Huts of Refuge

A Life-Changing Force
Huts of Refuge

I. Introduction

A. Jesus said, “I want you to and what you’ve been watching Me go and do!”

B. Matthew 28:18-20 (NAS) ¹⁸“All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. ¹⁹Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, ²⁰teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

1. If you’re a follower of Jesus, this is mission!

2. A group of volunteers went into the lifesaving business. They banded together, and formed what they called, “ .”

3. They called those shelters, “Huts of .”

4. “You have to go , but you don’t have to come back.”

5. People inside the church just get .

6. We forget that there are a lot of people out there who are very from God!

7. A yacht club exists for the sake of the people who are already part of the club! But a lifesaving society exists for people who are part of the club.

C. The Church was the very first organization in human history that was created for the benefit of –!

II. “Transforming Ordinary People into Extraordinary Followers of Christ”

A. We want everybody to be in a relationship with Jesus Christ!

1. The most glorious thing about the Church is —redeemed humanity!

2. are the Church’s greatest resource and the Church’s biggest problem!

3. Matthew 28:20a (NAS) “Teaching them to observe all that I commanded you.”

4. Where are you at as far as being in a relationship with Jesus Christ?

5. Maybe there’s a for you regarding this!

III. How Do We Become “Extraordinary Followers of Christ”?

A. By learning to live with some other people.

1. He was called Simon the .

2. The community of Jesus is the place where the person you want to be present, is present!

3. Our world is starving for a church where people love other people who are from them!

4. There is no believing in Jesus without to His Body!

B. By giving yourself in some kind of service to others.

1. “We’re going to start a society in the City of Phoenix.”

IV. Conclusion