House Rules - Organic Outreach
Dave Riddle - 11/27/2022
Key Passage: Matthew 9:35-38
Outreach = Sharing and showing the good news of Jesus in everyday life.
He Went
Matthew 9:35
While he was out and about he was purposeful.
…Teaching
Matthew 9:35
Teaching = didaskō (Greek: διδάσκω) - teaching with the purpose of transformation.
…Proclaiming the Good News
Matthew 9:35
kēryssō euaggelion basileia (Greek: κηρύσσω ευαγγελιον βασιλεα) - preaching the good news of the Kingdom.
…Healing
Matthew 9:35
Jesus understood that people needed healing and he provided it.
He Noticed
Matthew 9:36 - “when he saw the crowds...”
He didn’t overlook them or look past them. He saw them.
…Jesus Felt
Compassion
Matthew 9:36
splagchnizomai (Greek: σπλαγχνίζομαι) - to be moved as to one's bowels, hence to be moved with compassion, have compassion (for the bowels were thought to be the seat of love and pity)
He Explained
Matthew 9:37-38
The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few
We Embody
Luke 6:40
We should do what Jesus did.
Our ministry should be incarnational.
We Testify
Acts 1:7-8
We are being sent out to share and show the good news of Jesus!
Ephesians 1:7
Good news!