#482: Step Out of the Crowd — The Courage to Lead With Faith
Allen Jackson Ministries
Ben Hayes
4.9 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 28 September 2023
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
It's time to stop blending in with the people around us and decide to whole-heartedly follow Jesus—even when that comes with a cost. In this sermon, Pastor Allen Jackson discusses stories from the New Testament where people either chose to step out of the crowd to draw close to Jesus or align with the people rejecting Him. We see the same reactions in our world today. Though there is much temptation to stay within the "safe" confines of the crowd, following God requires choosing to trust Him and walk a path that aligns with our biblical worldview—and that requires courage. Pastor Allen also offers a way to quickly and easily bring prayer into our daily lives with "Let's Pray 201."
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| 0:00.0 | Not our demands. |
| 0:05.0 | demands. Jesus said it, plain language, the greatest amongst you will be your servant. |
| 0:12.0 | But see we don't serving. |
| 0:17.0 | See, we don't believe it, we don't think he meant it. So we go get in the crowd on that big ride road |
| 0:20.0 | and push towards that great big gate |
| 0:22.0 | with our baptismal certificate taped to our chest. |
| 0:27.0 | We look like runners in some road race. |
| 0:31.0 | And Jesus is, wait a minute, time out, the greatest amongst you, that's not the path. |
| 0:37.0 | Step out of the crowd, humble yourself. |
| 0:42.0 | You're listening to Alan Jackson Ministries. |
| 0:46.4 | You can get the outlines for this episode at Alan Jackson.com slash podcast. |
| 0:51.6 | If these messages help build you up or encourage you to be a more fully devoted Christ |
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| 1:01.7 | about them as well. |
| 1:03.2 | Now it's on to Pastor Allen. |
| 1:05.6 | Be blessed. |
| 1:07.6 | I started a new study and I want to continue it with you |
| 1:10.3 | in this session with an invitation really to step out of the crowd. |
| 1:16.6 | And in this session in particular I want to talk a bit about the courage that it takes |
| 1:21.9 | to have a living faith, not an academic faith, not a historic |
| 1:27.0 | faith, but to be a living expression of faith in Almighty God, be certain of of this it will take courage. I believe you can |
| 1:35.4 | go to heaven without having an appropriately formed systematic theology. I don't |
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