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A Compassionate Call to Discipleship (Luke 24:36-53)

A Compassionate Call to Discipleship (Luke 24:36-53). A Compassionate Call to Discipleship. The Ecclessia or “The Church” always referred to: Citizens who had royal accountability People on whom the king could count

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A Compassionate Call to Discipleship (Luke 24:36-53)

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  1. A Compassionate Call to Discipleship (Luke 24:36-53)

  2. A Compassionate Call to Discipleship • The Ecclessiaor “The Church” always referred to: • Citizens who had royal accountability • People on whom the king could count • Men and women who- though scattered throughout the kingdom- could be told the King’s desires and would faithfully carry them out.

  3. A Compassionate Call to Discipleship • Jesus’ description of the church and its purpose in our world today is highly significant to us for three reasons: • Jesus is fully alive today and will one day judge his “called out ones” for how well we carry out His command to us…so we better be clear on what he expects from us.

  4. A Compassionate Call to Discipleship • Jesus is the highpoint and climax of human history…so no other voice should speak into our ears and hearts with such urgency and weight.

  5. A Compassionate Call to Discipleship The church has been given a message that can literally change the eternal destiny of any person…so we better make sure we have that message right.

  6. The Church is Jesus’ Witness You are witnesses of these things. Luke 24:48 A Compassionate Call to Discipleship

  7. We are witnesses… to the necessity of Repentance and the availability of Forgiveness V. 47 • that Jesus is Really Alive, 24:36-43 • that Jesus is the Highpoint of Human history! 24:44-46

  8. We are Witnesses… that Jesus is really alive! VV 36-43 A Compassionate Call to Discipleship

  9. A Compassionate Call to Discipleship Acts 4:1-4 They were greatly disturbed because the apostles were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.

  10. A Compassionate Call to Discipleship Acts 4:32-33 All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they had. With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and much grace was upon them all.

  11. A Compassionate Call to Discipleship 1 Corinthians 15:22-26 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. But each in his own turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him….The last enemy to be destroyed is death.

  12. We are Witnesses… that Jesus is the Highpoint of Human history! VV 44-46 A Compassionate Call to Discipleship

  13. A Compassionate Call to Discipleship Three Key Insights: • The Bible contains the history of mankind from God’s perspective. • Mankind’s story is ultimately about Jesus • Jesus fulfills all that was written about the promised Messiah

  14. A Compassionate Call to Discipleship Psalm 119:18 Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law.

  15. A Compassionate Call to Discipleship 1 John 5:20 We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true--even in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

  16. We are Witnesses… to the necessity of Repentance and the availability of Forgiveness V. 47 A Compassionate Call to Discipleship

  17. A Compassionate Call to Discipleship Acts 3:19 Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord,

  18. A Compassionate Call to Discipleship 2 Corinthians 7:10 Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret…

  19. A Compassionate Call to Discipleship Luke 5:31-32 Jesus answered them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."

  20. A Compassionate Call to Discipleship 2 Timothy 2:25-26 Those who oppose him he must gently instruct, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth, and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.

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