to you, give me a drink. 211 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:55,360 You would have asked him and he would have given you living 212 00:11:55,360 --> 00:11:59,400 water, The woman said to him. Sir, you have nothing to draw 213 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:02,680 water with, and the well is deep. 214 00:12:02,840 --> 00:12:05,040 Where do you get this living water? 215 00:12:05,870 --> 00:12:07,710 Are you greater than our Father, Jacob? 216 00:12:08,670 --> 00:12:11,790 He gave us the well and drank from himself, as did his sons 217 00:12:11,790 --> 00:12:14,390 and his livestock. Jesus said to everyone who 218 00:12:14,390 --> 00:12:17,270 drinks of this water will be thirsty again. 219 00:12:17,710 --> 00:12:20,750 But whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never 220 00:12:20,750 --> 00:12:23,790 be thirsty again. The water that I will give him 221 00:12:23,790 --> 00:12:27,350 will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal 222 00:12:27,350 --> 00:12:30,350 life. The woman said to him. 223 00:12:30,350 --> 00:12:34,270 Sir, give me this water so that I will not be thirsty or have to 224 00:12:34,270 --> 00:12:39,150 come here to draw water. Jesus said to go call your 225 00:12:39,150 --> 00:12:42,310 husband and come here, the woman answered him. 226 00:12:42,910 --> 00:12:47,710 I have no husband, Jesus said to her, You are right in saying I 227 00:12:47,710 --> 00:12:51,230 have no husband, for you have had five husbands and the one 228 00:12:51,230 --> 00:12:53,230 you now have is, well, not your husband. 229 00:12:54,070 --> 00:12:57,850 What you have said is true, Woman said to him. 230 00:12:57,850 --> 00:13:00,330 Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. 231 00:13:01,130 --> 00:13:03,010 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain. 232 00:13:03,010 --> 00:13:05,770 But you say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to 233 00:13:05,770 --> 00:13:09,530 worship, Jesus said to her woman, believe me, the hour is 234 00:13:09,530 --> 00:13:12,650 coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will 235 00:13:12,650 --> 00:13:15,530 you worship the Father. You worship that which you do 236 00:13:15,530 --> 00:13:17,930 not know. We worship what we know, for the 237 00:13:17,930 --> 00:13:21,690 salvation is from the Jews. But the hour is coming and deed 238 00:13:21,690 --> 00:13:24,260 is now here when the true worshippers will worship the 239 00:13:24,260 --> 00:13:27,780 Father in spirit and in truth. That's what I talked about a 240 00:13:27,780 --> 00:13:29,740 couple of weeks ago. That is why we are to be born 241 00:13:29,740 --> 00:13:34,500 again by the Spirit of God. You cannot worship God unless 242 00:13:34,500 --> 00:13:39,740 you are born again. It's about restored relationship 243 00:13:39,860 --> 00:13:43,420 with our Father. The spirit of adoption cries in 244 00:13:43,420 --> 00:13:44,700 us. ABBA Father. 245 00:13:44,700 --> 00:13:46,180 That's what happens when we are saved. 246 00:13:47,460 --> 00:13:50,060 God is spirit and those who worship him must be in spirit, 247 00:13:50,060 --> 00:13:53,260 in truth, the woman said to him, I know that Messiah is coming. 248 00:13:53,380 --> 00:13:56,380 He who is called Christ, when he comes, he will tell us all 249 00:13:56,380 --> 00:14:00,540 things. Jesus said to her, I who speak 250 00:14:00,540 --> 00:14:05,100 to you am he. I think we'll stop at that 251 00:14:05,100 --> 00:14:06,420 point. What a great story. 252 00:14:06,980 --> 00:14:11,540 I mean, there's so much we could comment on that Jesus always 253 00:14:11,540 --> 00:14:14,620 seeked out the marginalized and the less than in society. 254 00:14:14,620 --> 00:14:17,840 You know, women were put to the side, never spoken to. 255 00:14:17,840 --> 00:14:20,920 And it would never have been the case that a man would speak to a 256 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:25,960 woman in that so directly she was a Samaritan. 257 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:28,600 There's no way that a Jew would be seen with a Samaritan. 258 00:14:29,240 --> 00:14:33,680 And yet here is Jesus giving her time and space. 