Fruitfulness

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What is the best way to be a fruitful follower of Jesus?

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Welcome

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Intro

Last in our 4 part Mini… Called to follow Jesus
Follow Me - who and what of follow-ship
Acceptance - of him to us
Distractions - keeping us from follow-ship
Fruitful Follow-ship - bearing much fruit in following him!

Fruitful Followship: Mark 5:18-20 [1-20]

What is the most extreme thing you have ever done for Jesus?
What is the most extreme thing Jesus has ever done for you?
Extreme situation in scripture!!
People & Pigs
The Maniac Missionary
Satan, Society and Savior
PRAYER
God our father in heaven,
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Message

Mark 5.1-20 & Matt 8.28-34

Mark 5:1 ESV
1 They came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gerasenes.
through the storm
gentile side
Mark 5:2 ESV
2 And when Jesus had stepped out of the boat, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit.
unclean in spirit
unclean in life
unclean in location = V11 - “Pigs on hillside”
Mark 5:3–4 ESV
3 He lived among the tombs. And no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain, 4 for he had often been bound with shackles and chains, but he wrenched the chains apart, and he broke the shackles in pieces. No one had the strength to subdue him.
out of control
under control
Mark 5:5–6 ESV
5 Night and day among the tombs and on the mountains he was always crying out and cutting himself with stones. 6 And when he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and fell down before him.
miserable state / pitiable state
recognized authority
ACCEPTED
Mark 5:7 ESV
7 And crying out with a loud voice, he said, “What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, do not torment me.”
Name of Jesus
Son of God (most high)
Promise of God - do not torment - before the time
Name = Legion - 6k
Don’t send us out send us into pigs…
Mark 5:13 ESV
13 So he gave them permission. And the unclean spirits came out and entered the pigs; and the herd, numbering about two thousand, rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the sea.
Jesus in controll
Large loss
Herdsmen Run
Mark 5:15 ESV
15 And they came to Jesus and saw the demon-possessed man, the one who had had the legion, sitting there, clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid.
Mark 5:17 ESV
17 And they began to beg Jesus to depart from their region.
Power / Possessions / Priorities
DISTRACTIONS
be warned… don’t ask Jesus to leave, He might do it!
Mark 5:18–20 ESV
18 As he was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed with demons begged him that he might be with him. 19 And he did not permit him but said to him, “Go home to your friends and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.” 20 And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and everyone marveled.
Beg to Go… Beg to Stay
Go Home… Tell… LORD / Mercy
Decapolis… everyone marveled…!
Follow Me
Acceptance
Distractions
Fruitful Followship
Fanatic to Follower
Maniac to Missionary
Possessed to Passionate
Demonic Legion to Devoted Lover
Big Idea: The calling of Jesus is an exciting journey, but that does not mean every moment of following him results in a thrilling adventure. Most of the time, Jesus calls us to follow him in the ordinary situations of life.
Mark 5:19–20 ESV
19 And he did not permit him but said to him, “Go home to your friends and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.” 20 And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and everyone marveled.
Matthew 28:19 ESV
19 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,
Application Point: We learn to follow Jesus in the ordinary by being faithful and obedient in whatever we do, by testifying to others about the work of God in our lives, and by letting the fruit of our transformed lives be a blessing to others.

KIDS

Ephesians 6:1–3 ESV
1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), 3 “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.”
Proverbs 23:22 ESV
22 Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

PARENTS

Ephesians 6:4 ESV
4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Colossians 3:21 ESV
21 Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.
Proverbs 13:24 ESV
24 Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.

SINGLE PEOPLE

1 Corinthians 7:8–9 ESV
8 To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is good for them to remain single, as I am. 9 But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
1 Corinthians 7:26 ESV
26 I think that in view of the present distress it is good for a person to remain as he is.
1 Corinthians 7:32–35 ESV
32 I want you to be free from anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord. 33 But the married man is anxious about worldly things, how to please his wife, 34 and his interests are divided. And the unmarried or betrothed woman is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to be holy in body and spirit. But the married woman is anxious about worldly things, how to please her husband. 35 I say this for your own benefit, not to lay any restraint upon you, but to promote good order and to secure your undivided devotion to the Lord.

WIVES

Ephesians 5:22 ESV
22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
Colossians 3:18 ESV
18 Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
1 Peter 3:1 ESV
1 Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives,

HUSBANDS

Ephesians 5:25 ESV
25 Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,
Colossians 3:19 ESV
19 Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.
1 Peter 3:7 ESV
7 Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.

GRANDPARENTS

Titus 2:1–8 ESV
1 But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine. 2 Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness. 3 Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, 4 and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, 5 to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled. 6 Likewise, urge the younger men to be self-controlled. 7 Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity, 8 and sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us.

WIDOWS

1 Timothy 5:5–6 ESV
5 She who is truly a widow, left all alone, has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day, 6 but she who is self-indulgent is dead even while she lives.

EMPLOYEES / EMPLOYERS

James 5:4 ESV
4 Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.
Proverbs 16:3 ESV
3 Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.

Fruitful Followship

Luke 3:8 ESV
8 Bear fruits in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham.
Galatians 5:22–23 ESV
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
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Matthew 25:35–36 ESV
35 For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, 36 I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’
James 1:27 ESV
27 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.
Colossians 1:3–14 ESV
3 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 4 since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, 5 because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel, 6 which has come to you, as indeed in the whole world it is bearing fruit and increasing—as it also does among you, since the day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth, 7 just as you learned it from Epaphras our beloved fellow servant. He is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf 8 and has made known to us your love in the Spirit. 9 And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, 10 so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; 11 being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy; 12 giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. 13 He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

Close

Mark 5:18–20 ESV
18 As he was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed with demons begged him that he might be with him. 19 And he did not permit him but said to him, “Go home to your friends and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.” 20 And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and everyone marveled.
Big Idea: The calling of Jesus is an exciting journey, but that does not mean every moment of following him results in a thrilling adventure. Most of the time, Jesus calls us to follow him in the ordinary situations of life.
Application Point: We learn to follow Jesus in the ordinary by being faithful and obedient in whatever we do, by testifying to others about the work of God in our lives, and by letting the fruit of our transformed lives be a blessing to others.
PRAYER
God our Father in heaven,
.
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