Lesson 3: Impact is about being moved and moving others

1. Moved by the Mission

   1. Mark 1:21-39

   2. From Mark 1:21 through 34 we see a whole day of Jesus

   3. Mark 1:35 is Jesus' start to the next day right after this intense day

   4. Mark 1:38-39 shows Jesus' headstrong attitude

   5. Why did Jesus have such an intense drive?

      1. We see that Jesus was moved by His Mission—to save souls!

      2. The mark of a disciple of Jesus is being moved by His mission also!

2. Moved by Compassion

   1. Mark 1:40-45

      1. How did Jesus have powerful and lasting impact here?

      2. Can you describe Jesus' emotional state?

         1. The word is actually pretty intense, literally meaning "his guts went out"

      3. What does compassion have to do with having lasting impact?

      4. Jesus acted on His emotions for the good of others

   2. Galatians 5:6

      1. faith expressing itself through love

   3. John 13:34-35

      1. By this love they will know that your are my disciples

      2. Are we afraid of being too emotional? Why?

   4. Why did Jesus warn this guy?

3. Moved by Great Faith

   1. The things that moved Jesus...

      1. Jesus saw the faith of the people—plural

      2. He saw their resilient actions

      3. Their faith wasn't shaky

      4. He was also moved by a lack of faith

      5. He was even moved by their thoughts and attitudes

   2. Jesus moved the people...

      1. Speaking with authority

      2. The faith changed the man. Obvious faith changes people.

      3. He met the spiritual needs of the man first.

         1. He could have healed the man physically and then got to the spiritual.

         2. The spiritual need was more important to Jesus.

         3. Do you see people mostly from a spiritual or worldly point of view?

4. Moving Others with His Words

   1. How did Jesus move people?

      1. This was a time where Jesus didn't have to perform a miracle for the crowd to come around Him...It was by the power of His teaching.

      2. We see here that there was no class structure that Jesus was trying to reach.

      3. Jesus didn't show favoritism, which was even more significant in this culture.

   2. Levi was responding in a respectful way, so Jesus was moved by Him. The Pharisees were disrespectful, so Jesus spoke convicting words to them that must of built up the faith of these people

      1. If we try really hard to please everyone, the odds are really good that we will have little to know impact on anyone!

   3. Imagine how Jesus' words must have been felt by these people

      1. He commanded exceedingly more authority

      2. He lifts these people up by saying, "I am here for those like them, not those like you!"

      3. They must of felt very honored at that moment

Conclusion

• From these Scriptures we see the way Jesus was moved and how He moved others

• We cannot have impact if we're not easily moved

  • If we constantly need someone to move us

  • We cannot have impact if we're not moved by God

Select "one-another" passages

Romans 12:10 − Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves.
Romans 15:7 − Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.
Romans 15:14 − I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, complete in
knowledge and competent to instruct one another.
1 Corinthians 1:10 − I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree
with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in
mind and thought.
1 Corinthians 12:25 − so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal
concern for each other.
Galatians 5:13 − You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful
nature; rather, serve one another in love.
Ephesians 4:2 − Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.
Ephesians 4:32 − Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God
forgave you.
Ephesians 5:21 − Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
Colossians 3:16 − Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with
all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
1 Thessalonians 3:12  − May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for  each other  and for
everyone else, just as ours does for you.
1 Thessalonians 4:9 − Now about brotherly love we do not need to write to you, for you yourselves have
been taught by God to love each other.
1 Thessalonians 5:11 − Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are
doing.
1 Thessalonians 5:15 − Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always try to be kind to
each other and to everyone else.
2 Thessalonians 1:3 − We ought always to thank God for you, brothers, and rightly so, because your faith
is growing more and more, and the love every one of you has for each other is increasing.
Hebrews 3:13 − But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may
be hardened by sin's deceitfulness.
Hebrews 10:24 − And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds.
Hebrews 10:25  − Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us
encourage one another--and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
James 4:11 − Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him
speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in
judgment on it.
James 5:16  − Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for  each other  so that you may be
healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.
1 Peter 3:8 − Finally, all of you, live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers, be
compassionate and humble.
1 Peter 4:8 − Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
1 Peter 4:9 − Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling.
1 Peter 5:5  − Young men, in the same way be submissive to those who are older. All of you, clothe
yourselves with humility toward one another, because, "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the
humble."
1 John 3:23 − And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one
another as he commanded us.
1 John 4:7 − Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has
been born of God and knows God.
 

