The Real Jesus III

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The Real Jesus (III)

• Man of Vision, Purpose, and Urgency

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Lived Life with a Sense of Vision

• A vision is a realistic, credible, attractive
  future for an organization (Burt Nanus)
• Vision is more than what you see with eyes Its
  what you see with your heart (Cindy Van Winkle,
  a blind person)
• "The only thing worse than being born blind is to
  be born with sight but with no vision (Helen
  Keller)

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Lived Life with a Sense of Vision

• Jesus vision

Luke 1910 "For the Son of Man has come to seek
and to save that which was lost."
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Lived Life with a Sense of Vision

• Jesus vision

Mt 913 But go and learn what this means I
DESIRE COMPASSION,AND NOT SACRIFICE, for I did
not come to call the righteous, but sinners.
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Lived Life with a Sense of Vision

• Jesus vision

Mk 1045 For even the Son of Man did not come to
be served, but to serve, and to give His life a
ransom for many.
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Lived Life with a Sense of Vision

• Vision requires that we stay focused

Lk 1038-42 Now as they were traveling along, He
entered a village and a woman named Martha
welcomed Him into her home. She had a sister
called Mary, who was seated at the Lord's feet,
listening to His word. But Martha was distracted
with all her preparations and she came up to Him
and said, Lord, do You not care that my sister
has left me to do all the serving alone? Then
tell her to help me. But the Lord answered and
said to her, Martha, Martha, you are worried and
bothered about so many things but only one thing
is necessary, for Mary has chosen the good part,
which shall not be taken away from her.
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Lived Life with a Sense of Vision

• Vision requires a target

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Phil 37-14 But whatever things were gain to me,
those things I have counted as loss for the sake
of Christ. More than that, I count all things to
be loss in view of the surpassing value of
knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have
suffered the loss of all things, and count them
but rubbish so that I may gain Christ, and may be
found in Him, not having a righteousness of my
own derived from the Law, but that which is
through faith in Christ, the righteousness which
comes from God on the basis of faith, that I may
know Him and the power of His resurrection and
the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed
to His death in order that I may attain to the
resurrection from the dead. Not that I have
already obtained it or have already become
perfect, but I press on so that I may lay hold of
that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ
Jesus. Brethren, I do not regard myself as having
laid hold of it yet but one thing I do
forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward
to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal
for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ
Jesus.
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Lived Life with a Sense of Purpose

• How is purpose different from vision?
• Vision is where you want to be in the future
• Purpose is your reason for going there

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Lived Life with a Sense of Purpose

• Jesus sense of purpose

John 431-34 Meanwhile the disciples were urging
Him, saying, Rabbi, eat. But He said to them,
I have food to eat that you do not know about.
So the disciples were saying to one another, No
one brought Him anything to eat, did he? Jesus
said to them, My food is to do the will of Him
who sent Me and to accomplish His work.
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Lived Life with a Sense of Purpose

• Jesus sense of purpose

Jn 174 I glorified You on the earth, having
accomplished the work which You have given Me to
do.
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Lived Life with a Sense of Purpose

• We were created for a purpose

Eph 210 For we are His workmanship, created in
Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared
beforehand so that we would walk in them.
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Lived Life with a Sense of Purpose

• Purpose means living with good aim

1 Cor 924-27 Do you not know that those who run
in a race all run, but only one receives the
prize? Run in such a way that you may win.
Everyone who competes in the games exercises
self-control in all things. They then do it to
receive a perishable wreath, but we an
imperishable. Therefore I run in such a way, as
not without aim I box in such a way, as not
beating the air but I discipline my body and
make it my slave, so that, after I have preached
to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
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Lived Life with a Sense of Purpose

• Will you be able to say

2 Tim 47-8 I have fought the good fight, I have
finished the course, I have kept the faith in
the future there is laid up for me the crown of
righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous
Judge, will award to me on that day and not only
to me, but also to all who have loved His
appearing.
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Lived Life with a Sense of Urgency
Lk 951 When the days were approaching for His
ascension, He was determined to go to Jerusalem
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Lived Life with a Sense of Urgency
Lk 1249-50 I have come to cast fire upon the
earth and how I wish it were already kindled!
But I have a baptism to undergo, and how
distressed I am until it is accomplished!
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Lived Life with a Sense of Urgency
Jn 94 We must work the works of Him who sent Me
as long as it is day night is coming when no one
can work.
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Lived Life with a Sense of Urgency

• Demands proper priorities

Mt 633 But seek first His kingdom and His
righteousness, and all these things will be added
to you.
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Lived Life with a Sense of Urgency

• Demands proper priorities

Jn 627 Do not work for the food which perishes,
but for the food which endures to eternal life,
which the Son of Man will give to you, for on Him
the Father, God, has set His seal.
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Lived Life with a Sense of Urgency

• Demands we recognize the momentary nature of
  opportunity

Jn 1235 So Jesus said to them, For a little
while longer the Light is among you. Walk while
you have the Light, so that darkness will not
overtake you he who walks in the darkness does
not know where he goes.
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Lived Life with a Sense of Urgency

• Demands we recognize the momentary nature of
  opportunity
• Life is but a vapor

Jas 414 Yet you do not know what your life will
be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that
appears for a little while and then vanishes
away.
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Lived Life with a Sense of Urgency

• Make the most of the opportunity

Eph 515-16 Therefore, be careful how you walk,
not as unwise men but as wise, making the most of
your time, because the days are evil.
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Jesus Lived Life

• With a Sense of Vision
• With a Sense of Purpose
• With a Sense of Urgency