This is Part 15 of Pastor Chuck Bernal’s message series, “Passages That Pump Me Up”. This message was designed to challenge and inspire every person to reach out to the lost and bring them to our Explore God campaign beginning on September 13, 2015. All of us who know Christ are obligated to warn the lost about their need of Christ and invite them to know Him. This messsage was delivered at LifePointe Church in Crowley, TX on Sunday, September 6, 2015

1. CONNECTING WITH THE LOST: OUR
BIBLICAL
MISSION & MANDATES
Passages That Pump Me Up
Message Series - Part 15
09-06-15
Pastor Chuck Bernal
CONNECTING WITH THE LOST: OUR
BIBLICAL MISSION
The greatest premise:Lost people ____________________ to God
The greatest promise:We ________ Jesus, He __________ people
If I be lifted up from the earth, I will draw all men unto me. (John 12:32 - KJV)
The greatest priority:Therefore,ourjob is to make God_______
God, it’s Your reputation that gets the boost. You’re the one who gets the credit.
It’s Your fame that should balloon from this. You’re the only God!
(Nehemiah 9:5 - WOTSB)
CONNECTING WITH THE LOST: OUR BIBLICAL MANDATES
Be wise when you engage with those outside the faith community; make the most of every
moment , encounter and opportunity. (Colossians 4:5 – The Voice)
You must worship Christ as Lord of your life. And if someone asks about
your hope as a believer, always be ready to explain it. (1 Peter 3:15 – NLT)
MANDATE 1: WARN EVERYONE WITH A SENSE OF URGENCY
When an army comes against a country, and the people of that land choose a watchman and
he sees the army coming and blows the alarm to warn them, then anyone who hears the alarm
but refuses to heed it and dies, the fault is his own. For he heard the warning and wouldn’t
listen . . . But if the watchman sees the enemy coming and doesn’t sound the alarm and warn
the people, he is responsible for their deaths. They will die in their sins, but I will charge the
watchman with their deaths. I have appointed you as a watchman . . . (Ezekiel 33:2-7 – LB)
The rich man said, “Send Lazarus to the house of my father where I have five brothers, so he
can tell them the score and warn them so they won’t end up here in this place of torment.”
(Luke 16:27-28 – Msg)
Urgencyimplies ___________________________________________
Urgency demands _________________________________________

2. Urgency underscores ______________________________________
MANDATE 2:INVITE EVERYONE WITHAHOPE OF RECEPTIVITY
So go into the streets and invite anyone you see; invite everyone you meet. And the servants
did just that—they went into the streets and invited everyone they met, rich and poor, good
and bad, high and low, sick and well. Everyone who was invited came, and the wedding hall
practically burst with guests. (Matthew 22:9-10 – Voice)
CASE STUDY 1:Andrew:He _________________ his brother Peter
Andrew then went to find his brother Peter and told him, “We have found the Messiah!” And he
brought Peter to meet Jesus. (John 1:41-42 – LB)
CASE STUDY 2:SamaritanWoman:She _____________ everybody
Then the woman left her waterpot beside the well and went back to the village and told
everyone, “Come and meet a man who told me everything I ever did! Can this be the
Messiah?” So the people came streaming from the village to see him.
(John 4:28-30 – LB)
Be _______________________________
Be _______________________________
Be _______________________________
Be _______________________________
Be _______________________________
There is such a big harvest of people to bring in. But there are only a few workers to help
harvest them. God owns the harvest. Ask him to send more workers to help bring in his harvest.
(Luke 10:2 – ETRV)
I planted the seed, Apollos watered the plant, but it was God who made the plant grow. The
one who plants and the one who waters really do not matter. It is God who matters, because
he makes the plant grow. (1 Corinthians 3:6-7 – GNB)
CONNECTING WITH THE LOST: OUR BIBLICAL MISSION
The greatest premise:Lost people matter to God
The greatest promise:We honor Jesus,He attracts people
The greatest priority:Therefore,ourjob is to make Godfamous

3. MANDATE 1: WARN EVERYONE WITH A SENSE OF URGENCY
Urgencyimpliesimportance
Urgencydemands action
Urgencyunderscores compassion
MANDATE 2:INVITE EVERYONE WITHAHOPE OF RECEPTIVITY
CASE STUDY 1:Andrew:He invited his brother Peter
CASE STUDY 2:SamaritanWoman:She invitedeverybody
Be bold
Be loving
Be enthusiastic
Be sincere
Be strategic