Own It | Week 2
Own It Week 2
Found People, Find People
Key Scripture: Matthew 28:19-20
Big Idea:
As followers of Jesus, our goal is to reach as many people as possible with the good news of Jesus.
Following Jesus should look and sound like Jesus.
-You have heard this statement in both messages so far.
-Does this idea challenge or motivate you?
-What will you continue to do or need to change for this to be true in your life?
If you want to know what Jesus meant by what Jesus said, pay attention to what Jesus did.
Read Luke 19:10
For the Son of Man came to seek and save those who are lost.”
According to this verse, what are the two steps to Jesus’ process in his purpose?
-Jesus was on a mission to search out all who were lost from God.
-His goal was not to fix them or judge them but to return them to a relationship with their heavenly father.
Read Isaiah 53:6a
All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own.
How does the reminder of where we once were in our relationship with God help us to have a healthy perspective of others who are lost from God?
Read Luke 15:3-7
Then Jesus told them this parable:
“Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.’ I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.
Why would the shepherd leave the 99 to go find the one?
-What does this say about how God sees the lost?
-God doesn’t look down on the lost but looks for the lost.
Read Luke 15:8-10
“Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Doesn’t she light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.’ In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
If you lose something of value, does it lose its value?
-What causes people to lose value to us?
-If those who are lost are valuable to God, how should we value them?
Luke 15:11-32 tells the story of a son who takes his inheritance from his dad before his dad is dead. The son then wastes half of his father’s life earnings on partying and hookers. Eventually, a famine hits the land, and the son finds himself broke and takes the only job he can find feeding pigs. It was a big nope for Jewish people because pigs were considered unclean. Finally, the son realizes that if he went back to his dad’s farm and just became a hired hand, he would be better off, so he goes home.
Read Luke 15:20-24
“So he returned home to his father. And while he was still a long way off, his father saw him coming. Filled with love and compassion, he ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him. His son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you, and I am no longer worthy of being called your son. “But his father said to the servants, ‘Quick! Bring the finest robe in the house and put it on him. Get a ring for his finger and sandals for his feet. And kill the calf we have been fattening. We must celebrate with a feast, for this son of mine was dead and has now returned to life. He was lost, but now he is found.’ So the party began.
-What would be your reaction if you were the dad?
-This isn’t about his behavior. It’s about our broken relationship being restored.
Following Jesus should look and sound like Jesus.
Read Matthew 28:19-20
Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations,[a] baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
-What does this verse say to you?
-How can you own it?
Found People, Find People