Prepared to See God Work | FOR 2025
Luke 3:1-14
Why does OUR church do this?
Why should EVERY church do this?
Everybody in America thinks something when they hear the word, CHURCH.
God’s extravagant generosity towards US, compels us to be extravagantly generous towards OTHERS.
“A new COMMAND I give you: I want you to LOVE one another, as I have loved you. By this EVERYONE will KNOW you are my disciples, if you love one another.” – John 13:34-35
Love people, whether or not they LIKE us, and especially if they are NOTHING like us.
No strings attached generosity was not only a defining part of Jesus’ MINISTRY, it was also part of Jesus’ ENTRANCE into our world
Luke 3:1-14 (pg. 1,593)
v.2: “The word of God came to John, son of Zechariah, in the wilderness. He went into all the country around the Jordan preaching a baptism of REPENTANCE for the FORGIVENESS of sin.”
v.4: “A voice of one calling out in the wilderness, PREPARE the way of the Lord, make straight paths for Him.”
v.8: “PRODUCE fruit in keeping with REPENTANCE, and do not begin to say to yourself, We have ABRAHAM as our FATHER.”
v.9: “The axe is already at the root of the tree, and every tree that does NOT produce GOOD FRUIT will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”
v.10: “What should we DO then? The crowd asked.”
v.11: “John answered, Anyone with TWO SHIRTS should share with the one who has NONE. And the one who has FOOD should do the SAME.”
What you DO maters. Because what you do is a REFLECTION of what’s in your HEART.
PROVIDE for those who need provision. PROTECT those who need protection.
At the center of the Gospel is the fact, that God not only BELIEVED something. He DID something.