259 00:14:33,920 --> 00:14:37,440 So wonderful. And I think that we can learn a 260 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:40,680 lot from this. As I said, and I want to split 261 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:46,380 this into two parts. The first thing is how we can be 262 00:14:46,380 --> 00:14:48,860 ready. And the first thing I want to 263 00:14:48,860 --> 00:14:51,580 say this is we need to be expectant and open to divine 264 00:14:51,580 --> 00:14:52,900 appointments. That's the first thing I would 265 00:14:52,900 --> 00:14:56,700 say to you. Be expectant and open to divine 266 00:14:56,700 --> 00:15:01,180 appointments. God will place people in your 267 00:15:01,180 --> 00:15:05,620 path where you will have an opportunity to share Jesus with 268 00:15:05,620 --> 00:15:08,180 them. These are not accidents. 269 00:15:09,100 --> 00:15:14,630 It's not a coincidence. God is acting and he is creating 270 00:15:14,630 --> 00:15:17,390 opportunities for you to share the gospel. 271 00:15:18,710 --> 00:15:20,830 You know, I think it's very interesting here. 272 00:15:20,830 --> 00:15:24,190 I believe that Jesus was always expected for divine 273 00:15:24,190 --> 00:15:26,350 appointments. In fact, if you read the 274 00:15:26,350 --> 00:15:29,430 scriptures prior to these verses, he made a choice to go 275 00:15:29,430 --> 00:15:33,350 through that way. I believe he was waiting for 276 00:15:33,350 --> 00:15:36,230 this moment. He knew it was coming and so he 277 00:15:36,230 --> 00:15:40,150 was already ready to speak with this woman at the world. 278 00:15:41,680 --> 00:15:46,000 And what I want to say to you is listen, recognize your area of 279 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:49,400 influence that God has placed you in because that is your 280 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:52,120 mission field. We can. 281 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:56,960 Often times I remember when I wasn't in the ministry and 282 00:15:57,000 --> 00:15:59,760 earlier on in my career I was like, I wish I could be in the 283 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:01,480 ministry. Then I can share the gospel. 284 00:16:02,120 --> 00:16:05,440 Listen, you are in the place where your pastor can't get to. 285 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:10,370 You know I'm here to equip you for the work of the Ministry as 286 00:16:10,370 --> 00:16:15,010 it talks about in Ephesians 17. I am here to help equip you so 287 00:16:15,010 --> 00:16:17,970 that you can be effective in your mission field. 288 00:16:17,970 --> 00:16:22,290 Yeah, and maybe tomorrow you need to look at your day 289 00:16:22,290 --> 00:16:26,290 slightly differently that you need to be expecting to say, 290 00:16:26,290 --> 00:16:30,370 Lord, would I be open to a divine appointment in my 291 00:16:30,370 --> 00:16:35,290 workplace tomorrow? Would I be ready and willing and 292 00:16:35,290 --> 00:16:39,940 open with someone that needs to hear the good news of you, 293 00:16:40,020 --> 00:16:42,980 Jesus? And for some of us, I think 294 00:16:42,980 --> 00:16:47,740 that's a bit of a mindset shift, A that God is divinely working 295 00:16:47,740 --> 00:16:51,860 to position you to share the gospel, and B that where God has 296 00:16:51,860 --> 00:16:56,260 placed you is where he has appointed you to be a minister 297 00:16:56,260 --> 00:17:01,340 of grace and to share the gospel because your pastor can't get to 298 00:17:01,340 --> 00:17:04,819 where you are. And I think Jesus was always 299 00:17:04,819 --> 00:17:06,740 indeed He was. You read the scriptures and he 300 00:17:06,740 --> 00:17:08,960 never rushed. Have you noticed that he always 301 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:10,319 got to where he needed to get to? 302 00:17:10,319 --> 00:17:12,280 He was never. He was kind of late, a couple of 303 00:17:12,280 --> 00:17:18,359 times late by world standards. Dareth's daughter and Lazarus, 304 00:17:18,359 --> 00:17:22,000 of course. But but in that moment of 305 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:26,319 walking, he was never rushed. I mean, what about the woman 306 00:17:26,319 --> 00:17:30,000 with the issue of blood? He's this crowd and he's moving 307 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:31,880 through the crowd. And this woman reaches out to 308 00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:34,200 touch his ham and she gets healed. 