Be my special guest at the Mid-Morning Worship Encounter at Pleasant View Church in Apopka at 10:30. Ill be preaching from Mark 2:1-12 and will deal with THE JOY OF BRINGING OTHERS TO JESUS! At the scene of car accidents there are usually three groups of people, each with a different response toward those involved in the accident. The first group is the bystanders and onlookers. They are curious and watch to see what happens but have little active involvement. The second group is the police officers. Their response is to investigate the cause of the accident, assign blame, and give out appropriate warnings and punishments. The third group is the paramedics. They are the people usually most welcomed by those involved in the accident. They could care less whose fault the accident was and they did not engage in lecturing about bad driving habits. Their response was to help those who were hurt. They bandaged wounds, freed trapped people, and gave words of encouragement. Three groups - one is uninvolved, one is assigning blame and assessing punishment, and one is helping the hurting. When it comes to reaching the lost and hurting, we’re going to be in one of these three groups. We will be uninvolved and let others do the work. Or we will condemn people for their foolish behavior saying things like, It’s your own fault that you’re in this mess. If you had been going to church and doing like you should this never would have happened! Or we will be concentrating on helping those who are lost and hurting. If I was in trouble, I know which group I would welcome most. Let’s be that for the hurting people in our world.
Posted on: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 06:33:14 +0000
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