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Romans 1, verses 14-17.
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Let's pray together.
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Father, we thank you for the opportunity to come together to study your word.
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And I pray, Father, that in our frailty, you will find us faithful.
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Pray, Father, that both the preaching and the hearing of your word this morning will honor you.
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And that the end result of that will be the proclamation of your good news to the world.
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And we pray this in Christ's name. Amen.
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So last week we talked about the obligation to gospel ministry that Paul had.
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It's a little early. You can take that down.
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We talked about the obligation to gospel ministry that Paul had to the church.
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And we saw that through beginning in verse 8 and coming down through the end of 15.
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So we're kind of overlapping a little bit this morning to speak of Paul's obligation to gospel ministry.
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But this morning we're going to talk about his obligation to gospel ministry to the world.
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So to those who did not know Christ.
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And he kind of gives us some different people groups in our text here.
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We see the Greeks and the barbarians.
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I told you last week that those were the wise and the foolish of the world.
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The Greeks were very educated.
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The barbarians to the Greeks spoke in nonsensical language.
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That's where they got that name.
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They would make fun of them and say they sounded like they were just saying bar, bar, bar, bar.
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So they became known as the barbarians.
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And also to the Jews who the gospel was first brought to and presented to.
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And so Paul essentially kind of restates Jesus' second stating of the Great Commission in Acts 1.8 when he says to the disciples,
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But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you,
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and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth.
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And what Christ was saying to them was that the Spirit of God is going to come and it's going to work in you,
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and you're going to be a disciple.
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You're going to be a carrier of the message of the good news of Jesus Christ to your city, to your region,
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those of other ethnicities.
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That's who the Sumerians were.
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And to the rest of the world.
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So where do we find ourselves today in the world?
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I'll give you a little current statistics.
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In America, we have approximately 314 million people, only 28.9% of which claim to be evangelical Christians.
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And I would argue that to be a Christian at all, you must be an evangelical Christian.
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And I would also argue that many of those are probably nominal Christians at best.
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So 30% from a very, very positive estimate of what may actually be Christian in America today.
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In the world, almost 7 billion people that exist.
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60% are unreached.
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And what that means is that there's less than 2% of the population of that nation, that people group,
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that know Christ at all.
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So 60% of the peoples are unreached.
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Very conservative estimates.
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That makes it 4 billion people who are unreached for the gospel of Christ.
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4 billion out of the 7 billion people.
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Very conservative.
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So we find ourselves in a situation, as carriers of the gospel,
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of this message that's been given to us to take to the world.
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We've got a huge job ahead of us, don't we?
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We're failing pitifully at carrying the gospel to the nations.
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4 billion people, conservatively, who have never even heard the gospel of Jesus Christ.
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And they are storing up for themselves the wrath of God against them.
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They are already found guilty, condemned where they stand,
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because of their disknowledge of God, because of their breaking of the law.
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There's no excuse for them.
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Because they haven't heard, there's no excuse.
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They've carried the curse of Adam in their flesh,
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and they will be damned to hell,
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unless they hear the gospel and place their faith in that message.
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So I believe that God is at work.
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He is all-powerful.
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He is sovereign.
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He will redeem His church.
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So we have this great task before us,
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this 4 billion people out there.
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And I believe that God is active and involved in reaching them.
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But He uses His church to do so.
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He uses us to accomplish that.
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And He does that because He loves us.
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Because God is a great treasure,
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and He wants to include us in what He's doing.
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He wants us to experience and to know Him more
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by being involved in His mission to the world.
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So the gospel must go.
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People must hear it.
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And God's going to carry us to do that.
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Romans chapter 10, verse 14, Paul writes,
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How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed?
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And how are they to believe in Him of whom they have never heard?
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And how are they to hear without someone preaching?
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So we're called to be ministers of the gospel to the world.
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I kind of thought of this analogy this week,
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and I actually wasn't planning on using it.
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But as I typically do,
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because I figure it'll embarrass myself,
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I can use it anyway.
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We're intended to be a tool in the hand of God
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in accomplishing His work.
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And I have a leaf rake
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that I didn't use very faithfully this year.
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But that leaf rake was fashioned
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for the purpose of raking leaves.
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And it sits in my shed.
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And when I go to get my rake leaf,
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it doesn't give me any resistance at all, does it?
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I just pick up my rake leaf,
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and off I go with my rake leaf.
