R A D I C A L

Matthew 27:2222 Pilate asked them, "What should I do then with Jesus,

who is called Messiah?" They all answered,

"Crucify Him!"

The Crowd or the Christ

Two Questions:

Will I believe Jesus?

Will I Obey Jesus?

The Crowd or the Christ1) What the Crowd Declares to be OPTIONAL

Jesus Declares to be ESSENTIAL.

a) Saved

Leviticus 20:23

23 You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you, for they did all these things, and I abhorred them.

Psalms 5:4-64 For You are not a God who delights in

wickedness; evil cannot lodge with You. 5 The boastful cannot stand in Your presence;

You hate all evildoers. 6 You destroy those who tell lies;

the LORD abhors a man of bloodshed and treachery.

Proverbs 6:16-19 16 Six things the LORD hates;

in fact, seven are detestable to Him: 17 arrogant eyes, a lying tongue,

hands that shed innocent blood, 18 a heart that plots wicked schemes,

feet eager to run to evil, 19 a lying witness who gives false testimony,

and one who stirs up trouble among brothers.

Hosea 9:1515 All their evil appears at Gilgal,

for there I came to hate them. I will drive them from My house because of their evil, wicked actions. I will no longer love them; all their leaders are rebellious.

Matthew 7:2323 Then I will announce to them, 'I

never knew you! Depart from Me, you lawbreakers! '

Matthew 25:4141 Then He will also say to those on the left,

'Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the Devil and his angels!

The Crowd or the Christ1) What the Crowd Declares to be OPTIONAL

Jesus Declares to be ESSENTIAL.

a) Savedb) Sowing

Galatians 6:7-87 Don't be deceived: God is not mocked. For

whatever a man sows he will also reap, 8 because the one who sows to his flesh will

reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.

The Crowd or the Christ1) What the Crowd Declares to be OPTIONAL

Jesus Declares to be ESSENTIAL.

a) Savedb) Sowingc) Service

Romans 1:99 For God, whom I serve with my spirit

in [telling] the good news about His Son, is my witness that I constantly mention you,

Colossians 3:2424 knowing that you will receive the

reward of an inheritance from the Lord—you serve the Lord Christ.

1 Thessalonians 1:9

9 For they themselves report about us what kind of reception we had from you: how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,

The Crowd or the Christ1) What the Crowd Declares to be OPTIONAL

Jesus Declares to be ESSENTIAL.

a) Savedb) Sowingc) Service

1) What the Crowd Declares to be OPTIONAL Jesus Declares to be ESSENTIAL.

2) What the Crowd Declares to be NORMAL Jesus Declares to be UNACCEPTABLE.

The Crowd or the Christ

Vance Havner

“The church is so subnormal that if it ever got back to the New Testament normal it would seem to people to be abnormal.”

1) What the Crowd Declares to be OPTIONAL Jesus Declares to be ESSENTIAL.

2) What the Crowd Declares to be NORMAL Jesus Declares to be UNACCEPTABLE.

The Crowd or the Christ

a) Compartmentalization

b) Complacencyc) Carnality

1) What the Crowd Declares to be OPTIONAL Jesus Declares to be ESSENTIAL.

2) What the Crowd Declares to be NORMAL Jesus Declares to be UNACCEPTABLE.

3) What the Crowd Declares to be RADICAL Jesus Declares to be NORMAL.

The Crowd or the Christ

What the Crowd Declares to be RADICAL Jesus Declares to be NORMAL.a)Sold Out

 57 As they were traveling on the road someone said to Him, "I will follow You wherever You go!"     58 Jesus told him, "Foxes have dens, and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head." 59 Then He said to another, "Follow Me.“ "Lord," he said, "first let me go bury my father." 60 But He told him, "Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and spread the news of the kingdom of God."  61 Another also said, "I will follow You, Lord, but first let me go and say good-bye to those at my house."     62 But Jesus said to him, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God."

What the Crowd Declares to be RADICAL Jesus Declares to be NORMAL.a)Sold Out

What the Crowd Declares to be RADICAL Jesus Declares to be NORMAL.a)Sold Outb)Reach

Out

1 "I am the true vine, and My Father is the vineyard keeper. 2 Every branch in Me that does not produce fruit He removes, and He prunes every branch that produces fruit so that it will produce more fruit.

5 "I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in Me and I in him produces much fruit, because you can do nothing without Me

8 My Father is glorified by this: that you produce much fruit and prove to be My disciples.

16 You did not choose Me, but I chose you. I appointed you that you should go out and produce fruit

What the Crowd Declares to be RADICAL Jesus Declares to be NORMAL.a)Sold Outb)Reach

Out

What the Crowd Declares to be RADICAL Jesus Declares to be NORMAL.a)Sold Outb)Reach

Outc)Carry

Out

Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you.

you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."