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THE MAN, HIS MISSION & MINISTRY (3 OF 24)

by Donald Cantrell

Scripture: Luke 3:1-38


Title: The Man, His Mission & Ministry (3 of 24)
Series: The Gospel of Luke
Author: Donald Cantrell
Text: Luke 3:1-38

I - One's Ministry & Message (1 - 9)

II - One's Audience & Actions (10 - 14)

III - One's Questioning & Quandary (15 - 18)

IV - One's Pointedness & Persecution (19 - 20)

V - One's Baptism & Blessing (21 - 22)

VI - One's Line & Linage (23 - 38)

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He Was Different

He was nicknamed "The Crocodile Hunter", and he was a unique man with a smile as wide as fun itself and Australian to the core. You couldn't help but remember Seve Irwin He and his wife Terri owned and operated Australia Zoo in a little place called Beerwah on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland.

Julie and I visited the zoo with our kids when they were young and watched the crocodiles being fed. It was the most amazing and dangerous show I had ever seen.

Steve was exuberance and enthusiasm itself with a broad Australian accent, khaki shorts, and the catchphrase "Crickey!!!" He was a great communicator who drew you in by his enthusiasm and dangerous abandon. He was a Wildlife Warrior. He died from the barb of a sting ray.

Kevin Costner apparently called him a fearless man who was brave enough to let people see him as he was. (CNN. 2006-09-20). I'd agree with that. While Kevin Costner starred in a movie called Dances With Wolves, Steve Irwin was wrestling with crocodiles in real life.

I'm sure "Wrestles With Crocodiles" is his Indian name or at least needs to be.

His wife Terri, thinks he had faith in God. I didn't ever hear him speak about God but I liked the man. He seemed to be the genuine article. His personality and lifestyle made you pay attention.

In Matthew 3, I see another Steve Irwin kind of man, only more direct and real again because he paid attention to God. All of us have our crocodiles to wrestle and John considered the Pharisees to be reptilian. He pounced ...

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