TURNING RELIGIOUS RELUCTANCE-XII—John 4:1-42
Turning the Religious Lost
Attention:
Crossing The Road:
There's a man trying to cross the street.
As he steps off the curb a car comes screaming around the corner & heads straight for him. The man walks faster, trying to hurry across the street, but the car changes lanes & is still coming at him.
So the guy turns around to go back, but the car changes lanes again & is still coming at him.
By now, the car is so close & the man so scared that he just freezes & stops in the middle of the road.
The car gets real close, then swerves at the last possible moment & screeches to a halt right next to him.
The driver rolls down the window.
The driver is a squirrel.
The squirrel says to the man, “See, it's not as easy as it looks, is it?”
Think Twice Before Continuing down your current path!
The Church exists to turn the world away from it’s errant way!
Everybody lives by a ‘religion’—a set of spiritual & secular values that they hold to. These may be right or wrong.
Everybody has a belief system to which they subscribe—right or wrong.
Even atheists live by their atheism! Thus they are a religious people too.
All of these may be ‘reluctant’ to turn, But by the power of God, they are turnable nonetheless!
*We are all called as God’s witnesses to turn those who are headed for disaster...“Go therefore & make disciples of ALL the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father & of the Son & of the Holy Spirit, teaching THEM to observe all things that I have commanded you; & lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.”!(Matthew 28:19-20)...
Jesus divulged/bore witness of/ His Messianic identity to a reluctant/hesitant but religious woman.
God’s people bear witness of Messiah’s/Jesus’ identity to reluctant religious people.
How/When will God’s people turn the reluctancy of the religious?
OR--What will turn that religious reluctancy around?
Some insights toward turning religious reluctance to God.
Previously as we looked in these verses we found that,
Turning religious reluctance to God requires...
1. SERVICE Insight(:1-3)
2. CONSEQUENTIAL Insight(:4-6)
3. COMPASSIONED Insight(:7-8)
4. BLIND/UNHINDERED Insight(:9)
5. POSSESSIVE Insight(:10)
6. TRUTHFUL Insight(:11-14)
7. LIFESTYLE Insight(:15-18)
8. PLACE Insight(:19-20)
9. DECISIVE Insight(:21-24)
10. IDENTITY Insight(:25-26)
11. INTERRUPTIVE Insight(:27)
12. Turning religious reluctance to God also requires ?the INTERRUPTIVE Insight of...?a.--SUSTENANCE(:31-34)
Explanation:(:31-34)Shallow/Errant/Limiting/True Nourishment
:31—“In the meantime His disciples urged Him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.”
:32—“But He said to them, “I have food to eat of which you do not know.”
:33—“Therefore the disciples said to one another, “Has anyone brought Him anything to eat?”
:34—“Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, & to finish His work.””
:31—“In the meantime His disciples urged Him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.”
“In the meantime”—describes the “time” Jesus had available since the woman had left the well & their conversation, & had returned to the city of Sychar to invite the men of that city to evaluate Jesus as the Messiah/Christ.
Evidently Jesus was known to be so engrossed in His work/mission that He would potentially miss meals.
Therefore His disciples & others of their entourage(most probably the women(Mk. 15:40-41; Lk. 8:2-3)) would supply His physical needs. Others were needed in order to free Jesus from any burdens/concerns other than His preaching, teaching, & healing ministries.
Mark 15:40-41—“There were also women looking on from afar, among whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the Less & of Joses, & Salome, who also followed Him & ministered to Him when He was in Galilee, & many other women who came up with Him to Jerusalem.”
Lk. 8:1-3—“Now it came to pass, afterward, that He went through every city & village, preaching & bringing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with Him, & certain women who had been healed of evil spirits & infirmities--Mary called Magdalene, out of whom had come seven demons, & Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod’s steward, & Susanna, & many others who provided for Him from their substance.”
Jesus’ disciples having taken that duty upon themselves, returned from the city with “food” in hand(:8, 27) & entreated(“urged”) their “rabbi”/honored teacher to “eat.”
