Sermon notes

Vision 2019

Why do 57,000 people in our community matter?

Luke 15:1-7
¹ Tax collectors and other notorious sinners often came to listen to Jesus teach. ² This made the Pharisees and teachers of religious law complain that he was associating with such sinful people—even eating with them! ³ So Jesus told them this story: ⁴ “If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them gets lost, what will he do? Won’t he leave the ninety-nine others in the wilderness and go to search for the one that is lost until he finds it? ⁵ And when he has found it, he will joyfully carry it home on his shoulders. ⁶ When he arrives, he will call together his friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.’ ⁷ In the same way, there is more joy in heaven over one lost sinner who repents and returns to God than over ninety-nine others who are righteous and haven’t strayed away!

The 57,000 are the one!

Who is your one?

3 types of people we either rightly or wrongly define as lost sheep.
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- People already connected in a local church, but are ready to leave for greener pastures. (These are not lost sheep)
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- People who used to go to church, but have fallen away because of disinterest, hurts, or habits.

James 5:19 - 20
¹⁹ My dear brothers and sisters, if someone among you wanders away from the truth and is brought back, ²⁰ you can be sure that whoever brings the sinner back from wandering will save that person from death and bring about the forgiveness of many sins.

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- People who don’t know anything about church. They can be quality neighbors and friends and family members, who are desperately trying to fill a God shaped hole with something.

Romans 8:38
³⁸ And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love.

How do I take my one and move them out of the 57,000?

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Isaiah 59:1
¹ Listen! The Lord’s arm is not too weak to save you, nor is his ear too deaf to hear you call.

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Revelation 12:11
¹¹ And they have defeated him by the blood of the Lamb
and by their testimony.
And they did not love their lives so much
that they were afraid to die.

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Matthew 28:19
¹⁹ Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

We are here to help!
1. Special times this year to

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, a summer series on investing, and specific weekends to invite your friend to church.
2. Adjusting our

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to make it as easy as we can for you to get your friend to church.
• North Kokomo going to 2 services in March, pursue moving to a permanent location.
• South Kokomo going to 3 Sunday services in August, and transitioning to a Saturday micro service end of April.