309 00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:37,400 Now he doesn't just say, oh, I just felt some power go out of 310 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:39,720 me, let's keep walking. He stopped. 311 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:42,960 Who was that? And not only did you say, oh, 312 00:17:43,280 --> 00:17:45,840 nice to meet, you prayed a blessing. 313 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:50,880 And I think that's that really does speak to me because I 314 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:53,400 recognize in my life when I'm not bothered, because I'm, I'm 315 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:55,800 tired and I'm weary because I'm doing too much. 316 00:17:56,520 --> 00:18:00,640 I think that the enemy wants to get us so busy that we're 317 00:18:00,640 --> 00:18:03,160 rushing all over the place and we miss out on divine 318 00:18:03,160 --> 00:18:06,650 appointments and then we use things like I'm tired or I'm an 319 00:18:06,650 --> 00:18:09,170 introvert. These are all my excuses, when 320 00:18:09,170 --> 00:18:12,370 actually that is not the truth. The truth is I got too busy and 321 00:18:12,370 --> 00:18:16,210 I haven't been expecting an open that God is divinely appointing 322 00:18:16,210 --> 00:18:19,050 my steps. And I think we can learn a lot 323 00:18:19,050 --> 00:18:23,650 from the way Jesus walked. Not rushing, not running, but 324 00:18:23,650 --> 00:18:27,140 open to those divine appointments, he didn't say to 325 00:18:27,140 --> 00:18:28,780 the woman. Listen, I'm really thirsty. 326 00:18:28,780 --> 00:18:31,220 I've got 5 minutes. Can you please get that bucket 327 00:18:31,220 --> 00:18:33,140 in the water? Give it to me so I can move on. 328 00:18:33,140 --> 00:18:37,540 He didn't do that, did he? I love that. 329 00:18:37,540 --> 00:18:40,620 Be ready. Be expected #2 Live your life in 330 00:18:40,620 --> 00:18:43,020 worship to him. This is how you can be ready. 331 00:18:44,100 --> 00:18:48,620 I am convinced, I'm convinced that the degree to which you can 332 00:18:48,620 --> 00:18:51,060 share Jesus is the degree to which you allow Jesus to operate 333 00:18:51,060 --> 00:18:53,670 in your life. Now, I don't. 334 00:18:53,670 --> 00:18:55,870 I I I say that with some caveats. 335 00:18:55,870 --> 00:18:59,230 I believe that there are by his grace moments in our brokenness 336 00:18:59,230 --> 00:19:02,830 and our emptiness that God uses our words in a powerful way to 337 00:19:02,830 --> 00:19:06,630 share the good news of Jesus. OK, But what I have noticed as 338 00:19:06,630 --> 00:19:10,910 being a pastor to my own walk is that as I, as I dwell in his 339 00:19:10,910 --> 00:19:13,870 presence, more as I experience his love, it kind of spills out 340 00:19:14,990 --> 00:19:17,390 and you want to tell people. I mean, I remember when Steph 341 00:19:17,390 --> 00:19:22,720 and I first met 20 odd years ago and I fell in love, head over 342 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:24,840 hills within the space of a few days. 343 00:19:25,520 --> 00:19:27,120 I did something crazy and told her I loved her. 344 00:19:27,120 --> 00:19:29,800 After a week I was like, blow it, I'll just tell her. 345 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:31,800 Turns out she felt the same. Thank you Lord. 346 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:35,520 But I remember those moments. I will tell everybody about this 347 00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:43,640 girl I've met called Steph. I paused for dramatic effects. 348 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:46,280 It's not that I forgot my wife's name. 349 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:50,760 I will tell everybody about Steph. 350 00:19:51,220 --> 00:19:53,380 I've got to tell you, I've just met this amazing girl called 351 00:19:53,380 --> 00:19:54,500 Steph. Oh, she's amazing. 352 00:19:54,740 --> 00:19:57,660 She makes me so happy. And the way she understands me, 353 00:19:57,660 --> 00:20:00,340 no one's understood me like Steph does, you know? 354 00:20:00,340 --> 00:20:02,620 And when I'm with her, I feel so comfortable. 