“Meantime/Meanwhile”—metaxu—Verb—1) Between—1a) Meanwhile, in the mean time; 2) After, afterwards. Strong—Betwixt(of place or person); (of time)as adjective--Intervening, or by implication--Adjoining. Used 9X.?From—meta—1) With, after, behind. Strong—properly--Denoting accompaniment; “Amid”(local or causal); occupying an intermediate position between apo[Off, away from] or ek, ex[from, out] & eiv[to, into] or prov[toward, near to]; less intimate than en[in] & less close than sun[with, together]).—& a form of—sun—1) With. Strong—a primary preposition denoting union; With or together(but much closer than meta or para), i.e. By association, companionship, process, resemblance, possession, instrumentality, addition, etc.
“Disciples”(See :1, 2, 8, 27, 33)—mayhthv—Noun Masc.—1) A learner, pupil, disciple. Strong—from manyanw[to learn (in any way)]; A learner, i.e. Pupil.
“Urged/Prayed/Requesting”—erwtaw—Verb—1) To question; 2) To ask—2a) To request, entreat, beg, beseech. Erwtaw denotes the form of the request. Erwtaw is to request a person to do(rarely to give) something; referring more directly to the person, it is naturally used in exhortation, etc. Strong—To interrogate; by implication--To request.?Apparently from—erew—probably a fuller form of rew[to utter, i.e. speak or say]; an alternate for epw[to speak or say(by word or writing)] in certain tenses; To utter, i.e. Speak or say.
“Rabbi”—rabbi—Noun Masc.—1) My great one, my honorable sir; 2) Rabbi, a title used by the Jews to address their teachers(& also honor them when not addressing them). Strong—of Hebrew origin [br[Abundant(in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)] with pronominal suffix); My master, i.e. Rabbi, as an official title of honor.
“Eat”(See :32, 33)—fagw—Verb—1) To eat; 2) To eat(consume) a thing—2a) To take food, eat a meal, 2b) metaph.--To devour, consume. Strong—a primary verb(used as an alternate of esyiw in certain tenses); To eat(literally or figuratively).
:32—“But He said to them, “I have food to eat of which you do not know.”
Jesus informs His interrupters that In His state of concern for the woman’s salvation, Jesus had not actually ‘missed a meal’ at all.
Jesus informed them of “food” that He already had possession of & of which He was partaking in their very presence.
Jesus informed them that He had “food”, the existence of which, His disciples were completely unaware.
“But”—de—Conjunction—1) But, moreover, and, etc.. Strong—a primary particle(adversative or continuative); But, and, etc..
“Said”(See :10, 11, 12)—epw—2Aorist Active Indicative 3rd Sing.—1) To speak, say. Strong—a primary verb(used only in the definite past tense, the others being borrowed from erew, rew, & fhmi); To speak or say(by word or writing).?Epw & fhmi generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; whereas Lalew means an extended or random harangue; while legw means to relate, in words[usually of systematic or set discourse; while rew is properly, to break silence merely].
“Have”(See :17, 18)—ecw or scew—Verb—1) To have, i.e. To hold—1a) To have(hold) in the hand, in the sense of wearing, to have(hold) possession of the mind (refers to alarm, agitating emotions, etc.), to hold fast keep, to have or comprise or involve, to regard or consider or hold as; 2) To have i.e. Own, possess—2a) External things such as pertain to property or riches or furniture or utensils or goods or food etc., 2b) Used of those joined to any one by the bonds of natural blood or marriage or friendship or duty or law etc, of attendance or companionship; 3) To hold one's self or find one's self so & so, to be in such or such a condition; 4) To hold one's self to a thing, to lay hold of a thing, to adhere or cling to—4a) To be closely joined to a person or a thing. Strong—including an alternate form scew; (used in certain tenses only); a primary verb; To hold(used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possessions; ability, continuity, relation, or condition).
“Food/Meat”(See :33, 34; :8—trofh)—brwsiv—Noun Fem.—1) Act of eating—1a) in a wider sense--Corrosion; 2) That which is eaten, food, ailment—2a) Of the soul's food, either which refreshes the soul, or nourishes & supports it. Strong—abstractly--Eating(literally or figuratively); by extension(concretely)--Food (literally or figuratively). Used 11X.
“Eat”(See :31, 33)—fagw—Verb—1) To eat; 2) To eat(consume) a thing—2a) To take food, eat a meal, 2b) metaph.--To devour, consume. Strong—a primary verb(used as an alternate of esyiw in certain tenses); To eat(literally or figuratively).
“You”(See :20, 22)—umeiv—Pronoun 2nd Nominative Plural—1) You. Strong—irregular plural of su[Personal pronoun of the 2nd person singular]; You(as subjective of verb).
“Not”(See :2, 18, 35)—ou, ouk, or ouc—Particle—1) No, not; in direct questions expecting an affirmative answer. Strong—a primary word; the absolute negative [compare mh] adverb; No or not.
“Know”(See :10, 22, 25, 42; :29—“see”)—eidw OR--oida—Perfect Active Imperative 2nd Plural—1) To see—1a) To perceive with the eyes, 1b) To perceive by any of the senses, 1c) To perceive, notice, discern, discover, 1d) To see—1d1) i.e. To turn the eyes, the mind, the attention to anything, 1d2) To pay attention, observe, 1d3) To see about something 1d31) i.e. To ascertain what must be done about it, 1d4) To inspect, examine, 1d5) To look at, behold, 1e) To experience any state or condition, 1f) To see i.e. Have an interview with, to visit; 2) To know—2a) To know of anything, 2b) To know, i.e. get knowledge of, understand, perceive—2b1) of any fact, 2b2) the force & meaning of something which has definite meaning, 2b3) To know how, to be skilled in, 2c) To have regard for one, cherish, pay attention to(1Th 5:12). Eidw/oida denotes to see with the mind's eye, signifies a clear & purely mental perception. Strong—a primary verb; used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent optanomai & oraw; properly--To see(literally or figuratively); by implication (in the perfect only)--To know.
:33—“Therefore the disciples said to one another, “Has anyone brought Him anything to eat?”
The “disciples” were unaware of & oblivious to Jesus’ meaning regarding the food that He had acquired apart from their own purchases(:32).
They were focused upon immediate physical wants(physical hunger) rather than the spiritual hunger that was being met(:10, 14, 21-26) & had potential to be met(:35, 39-43).
The disciples were completely unaware of the existence of such “food.” So they ‘naturally’ assumed that unbeknownst to them, someone had brought Jesus “food”.
They were ‘probably’ somewhat upset at having had to walk all the way into Sychar to buy the “food”, since someone else(particularly others of the disciples) had evidently already brought the needed food to Jesus before they did.
?Why were they unaware of or oblivious of the “food” they could not see?
“Therefore”(See :1, 6; :30—“Then”)—oun—Particle—1) Then, therefore, accordingly, consequently, these things being so. Strong—apparently a primary word; adverbially--Certainly, or conjunctionally--Accordingly.
“Disciples”(See :1, 2, 8, 27, 31)—mayhthv—Noun Masc.—1) A learner, pupil, disciple. Strong—from manyanw[to learn (in any way)]; A learner, i.e. Pupil.
“Said”(See :7, 10, 28, 35; :5, 25—“called”)—legw—Verb—1) To say, to speak—1a) Affirm over, maintain, 1b) To teach, 1c) To exhort, advise, to command, direct, 1d) To point out with words, intend, mean, mean to say, 1e) To call by name, to call, name, 1f) To speak out, speak of, mention. Strong—a primary verb; properly--To "lay" forth, i.e. figuratively--Relate (in words [usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas epw & fhmi generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; while rew is properly, to break silence merely, & lalew means an extended or random harangue]); by implication--To mean.
“One Another”—allhlwn—Pronoun Plural Reciprocal—1) One another, reciprocally, mutually. Strong—Genitive[?] plural from allov[a primary word; "else," i.e. different(in many applications)] reduplicated; One another.
“Anyone/Any Man/No One/Someone”—tiv—Pronoun—1) A certain, a certain one; 2) Some, some time, a while. Strong—an enclitic indefinite pronoun; Some or any person or object.
