Let’s Go Fishin: Discouragement of Fishing for People

1. People who care about individual __________ often face discouragement.

1. The greatest discouragement __________ of __________ by people who say they are __________.

Some of the Reasons

1. A Lack of True __________: __________, __________, __________.

+ Who does the Bible say we are?

• We are __________:
Romans 6:17 - 18 (NLT) ¹⁷Thank God! Once you were slaves of sin, but now you have obeyed with all your heart the new teaching God has given you. ¹⁸Now you are free from sin, your old master, and you have become slaves to your new master, righteousness.

• We are __________:
Colossians 1:13 (NLT) ¹³For he has rescued us from the one who rules in the kingdom of darkness, and he has brought us into the Kingdom of his dear Son.

• We are __________ :
1 Thessalonians 5:5 (NLT) ⁵For you are all children of the light and of the day; we don’t belong to darkness and night.

+ Some people are __________ but have not become __________ - __________.

1. A wrong view of the __________.

+ We are not an __________.

+ We do not exist just to __________ __________

Jesus said, I have come to __________ not be __________.

+ We do not exist only when we are __________.

1. A lack of individual __________.

+ Being a Christ-follower means __________ __________

Romans 6:16 - 18 (NLT) ¹⁶Don’t you realize that whatever you choose to obey becomes your master? You can choose sin, which leads to death, or you can choose to obey God and receive his approval. ¹⁷Thank God! Once you were slaves of sin, but now you have obeyed with all your heart the new teaching God has given you. ¹⁸Now you are free from sin, your old master, and you have become slaves to your new master, righteousness.

+ Being a Christ-follower means __________ in a local church.
1 Corinthians 12:11 - 12 (NLT) ¹¹It is the one and only Holy Spirit who distributes these gifts. He alone decides which gift each person should have. ¹²The human body has many parts, but the many parts make up only one body. So it is with the body of Christ.

1. An unwillingness to __________

+ __________ of the Bible

+ __________

+ __________ by world interests

+ __________ by the __________

The Cure

1. Acts 2:42 (NLT) ⁴²They joined with the other believers and devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, sharing in the Lord’s Supper and in prayer.
2. __________

+ __________ vs ignorance of the Bible, __________ – apathy, __________ vs world’s interests, __________ vs devil’s undermining activity