Somebody Otta Do It

· Introduction

· Throughout the Bible, we will see how God directs His people to do His Will, especially in the Old Testament with Israel. However, the New Testament is filled with such things as well. For example, we will talk tonight about what is called the Great Commission.

· The Great Commission is the calling for every Christian to go out and bring others to Christ, along with teaching them to actively live a Christian life.

· Theme: Although we know that the Great Commission is for every Christian, there are so many times that we live our lives in such a way that we consider it to always be directed at somebody else instead of us.

· The GC calls us to go out and do missions (evangelism).

· There are 2 ways you can do missions

· Over There

· Many people go to other countries, and we call them missionaries. These people have felt God's call to go and tell people in other countries about Him and His salvation.

· Over Here

· The rest of the people who don't go over there are over here. These people may not have felt that call to leave where they are and go somewhere else to tell others about Christ.

· Does that mean that they are not called to missions? NO!

· Does that mean that they are not called to tell others about Christ? NO!

· Why do we have to do all this?

· Matthew 28:19-20 - Read

· Title Defined: Who is that passage talking to? (You? Me? Missionaries? Etc...) Everyone!

· Does your life reflect that answer? Are you making disciples? But what does that mean?

· Making Disciples

· What? Defined: “An active follower or adherent of someone”...

· These are those who would shadow your every move, carefully watching to see how you talk, think, act, and live. And they will take those aspects of your life and imitate them.

· Disciples are those who follow Christ. They are Christians, and are marked by a continual desire to know God more and grow closer and closer to Him.

· Who? Go “ye” - we are all called to make disciples. As Christians, we are called to lead others

· Everyone is called to be a disciple of Christ (to love, learn and live)

· Everyone is called to be a disciple maker (to love and lead)

· When? Always (1 Peter 3:15, 2 Tim 4:2, 2 Cor 6:2)

· “Be ready always to give an answer” (1 Peter 3:15)

· “Preach the Word. Be ready in season and out of season” (2 Tim 4:2)

· “Now is the day of salvation” (2 Cor 6:2)

· Life is but a breath. Once over, it's judgment time and there are no more opportunities.

· How? Teaching them. (Matthew 28:20)

· Lead them to Christ

· Baptizing them

· Teaching them to observe the things Christ commanded

· Why? God's Will. (2 Peter 3:9)

· God does not want anyone to go to Hell.

· He wants all to come to repentance and know Him

· So what's the result when we start trying to make disciples? What's the point?

· Why do we need to make disciples? Why not just witness to people?

· But reaching 1 person is such a small thing... How can it really matter all that much?

· Church Planting

· Like a tree planted and growing (Mark 4:1-10)

· Begins with a call to go – We are commissioned to go share. We are called to go somewhere.

· Persistence in going (look at Paul's journeys in Galatia)

· Build a church to stand up on it's own

· Parents raise you to be an adult, not dependent on them forever (Question to Ryan about Jacob)

· There are two essentials in Church Planting

· Those who are parents – They go out and start the work. They make disciples.(Paul)

· Those who are children – They learn as disciples and then go out as parents. (Galatian elders)

· We are all called to be Church Planters

· Did you know that? (Matthew 28:19-20)

· Isaiah said “Here am I. Send Me” - God is calling out for people, but are we going to listen to the call? Where will we go (link back to over here/there)

· Are you ready/willing to go? (Why not? Go!)

· Why Won't You Go?

· Do you love God?

· Why don't you read/pray the way you should then?

· Why don't you witness?

· Why don't you learn to share Him?

· Do you realize that people are going to Hell (100c people every minute)?

· Do you care? Does your life reflect that you care?

· All those without Christ go to Hell. ALL. No one comes except through Christ.

· Other reasons

· Are you scared?

· Are you shy?

· Is there too much pressure out there?

· Do you feel that you aren't smart enough?

· Do you not know how to approach someone?

· The idea is to lead into a conversation. You can't treat people like an assignment. All others are people too and require a relationship. Remember that. Questions? See me afterward.

· Do you know the kinds of people God has worked with in the past?

· Noah (Genesis 6:8) – In the midst of a world full of sin, Noah obeyed God as the only righteous one. Can you imagine the pressure of that? What became of Noah?

· Abraham (Genesis 12:1-4) – God told him to get up and just leave. You think he was scared? What became of Abraham?

· Moses (Exodus 4) – Moses questioned God 2 times (verses 1 & 10) Look how God responds. Moses was scared. And felt like he wasn't good enough to be used by God. Do you feel that way?

· Paul (Multiple) – Paul was a Christian killer. God used him.

· And God can use you too. Do you believe that?

· Do you believe God can use you, despite your “flaws”?

· What Would Make You Go?

· Catalyst: “something that causes an important event to happen”

· What makes you do these good Christian things?

· Reward

· Do you read your Bible, or pray, or witness because you get a reward (skiing, camp, etc)?

· Conviction?

· Do you do all that because you love God and want to obey Him?

· Talk about this in your groups tonight. What will it take for you to go out and make disciples?

· What is the biggest thing holding you back? If you are afraid, or don't know how, or feel like you just can't do it. PLEASE talk to one of us. Let us help you get to the point that you need to be.

· If you're here for a reward, there's a problem. Friends? Food? Fun? There's a problem.

· You are here because you need to be challenged. You need to know that God has commanded all of us to go out and make disciples.

· Conclusion

· There are people going to Hell every day because we aren't telling them

· I'm not trying to guilt you into doing this. I want you to want to do this.

· Are you living for yourself? Do you have no desire to make disciples?

· Then you need to talk to us. Please do that.

· The great commission talks about making disciples, which includes leading people to Christ (which involves talking to them and living a Godly life, and taking opportunities to share Christ), and about leading them to grow in their walk (and if you don't feel able to do that, please point them to one of us who can help them in those steps). But you have to remember that it is not written to just somebody else. It's written to you and it's written to me.

· So we MUST obey and we MUST go.