Becoming a Reaching Church
Reach Your World – Part 2
Life Church St. Louis – September 18, 2011
Pastor Dan Walker
Acts 17:6b (HCSB) “These men who have turned the world upside down have come here too,“
Luke 19:10 (NIV) For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.
Matthew 28:19-20 (NIV) 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, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."
1. Learn to _________ like Jesus
A. Develop a ___________ for the lost
Luke 15:4 (NIV) Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Does he not leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it?
B. ___________ to find the lost
Luke 15:5 (NIV) And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home.
Psalm 126:5 (NIV) Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy.
C. Rejoice with ___________ when the lost is found
Luke 15:6-7 (NIV) Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, 'Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.' I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.
2. Learn to __________ like Jesus
A. Realize the ____________ of the lost
Luke 15:8a (NIV) Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one.
B. Make seeking the lost a _______________
Luke 15:8b (NIV) Does she not light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?
C. Rejoice with ___________ when the lost are found
Luke 15:9-10 (NIV) And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, 'Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.' In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents."