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‘Living Outside the Box’
IMPACT!
SERVICE
Matthew 4 Mark 16 Acts 16
The origins of the phrase ‘thinking
outside the box’ are obscure; but it was popularized in part
because of a nine-dot puzzle, which John
Adair claims to have introduced in 1969
‘Living Outside the Box’
‘Living Outside the Box’
The‘nine dots’
puzzle
The goal of the puzzle is to link all 9 dots using
four straight lines or fewer, without lifting the pen and
without tracing the same line
more than once.
‘Living Outside the Box’
The‘nine dots’
puzzle
The goal of the puzzle is to link all 9 dots using
four straight lines or fewer, without lifting the pen and
without tracing the same line
more than once.
‘Living Outside the Box’
The‘nine dots’
puzzle
The goal of the puzzle is to link all 9 dots using
four straight lines or fewer, without lifting the pen and
without tracing the same line
more than once.
‘Living Outside the Box’
The‘nine dots’
puzzle
The goal of the puzzle is to link all 9 dots using
four straight lines or fewer, without lifting the pen and
without tracing the same line
more than once.
‘Living Outside the Box’
The‘nine dots’
puzzle
The goal of the puzzle is to link all 9 dots using
four straight lines or fewer, without lifting the pen and
without tracing the same line
more than once.
‘Living Outside the Box’
The‘nine dots’
puzzle
The goal of the puzzle is to link all 9 dots using
four straight lines or fewer, without lifting the pen and
without tracing the same line
more than once.
The Evangelical Puzzle
How did twelve unlearned men from
an obscure part of the world establish the
most far flung understanding of God
the world has ever known?
The Evangelical Puzzle
They followed theexample of their
Lordwho taught them toget outside the box!
“And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in
their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of
sickness and all kinds of disease among the
people.”Matthew 4:23
“Later He appeared to the eleven as they sat at
the table; and He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not
believe those who had seen Him after He had risen. And He said to them, ‘Go into all the world and preach the
gospel to…
…every creature. He who believes and is baptized
will be saved; but he who does not believe will be
condemned.’”Mark 16:14-16
“Now when they had gone through Phrygia
and the region of Galatia, they were
forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach the word in Asia. After they had
come to Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit did not permit
them. So passing by Mysia…
…they came down to Troas. And a vision
appeared to Paul in the night. A man of
Macedonia stood and pleaded with him,
saying, ‘Come over to Macedonia and help us.’ Now after he had seen the vision, immediately
we sought to go to Macedonia…
…concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the gospel to
them.”Acts 16:6-10
The Jesus IMPACT!
Message
God Loves You and Desires You to Know His Love!
‘Living Outside the Box’
The Jesus IMPACT!
Message
“...teaching in their synagogues, preaching
the gospel of the kingdom...”
‘Living Outside the Box’
The Jesus IMPACT!
Method
Demonstrate God’s Love by Meeting
Human Need!
‘Living Outside the Box’
The Jesus IMPACT!
Method
“...and healing all kinds of sickness and all
kinds of disease among the people.”
‘Living Outside the Box’
The Church IMPACT!
Living Outside the Box
“And He said to them, ‘Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. He who believes and is baptized
will be saved; but he who does not believe will be
condemned.’”
‘Living Outside the Box’
The Church IMPACT!
Living Outside the Box
Our principal habitat is not to live within great cathedrals or extensive
campuses, but to be going!
‘Living Outside the Box’
The Church IMPACT!
Service Outside the Box
“Now when they had gone through Phrygia and the region of Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach the
word in Asia. After they had come to Mysia, they tried to
go…
‘Living Outside the Box’
The Church IMPACT!
Service Outside the Box
…into Bithynia, but the Spirit did not permit them. So passing
by Mysia, they came down to Troas. And a vision appeared to Paul in the night. A man of
Macedonia stood and…
‘Living Outside the Box’
The Church IMPACT!
Service Outside the Box
…pleaded with him, saying, “Come over to Macedonia and
help us.” Now after he had seen the vision, immediately
we sought to go to Macedonia, concluding that the…
‘Living Outside the Box’
The Church IMPACT!
Service Outside the Box
…Lord had called us to preach the gospel to them.”
‘Living Outside the Box’
The Church IMPACT!
Service Outside the Box
Like Jesus, we are to be telling the gospel in the context of meeting the needs of those we find around us each day!
‘Living Outside the Box’
The Church IMPACT!
Service Outside the Box
Intentional!
‘Living Outside the Box’
The Church IMPACT!
Service Outside the Box
Creative!
‘Living Outside the Box’
The Church IMPACT!
Service Outside the Box
Opportunistic!
‘Living Outside the Box’
So……what will it be FirstSarasota,
Inside or Outside the Box?
‘Living Outside the Box’
‘Living Outside the Box’
IMPACT!
SERVICE
Matthew 4 Mark 16 Acts 16
