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“Son, I Want Your Life Over There!”
Pastor Timothy Chan
Chinese Grace Bible Church
Sunday, October 30, 2011
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Matthew 28:16-20 (NIV, 1984)
16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go.
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Matthew 28:16-20 (NIV, 1984)
17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted.
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Matthew 28:16-20 (NIV, 1984)
18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
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Matthew 28:16-20 (NIV, 1984)
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,
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Matthew 28:16-20 (NIV, 1984)
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.”
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Matthew 9:35-38 (NIV, 1984)35 Jesus went through all the towns
and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness.
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Matthew 9:35-38 (NIV, 1984)36 When he saw the crowds, he had
compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
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Matthew 9:35-38 (NIV, 1984)37 Then he said to his disciples, “The
harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.
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Matthew 9:35-38 (NIV, 1984)38 Ask the Lord of the harvest,
therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”
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Exodus 21:1-6 (NIV, 1984)
1 “These are the laws you are to set before them:
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Exodus 21:1-6 (NIV, 1984)
2 “If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free, without paying anything.
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Exodus 21:1-6 (NIV, 1984)
3 If he comes alone, he is to go free alone; but if he has a wife when he comes, she is to go with him.
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Exodus 21:1-6 (NIV, 1984)
4 If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her master, and only the man shall go free.
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Exodus 21:1-6 (NIV, 1984)
5 “But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children and do not want to go free,’
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Exodus 21:1-6 (NIV, 1984)
6 then his master must take him before the judges. He shall take him to the door or the doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he will be his servant for life.
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IntroductionWhat defines us here at Grace Church?
What is the purpose of this church?Chinese?Grace?
Bible?
Church?40+ years?
Which word best describes your heartbeat/passion?
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IntroductionWhat defines us here at Grace Church?
What is the purpose of this church?Chinese?Grace?
Bible?
Church?40+ years?
Then, which word best describes the heartbeat of God?
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I. 1st Term: “______” – the core of God’s vision for His church
• Go is a __________ business
Go
risky
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Matthew 1:5-6 (NIV, 1984)5 Salmon the father of Boaz, whose m
other was Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed, whose mot
her was Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse,
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Matthew 1:5-6 (NIV, 1984)6 and Jesse the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon, wh
ose mother had been Uriah’s wife,
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Matthew 24:12 (NIV, 1984)12 Because of the increase of
wickedness, the love of most will grow cold,
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Mark 13:1-4 (NIV, 1984)1 As he was leaving the temple, one
of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher! What massive stones! What magnificent buildings!”
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Mark 13:1-4 (NIV, 1984)2 “Do you see all these great
buildings?” replied Jesus. “Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”
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Mark 13:1-4 (NIV, 1984)3 As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of
Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John and Andrew asked him privately,
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Mark 13:1-4 (NIV, 1984)4 “Tell us, when will these things
happen? And what will be the sign that they are all about to be fulfilled?”
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Matthew 10:37-38 (NIV, 1984)37 “Anyone who loves his father or
mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;
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Matthew 10:37-38 (NIV, 1984)38 and anyone who does not take his
cross and follow me is not worthy of me.
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I. 1st Term: “______”• Go is God’s ___________ to lost souls.
Goresponse
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Matthew 9:35-38 (NIV, 1984)35 Jesus went through all the towns
and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness.
10.30.2011 31
Matthew 9:35-38 (NIV, 1984)36 When he saw the crowds, he had
compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
10.30.2011 32
Matthew 9:35-38 (NIV, 1984)37 Then he said to his disciples, “The
harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.
10.30.2011 33
Matthew 9:35-38 (NIV, 1984)38 Ask the Lord of the harvest,
therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”
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I. 1st Term: “______”• Go means to _______ your life to preach
the Gospel.
Golose
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Mark 1:15 (NIV, 1984)15 “The time has come,” he said. “The
kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news!”
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Matthew’s pressing moments in his life
a. Starting with his own ____________
b. Genealogy and the human pride
c. Painful defining moments of __________
d. Political _______ in the Great Commission
conversion
allegiancerisk
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I. 1st Term: “______”• Problem: The church is not “_______”
Gogoing
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I. 1st Term: “______”• Problem: The church is not “_______”
Gogoing
a. We are successful in giving a lot of ___________excuses
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I. 1st Term: “______”• Problem: The church is not “_______”
Gogoing
a. We are successful in giving a lot of ___________excuses
God’s perspective: there are only two options: Either you are in a ________ ______ or you are a missionary.
missionfield
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I. 1st Term: “______”• Problem: The church is not “_______”
Go
b.We have so much that we do not ___________ to Jesusgive over
going
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II. 2nd Term: “______________” – the strategy of realizing God’s vision for His church
Make disciples
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II. 2nd Term: “______________”
• Who is a Disciple? A _________ follower of Jesus Christ!
Make disciples
mature
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II. 2nd Term: “______________”
• Jesus’ ministry principle: ______ the people from _______________ to ________
Make disciples
movecommunity
core
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II. 2nd Term: “______________” a. Jesus’ invitation: _______ and ______
(Community to Church)
Make disciples
Come see
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II. 2nd Term: “______________” b. Jesus’ question: ______ yourself and
make a ______________
(Church to congregation)
Make disciples
Denycommitment
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II. 2nd Term: “______________” c. Jesus’ tent: Develop their _________
and ____________
(Congregation to Core)
Make disciples
passionintimacy
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John 15:4 (NIV, 1984)4 Remain in me, and I will remain in
you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.
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II. 2nd Term: “______________” d. Jesus’ final word: _______ them out if
not ________ them out
Make disciples
movekick
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Matthew 28:19-20 (NIV, 1984)
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,
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Matthew 28:19-20 (NIV, 1984)
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.”
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III. Making disciples is the ____________ of Churchcommitment
• Abba Father’s heartbeat:
“I _______ you, Son…
over _______ not _______!”
wantthere here
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III. Making disciples is the ____________ of Churchcommitment
• Our heartbeat:
Where else can we go?
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Exodus 21:1-6 (NIV, 1984)
1 “These are the laws you are to set before them:
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Exodus 21:1-6 (NIV, 1984)
2 “If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free, without paying anything.
10.30.2011 55
Exodus 21:1-6 (NIV, 1984)
3 If he comes alone, he is to go free alone; but if he has a wife when he comes, she is to go with him.
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Exodus 21:1-6 (NIV, 1984)
4 If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her master, and only the man shall go free.
10.30.2011 57
Exodus 21:1-6 (NIV, 1984)
5 “But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children and do not want to go free,’
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Exodus 21:1-6 (NIV, 1984)
6 then his master must take him before the judges. He shall take him to the door or the doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he will be his servant for life.
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Matthew 16:15 (NIV, 1984)
15 “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?”
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Final ThoughtsWhat defines our church?
What is that one final burning statement in your life?
It is in the ___________ to the heartbeat of the Heavenly Father.
response
Are you ___________ the commandment of Jesus Christ?
fulfilling