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WHY JESUS LEFT
by Pastor Mike Fortune
May 2, 2015
Scripture: Luke 42-44
- To abide (Luke 4:42; John 15:1-8)
- To obey (Luke 4:43; John 15:9-11; John 5:30)
- To preach to cites and synagogues (Luke 4:44; 2 Corinthians 10:3-5)
Luke 4:42
42 Early the next morning Jesus went out to an isolated place. The crowds searched everywhere for him, and when they finally found him, they begged him not to leave them.
John 15:1-8
1 "I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch of mine that doesn't produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more. 3 You have already been pruned and purified by the message I have given you. 4 Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me. 5 "Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing. 6 Anyone who does not remain in me is thrown away like a useless branch and withers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned. 7 But if you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask for anything you want, and it will be granted! 8 When you produce much fruit, you are my true disciples. This brings great glory to my Father.
Luke 4:43
43 But he replied, "I must preach the Good News of the Kingdom of God in other towns, too, because that is why I was sent."
John 15:9-11
9 "I have loved you even as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love. 10 When you obey my commandments, you remain in my love, just as I obey my Father's commandments and remain in his love. 11 I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow!
John 5:30
30 I can do nothing on my own. I carry out the will of the one who sent me, not my own will.
Luke 4:44
44 So he continued to travel around, preaching in synagogues throughout Judea.
2 Corinthians 10:3-5
3 We are human, but we don't wage war as humans do. 4 We use God's mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments. 5 We destroy every proud obstacle that keeps people from knowing God. We capture their rebellious thoughts and teach them to obey Christ.