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Incarnate - Ryan Vallee
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Our special guest, Ryan Vallee , emphasises the power of simply inviting others to "come and see" Jesus, trusting the Holy Spirit to work through everyday relationships to share the good news and transform lives.
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A song sets the tone. The gospel sounds like a love song that started long ago, a song Jesus still leads, a melody some know by heart, others are learning, and many will hear for the first time. Matthew 28 gives the chorus. The commission speaks in the imperative, as you go, make disciples, baptising and teaching, with the risen Jesus promising, I am with you always. The text refuses to be background music. It asks ordinary lives in ordinary places to turn up the volume.
An invitation carries the tune. The call is simple enough to remember and brave enough to pray: come and see. The force of that call is not about me. Convincing and convicting belong to the Spirit. Evangelism, as Darrell Johnson frames it, enters a conversation the Spirit is already having with someone. So prayer sets the key, and sharing becomes a light touch that trusts the Spirit’s lead.
Scripture keeps putting the invitation in everyday hands. Jesus strolls beside the lake and recruits fishermen, not the top students, with a reversal that stuns. He does not wait to be asked. He says, come follow me, and makes them fishers of people. Acts notes the courage of unschooled, ordinary men. The mark that matters is that they had been with Jesus. The Samaritan woman at the well becomes the greatest evangelist in the gospels with three words. Come and see sends a whole town to meet the Saviour of the world. She does not tidy her history first. She simply names the One who told her everything she ever did and still gave living water.
Courage moves the story forward. Fear locked the first disciples in a room, but something greater than their fear passed through the door. A living Saviour turned their whisper into witness. Loyalty makes the invitation visible. Four friends climb a roof, tear it open, and lower their paralysed mate to Jesus. That is what love looks like when it refuses to come back next Sunday. The forgiven man walks out carrying more than a mat. He carries a future.
The movement grows through small yeses. Pray, invite, bring. Celebrate the invitation, not the response. Let the gospel stop being background music, a few sing and become the song every voice learns to carry. Albert McMakin’s truckload of friends and one reluctant driver named Billy show what God can do with a simple come and see offered at the right time.
Key Takeaways
1. Invitation joins the Spirit’s work:
The Spirit goes first, and the church follows. Convincing is not a human project, so anxiety can rest and courage can rise. Prayer tunes a person’s ear to what the Spirit is already saying, then the simple invite gives that whisper a door to walk through.
2. Come and see is enough:
God often entrusts the gospel to three humble words. The Samaritan woman does not polish a testimony; she names the One who met her in truth and mercy. Come and see carries both honesty and hope, and it creates space for people to hear Jesus for themselves.
3. Ordinary people carry extraordinary news:
Fishermen, prisoners, cyclists, and farmers are Jesus’ first picks. The credential that counts is time with Him, not a perfect record or polished speech. God delights to send unschooled, ordinary people whose lives say, He found me and He can find you.
4. Courage moves through locked doors:
Fear does not disqualify; it becomes a doorway when Jesus steps into the room. Courage is not swagger but a steady yes that outlasts the tremor. That is why the call stays simple and repeatable: pray, invite, bring, and let love outlast the excuses.
5. Loyal friendship lowers roofs:
When a friend cannot move toward Jesus, love carries the stretcher. Creative, persistent loyalty opens crowded houses and crowded hearts. Every costly step says, you matter, and every yes creates conditions for forgiveness and healing to meet a name and a face.
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