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!

Why Family on Mission?

Why Family on Mission?

6/13/21 - Dave Riddle 

Key passages: 1 Timothy 3:15, Matthew 28:18-20

We use the word family because it’s biblical.

Family = oikos (Greek: οἶκος) - an inhabited house, a physical dwelling place. Also, the inhabitants of a house, all the persons forming one family - a household. 

• 1 Timothy 3:15 - we are the household of God.

• The church is called “brother and sisters” over 20 times in the book of Acts alone!

What is our mission?

• Matthew 28:18-20 - The great commission. Go make disciples…

• Disciple = mathetes (Greek: μαθητής) - pupil/learner/student - a disciple. In the New Testament, a disciple is one who not only learns, but accepts and adverse to the instruction given to them, making it their personal everyday way of living .

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

• Acts 1:8

• “The church exists for nothing else but to draw men into Christ, to make them little Christs. If they are not doing that [everything else is] simply a waste of time. God became man for no other purpose.” CS Lewis

• Luke 6:40

Helping People Follow Jesus Together

1. UP

   • Living in right relationship with the Father.

     • Jesus prioritized his relationship with his Father.

2. IN

   • Living in right relationship with our church family.

     • You can’t walk in obedience with the will of God if you aren’t walking in right relationship with your brothers and sisters.

3. OUT

   • Living on mission to reach the world.

     • We are ambassadors, as if God was making his appeal through us!

They Were Amazed

The Were Amazed

The Gospel of John - Part 21 • 2/14/21

Key passage: John 7:14-24

John 7:14 - Jesus went to the temple and began to teach.

• “teach” = didaskō: teaching for transformation.

Mind-Blowing

• John 7:15 - the people were amazed.

  • “How does he know the Hebrew Bible so well without being trained?”

The Sent One

• John 7:16 - My teaching isn’t mine, but is from the One who sent me.

• John 7:17

  • Jesus’ teaching traces back to God.

Humble, True, and Perfect

• John 7:18 - Sent by God. There is no unrighteousness in him.

  • “Sent” = pempō: dispatched or sent on an errand.

  • “Unrighteousness” = adikia: a deed violating law and justice

Fearless Challenger

• John 7:19 - none of you keeps the law

  • This would have been a shocking statement for people who were obsessed with keeping the law.

    • John 7:20

Miracle-Worker

• John 7:21 - I did one work and you were all amazed.

  • “Amazed” Same word from John 7:15

He came to Fulfill the Law

• John 7:22 - some things override the sabbath.

  • They didn’t understand the purpose of the sabbath

  • Sabbath was created for humanity, humanity wasn’t created to observe the sabbath.

Intro to Koinonia

Romans 12 - Intro to Koinōnia
Dave Riddle - 09/22/19

Key Passage: Romans 12:3-8

koinōnia (Greek: κοινωνία) - fellowship, association, community, intimacy, joint participation (the share which one has in anything), communion. 

Humble, wise self-assessment

• Romans 12:3

• we need to have an accurate assessment of ourselves.

  • See ourselves as God sees us.

A single body; many pieces and roles

• Romans 12:4

• Unity! One body.

Diversity! Many roles.

Deeply connected

• Romans 12:5

• Individually members of one another.
  

Gifted

• Romans 12:6

  • Different than talent

  • Gifts of the spirit

• Speaking gifts

  • didaskō - teaching for transformation.

• Service gifts
  

Grace and Faith are indispensable 

• Romans 12:3

Out (Our World)

A Family on Mission - Out (Our World)

Dave Riddle - 06/30/19

Key Passage: Matthew 9:35-38

A Quick Review

1. One Calling

   • Help people follow Jesus together

2. Two Commandments

   • Love God, Love Others

     • Mark 12:28-31

3. Three Dimensions

   • Up, In, Out

Living on Mission like Jesus

He went.

• Matthew 9:35 - “Jesus continued going...”

  • Teaching

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

  • Gospelling

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

  • Healing

    • 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.

He 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

  • The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few

Our Response

We Embody Jesus

• Luke 6:40

• We want to be like Him.

We Proclaim

• Acts 1:8

• Witnesses for Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit

Two Outcomes

1. Redemption

   • Ephesians 1:7

2. Restoration

   • We can make a difference in a world of chaos.

The most important thing to remember is how desperately God loves you.

• The world is full of individuals that God loves individually.

• Do we see the world through God’s eyes or do we see faceless/nameless masses?