RESCUE Luke 9:61-62

61 And another also said, Lord, I will follow you; but let me first go and bid them farewell, who are at my house. 62 But Jesus said to him, No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

RESCUE Luke 9:61-62

I. Everybody needs to be in His Lifeboat

Will we turn our lifeboats around and take a risk or will we just keep on rowing?

II. Turning is a hard thing to do

Luke 9:61a 61 And another also said, Lord, I will follow you;

Luke 9:62 62 But Jesus said to him, No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

II. Turning is a hard thing to do He was not prepared He had something else he had to do

II. Turning is a hard thing to do He was not prepared He had something else he had to do He could not deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Him. - Luke 9:23

III. Focus on rescuing ONE

Forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forward to those things which are ahead. Phil 3:13

III. Focus on rescuing ONE Forgetting those things that are behind and reaching forth unto those things which are before. Phil 3:13 Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life. Acts 5:20

III. Focus on rescuing ONE Forgetting those things that are behind and reaching for what is ahead. Phil 3:13 Go, stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this life. Acts 5:20 “The Field is the world” - Matt 13 “Every Creature” - Mark 16 “Every Nation” - Luke 24

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