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Mat_4:19

Being a Crisis Man

I. What is a Crisis Man?
            "Father, make of me a crisis man. Bring those I contact to decision. Let me not be a milepost on    a single road; make me a fork, that men must turn one way or another on facing Christ in me." -          Jim Elliot

            A crisis man is a man who never has a relationship with anyone who is not challenged to follow             Christ.

II. Biblical Examples of Crisis Men
            A. Jesus Christ
                        a. Mt 4:19 "And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men."
                        b. The greatest example in scripture and the greatest missionary ever
            B. David
                        a. 1Sa 17:29 And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?
                        b. After David stood for God he challenged a group of men to live mightily for Him.                            They became his mighty men.
            C. Elijah
                        a. Probably the greatest OT example. He faced others and brought them to a crisis for                                 God as a way of life
                                    i. King Ahab 1Ki 17:1
                                    ii. Widow of Zarapheth 1Ki 17:13
                                    iii. The People of Israel 1Ki 18:21 "And Elijah came unto all the people, and                                       said, How long halt ye between two opinions? If the LORD be God, follow him:                                   but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word."
                                    iv. Elisha 1Ki 19:19
                                    v. Jehosephat 2Ki 3:11
                        b. Many turned to God and were restored, forgiven, and used. Others hated him for it                                    and threatened him with death. All of them were eventually destroyed of God.
            D. The Apostles
                        a. Peter in his sermon on Pentecost
                        b. Paul every time he gave his testimony
                        c. Stephen was stoned from bringing men face to face with God's truth
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Mat_4:19

Mat_9:29

"According to your faith be it unto you." Many times in the Word of God we see that Christ left a
city or did not do what He could have done or wanted to do only because of a lack of faith. The question for us would not be, "is God going to do a great work and/or does God desire to use us", the question is, "do you believe that God desires to do great things in and through your life." JWB

Mat_10:1,5 Giving others opportunity

The Bible says in verse one that He gave them power to do several things and it mentions those things. So many times we train people (or say we are training people) but then never give them a chance to put into practice the things we have taught them. I believe there are a lot of people sitting in the pews of our churches that have the head knowledge, but no practical experience. After Jesus had taught them what they needed to do in verse 5 He sends them out with instructions. Are we giving those around us opportunities to serve God or are we afraid they will take over our ministry if we let them do something? JAH

Mat_10:8 - "freely ye have received, freely give." God has given us the gift of life, daily blessings,
endless mercy and much more, ... are we keeping everything to ourselves? While millions never have heard about the first coming of Christ, we take for granted the knowledge of the second coming. We go along our day with the peace and happiness always making sure to ask more from God, ... but have we forgotten about the many who need the Savior, who are without hope?! We have freely received the gift of God and as debtors we can NOT nonchalantly walk through this life without giving to others what we have freely been given. JWB

Mat_16:1

Only those people who do not know the true identity of our Lord desire a sign from Him. Some miss obedience altogether for this very reason. The wait around for a "sign" that He has called them into His service and end up spending their life on the world. He has commanded us to go into all the world, preaching the gospel and making disciples of all nations. Those that know who He really is need no sign at all to submit to Him and obey His command. JDB

Mat_28:19

The Failure of the FirstChurch

Matthew 28:19-20, Mark 16:15

Luke 24:47, John 20:21

First God chose Israel then he put them to one side and chose the Jerusalem church, after them was Antioch and Macedonia then maybe Rome and Germany then England and now the USA. Mark 4:11, Luke 8:10

I. God's Eternal Purpose Acts 1:8, souls

--a commission, a job to do, a challenge II Peter 3:9,

I Timothy 2:4, 6

II. Took Preliminary Steps Acts 5:28

they worried about their own people

III. There was a Leadership Problem Acts 8:1

IV. The Power of God-- God blessed greatly

Acts 2:41, 47, 4:4, 13, 5:14, 6:1, 7

V. Persecution sent from God Acts 8:1-4

VI. Pioneers Acts 8:4-5, 26, 10:1, 11:19-22

VII. Prospect

--God will put us to one side, eliminate us from his ministry

--Macedonia had to send offerings to Jerusalem which was the mother church Romans 15:26

--God chose to use another church, even another nationality

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Matthew 28:19 “GO YE”

There are 2 groups of people living in the world today. They are the whosever’s and the ye’s. The whosever’s are talked about in Romans 10:13, where the Bible says, “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” That means if you are a whosever, you are someone that needs to accept Jesus Christ and get saved. The ye’s are talked about in this verse where the Bible says, “GO YE.” Once you have accepted Jesus Christ there is no other alternative than to go tell others about Jesus. So many times we are looking for a different meaning to “GO YE” but we need to stop philosophizing, and start doing what Christ has commanded us to do. JAH