The document is a sermon about moving out of one's comfort zone to participate in God's mission. It discusses how Jesus called the twelve disciples and sent them out to preach without provisions, healing people along the way. To follow Jesus requires relinquishing allegiance to any king but God, seeking God's kingdom first, and growing in prayer. The sermon encourages believers to exist for mission rather than comfort by sharing the gospel boldly like the early disciples did.

1. Moving Out
of our
Comfort Zone
~ Luke 9:1-9 ~
image: andres samuel

2. God Gives Us His Words of Eternal Life
Today’s Scripture:
Luke 9:1-9
Found on page 866 in our guest Bibles.

5. Luke 9:1-2
And he called the twelve together
and gave them power and authority
over all demons and to cure diseases,
and he sent them out to proclaim the
kingdom of God and to heal….

6. The kingdom of God!
is simply !
the kind rule of God.

7. “The wolf shall dwell with
the lamb, and the leopard
shall lie down with the
young goat, and the calf
and the lion and the
fattened calf together;
and a little child shall
lead them…The nursing
child shall play over the
hole of the cobra,
~ Isaiah 11:6, 8-9

8. “…and the weaned child
shall put his hand on the
adders’ den. They shall not
hurt or destroy in all my
holy mountain; for the
earth shall be full of the
knowledge of the Lord as
the waters cover the sea.”
~ Isaiah 11:6, 8-9

9. 1st Century Jewish View of Time
This Age
The Age to Come

10. ~ Jesus of Nazareth
in Luke 4:18-19
“The Spirit of the Lord is
upon me, because he has
anointed me to proclaim
good news to the poor. He
sent me to proclaim liberty
to the captives and
recovering of sight to the
blind, to set at liberty those
who are oppressed, to
proclaim the year of the
Lord’s favor.”

11. “
I must preach the
good news of the kingdom…;
for I was sent for this purpose.
~ Jesus of Nazareth
in Luke 4:43

12. Every
miracle
was a
message
about the
Kingdom

13. Luke 9:3-5
And he said to them, “Take nothing
for your journey, no staff, nor bag, nor
bread, nor money; and do not have
two tunics….”

14. Luke 9:3-5
And he said to them, “Take nothing
for your journey, no staff, nor bag, nor
bread, nor money; and do not have
two tunics. And whatever house you
enter, stay there, and from there depart. And wherever they do not receive

15. Luke 9:5
you, when you leave that town, shake
off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them….”

16. Luke 9:6
And they departed and went through
the villages, preaching the gospel
and healing everywhere….

17. Luke 9:7-8
Now Herod the tetrarch heard about
all that was happening, and was perplexed, because it was said by some
that John had been raised from the
dead, by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the

18. Luke 9:8-9
prophets of old had risen. Herod said,
“John I beheaded, but who is this
about whom I hear such things?”
And he sought to see him.

19. “John the Baptist Confronts Herod”
Giovanni Fattori (1825-1908)

20. Important Question
Why does Luke record this
account in his historical
biography of Jesus?

21. Main Idea
To be a follower of Christ is to
move out of our comfort zone
and participate in
the mission of Jesus.

22. image: Will Foster
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Relinquish allegiance to
any other king

23. “
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Give me all of you! I don’t want so much
of your time, so much of your talents
and money, and so much of your work.
I want you. All of you!

24. “
image: Will Foster
Hand it over to me, the whole outfit, all
of your desires, all of your wants and
wishes and dreams. Turn them all over
to me; give yourself to me and I will
make of you a new self — in my image.

25. “
Give me yourself and in exchange I will give
you Myself. My will, shall become your will.
My heart, shall become your heart.
image: Will Foster
~ CS Lewis
Mere Christianity

26. 2 Seek first the Kingdom
image: Addison Berry

27. 1st Century Jewish View of Time
This Age
The Age to Come

28. Jesus Gives Us A New Way Of Seeing History
The Age to Come
This Age
We live in the present overlap.

29. John Williams ~ Sons of the King
Jackson, Mississippi

30. NCC Core Value #3
We exist for mission,
not for comfort.
image: Nicolas Raymond

31. image: fotosiggi
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Grow in desperately
dependent prayer

32. NCC Core Value #4
We believe prayer is
essential for our lives &
ministry, not optional.
image: Nicolas Raymond

34. flickr images courtesy of:
Will Foster: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mazakar/2777932633/
Addison Berry: http://www.flickr.com/photos/add1sun/4993432274/sizes/l/
andres samuel: http://www.flickr.com/photos/andysam/1747297509/
Nicolas Raymond: http://www.flickr.com/photos/80497449@N04/8690880347/
fotosiggi: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sweck/5730932767/
other images:
http://www.impawards.com/2005/chronicles_of_narnia_the_lion_the_witch_and_the_wardrobe_ver3.html
http://ca.movieposter.com/poster/MPW-17040/Chronicles_of_Narnia_The_Lion_The_Witch_and_The_Wardrobe.html
http://www.metrochristianliving.com/2014/columns/salt-light-love-of-the-father-to-the-sons-of-the-king/
http://www.myartprints.com/a/fattori-giovanni/st-john-the-baptist-rebuk.html
other:
Sons of the King: http://www.tpcjackson.org/sok/