“Brought”—ferw—Verb—1) To carry—1a) To carry some burden—1a1) To bear with one's self, 1b) To move by bearing; move or, to be conveyed or borne, with the suggestion of force or speed—1b1) Of persons borne in a ship over the sea, 1b2) Of a gust of wind, to rush, 1b3) Of the mind, to be moved inwardly, prompted, 1c) To bear up i.e. uphold(keep from falling)—1c1) Of Christ, the preserver of the universe; 2) To bear, i.e. endure, to endure the rigor of a thing, to bear patiently one's conduct, or spare one(abstain from punishing or destroying); 3) To bring, bring to, bring forward—3a) To move to, apply, 3b) To bring in by announcing, to announce, 3c) To bear i.e. bring forth, produce; to bring forward in a speech, 3d) To lead, conduct. Strong—a primary verb(for which other & apparently not cognate ones are used in certain tenses only; namely, oiw; & enegkw); To "bear" or carry(in a very wide application, literally & figuratively).
“Eat”(See :31, 32)—fagw—Verb—1) To eat; 2) To eat(consume) a thing—2a) To take food, eat a meal, 2b) metaph.--To devour, consume. Strong—a primary verb(used as an alternate of esyiw in certain tenses); To eat(literally or figuratively).
:34—“Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, & to finish His work.””
However they were unaware of the greater mission of witnessing God’s love for mankind, rather than the mission of fulfilling a physical/bodily want/need.
The disciples rightly saw a physical need which they should & could meet. However they missed the significance of the spiritual need!
?Is it possible that we—individuals & the church as a whole—can become so consumed by personal desire(what I want or my closest friends want), that we become oblivious to & displace the real/actual spiritual need of the ministry & moment?
Easing one’s physical hunger is abated or set aside(albeit temporarily) thru one’s spiritual infilling(“My food”).
Obedience to the Holy Spirit calls us to choose God’s will over our own. And God will not call us to literally starve(to death), unless there is a uniquely or an unusually pressing determinative purpose of His(cf.-Rev. 12:11; Heb. 12:3-4).
Heb. 12:3-4—“For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you become weary & discouraged in your souls. You have not yet resisted to bloodshed, striving against sin.”
Jesus’ calling, & thus His desire, & that to which He put forth His every effort, was to accomplish(“do”) God’s will in Himself. His calling & desire was to fully(“finish”) accomplish God’s “work.”
To do God’s work only partially, is to not do God’s work at all!
Remember king Saul!.....
1Sam. 15:1-22—“Samuel also said to Saul, “The LORD sent me to anoint you king over His people, over Israel. Now therefore, heed the voice of the words of the LORD. Thus says the LORD of hosts: ‘I will punish Amalek for what he did to Israel, how he ambushed him on the way when he came up from Egypt. ‘Now go & attack Amalek, & utterly destroy all that they have, & do not spare them. But kill both man & woman, infant & nursing child, ox & sheep, camel & donkey.’” So Saul gathered the people together & numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand foot soldiers & ten thousand men of Judah. And Saul came to a city of Amalek, & lay in wait in the valley. Then Saul said to the Kenites, “Go, depart, get down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them. For you showed kindness to all the children of Israel when they came up out of Egypt.” So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. And Saul attacked the Amalekites, from Havilah all the way to Shur, which is east of Egypt. He also took Agag king of the Amalekites alive, & utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. But Saul & the people spared Agag & the best of the sheep, the oxen, the fatlings, the lambs, & all that was good[i.e., in their own eyes], & were unwilling to utterly destroy them. But everything despised & worthless[i.e., in their own eyes], that they utterly destroyed. Now the word of the LORD came ...to Samuel, saying, “I greatly regret that I have set up Saul as king, for he has turned back from following Me, & has not performed My commandments.” And it grieved Samuel, & he cried out to the LORD all night. So when Samuel rose early in the morning to meet Saul, it was told Samuel, saying, “Saul went to Carmel, & indeed, he set up a monument for himself; & he has gone on around, passed by, & gone down to Gilgal.” Then Samuel went to Saul, & Saul said to him, “Blessed are you of the LORD! I have performed the commandment of the LORD.” But Samuel said, “What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears, & the lowing of the oxen which I hear?” And Saul said, “They have brought them from the Amalekites; for the people spared the best of the sheep & the oxen, to sacrifice to the LORD your God; & the rest we have utterly destroyed.” Then Samuel said to Saul, “Be quiet! And I will tell you what the LORD said to me last night.” And he said to him, “Speak on.” So Samuel said, “When you were little in your own eyes, were you not head of the tribes of Israel? And did not the LORD anoint you king over Israel? Now the LORD sent you on a mission, & said, ‘Go, & utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, & fight against them until they are consumed.’ “Why then did you not obey the voice of the LORD? Why did you swoop down on the spoil, & do evil in the sight of the LORD?” And Saul said to Samuel, “But I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, & gone on the mission on which the LORD sent me, & brought back Agag king of Amalek; I have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. But the people took of the plunder, sheep & oxen, the best of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice to the LORD your God in Gilgal.” Then Samuel said: “Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings & sacrifices, As in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams.”
