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The Real Thing – Pastor David Wigington

June 8, 2025
David Wigington
Message Description
If Coca-Cola can reach remote villages without electricity or running water, why haven’t we reached everyone with the message of Jesus? What if we approached the Great Commission with the same determination as a sugar water company? Discover how a ‘holy discontent’ could transform our global impact and what we can learn from those willing to risk everything to share their faith in the world’s most challenging places.
Series
Scripture Reference
Colossians 1:3
Message Notes

1. The Great Problem: People Still Haven’t Heard

Tanzania: countless villages with no church, no Gospel, no knowledge of Jesus.

Colossians 1:3-7
We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 4 because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all the saints – 5 the faith and love that spring from the hope that is stored up for you in heaven and that you have already heard about in the word of truth, the gospel 6 that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and understood God’s grace in all its truth.

They didn’t reject Jesus—they never had a chance to know Him.

2. The Great Contrast: Coca-Cola Is Beating Us

Coke is in more places than the Gospel—200+ countries, including the most remote villages and monasteries.

Coca-Cola believes reaching the whole world is possible.

3. The Great Command: Jesus Sent Us to Everyone

Matthew 28:18
…“All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the 10 Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.”

2000 years later, we haven’t accomplished the assignment.

Excuses like “it’s too hard” or “the world’s too big” don’t hold up.

We need a Holy Discontent—a restless drive to reach the unreached.

4. The Great Examples: Radical Obedience Changes Lives

Sylvester – Witnessed to a witch doctor who was healed and converted.

Assad & Nadia – Discovered Jesus in secret; now lead others despite persecution.

Abdullah – Killed for sharing Jesus, but brought 70+ to salvation.

Raymond & Mary – Sacrificed everything to plant a church; received a miracle child.

5. The Great Opportunity: You Can Make a Difference

You’ve already helped plant 7 churches and build a Bible school in Rwanda.

Clean Water Project:

$32 provides clean water + the Gospel to a family.

$96 helps three families

$320 helps TEN FAMILIES

$6,000 funds the initial training program to launch this outreach in Rwanda (for one year — our goal is to sustain it for three years)

Practical challenge: What will your family give in 2025?

Every Coke reminds us: the world belongs to the discontented. Let’s outpace Coke with the Gospel.

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