Passover Lesson

Resource: Oakes, John. From Shadow to Reality. Illuminations Publishers International. 2005

• Passover is the second most important festival to the Jews—after Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.

  • During this time of year, this meal is celebrated by Jews throughout the world

  • I will show you how every single detail has incredible significance for the New Covenant—salvation by the blood of Jesus!

  • We will see that God intended this grace long ago, for everyone, not just for the Jews to remember the passover happening in Egypt.

Background to the Passover--

• Summarizing God's deliverance from the Egyptians in Exodus: The Israelites were crying out to God because of the harsh treatment and bondage in Egypt. God speaks to Pharaoh through Moses, saying "Let my people go."

• Ten times Pharaoh agreed and then changed his mind, so God brought unnatural disasters (plagues).

• The 10^th and final is killing of the first born—God provides a way for the Israelites to avoid the plague.

  4 So Moses said, "This is what the LORD says: 'About midnight I will go throughout Egypt 5 and every firstborn [male] in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne to the firstborn of the servant girl who is behind the millstones, as well as every firstborn of the livestock. -- Exodus 11:4-5 HCSB

  • Slaughter a lamb without defect

  • Put blood on the whole wooden door frame

  • Do not break any of the lamb's bones (Exodus 12:11)

The Parts of the Meal--

 1 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt: 2 "This month is to be the beginning of months for you; it is the first month of your year. 3 Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month they must each select an animal of the flock according to [their] fathers' households, one animal per household. 4 If the household is too small for a [whole] animal, that person and the neighbor nearest his house are to select one based on the combined number of people; you should apportion the animal according to what each person will eat. 5 You must have an unblemished animal, a year-old male; you may take it from either the sheep or the goats. 6 You are to keep it until the fourteenth day of this month; then the whole assembly of the community of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight. 7 They must take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat them. 8 They are to eat the meat that night; they should eat it, roasted over the fire along with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. 9 Do not eat any of it raw or cooked in boiling water, but only roasted over fire—its head as well as its legs and inner organs. 10 Do not let any of it remain until morning; you must burn up any part of it that does remain until morning. 11 Here is how you must eat it: dressed for travel, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. You are to eat it in a hurry; it is the LORD's Passover. -- Exodus 12:1-11 HCSB

• Eat roasted lamb

• Eat unleavened bread and bitter herbs

• Eat in haste

Order of the Passover--

1. The Jews start Passover with a ritual cleansing of all the yeast from their houses

2. The family gathers for the meal, assembling each part:

   1. Lamb

   2. Unleavened bread

   3. Bitter herbs

3. The Patriarch of the family will read sections of Exodus

4. A young boy will ask the four questions

   1. Exodus 13:14—what does this mean?

      1. Read the rest of vs.14 through 16

   2. Why is this night different from all other nights?

      1. It is a special night of worshiping God for the way He brought deliverance

   3. Why on this night do we only eat unleavened bread?

      1. The unleavened bread is to remember the haste in the escape from slavery

   4. Why eat bitter herbs?

      1. Remember the bitterness of slavery under Pharaoh

5. The bread is in three pieces, and one of the pieces is put away

Significance for us in the New Covenant--

1 The Festival of Unleavened Bread, which is called Passover, was drawing near. 2 The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to put Him to death, because they were afraid of the people.

3 Then Satan entered Judas, called Iscariot, who was numbered among the Twelve. 4 He went away and discussed with the chief priests and temple police how he could hand Him over to them. 5 They were glad and agreed to give him silver. 6 So he accepted [the offer] and started looking for a good opportunity to betray Him to them when the crowd was not present.

7 Then the Day of Unleavened Bread came when the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed. 8 Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the Passover meal for us, so we can eat it."

9 "Where do You want us to prepare it?" they asked Him.

10 "Listen," He said to them, "when you've entered the city, a man carrying a water jug will meet you. Follow him into the house he enters. 11 Tell the owner of the house, 'The Teacher asks you, "Where is the guest room where I can eat the Passover with My disciples?" ' 12 Then he will show you a large, furnished room upstairs. Make the preparations there."

13 So they went and found it just as He had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

14 When the hour came, He reclined at the table, and the apostles with Him. 15 Then He said to them, "I have fervently desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. 16 For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God." 17 Then He took a cup, and after giving thanks, He said, "Take this and share it among yourselves. 18 For I tell you, from now on I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes." -- Luke 22:1-18 HCSB

1. "The essence of the Passover is that of the Lord's Supper. It is all about remembering where we have come from, the bitterness of our enslavement (to sin), and the price of our deliverance by the blood of the Lamb" (Philip Lester quote in Shadow to Reality, by John Oakes).

