All In: Deal Me In
Pastor Peter Gowesky
GOING ALL IN ON THE WRONG HAND IS A BAD DEAL.
“Of all the commandments, which is the most important?” 29 “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ 31The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.” —Mark 12:28-31
PT. 1 WE HAVE TO GO ALL IN FOR OUR
30Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. —Mark 12:30
PT. 2 GOD IS INTERESTED IN
18As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. 19 “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” 20At once they left their nets and followed him. —Matthew 4:18-20
21Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, preparing their nets. Jesus called them, 22and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him. —Matthew 4:21-22
9As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him. —Matthew 9:9
…it is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.” —Matthew 9:12
Pt. 3 ALL IN LIVING BEGINS WITH AN
8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. —Ephesians 2:8-10
…without hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ —Ephesians 2:12b-13
WE MUST BE