READY, WILLING, AND ABLE (3 OF 7)
by Jeff Schreve
Scripture: Luke 5:12-16
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Ready, Willing, and Able (3 of 7)
Series: Encountering the Real Jesus
Jeff Schreve
Luke 5:12-16
If you have your Bible, please turn to Luke chapter 5. If not, I encourage you just to follow along on the screens. We want to talk about this subject today: Ready, Willing, and Able.
Years ago I heard a story about a man. He was out in the country. This is long before the time of cell phones. And he's driving out in the country, and he gets a flat. And so he says, ''Oh, crud.'' And so he pulls over on this country road - it's pretty much a deserted country road - and he goes into his trunk to get out the spare tire. And when he does, he notices that he didn't have a jack. And so he said, ''Man, what am I going to do? I need a jack.'' And way off in the distance he sees a farmhouse. There wasn't anything around except this farmhouse way off in the distance. He saw a light. It was starting to get a little bit dark, and so he could see a light burning. And he said, ''Well, I don't have any choice but to walk to that farmhouse and see if they have a jack. That they would loan me a jack, that they would help me.'' And so, as he's walking along, he's thinking to himself. Some negative thoughts start filling his mind. He's thinking, These people aren't going to want to see me. I mean, this is late, and I might scare them. And then he started thinking, Well, they might not even have a jack. I'm just wasting my time to walk over there. And then the thought dawned on him, What if they have a jack and they don't want to let me use it? Well, that's just terrible. And so he's thinking all these thoughts. He gets to their house. He knocks on the front door. And the farmer answers the front door with a smile, and he says, ''Hello, sir, what can I do for you?'' He said, ''Let me tell you something you can do for me. You can take your jack and stick it in your ear.'' Negative thoughts produce negative images. And when it comes to the Lord Jesus Christ, many, many people hav ...
Series: Encountering the Real Jesus
Jeff Schreve
Luke 5:12-16
If you have your Bible, please turn to Luke chapter 5. If not, I encourage you just to follow along on the screens. We want to talk about this subject today: Ready, Willing, and Able.
Years ago I heard a story about a man. He was out in the country. This is long before the time of cell phones. And he's driving out in the country, and he gets a flat. And so he says, ''Oh, crud.'' And so he pulls over on this country road - it's pretty much a deserted country road - and he goes into his trunk to get out the spare tire. And when he does, he notices that he didn't have a jack. And so he said, ''Man, what am I going to do? I need a jack.'' And way off in the distance he sees a farmhouse. There wasn't anything around except this farmhouse way off in the distance. He saw a light. It was starting to get a little bit dark, and so he could see a light burning. And he said, ''Well, I don't have any choice but to walk to that farmhouse and see if they have a jack. That they would loan me a jack, that they would help me.'' And so, as he's walking along, he's thinking to himself. Some negative thoughts start filling his mind. He's thinking, These people aren't going to want to see me. I mean, this is late, and I might scare them. And then he started thinking, Well, they might not even have a jack. I'm just wasting my time to walk over there. And then the thought dawned on him, What if they have a jack and they don't want to let me use it? Well, that's just terrible. And so he's thinking all these thoughts. He gets to their house. He knocks on the front door. And the farmer answers the front door with a smile, and he says, ''Hello, sir, what can I do for you?'' He said, ''Let me tell you something you can do for me. You can take your jack and stick it in your ear.'' Negative thoughts produce negative images. And when it comes to the Lord Jesus Christ, many, many people hav ...
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