Organic Outreach

House Rules - Organic Outreach

Dave Riddle - 11/27/2022

Key Passage: Matthew 9:35-38

Outreach = Sharing and showing the good news of Jesus in everyday life.

He Went

  • Matthew 9:35

    • While he was out and about he was purposeful.

…Teaching

  • Matthew 9:35

    • Teaching = didaskō (Greek: διδάσκω) - teaching with the purpose of transformation.

…Proclaiming the Good News

  • Matthew 9:35

    • kēryssō euaggelion basileia (Greek: κηρύσσω ευαγγελιον βασιλεα) - preaching the good news of the Kingdom.

…Healing

  • Matthew 9:35

    • Jesus understood that people needed healing and he provided it.

He Noticed

  • Matthew 9:36 - “when he saw the crowds...”

    • He didn’t overlook them or look past them. He saw them.

…Jesus Felt

  • Compassion

    • Matthew 9:36

    • splagchnizomai (Greek: σπλαγχνίζομαι) - to be moved as to one's bowels, hence to be moved with compassion, have compassion (for the bowels were thought to be the seat of love and pity)

He Explained

  • Matthew 9:37-38

    • The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few

We Embody

  • Luke 6:40

    • We should do what Jesus did.

    • Our ministry should be incarnational.

We Testify

  • Acts 1:7-8

    • We are being sent out to share and show the good news of Jesus!

  • Ephesians 1:7

    • Good news!