Fruit That Remains | Run and Tell That | John 4:29-30 | Lonnell Williams
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What is the significance of John 4 in the context of evangelism?
You may take your seat in this gathering. My name is Lonnell Dawson Williams. I'm the executive pastor here at 2819 Church. Thank you. To God be the glory. Grateful to be in the room today as we continue in this amazing series. Just believing that God has something special for us on today. I really want to just jump right into the word. I don't want to waste any time. I believe the first gathering we saw and experienced the fruit of the work. And so I just I don't want to belabor the point. I want God to be God. And so if you can and will, I want you to open up your Bibles to the book of John, the book of John, the book of John. We're going to go to chapter number four. We're going to shout out Pastor Philip, Miss Lena, while we turn our lead pastors here in this house.
Amen. He and I were texting early this morning as he was traveling, and he was just, I'm praying for you. I know God's going to do an amazing thing. And my response to him was, him we proclaim. That's it. And we just believe God has something special. And to all of our digital disciples online, in the chat, we thank you. We appreciate you. You are a part of our family. You may be in different parts of the world, but you are still a part of this house. And so for that, we celebrate you on this morning. And to those who are in the room who do not believe yet, I said yet, not at all, but yet, we are of the belief that you can belong before you believe. You can be in this room and learn. And when the Lord pricks your heart and you are ready to take that walk, we are here with you.
John chapter four, we're gonna actually walk through the majority of the entire chapter, but for the purposes of this reading, We are going to actually start with verse number 29 and verse 30, verse 29 and verse 30. And it reads, come see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ? They went out of the town and were coming to him. One more time. Come see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ? If I could pin a title upon this message, I would call it run and tell that. Run and tell that. When I was a child, it was often that I would find myself into all types of wonderful things. I loved building Legos as a child. I remember reading Goosebump books as a child.
How many people remember Goosebumps? I'm that old. My goodness. All right. Goosebumps. I remember something called a Tamagotchi. Anybody remember Tamagotchis? My son is 10. He got a Tamagotchi for Christmas. I said, I remember this. My Tamagotchi always died for some reason, but nevertheless. But for me, one of the most exciting things that we would do is when we would have to go to the store to go shopping. I told the story earlier in the first gathering about When I take my children shopping, but when my mama used to take me shopping, she would say the same thing that I say to my children. When I go shopping, we will pull up to the store, no matter where it was. And she would always turn around and she would look over her shoulder and she would say these words.
And maybe your mama said it to you. I don't know about you, but my mama said it to me. When we get up in this store, don't ask for nothing. Matter of fact, don't even touch nothing, right? Don't even touch a thing. So we would get into the store and we would walk down the aisles. And I always found a way, found a way to make my way to the toy section. And I would be excited about all the new Legos that I would see and all the new toys and all the new Spidermans and Batmans and Jokers that were out there. And I remember very vividly going into these aisles. And when I would find something that I would love, I would go back and run to my mother. And I would say, mama, mama, mama, you got to come see, come see what I found.
Come, come see what I found. And I would drag her along with me to make it to the aisle, to point to the thing that I loved the most, the thing that I wanted her to buy. And she would look at it and say, oh, that's nice. But we're not buying that today. Cause I told you when we came in here, don't touch nothing.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the significance of John 4 in the context of evangelism?
0:00–7:08
2
How does Jesus' encounter with the Samaritan woman illustrate the theme of shame and redemption?
7:08–12:32
3
What lessons can we learn from the woman's transformation after meeting Jesus?
12:32–22:27
4
Why is urgency in sharing the Gospel emphasized in this message?
22:27–30:22
5
How does the speaker illustrate the importance of personal testimony in evangelism?
30:22–39:13
6
What challenges do people face in sharing their faith with others?
39:13–50:09
7
How can we overcome our fears and insecurities when inviting others to church?
50:09–59:28
8
What steps should we take to actively engage in evangelism in our communities?
59:28–1:01:12
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