Fresh Life Church
Levi Lusko and Matt Lamb
A Part of the Process
John 3:1-17
Incremental and not instantaneous
When God touches somebody...there's much more that meets the eyes that happened behind the scenes.
People are in process.
Everyone is in process of God revealing His love for them.
You have a part to play in others process.
God so LOVES the world!
Matt Lamb :
5 Things We Can Learn From These Scriptures :
1. He earned the right to be heard.
God lived in a way that allowed doors to be opened.
John 3:2
2. He was willing to be inconvenienced.
Late one night...that's when Nicodemus visited Jesus.
The powerful moments often happen at the most inopportune times.
We must have the mindset that we are never off-duty.
3. He listed and asked questions.
Jesus listened when necessary and asked questions when needed.
An example of give and take in a relationship.
Give the present of our presence.
People don't care how much you know if they don't know how much you care.
4. He pointed to the cross.
Communicated the gospel clearly and lovingly.
Numbers 1 God sent fiery servants.
The path to the kingdom of God wasn't through a crown, but through the cross.
5. He trusted seeds to do their work.
He wasn't focused on the growing, He was focused on the sowing.
My job is obedience, God's job is the outcome.
John 7:50-51
The interaction lingered long after.
Isaiah 55:11 It is the same with my word. I send it out, and it always produces fruit. It will accomplish all I want it to, and it will prosper everywhere I send it.
When Jesus died on the cross Nicodemus is watching and remembered the conversation he had with Jesus.
John 19:38-42 Joseph of Arimathea in vs 39 says Nicodemus came with Joseph to help him embalm Jesus.
People are not projects, they are people!
Love people!
1 Corinthians 3:6
You being in a cameo role in someone's story...God can use that.
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