Come and See: A Church Called to Witness
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Summary
The service opens in worship with a reminder that there is no other name under heaven by which we are saved than Jesus Christ, and that a believer's sweetest joy is fellowship with Him. From the parable of the persistent widow the first message urges us to always pray and never lose heart, trusting that our Father hears and answers those who cry to Him. A testimony of a grieving mother who found peace only when she brought her need to God shows that no one comforts like the Lord, and the church is called to rejoice always, give thanks in everything, stop grumbling, and serve one another, for God looks on the humble who tremble at His word.
A second speaker, a thankful father whose sick child the church had prayed over, opens his heart through the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector. He confesses how easily we come to worship exalting ourselves and measuring ourselves against others, and so lose the blessing. Revival begins with me, on my knees in the secret place; each of us needs the fire of God to carry home, and Christ must truly enter so that sin no longer reigns. Like the loaves and fish that fed the five thousand, God multiplies a heart offered to Him clean and ready.
The closing message turns the church outward. Every believer, young and old, is called to be salt and light and to bring others to Jesus through real, personal relationships, just as Andrew brought Peter and Philip brought Nathanael with the simple words "come and see." Pointing to the colt the Lord needed and the mother donkey that walked beside it, the pastor shows that mission belongs to every generation together: the young must walk under the covering of those who went before. Ahead of an invite-a-friend service, the church is sent to open its homes, use its connections, and trust that he is needed by the Lord.
Key Points
- There is no other name under heaven by which we are saved than Jesus Christ.
- Always pray and never lose heart; the Father hears those who cry to Him day and night.
- Rejoice always, give thanks in everything, and stop grumbling, for God draws near to the humble who tremble at His word.
- Revival begins with me; change comes on my knees, not by waiting for others to change first.
- Come to worship like the tax collector, not the Pharisee; God multiplies a heart offered clean and ready.
- Every believer, young and old, is called to witness through honest, personal relationships - come and see.
- Mission belongs to all generations together; the young walk under the covering of those who went before, for he is needed by the Lord.
Devotional
Before you bring the Lord your requests, consider the heart you bring to Him. Like the tax collector who would not lift his eyes, lay down every comparison and simply ask for mercy, for a heart made clean and ready. Then carry the fire you receive in His presence out the door with you, into your home, your work, and the life of the neighbor God has placed within reach. He hears the humble, and someone nearby is waiting for you to say, come and see.
No one comforts like the Lord, and no one helps the way He helps.
Revival does not begin in someone else's heart; it begins with me, on my knees.
Come and see - he is needed by the Lord, and so is the friend God placed in your life.
