Oli Jacobsen - "NEW TRIBES MISSIONS"

God really used last Sunday's guest-speaker, Oli Jacobsen, to stongly remind me of the NEED for missions and how our time is very limited to join God in His work.
Here are a few jewels from his sermon:

"Preach the gospel at all times and when necessary, use words."

We need to stand up as Christians before we speak as Christians.

Teacher to students on 1st day - "There are 2 ways to take this class: seriously or again!

"Just as products have a shelf life, so our time is limited. We have a time frame between Christ's ascension in Acts chapter 1 and Christ's 2nd coming. This is the church's shelf life. In our lives, it is much shorter..."

"In the book of Acts, there are 18 formal audiences. So as we see, the book of Acts is all about proclaiming and being witnesses."

"On everyone's tombstone there are 2 dates (your birth and death) with a dash in between. How are you spending your dash?! (Much more important than "How are you spending your cash?") It is the dash that represents the life. We have only 1 life to live!"

"We are witnesses wherever we are - with lips and life."

"Acts 1:1 mentions that Christ's work is unfinished. Of course, we recognize and LOVE the finished work of Christ on the cross for our salvation, but there remains work to be done..."

"I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father." (John 14:12) Not greater in importance, but impact! Not in guality but quantity!

.It is through us that God intends to proclaim the work of Christ to the nations.

"Just as the angels spoke to the disciples as they gazed upon Jesus ascending into the clouds in Acts 1:9-11, God says, "QUIT GAZING AND GO! QUIT LOOKING AND START LABOURING!"

"There are no innocent bystanders in Missions. If you're a bystander, you're not innocent."

"Witnessing and proclaiming Christ is not about personalities but about the power of The Holy Spirit through ordinary people like you and me."

"We must remove the Do Not Disturb Sign from our heart.

"Lord, where you lead me, I will follow.

What you feed me, I will swallow."

"Those overseas get in touch with The Lord Jesus (not missionaries!). Then lives are changed - they never remain the same!"

"Just as there are many "no-names of Scripture whose role was important, (exs: girl servant who told Naaman about the Lord's prophet, Elisha, the boy with 5 loaves and two fish..just to name a few) so each of us has an important role to play in furthering the kingdom of God."

Acts 14:1 says, "They spoke so effectively that a great number of Jews and Gentiles believed.." This is how we should be communicating to outsiders. NOT like Lot, who when he tried to warn his son-in-laws about the destruction of Sodom, "they thought he was joking." (Genesis 19:14) And as a result, they were destroyed..

"We must not allow our lives to be contradictory to the gospel and hypocritical, like the sign in front of the convent which read:

Absolutely NO trespassing allowed. Any person caught trespassing will be punished by the full extent of the law. (Signed "The sisters of Mercy")

"It could be very easy to be self centred as we are naturally selfish. It's part of human nature."

"Interesting to note that the disciples did not return to Galilee (their home - where they were from) but to Jerusalem. Why? Perhaps because that is where Jesus was hated most..."

The Bible says in 2 Corinthians 5:20, "We ARE Christ's ambassador's..." NOT "We should be"!!! WE ARE!! Whether we like it or not. What kind of ambassador are you?