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SCRIPTURE READING: JOHN 10:11-15
…WOMAN, BEHOLD THY SON! JOHN
19:26
DISCIPLES’ FOCUS: MISSION INSTEAD OF IDENTITY
MISSION—WHAT YOU DO
IDENTITY—WHO YOU ARE
ADVENTISM—MISSION
CHRISTIANITY—IDENTITY
ISAIAH 4:1
And in that day seven women shall take hold of one
man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear
our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name,
to take away our reproach.
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SERVICE
GIVING
WAY OF LIFE
DUTY
TRUST
CONSTITUTION
VALUES
HONOR
COURAGE
COMMITMENT
BOOT CAMP
DANGERS
TOOLS
FIRST AID
SURVIVAL SKILLS
CUSTOMS-TRADITIONS-HISTORY
DO’S & DON’TS
A RIFLE
HELMET
JACKET
PACK
CRUCIBLE: WHAT IS IT…?
EPHESIANS 6:12
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but
against principalities, against powers, against the
rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual
wickedness in high [places].
MATTHEW 18:20
HEBREWS 10:25
WEBSTER’S DEFINITION
MERCENARIES MISSIONARIES
HIRED SERVE
SATAN JESUS
COUNTERFEIT GENUINE
HATE LOVE
COMPARISONS: MERCENARIES &
MISSIONARIES
MOVEMENT
DISCIPLES
WAR
BASIC TRAINING
HONOR—COURAGE—COMMITMENT
EXPERIENCE DEFECTIONS
WHY IS THERE DEFECTION?
MATTHEW 13:20, 21
MARK 15:1
LUKE 4:25-29
JOHN 6:54-56, 60, 64-66, 69, 70
FOUR REASONS
TRIVIAL MISUNDERSTANDINGS & MISGIVINGS
SELFISHNESS
DENIAL: JESUS—SON OF GOD
WORD-ROOT: OFFENSE
JESUS’ DISCIPLES—MISSION
LIFE
FORTUNE
HONOR
Until…
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MATTHEW 2:1, 2 Now when Jesus was born in
Bethlehem of Judaea…behold, there came wise men
from the east to Jerusalem, Saying, Where is he that is
born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the
east, and are come to worship him.
LATEST LASER
HEBREWS 4:12 For the word of God [is] quick, and
powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword,
piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit,
and of the joints and marrow, and [is] a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart.
AIRFORCE PILOTS
ISAIAH 5:26, 28
And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and
will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and,
behold, they shall come with speed swiftly: …Whose
arrows [are] sharp, and all their bows bent,…, and their
wheels like a whirlwind.
LATEST RADAR
REVELATION 7:2, 3
And I saw another angel ascending from the east,
having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a
loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to
hurt the earth and the sea,…till we have sealed the
servants of our God in their foreheads.
RESERVISTS
ROMANS 11:4
…I have reserved to myself seven thousand
men, who have not bowed the knee to [the
image of] Baal.
NATIONAL GUARD
PSALMS 34:7
The angel of the LORD encampeth round about
them that fear him, and delivereth them.
COAST GUARD
MARK 7:24, 31
And from thence he arose, and went into the
borders of Tyre and Sidon, …And again,
departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he
came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst
of the coasts of Decapolis.
NAVY & SUBMARINE
NUMBERS 24:24
And ships [shall come] from the coast of
Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict
Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.
JONAH 2: 1
Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out
of the fish's belly...
SONAR
JONAH 1:17 Now the LORD had prepared a great
fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in
the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
PSALMS 91:2
I will say of the LORD, [He is] my refuge
and my fortress: my God; in him will I
trust.
RIGHTEOUSNESS NOT REBELLION
PSALMS 23:3
He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the
paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
1 SAMUEL 15:23
For rebellion [is as] the sin of witchcraft, and
stubbornness [is as] iniquity and idolatry….
DISCIPLES—DANGER
2 CORINTHIANS 4:8-12
troubled…
perplexed…
Persecuted…
cast down…
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our thinking than worshipping God, is idolatry. The spirit of
competition makes self the centre of thought and action rather than
God.
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DISCIPLES: TOP THREE VALUES
HONOR
MALACHI 1:6
A son honoureth [his] father, and a servant his
master: if then I [be] a father, where [is] mine
honour?
COURAGE
PSALMS 31:24
Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen
your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.
COMMITMENT
PSALMS 37:5 Commit thy way unto the LORD;
trust also in him; and he shall bring [it] to
pass.
DISCIPLES: FULL COMBAT GEAR
EPHESIANS 6:13
Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of
God, that ye may be able to withstand in the
evil day, and having done all, to stand.
DISCIPLES: BASIC TRAINING
MATTHEW 28:20
Teaching them to observe all things
whatsoever I have commanded you: and,
lo, I am with you alway, [even] unto the end of
the world. Amen.
COMMANDER’S ORDERS: MATTHEW 28
COMMAND: “GOD”
POWER: HOLY SPIRIT
PROMISE: AND LO, I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS
MESSAGE: TEACH-PREACH-BAPTIZE
MAP: WORLD
MANUAL: Basic Instructions Before Leaving
Earth
PAROLE:
1. BELIEVE & BAPTIZE—SAVE
2. BELIEVE NOT—LOST
DISAPPOINTMENTS
LUKE 24:21
But we trusted that it had been he which should
have redeemed Israel:…
ON-THE-JOB-TRAINING
HIS METHODS—SUCCESSFUL
STORY—GRANDMA
HEAD KNOWLEDGE
HEART EXPERIENCE
HANDS—ON
SOME THINGS ARE INEVITABLE:
MERCENARIES AMONGST
MISSIONARIES
EZEKIEL 8:16
And he brought me into the inner court of the
LORD'S house, and, behold, at the door of the
temple of the LORD, between the porch and
the altar, [were] about five and twenty men,
with their backs toward the temple of the LORD,
and their faces toward the east; and they
worshipped the sun toward the east.
“HYPOCRITES NEVER INTEND TO BE
WHAT THEY PRETEND TO BE.”
PHILIPPIANS 1:18
What then? notwithstanding, every way,
whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is
preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will
rejoice.
JESUS: SAVIOR OR CHARLATAN
WORSHIP
OBEY
TRUST
ADORE
PAUL:
RELATIONSHIP NOT A RESUME
PETER:
IMMORTAL NOT IMMORAL
JOHN:
MEEKER NOT MEANER
BETTER NOT BITTER
STEPHEN:
IF GOD.....ENEMIES...?
JUDAS:
SALVATION OR SUICIDE
JUDAS: PROFESS—POSSESS
2 TIMOTHY 4:7
I have fought a good fight, I have finished [my]
course, I have kept the faith:
SUCCESS—STRUGGLE
GOLD...
SUCKLING BABES...
GRAPE JUICE...
WRINKLES...
WISDOM...
WHEAT....
MAN...
SO WHAT’S THE MESSAGE...?
JACOB’S HIP
DISCIPLES’ NAMES—GUINNESS
BOOK OF RECORDS
HUNGRY
THIRSTY
STRANGER
NAKED
PRISONER
Judas became a representative of the
enemy of Christ. {DA 295.3}