355 00:20:02,620 --> 00:20:05,500 I feel myself, quite frankly. And you know, when I'm with her, 356 00:20:05,500 --> 00:20:08,020 I don't worry about the future. I just have such a peace and 357 00:20:08,020 --> 00:20:10,940 enjoyment of the present. I'm not having to make this up. 358 00:20:12,100 --> 00:20:15,060 But you see my point, the illustration I think plays out 359 00:20:15,060 --> 00:20:16,540 in our lives with Jesus, doesn't it? 360 00:20:17,580 --> 00:20:20,380 You see, as we experience his love and his acceptance. 361 00:20:20,770 --> 00:20:23,530 And the grace and the mercy and just the joy. 362 00:20:23,530 --> 00:20:27,370 And if we allow it to bubble up, we just can't help but tell 363 00:20:27,370 --> 00:20:31,330 people about him. And So what I would say to you 364 00:20:31,330 --> 00:20:38,770 is that allow yourself to allow that love to spill out and get 365 00:20:38,770 --> 00:20:40,770 reacquainted with your first love. 366 00:20:41,530 --> 00:20:43,970 Maybe you're here this morning, maybe you're watching online and 367 00:20:44,210 --> 00:20:46,530 and you know what? You can't remember the last time 368 00:20:46,530 --> 00:20:48,090 you spoke about Jesus in that way. 369 00:20:49,090 --> 00:20:52,360 Maybe that's a an invitation from Jesus to spend time with 370 00:20:52,360 --> 00:20:54,520 him and get reacquainted with your first love. 371 00:20:55,560 --> 00:20:58,880 But the second part about living a life in worship to him is your 372 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:02,240 actions and the way you live your life is a witness to other 373 00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:05,080 people. When you go through difficulty 374 00:21:05,080 --> 00:21:07,240 and hardship and yet you are still able to come here on a 375 00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:10,640 Sunday and worship God, that says something that words cannot 376 00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:15,640 even say. When you're talking to your 377 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:19,090 friends and they're joking about how they managed to, you know, 378 00:21:19,090 --> 00:21:22,610 evade the tax man or they managed to get that kid into a 379 00:21:22,610 --> 00:21:25,970 school by pretending they went to, you know, a Christian School 380 00:21:25,970 --> 00:21:28,170 and pretending they went to a church and got the form, they 381 00:21:28,170 --> 00:21:30,770 joke about it, I mean, or etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. 382 00:21:30,770 --> 00:21:33,050 And you're sitting there thinking, well, I don't do any 383 00:21:33,050 --> 00:21:35,850 of that stuff. And I think that's weird. 384 00:21:35,850 --> 00:21:37,530 Why don't you? You've got to get the most out 385 00:21:37,530 --> 00:21:40,330 of this life. You see your life. 386 00:21:40,330 --> 00:21:45,210 The way you lead your life says something that words cannot say, 387 00:21:45,930 --> 00:21:48,050 and it is attractive and people are interested. 388 00:21:48,370 --> 00:21:52,850 So I would say these two things #1 be prepared, be expectant and 389 00:21:52,850 --> 00:21:56,330 open to divine appointments, and #2 live your life in worship to 390 00:21:56,330 --> 00:22:00,810 him. So I think that's the first part 391 00:22:00,810 --> 00:22:03,530 of being ready. Here comes the second part of 392 00:22:03,610 --> 00:22:06,650 that moment where you are with somebody and you have an 393 00:22:06,650 --> 00:22:07,850 opportunity to share the good news. 394 00:22:07,850 --> 00:22:09,570 You've recognized the divine appointment. 395 00:22:09,890 --> 00:22:13,090 And I've got five things. What? 396 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:16,040 10:50? Is that clock not working? 397 00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:20,520 Wow. OK, I'm going to give you an 398 00:22:20,520 --> 00:22:23,400 overview that you can study later at your own leisure. 399 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:31,520 Note to self reformat the Sunday services. 400 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:37,240 Sharing, sharing the good news #1. 401 00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:39,600 Listen to people. Listen. 402 00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:42,280 Jesus listened and showed kindness. 403 00:22:43,270 --> 00:22:48,030 We are so often so almost excited to bash someone over the 404 00:22:48,030 --> 00:22:50,390 head with some new theological truth that we've learned that we 405 00:22:50,390 --> 00:22:54,030 don't listen to the person Jesus was listening to this woman. 