Jesus Made Me Do It

This entry are notes I took from a Main Session with Alan Hirsh entitled, Jesus made me do it. This may have been one of my favorite break out sessions. God really spoke to my heart through Alan's words. I want to go and read and reread the gospels. I want to get back to sharing Jesus and his life with people.

We have to become like Jesus. To become like a disciple is to become like Jesus.

Sinners love Jesus. Sinners didn't like Christian (ie Pharisees), but they loved Jesus. He was a friend of the outcast. The gift of Persecution on the church forces the people to find the true message. They discover their message. Simple Idea –That Jesus is Lord.

All great ideas spread like fire. This is how the N.T. spread. A simple message can spread fast.
Movements that changed the world did so very fast. The Jesus movement has to be completely focused on Christ.

Christianity minus Christ equals religion
Jesus becomes the doorway.
How do you start a people movement in the U.S.? We have to find our simple message!

If you ask anyone in the west who is the most important person-
Jesus will come up in the top three. He was the greatest person who ever lived.

At any point in the life of a church when we lose our way –and we need to find ourselves, where do we go to find the way-Jesus. Christology lies at the heart of the church. The door of the 21st century has to go back to Christ.

The church must do this on regular basis –we have to go back to Jesus.

Jesus was a great missionary he related to people very well. Jesus was a master of the question