Open Your Eyes

John 4:7-15; 35

I. Why we Reach the World but Forget Our Neighbor. One word, BLINDNESS

• Why didn’t the disciples see what Jesus saw?

• But Jesus saw the Samaritans and said to the disciples – “Open your eyes and look”

• Jesus’ request was a shocking “Tall Order”

• The disciples didn’t FULLY ­­­­­­get it till Acts 11:18

• Why Church isn’t reaching the recent Immigrants

II. Recalibrating our vision to see them.

• Own up to our Blindness – Reset begins with acknowledging

Toward a Theology that Sees Like Jesus

• Christology
• Anthropology
• Missiology – Great Commission
• Ecclesiology

(Preliminary Comment to point three: Give up our sense of entitlement

III.     Declare A New Mission Field ­­­­­­­­­ Samarica!

What is Samarica?  Samaria + America = sAmerica

Why declare it a mission field.

1. Be Strategic Giving it a name gives it focus.

2. Be trail blazers even if misunderstood

3. Start by joining God where  God is at work John 5

4. Allocate resources to accomplish vision

5. Be Intentional Give Reaching ­­­­Samerica equal a priority.

Trust in the slow work of God. Prayer of Teilhard de Chardin