2. "Because of the blood of the Passover lamb, God "passed over" the houses of the Jews. Because of the blood of the Lamb of God, "slain from the creation of the world," God will pass over the sin in our own personal house—our lives" (Shadow p.174).

3. Explain the correlation between the wooden door frame and the wooden cross beam

4. "Do not break any of the bones" (Exodus 12:46) & Psalm 22:17 messianic prophecy

   1. This command would seem obscure to the Jews but has fulfillment with Jesus

   2. The soldiers did not break His legs, but did the other two (John 19:31-32)

5. Unleavened bread—the Jews had to leave too quick to put leaven in their bread.

   1. Leaven in the Old and New Testament represents sin.

      1. Luke 9:62 shows that Jesus expected us to immediately leave our life of sin and not look back.

   2. As stated before, the Jews searched the house before passover, in order to make sure there was no leaven.

      1. Similarly for us, God expects us to search our hearts before we partake in the communion with our Lord.
         
         

A man ought to examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup. -- 1Corinthians 11:28 NIV

6Your boasting is not good. Don't you know that a little yeast works through the whole batch of dough? 7Get rid of the old yeast that you may be a new batch without yeast—as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. 8Therefore let us keep the Festival, not with the old yeast, the yeast of malice and wickedness, but with bread without yeast, the bread of sincerity and truth. -- 1Corinthians 5:6-8 NIV

1. Two things – 1.getting rid of the sin, and 2. being without sin

   1. The blood of the Lamb, Jesus Christ, causes God to passover our sins

   2. However, this makes us urgent to deal with our sin that we confront in our hearts

1. Bitter Herbs—the Jews were to remember the awful, bitter slavery in Egypt.

   1. Maybe you think this was easy for them to remember how awful it was, especially when compared to the great freedom God gave them?

   2. However, they're longing to go back there a relatively short time later (Numbers 20).

   3. What a great lesson for us to always remember the bitter slavery of bondage to sin.

2. They also had three loaves of bread and four cups of wine

   1. The third loaf is broken into pieces and hidden around the house. Once we find the pieces, we share them together.

   2. The third cup of wine is traditionally known as the cup of redemption.

      1. They drink it right after the meal.

      2. It is the cup Jesus took and said: "This is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you" (Luke 22:20).

New Testament Fasting Scripture

Matthew 4:2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.

Matthew 6:16-18  16 "When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. 17 But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, 18 so that it will not be obvious to men that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

Matthew 9:14-17 (Compare with Mark 2:18ff and Luke 5:33ff) 14Then John's disciples came and asked him, "How is it that we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?"

 15Jesus answered, "How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them? The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.

 16"No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull away from the garment, making the tear worse. 17Neither do men pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved."

Luke 2  36There was also a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old; she had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage, 37and then was a widow until she was eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying. 38Coming up to them at that very moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the child to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem.

Acts 13:1-3  1In the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch) and Saul. 2While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them." 3So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off.

Acts 14 22strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith. "We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God," they said. 23Paul and Barnabas appointed elders^[a] for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting, committed them to the Lord, in whom they had put their trust. 24After going through Pisidia, they came into Pamphylia,

Second Lesson: How You Begin to Impact

Mark 1:12-28

Introduction--

• I want this time to spur on your personal bible study—hopefully you've already received some insights that have helped you!

• Last week we began our study of Mark by looking at 3 ways Jesus was introduced

• This week we're going to look at How Jesus Began His Life of Impact

  • Note: We're going to be in Mark 1 for a couple more lessons because I want you to see studying contextually with a reasonable amount of depth and breadth. We're going to increase the amount of verses we look at as we go forward.

1. To have eternal impact, Jesus was first prepared (vss12-13)

   1. Lets take a quick stab, why did Jesus go through these trials?

   2. Look ahead to the next couple of verses: it was right before His ministry began.

   3. Also read a parallel passage to show the bigger picture: Hebrews 2:14-18

      1. 14 Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil— 15 and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death. 16 For surely it is not angels he helps, but Abraham's descendants. 17 For this reason he had to be made like his brothers in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people. 18 Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.

      2. God saw it necessary that Jesus first suffer 40 days of extreme trial—like going to boot camp before the war

      3. Here we see the process God has for developing His leaders, starting with the top leader—Jesus, the One we do all things through!