406 00:22:55,070 --> 00:22:57,470 I mean, if I was Jesus, I would have said hold the phone, I 407 00:22:57,470 --> 00:22:58,630 already know what you're gonna say. 408 00:22:59,070 --> 00:23:02,880 Let me just tell you like it is. He listened, didn't he? 409 00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:05,600 In gentleness and listened in kindness. 410 00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:08,360 When you are there and you're about to share the good news of 411 00:23:08,360 --> 00:23:11,000 Christ, listen to what the person's got to say. 412 00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:14,080 Because I tell you, the world needs great listeners right now. 413 00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:17,840 There are no good listeners. Jesus. 414 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:22,600 Model what it meant to give the person dignity to listen to them 415 00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:25,800 and to their story. The second thing is recognize 416 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:28,080 the symptoms behind the condition. 417 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:33,720 Now, this is really important. Verse 15, let me just have a 418 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:37,640 look at this. Yeah. 419 00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:42,400 You know, we talked about at the start of the series that the 420 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:45,560 condition is that we are separated from God. 421 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:50,640 OK, Now, it's very unlikely that someone's going to come to you 422 00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:52,440 and say, yeah, you know what? I just feel like I'm. 423 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:54,200 I have a broken relationship with God. 424 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:56,360 They may do, and that's happened to me before. 425 00:23:56,520 --> 00:23:59,560 But most of the time, rather than tell you the condition, 426 00:24:00,100 --> 00:24:03,180 they'll tell you the symptoms. It's like if you have a a 427 00:24:03,420 --> 00:24:05,780 condition that you go to the doctor, you go to the doctor 428 00:24:05,780 --> 00:24:09,060 because the doctor can recognize your symptoms and then tell you 429 00:24:09,060 --> 00:24:12,500 what the cure is and so keep your ear out for the symptoms. 430 00:24:12,500 --> 00:24:14,620 Things like, I just have a real emptiness. 431 00:24:15,340 --> 00:24:18,020 I just don't have a piece. I just put my head down at night 432 00:24:18,020 --> 00:24:19,580 and I just can't sleep. I'm so worried. 433 00:24:20,740 --> 00:24:23,700 Well, I don't understand why I've got this broken 434 00:24:23,700 --> 00:24:30,610 relationship. You know, there is a world out 435 00:24:30,610 --> 00:24:34,730 there demonstrating to us the condition of their lives, and we 436 00:24:34,730 --> 00:24:37,610 can speak into the cure. But you need to listen and 437 00:24:37,610 --> 00:24:44,330 listen out for the symptoms that they show. #3 speak, therefore, 438 00:24:44,330 --> 00:24:45,850 about the condition and the cure. 439 00:24:46,170 --> 00:24:50,450 This is where you speak truth. Jesus did this with the woman of 440 00:24:50,450 --> 00:24:53,570 the world. You want to talk about Thirsty? 441 00:24:53,570 --> 00:24:56,650 Let me tell you that there's a living water that would never 442 00:24:56,650 --> 00:24:59,840 run out. You've got no peace, I tell you. 443 00:24:59,840 --> 00:25:03,360 I can tell you about myself. There is a great peace that I 444 00:25:03,360 --> 00:25:06,480 found in Jesus. You see, you speak to the 445 00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:10,520 symptom and you show the cure is Jesus. 446 00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:13,280 You feel lonely even though you've got people around you. 447 00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:18,890 You know, I think possibly that's because you've yet to 448 00:25:18,890 --> 00:25:21,890 really recognize that you're that you are called to be a 449 00:25:21,930 --> 00:25:26,610 child of God, and in that place you find acceptance and that 450 00:25:26,610 --> 00:25:28,330 loneliness goes. You see what I'm doing there, 451 00:25:28,930 --> 00:25:32,290 but you need to listen first. You need to hear that story 452 00:25:32,290 --> 00:25:35,170 first. You rarely go in with a 453 00:25:35,170 --> 00:25:44,490 theological polemic and with this, this is where you can 454 00:25:44,490 --> 00:25:46,330 Share your story. And I've showed that a little 455 00:25:46,330 --> 00:25:49,410 bit there, didn't I? You know, I felt like that once, 456 00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:51,040 but I want to tell you something. 