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  (SERMON CLIP) MAKING DISCIPLES TAKES TIME
  by Jackie Pullinger
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Summary: This sermon emphasizes the importance of not just rescuing
individuals from difficult situations but also staying to love and
nurture them, reflecting God's heart for true justice, mercy, and
compassion. It challenges the notion of simply making a difference and
instead focuses on the biblical call to make disciples, which requires
time and commitment.

Topics: "Discipleship", "Compassionate Justice"
Scripture References: Zechariah 7:9, James 1:27, Matthew 28:19, Galatians 6:2, Micah 6:8

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This sermon emphasizes the importance of not just rescuing individuals
from difficult situations but also staying to love and nurture them,
reflecting God's heart for true justice, mercy, and compassion. It
challenges the notion of simply making a difference and instead focuses
on the biblical call to make disciples, which requires time and
commitment.

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Everybody stops off there for a while, and I get these messages from
ladies who truly love Jesus, and they say, we are going to such-and-such
Asian country, I won't tell you which one, and we're going to help the
girls who've been rescued from slavery for two weeks, and I think, oh
God, no. Oh God, no. You see, the first thing our men say, or our girls,
we're currently housing between 200 and 300, the first thing they say to
visitors is, when are you leaving, in case they get disappointed, and
it's one thing to rescue someone out of a brothel.

It's one thing to buy someone's freedom, and it's another thing to stay
and love them whole. Grow them up, and be there. Well, that's what your
kids had, wasn't it? Not hallelujah, they're born, but God has entrusted
this life to me, and I will look after this life.

I will love this child. I will love them better. We have a scripture
from Zechariah, which is a one of the captioned passages this week,
chapter 8, chapter 7, sorry.

When the Lord is asking the people of Israel, what their fasting and
feasting has been about, has it been about them or him, and then he
finishes up, this is what the Lord Almighty says, administer true
justice, show mercy and compassion to one another. Do not oppress the
widow or the fatherless, the alien or the poor. In your hearts, do not
think evil of one another.

Now, it's a very interesting thing that there's a modern phrase, which,
forgive me, it may even be on your pamphlet. It may even have been on
your publicity material. I'm not sure.

It tends to pop up rather frequently these days, and I came here because
it's about Go. A lot of the current publicity materials about mission
then put another little phrase afterwards, which is, make a difference.
Now, I have a problem with make a difference.

I thought the scripture said go and make disciples, and making disciples
takes time. Getting people born is quite quick.

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Video: https://sermonindex2.b-cdn.net/gObfFA-2ih4.mp4
Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/jackie-pullinger/sermon-clip-making-disciples-takes-time/
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