   4. So, what is the benefit of going through trials and temptations?

      1. Jesus went through intense and focused self-denial.

      2. We can't overcome anything till we overcome ourselves.

      3. Jesus first overcame self in order that He could overcome the world!

   5. How many of us rejoice when we go through trials?

   6. But that is exactly what God calls us to do: James 1:2-4

   7. We should rejoice in preparation, but why don't we?

   8. Illustration: How much sense would it make for an athlete to make a significant contribution to the team without practicing with the team? Similarly, or how useful would a soldier be to his commanding officer if he never went through boot camp? Wouldn't you be insecure about visiting a doctor who never went through a rigorous and reputable training institution?

      1. With these kinds of things we understand the need for preparation for a person to have impact in those areas.

      2. Why then do we set off to accomplish great feats without the training it takes to prepare?

   9. If Jesus needed to prepare for His great feats through intense focus and self-denial, can we expect to reach our goals without preparation?

   10. I know the temptation to think highly of ourselves, but we got to think sober—we may think we're standing strong (I'm proud of you who have gone after your physical and academic training), but are you taking seriously your spiritual training.

   11. Juma Ikanga, a long-distance runner whose weekly regimen includes 140 miles of high-altitude training: "The will to win is nothing without the will to prepare."

   12. Jesus went through this intense trial, and as we'll see, it developed a tough attitude in Him toward the spiritual battle

       1. The spiritual war is waging, and all of us must get a tougher attitude—so we too might need to fast a pray.

2. The person of impact has a message of good news (vss14-15)

   1. Is there any greater message than the one Jesus brought?

   2. Here is the good news of Jesus' message: "The opportunity of entering God's kingdom is laid before you...change your minds and believe this good news!"

   3. What an attractive message that an intimate relationship with God is within everyone's reach!

   4. What if Jesus came saying, "Now listen to me! None of you are going to heaven because of your sins. The kingdom of God is close, but none of you are in it yet because of the sin in your life!"

   5. Instead Jesus speaks what was clearly on the positive side, an opportunity

   6. Although He is upfront that it will come at a cost—what two things are needed from us?

      1. Repentance—literally to change one's mind ("be transformed in the renewing of your minds" -- Romans 12:3)

      2. Belief—holding on to the unseen promises with actions of obedience (James 2)

   7. From what He says, and how He said it, what do you think are Jesus' expectations?

      1. Jesus expected people to would respond positively and immediately!

   8. God wants us to inspire people to follow Him the same way Jesus did.

      1. Not forcefully jamming the message down people's throats—being forcefully insensitive!

      2. But being forcefully urgent is good—people are inspired to take the first step because they see the way we're going after God. How can we inspire people to be urgent if we ourselves are not urgent?

         1. I don't think God wants any one of us feeling overburdened or else He wouldn't of said "cast all your anxieties on me...My burden is easy and My Yoke is light" (Matthew 10:28-30).

         2. Here we do see Jesus' urgency—I don't gather that Jesus was so laid back about people being saved.

            • He knew "life was like a mist" and "seek God while you have the chance" because the truth is that it may be their last chance or only opportunity!

3. However, we must also be like Jesus and give people an attainable vision, where they see His kingdom within reach.

   1. So many people feel too guilty and weighed down to see God's good news—they don't see anything good about themselves and so it is hard to believe the gospel.

      • We need to help those kinds of people—like we see Jesus does—becoming weak to the weak!

   2. Others just don't have direction—not knowing the steps to take in order to have the relationship with God that He desires.

      • Also like Jesus, we need to show it with our lives and with God's word!

6. The Call to Impact (vs.16-18)

   1. Jesus began His ministry by calling men to have an impact on the world!

      1. How is that significant?

         1. He could have initially invited them to grace, love, forgiveness, salvation, the excitement of watching miracles—because He would provide all these things eventually

         2. Instead He chose to emphasize "being made fishers of men!"

            • You catch fish for money and food, now you will catch souls for God!

      2. Just to note: we know from the overall gospel that Jesus began His ministry on the same note He would leave His ministry (Matthew 28:18-20; Mark 16:15-19), calling those who follow Him to have a life of impact

      3. As we'll see in the study of Mark...the beginning, end, and all throughout Jesus ministry, He was concerned with raising people up to carry on this ministry of impact, which is bringing people into the Lordship of Jesus!

   2. Jesus began His ministry by calling men "to follow" Him

      1. What's significant about Jesus' words, "Come, follow Me?"

         1. It was a call of imitation

         2. Imitating His life-style

      2. Similarly, as disciples of Jesus, we can't back off calling people to follow our life-style!

         1. 1Corinthians 11:1 "Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ.

