
Missions Conference 2022 – We All Need to be Rescued
Mark 4:35-41 (NLT)
Missions Conference 2022 – We All Need to be Rescued | Mick Veach | Lead Pastor | first aired on 11.13.2022
I. Introduction
Read Scripture
Jesus Calms the Storm
35 As evening came, Jesus said to his disciples, “Let’s cross to the other side of the lake.” 36 So they took Jesus in the boat and started out, leaving the crowds behind (although other boats followed). 37 But soon a fierce storm came up. High waves were breaking into the boat, and it began to fill with water.
38 Jesus was sleeping at the back of the boat with his head on a cushion. The disciples woke him up, shouting, “Teacher, don’t you care that we’re going to drown?”
39 When Jesus woke up, he rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Silence! Be still!” Suddenly the wind stopped, and there was a great calm. 40 Then he asked them, “Why are you afraid? Do you still have no faith?”
41 The disciples were absolutely terrified. “Who is this man?” they asked each other. “Even the wind and waves obey him!”
A. What is the most important question that we can ask?
- How can I be saved?
B. Scriptures that declare this:
- John 3—Nicodemus came to Jesus to ask about eternal life
- Mark 10:17-27—A Rich man asked Jesus about eternal life
- Acts 16:30—Philippian Jailer asked Paul and Silas how he might be saved
C. Biblical Response
- Romans 10:13—Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved
- Acts 4:12—There is no other name under heaven by which man must be saved
- John 14:6—Jesus declared, that he was the way, the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father except through Him
D. Mark 4—the Storm, the Boat and Jesus
- We all have a boat—it is called life
- We all have storms—pain and suffering
- We all have access to Jesus
E. Question: why are we still here, since we have found Jesus?
- 2 Peter 3:8-9—Day is like a thousand years and a thousand years like a day, the Lord is not slow in keeping his promises, he desires all to be saved…
- Matthew 24:14—This gospel will be preached to the whole world…then the end will come.
- Acts 1:8—We are to be engaged locally and globally
F. God calls us to be a part of His mission
II. God is Calling Us
A. God is Calling Us to
with the
Mark 4—why did Jesus rescue his disciples?
a. Because He loved them, yes but there is more…
b. He desired for their life to be engaged with rescuing peopleRomans 10:13-15—God has chosen to use us
Mathew 28:19—Disciple all Nations
a. We have tragically neglected this mandate
b. Example of Yemen
- 8 million with only 20 believers
Similar to the population of MI
Jonah was called
Question—who are the ones God wants to use?
a. It is our responsibility/privilege to share the gospel
b. We too often shove it off to mission minded people
c. Eph. 4—my goal is to equip youWe must be willing to give sacrificially
a. 2.5% is tithed by believers
b. Out of every $100 only 5 cents is sent to missions
c. We are the richest people on the planet—Why
- Ps 67—we are wealthy for His Worship
What about the nations?
a. Short-term service
b. Midterm service (Like the Mormons)
c. Long term service
d. Pray for the national church
e. Pray for the missionariesKey Point—God wants to use you to rescue people whose boats are sinking all over the world
B. God Calls Us to
that more will Help with the Rescue
Matthew 9:37-38—Jesus declared that the harvest is ready but the “rescuers” are few and that we were to pray that more “rescuers” would rise up
KCC will be a church that is committed to the following:
a. People called into missions
b. We will give our sons and daughters
c. We will send our finances
d. We will pray the kingdom comeWe need to pray for the 2 billion classified unreached
We need to pray for translation work to be finished
A healthy church is a church that is on mission
Matthew 28:18-20—The Great Commission has become the Great Omission
At the heart of God is the Nations
Key Point—We need to begin to pray and align our desires with the heart of God which is for the nations
C. God calls Us to
the before Us
- There are many boats right in front of us, let’s get at it
- Jesus declared that time is now
- There is an urgency of the day
- There is a heaven and there is hell
- Mt. 24—The worse is yet to come and at the same time the harvest will be great
Staying focused on the harvest helps us:
a. Stay focused on the main thing—eternity
b. Make the right decisions
c. Engage in what really matters
d. Stay away from things that will not lastGod is calling you but we all have excuses
Lay your excuses at the altar today
We must be willing to die for the gospel
KCC desires to see lives touched with the gospel all over the world
Key Point—We will respond individually and as a church to the needs around us
III. Call to Action
1. Pray Isaiah 6—Here am I send me
2. Decide to give a Faith Promise Pledge
3. Pray using Operation World
4. Go on a short term trip
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