Why are you part of this particular body of believers? My hope for you is that every reason you might have, is only secondary to your love for your Lord Jesus!
“My”—emov—Pronoun—1) My, mine, etc. Strong—from the oblique cases of egw(emoi[to me], emou[of me], eme[me]); My.
“Food/Meat”(See :32, 33; :8—trofh)—brwsiv—Noun Fem.—1) Act of eating—1a) in a wider sense--Corrosion; 2) That which is eaten, food, ailment—2a) Of the soul's food, either which refreshes the soul, or nourishes & supports it. Strong—abstractly--Eating(literally or figuratively); by extension(concretely)--Food (literally or figuratively). Used 11X.
“Do”(See :1, 29)—poiew—Verb—1) To make—1a) with the names of things made--To produce, construct, form, fashion, etc., 1b) To be the authors of, the cause, 1c) To make ready, to prepare, 1d) To produce, bear, shoot forth, 1e) To acquire, to provide a thing for one's self, 1f) To make a thing out of something, 1g) To (make i.e.) render one anything—1g1) To (make i.e.) constitute or appoint one anything, to appoint or ordain one that, 1g2) To (make i.e.) declare one anything, 1h) To put one forth, to lead him out, 1i) To make one do something—1i1) cause one to, 1j) To be the authors of a thing (to cause, bring about); 2) To do—2a) To act rightly, do well—2a1) To carry out, to execute, 2b) To do a thing unto one—2b1) To do to one, 2c) with designation of time--To pass, spend, 2d) To celebrate, keep—2d1) To make ready, & so at the same time to institute, the celebration of the passover, 2e) To perform: to a promise. Poiew denotes "to do", prassw - "to practise"; poiew to designate performance, prassw intended, earnest, habitual, performance; poiew to denote merely productive action, prassw definitely directed action; poiew to point to the action result, prassw to the scope & character of the result. These words are often used interchangeably. Strong—apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; To make or do(in a very wide application, more or less direct).
“Will”—yelhma—Noun Neuter—1) What one wishes or has determined shall be done—1a) Of the purpose of God to bless mankind through Christ, 1b) Of what God wishes to be done by us—1b1) Commands, precepts; 2) Will, choice, inclination, desire, pleasure. Strong—from the prolonged form of yelw; A determination(properly, the thing), i.e. actively--Choice(specially--Purpose, decree; abstractly, volition) or passively--Inclination.
“Sent”—pempw—Verb—1) To send—1a) To bid a thing to be carried to one, 1b) To send(thrust or insert) a thing into another—Pempw is the general term & may even imply accompaniment(as when sent from God). Strong—apparently a primary verb; To dispatch (from the subjective view or point of departure, whereas ihmi[as a stronger form of eimi] refers rather to the objective point or terminus ad quem, & stellw denotes properly, the orderly motion involved), especially on a temporary errand; also--To transmit, bestow, or wield.
“And”—kai—
“Finish”—teleiow—Verb—1) To make perfect, complete—1a) To carry through completely, to accomplish, finish, bring to an end; 2) To complete (perfect)—2a) Add what is yet wanting in order to render a thing full, 2b) To be found perfect; 3) To bring to the end (goal) proposed; 4) To accomplish—4a) Bring to a close or fulfillment by event—4a1) Of the prophecies of the scriptures. Strong—To complete, i.e. literally--Accomplish, or figuratively--Consummate(in character). Used 24X.