            • because people need to see Jesus being imitated

            • seeing Jesus being imitated and coming into that relationship of imitation

         2. It is the challenge to all that call themselves disciples of Jesus to become what we can call people to become—we have God's grace to meet this challenge, and because of that we can't shrink from that challenge!

         3. To make a difference in this world, you must first decide to be different—Jesus is nothing like this world!

      3. Something we can miss, Jesus calls them to be "fishers of men," but do you see how Jesus is fishing/trolling for men by doing it?

   3. Jesus called them to a mutual commitment

      1. What is significant about Jesus' statement "I will make you?"

      2. If they would indeed commit themselves to follow Him, He committed Himself to their ultimate success.

      3. Jesus had that when He physically walked the earth and He has that spiritually with all of us today as His disciples

         1. Mutual commitment is what Jesus wants with us in our personal relationship with Him

      4. It is also the kind of relationships we need to have with one another

   4. Jesus called men of character

      1. What do you notice about their response?

         1. They must have had a tremendous level of respect and humility toward Jesus to follow Him like the did

      2. But it was Jesus who knew who to call—He knew what was in a man!

         1. John 1:35-51 shows the little time Jesus spent with them before this official "calling"

         2. We're not divine like this, but it is true that we can become more spiritually perceptive:

            • Hebrews 4:12-13 show how God's word deals with people's hearts

            • It is valuable to be able to recognize the person who has a great attitude and teachable spirit

            • If we're dealing with the sin of our hearts, we're going to be able to see more clearly into other people's hearts

      3. Jesus called by relating to them

         1. Jesus capitalized on their desire to do something great

         2. Can you imagine that they were a little curious about what it meant to be "fishers of men?"

         3. Also, with His statement, "fishers of men," Jesus spoke in familiar language to them

         4. He also showed them He cared about their interest

         5. Impact begins with individuals

            • People will do awesome things when they feel special—we need to have people we're investing in

            • We might think it would be the most effective use of time to preach powerfully to the masses, but Jesus emphasized changing the world one person at a time

         6. Since Jesus believed individual change is how we change the world, we too must also believe in the importance of individuals

7. (To have Impact) Jesus Called Men to Rise to The Challenge

   1. John 2 shows these guys already spent considerable time with Jesus, even seeing Him perform a miracle

   2. We can estimate the amount of time it took from when they first met Jesus until they came to an "immediate" heart to follow Him

      1. They already traveled with Jesus to Cana and Jerusalem, then they went back to fishing

         Jesus showed then His greatness and His interest in them

      2. Acts 4:13 it is good to read this verse at this point to imagine how much Jesus must of believed in these ordinary guys.

         1. We actually have one up on them because we're blessed to have an education!

         2. These guys had sin and character issues just like we do, yet went on to have an impact that reaches us today!

         3. That says more about Jesus' vision for them than anything!

   3. Along with this, what does Jesus calling them "without delay" say about Jesus?

8. Jesus Took Action (vs.21)

   1. He was a man of initiative—He was proactive—not failing to take action

      1. We need to take initiative to have any kind of spiritual impact on our lost world

      2. It is one thing to have great dreams—awesome prayer requests to God—and another to act on it with faith. God want us to have faithful prayers and to faithfully take action.\

      3. How does it look if we...

         1. Have the prayer to meet someone who gets baptized, and not share with even 2 new people a week?

         2. Pray to be closer to the brothers and sister in the ministry, but you spend little time with them outside of church services?

         3. You pray to have a great walk with God, yet you're praying and reading the Bible daily (listening to Him and talking with Him)?

      4. Jesus took action and so should we!

9. Jesus: Authoritative not Authoritarian (vs.22-28)

   1. Jesus lets people decide for themselves, but He definitely let them know what they would have to do in order to follow Him

      1. Plus, He let them know the consequences if they chose not to follow Him

      2. John 14:6 "No one comes to the Father except through Me."

   2. How much authority do we have?

      1. Matthew 28:18-20, if we're living with His mission, we have all His authority to carry it out!

      2. What makes us bashful about speaking with authority?

      3. We cannot let the misuse of authority in the past cause us to be shy about acting properly with it—Jesus didn't and people were inspired!

Conclusion-

1. Looking at the life of Jesus, we learned how to begin to lives of impact:

   1. We must develop character through trials

   2. We must carry the message of good news about salvation in Christ – important to be able to teach it to others

   3. We must inspire people with the vision God has for them

      1. It is a call of Impact

   4. We must take action

   5. We must have confidence in God, speaking His word with authority