GROWING IN OUR WITNESS (4 OF 5)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:1-8
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Sermon: Growing In Our Witness (4 of 5)
Series: Growing As A Church
Author: Jeff Strite
Text: 2 Timothy 2:1-8
For years they say there was a Divinity School that would invite people to pack a sack lunch and join them on a grassy picnic area where they'd have a prominent theologian give a lecture about God. One year they invited a liberal scholar to come speak and he spoke for 2 1/2 hours telling the audience that the resurrection of Jesus was false. He quoted scholar after scholar and book after book, and he concluded that there was no such thing as the physical, historical resurrection. Then the speaker asked if there were any questions.
After about 30 seconds, an old white-haired, black preacher who stood up and said: "I got a question", and he reached into his lunch sack - pulled out an apple (and he took a bite of the apple). "My question is a simple one." (He took another bite) "Now, I ain't never read them books you read..." (another bite) and I can't recite the Scriptures in the original Greek" (and then he took another bite) "I don't know nothin' about Niebuhr and Heidegger" (and he took another bite... and dropped the apple back into his sack). "All I wanna know is this: This apple I just ate - was it bitter or was it sweet?" The speaker paused for a moment: "I cannot possibly answer that question, for I haven't tasted your apple."
The old preacher smiled and said: "Neither have you tasted my Jesus."
This morning we're going to talk about importance of telling people how our Jesus tastes. In Matthew 28... we are told about some of the last instructions Jesus gave His disciples: "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age." Matthew 28:18-20
In other words: Go Tell People How Your Jesus Ta ...
Series: Growing As A Church
Author: Jeff Strite
Text: 2 Timothy 2:1-8
For years they say there was a Divinity School that would invite people to pack a sack lunch and join them on a grassy picnic area where they'd have a prominent theologian give a lecture about God. One year they invited a liberal scholar to come speak and he spoke for 2 1/2 hours telling the audience that the resurrection of Jesus was false. He quoted scholar after scholar and book after book, and he concluded that there was no such thing as the physical, historical resurrection. Then the speaker asked if there were any questions.
After about 30 seconds, an old white-haired, black preacher who stood up and said: "I got a question", and he reached into his lunch sack - pulled out an apple (and he took a bite of the apple). "My question is a simple one." (He took another bite) "Now, I ain't never read them books you read..." (another bite) and I can't recite the Scriptures in the original Greek" (and then he took another bite) "I don't know nothin' about Niebuhr and Heidegger" (and he took another bite... and dropped the apple back into his sack). "All I wanna know is this: This apple I just ate - was it bitter or was it sweet?" The speaker paused for a moment: "I cannot possibly answer that question, for I haven't tasted your apple."
The old preacher smiled and said: "Neither have you tasted my Jesus."
This morning we're going to talk about importance of telling people how our Jesus tastes. In Matthew 28... we are told about some of the last instructions Jesus gave His disciples: "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age." Matthew 28:18-20
In other words: Go Tell People How Your Jesus Ta ...
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