Even More Stetzer - Gilbert Thurston

1. I am sent.
- John 20:19-25
- When missionaries go overseas and learn the culture so that they can better reach the community, we applaud that. When we do that in our local communities, we are looked down on.
2. To all different kinds of people.
- Matthew 28:18-20
- When Jesus says all nations, His listeners wouldn’t have thought of nations like we do…after all many of them didn’t yet exist. Instead He meant the Gentiles, those not like us. We must have a heart to reach people that don’t look and talk like us.
- We should celebrate churches that are not like our own.
- Ed…”They Yee’d and Haw’d” in the church I spoke at last week”.
- If you are going to be a part of a multiplying movement then you need to branch out to other people.
3. To preach about repentance of sins.
- Luke 24:46-49
- Repentance is all about a bloody cross and an empty tomb. It’s not about how to be a better person so you can feel better about yourself.
- We need to hold our models of ministry loosely and our Jesus closely.
4. Through the power of the Spirit.
- Acts 1:6-8
- Worry less about who are all the characters in the end times and more about who are your neighbors in your community.
- No church is effective if they are not reaching people locally, planting churches nationally and adopting unknown people groups globally.
- Do be satisfied with addition. You need to multiply but that only comes through the help of the Spirit.