457 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:53,680 I met Jesus. Oh, I know this Jesus. 458 00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:55,360 You keep telling me that. I know you've heard this so many 459 00:25:55,360 --> 00:25:58,400 times before. But listen now, I want to say 460 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:00,560 something else at this point. Before I start finishing this 461 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:04,920 list, we need to recognize that in those divine appointments, in 462 00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:08,520 those conversations, you're not the one making it happen. 463 00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:11,360 You are being used by God to speak truth in. 464 00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:14,480 But his Holy Spirit is working in the heart of the hero. 465 00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:18,340 OK, and A, that takes the pressure off you because you 466 00:26:18,340 --> 00:26:21,420 feel like you got to convince someone to accept Jesus, but B, 467 00:26:21,420 --> 00:26:24,580 you need to recognize that that the Lord is working in someone's 468 00:26:24,580 --> 00:26:26,220 heart. And the reason that's important 469 00:26:26,220 --> 00:26:27,940 that you could say, well, I've had this conversation with so 470 00:26:27,940 --> 00:26:31,100 and so like 10 times before. Yeah, you might be keep so in 471 00:26:31,100 --> 00:26:34,340 seeds, but the Holy Spirit is watering those seeds and this 472 00:26:34,340 --> 00:26:38,220 might be the moment. So speak truth, speak to the 473 00:26:38,220 --> 00:26:42,340 cure about the cure and speak into the condition. #4. 474 00:26:42,500 --> 00:26:44,740 Then offer to pray about the symptoms. 475 00:26:46,010 --> 00:26:48,010 You know, often say listen, would you like praying, a 476 00:26:48,010 --> 00:26:50,610 blessing that you would feel the the love of the peace of God. 477 00:26:52,530 --> 00:26:54,730 I was recently in London doing some St. photography. 478 00:26:54,730 --> 00:26:57,090 Some of you know that I like street photography and I got 479 00:26:57,090 --> 00:26:59,850 chatting to a guy and I could sense this was a divine 480 00:26:59,850 --> 00:27:01,730 appointment. He said, oh, what you doing? 481 00:27:01,730 --> 00:27:03,890 I'm taking some pictures, blah blah blah. 482 00:27:04,450 --> 00:27:10,890 And we got chatting. I said, I'm a pastor and I said, 483 00:27:10,890 --> 00:27:13,250 ah, interesting. And I knew something was going 484 00:27:13,250 --> 00:27:13,850 to. What's happening? 485 00:27:13,850 --> 00:27:15,870 I said, what about you? Do you go to a church? 486 00:27:15,870 --> 00:27:17,830 Do you, do you believe in God? And he unpacked his story a 487 00:27:17,830 --> 00:27:18,710 little bit. I was listening. 488 00:27:18,710 --> 00:27:22,390 And he, I could tell that as he was talking, he was someone 489 00:27:22,390 --> 00:27:24,110 that's had a bad experience with church. 490 00:27:24,110 --> 00:27:27,150 And And he therefore resorted to fact that, well, we're all 491 00:27:27,150 --> 00:27:29,470 spiritual and therefore always lead to God. 492 00:27:30,110 --> 00:27:32,550 I said, well, you know, I believe that God loves you. 493 00:27:32,670 --> 00:27:34,470 I believe that God has made a way through Jesus. 494 00:27:34,470 --> 00:27:37,510 Would you mind if I just pray a blessing on you and I could see 495 00:27:37,510 --> 00:27:39,230 the Holy Spirit on him? How could I see the Holy Spirit 496 00:27:39,230 --> 00:27:41,310 on him? There was an openness about it. 497 00:27:41,310 --> 00:27:43,350 You can see he was slightly emotional. 