The following blog post contains notes and application questions from our July 8, 2018 message, The Outsiders: Why We're Reluctant To Rescue Outsiders. This message is part of our series, "The Outsiders." See other messages in this series.
Why is it that we are so reluctant to rescue outsiders? Everyone loves a good rescue mission! Do you know what makes a good rescue mission? There’s always resistance (something to rescue people from), people are always out of reach (or else they wouldn’t need rescuing), and there’s always a story to retell afterwards.
Using Luke 8:26-39—the story of the Gerasene Demoniac—we can learn three reasons why we are reluctant to rescue outsiders:
There is always resistance (Luke 8:22-26)
We think they are out of reach (Luke 8:27-33)
We are reticent to retell the story (Luke 8:34-39)