“Work”—ergon—Noun Neuter—1) Business, employment, that which any one is occupied—1a) That which one undertakes to do, enterprise, undertaking; 2) Any product whatever, any thing accomplished by hand, art, industry, or mind; 3) An act, deed, thing done: the idea of working is emphasized in opposition to that which is less than work. Strong—from a primary(but obsolete) ergw(to work); Toil(as an effort or occupation); by implication--An act.
Argumentation:
Mat. 21:28-31—“But what do you think? A man had two sons, & he came to the first & said, ‘Son, go, work today in my vineyard.’ “He answered & said, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he regretted it & went. Then he came to the second & said likewise. And he answered & said, ‘I go, sir,’ but he did not go. Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said to Him, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you that tax collectors & harlots enter the kingdom of God before you.”
Rev. 12:10-11—“Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, “Now salvation, & strength, & the kingdom of our God, & the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day & night, has been cast down. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb & by the word of their testimony, & they did not love their lives to the death.”
Eph. 5:18-21—“And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms & hymns & spiritual songs, singing & making melody in your heart to the Lord, giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, submitting to one another in the fear of God.”
Heb. 11:35-40—“Women received their dead raised to life again. And others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection. Still others had trial of mockings & scourgings, yes, & of chains & imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in two, were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins & goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented-- of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts & mountains, in dens & caves of the earth. And all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise, God having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect apart from us.”
*Lk. 14:26-30—“If anyone comes to Me & does not hate his father & mother, wife & children, brothers & sisters, yes, & his own life also, he cannot be My disciple. And whoever does not bear his cross & come after Me cannot be My disciple. For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first & count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it--lest, after he has laid the foundation, & is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, saying, ‘This man began to build & was not able to finish.’”
Mat. 23:23—“Woe to you, scribes & Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint & anise & cummin, & have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice & mercy & faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.”
Lk. 11:42—“But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint & rue & all manner of herbs, & pass by justice & the love of God. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.”
Illustration:
Having just come off of Easter: Explain how bunnies & eggs disclose the necessity of Christ’s resurrection/Using eggs as an indicator of resurrection actually teaches people that the chicken or duck is a non-chicken or non-duck until it hatches!/Doesn’t that teach people that until babies are infants outside the womb, that they are merely blobs of flesh non-entities to be disposed of at will?/
OR-- have we turned Resurrection Sunday into a celebration of spring(reminiscent of Christmas secularizations)?
?What lies behind our maintenance & propagation of such traditions?/SUSTENANCE Insight
Have you ever stayed late at work to take care of some pressing business that could not wait?/Have you ever stayed awake in bed thinking of that pressing business you should have taken care of by staying late?/What sustained you in that time?/SUSTENANCE Insight
What if God’s work requires this, that or the other thing?/What if you see certain ministries struggling because of lack of finances or because of a lack of personnel/Has God convinced you that He is being dis-honored among a local body of believers?/How do you respond to that conviction?/Do you support all the local churches ‘a little bit’, so that you feel like you’re helping all of them/Your ‘help’ would be better help if it were reliably backed-up by your dependable attendance & encouragement/SUSTENANCE Insight
Application:
?Your SUSTENANCE Insight readily Turn others to Christ/God’s way?
?You instrumental in Turning the Religious Reluctance of others into a Confident Relationship with God?
CONCLUSION:
Visualization:
Squirrel Driver—“See, it's not as easy as it looks, is it?”
Action:
Turning religious reluctance to God requires...
12. the INTERRUPTIVE Insight of...?a.--SUSTENANCE(:31-34)
1. SERVICE Insight(:1-3)
2. CONSEQUENTIAL Insight(:4-6)
3. COMPASSIONED Insight(:7-8)
4. BLIND/UNHINDERED Insight(:9)
5. POSSESSIVE Insight(:10)
6. TRUTHFUL Insight(:11-14)
7. LIFESTYLE Insight(:15-18)
8. PLACE Insight(:19-20)
9. DECISIVE Insight(:21-24)
10. IDENTITY Insight(:25-26)
11. INTERRUPTIVE Insight(:27)
Pt# 12a only! presented 04/28/2019pm to:
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