498 00:27:44,010 --> 00:27:46,130 And I said, let me pray. And I said, he said, yeah, OK, 499 00:27:46,130 --> 00:27:47,650 fine. It's very rarely that someone 500 00:27:47,650 --> 00:27:50,810 would say no to that. So I just said, Lord God, would 501 00:27:50,810 --> 00:27:56,130 you just reveal yourself to so? And so's name, would they know 502 00:27:56,130 --> 00:27:59,050 that you love them and would you presence yourself with them? 503 00:27:59,050 --> 00:28:00,490 That's what I prayed. And he started crying. 504 00:28:01,370 --> 00:28:03,730 He's like, what's going on? I said that's the Holy Spirit. 505 00:28:03,730 --> 00:28:07,410 That's that's the Lord demonstrating to you that he 506 00:28:07,410 --> 00:28:08,850 loves you. Oh, wow. 507 00:28:09,850 --> 00:28:12,370 You see, you speak the truth, and then you show the truth. 508 00:28:13,130 --> 00:28:17,370 That's extending God's Kingdom. You see, maybe someone says I've 509 00:28:17,370 --> 00:28:20,890 had battled with this sickness for so long, but I believe that 510 00:28:20,890 --> 00:28:23,530 God's a healer. Would you mind if I prayed for 511 00:28:23,530 --> 00:28:25,650 your healing? OK, sure. 512 00:28:26,010 --> 00:28:30,730 Now it takes some courage and boldness, but step out and give 513 00:28:30,730 --> 00:28:33,370 it a go. Lord God, I just pray you would 514 00:28:33,370 --> 00:28:35,650 show yourself to so and so and show your love. 515 00:28:35,850 --> 00:28:38,250 I pray healing upon this leg or whatever it might be. 516 00:28:39,770 --> 00:28:43,560 So that's four. Are you with me, #5 As we bring 517 00:28:43,560 --> 00:28:45,160 this plane into land, I'll invite the band up. 518 00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:47,960 At this point, extend an invitation. 519 00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:51,120 What do I mean by extended invitation? 520 00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:55,880 There are some that you will get a sense that they want more at 521 00:28:55,880 --> 00:28:59,640 that point. And the invitation is this. 522 00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:01,120 It could be. Listen, why don't you come along 523 00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:04,120 to church for me on Sunday? Why don't you come along to my 524 00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:05,440 Rise group that meets on Wednesday? 525 00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:07,320 Why don't you come along to the men's BBQ? 526 00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:09,320 Yeah, just some guys come around, have some good food and 527 00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:10,880 chat, you know, Why don't you do that? 528 00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:14,190 Why don't you come over, We'll have a cup of tea. 529 00:29:14,190 --> 00:29:16,630 Talk about it some more. Invite them to church, invite 530 00:29:16,630 --> 00:29:20,750 them to something social. And for some they are ready to 531 00:29:20,910 --> 00:29:23,110 to receive that water, that living water. 532 00:29:23,110 --> 00:29:27,150 And you say, would you like to to to meet this Jesus? 533 00:29:27,150 --> 00:29:32,310 Now would you like to receive his forgiveness and his love? 534 00:29:32,310 --> 00:29:33,950 Because you are separated from God. 535 00:29:33,950 --> 00:29:37,110 But as we've just talked about, and as you've just seen, Jesus 536 00:29:37,110 --> 00:29:38,990 is inviting you personally today. 537 00:29:39,670 --> 00:29:41,710 Because you know, even if you were just the only person here 538 00:29:41,710 --> 00:29:43,830 on this planet, God the Father would still send 539 00:30:04,630 --> 00:30:08,200 here is not a step by step list that you have to remember. 540 00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:09,920 These are not step by step steps. 541 00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:12,800 Does that make sense? Thank you Step by step steps 542 00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:19,040 these dynamics or aspects of how you can share the gospel to 543 00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:23,720 those two people around you #1 listen, #2 recognize the 544 00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:29,280 symptoms behind the condition, #3 speak into the condition and 545 00:30:29,280 --> 00:30:35,480 about the cure, #4 offer to pray about the symptoms and the cure, 546 00:30:35,640 --> 00:30:40,480 and #5 extend an invitation. This church, let us stand.