Go! - Here Am I...Send Him!

Here Am I...Send Him! 

Jonah 1
7/14/13 
Pastor Greg Laurie
Harvest OC

Here am I send him.

We all deserve judgement.

1 Corinthians 1:21 (NKJV)

For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe.

Jonah 7/27/13

1. To reach our culture we must preach the Gospel.

Theology without apology.

Matthew 4:17 (NLT)

From then on Jesus began to preach, "Repent of your sins and turn to God, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near."

Matthew 10:7 (NLT)

Go and announce to them that the Kingdom of Heaven is near.

2. We are to preach the message He has given.

Nothing is going through you until it has happened to you.

Our job is to deliver it, not to change it.

There is explosive power in the essential message of the gospel.

Gods rep or prophet is usually an ordinary person.

An unlikely candidate.

3. Gods prophet or rep is speaking for someone else

If our message is rejected or accepted we don't take it personally. Don't take the blame or the credit.

4. The true prophet recognizes rue results are not up to him.

God does not require success, he requires faithfulness

3 marks of a good message.

1. Our message must be delivered with urgency!

2. Our message must be clear definite.

The Gospel is not simplistic but it is simple.

Romans 6:23 (NLT)

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.

Whenever God gives a warning that is a good thing.

Galatians 1:6-8 (NLT)

I am shocked that you are turning away so soon from God, who called you to himself through the loving mercy of Christ. You are following a different way that pretends to be the Good News [7] but is not the Good News at all. You are being fooled by those who deliberately twist the truth concerning Christ. [8] Let God's curse fall on anyone, including us or even an angel from heaven, who preaches a different kind of Good News than the one we preached to you.

The true gospel.

1. We are all sinners.

1 John 1:8 (NLT)

If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth.

James 2:10 (NLT)

For the person who keeps all of the laws except one is as guilty as a person who has broken all of God's laws.

Romans 3:10-12 (NLT)

As the Scriptures say, "No one is righteous- not even one. [11] No one is truly wise; no one is seeking God. [12] All have turned away; all have become useless. No one does good, not a single one."

Romans 5:6-8 (NLT)

When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners. [7] Now, most people would not be willing to die for an upright person, though someone might perhaps be willing to die for a person who is especially good. [8] But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.

John 14:6 (NLT)

Jesus told him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.

Acts 4:12 (NLT)

There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved."

1 Timothy 2:5 (NLT)

For there is only one God and one Mediator who can reconcile God and humanity-the man Christ Jesus.