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If I am that rake leaf,
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if it's me,
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fashioned to do this certain work,
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I don't tend to just be picked up
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and carried out to do the work.
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I tend to grab on to the shovel
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and the other stuff
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and the wall of the shed,
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desperately clinging
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to the comfort of the shed.
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We're tools.
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We're meant to be used.
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God has made us for a purpose.
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And if my rake had any soul at all,
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it would be the happiest raking leaves.
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That's where we find ourselves.
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God has created us
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for a very intent purpose.
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And if we're about that work,
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we'll be full of joy in doing it.
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Now Paul writes in verse 16 and 17
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kind of the theme
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of the book of Romans.
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And we talked about this
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a couple of weeks ago,
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but it's certainly worth repeating
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as we think about these
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four billion people
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who the wrath of God
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is being stored up for.
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They have no hope
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except for Christ.
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And Paul was writing this
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from a coming out of one worldview
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where he thought he was doing
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everything he could possibly do
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to please God.
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He was a Pharisee,
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the most upright of people,
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the most zealous pursuer of God
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in his zeal for the law.
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He thought he had it all figured out.
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And it all gets flipped upside down
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when he meets Christ.
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And Christ says to him,
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you fool,
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you cannot fulfill the law.
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It's impossible for you to do so.
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Place your faith in me
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and live in righteousness
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and walk in faith.
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He flips it completely over here.
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And here's what he writes for us.
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Verse 16,
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For I am not ashamed of the gospel,
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for it is the power of God
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for salvation to everyone who believes,
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to the Jew first
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and also to the Greek.
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For in it the righteousness of God
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is revealed from faith for faith.
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As it is written,
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the righteous shall live by faith.
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It is the power of God,
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not the law,
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no good works you think you're doing,
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not the church you belong to,
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not the way you attend.
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Your perfect attendance record
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means nothing for your salvation.
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The gospel itself
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is the power of God
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for salvation.
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Matthew 28.
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Oh, excuse me,
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I've got to back up.
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So then,
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we ought to preach no other message.
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Those of us who are recipients of this grace,
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we ought to preach no other message
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to the world
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than the gospel of Christ.
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Not our traditions
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and those things,
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but the gospel of Jesus Christ
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because it is the power of God
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for salvation
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and He will accomplish His work.
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It's also the gospel
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that gives us the righteousness of God
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and it's revealed from faith
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for faith.
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That's kind of a confusing phrase
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and it simply just means,
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all Paul's trying to say to us,
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is that the gospel
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that we place our faith in
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brings us the righteousness of God.
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It's not our own doing.
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The gospel itself,
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Christ's imputed righteousness to us
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brings us righteousness
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and continues that work.
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So it's for faith,
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from faith,
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for faith.
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Okay?
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So from faith,
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for faith.
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That both our salvation,
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our righteousness,
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begins in Christ
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and it ends in Christ.
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Right?
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And that's what He's saying to us.
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Right?
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So Matthew 28,
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18-20,
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it's known as the Great Commission.
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Jesus came and said to them,
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All authority in heaven and on earth
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has been given to Me.
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Go therefore
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and make disciples of all nations.
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Not simply converts,
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but disciples
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of all nations.
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Alright?
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He said that earlier
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up in verse 5,
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didn't He?
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To bring about the obedience
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of the faith.
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Baptizing them
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in the name of the Father
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and the Son
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and the Holy Spirit.
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Verse 20,
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Teaching them to observe all
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that I have commanded you.
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And behold,
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I am with you always
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to the end of the age.
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Matthew 24, 14,
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Jesus said,
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And this gospel of the kingdom
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will be proclaimed
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throughout the whole world
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as a testimony
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to all nations.
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And then the end will come.
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So this gospel message
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is going to be preached
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to all nations.
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And then the end will come.
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That's the mission
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that He has set us about.
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It's fulfilling
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that Great Commission work.
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In a commentary
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on Matthew 24, 14,
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and that phrase
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all nations,
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George Eldon Ladd
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wrote this,
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God alone knows
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the definition
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of terms.
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I cannot precisely define
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who all the nations are,
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but I do not need
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to know.
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I know only one thing.
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Christ is not yet returned.
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Therefore,
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the task is not yet done.
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When it is done,
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Christ will come.
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Our responsibility
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is not to insist
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on defining terms.
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Our responsibility
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is to complete
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the task.
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So long as Christ
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does not return,
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our work is undone.
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Let us get busy
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and complete our mission.
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So if we're to do that,
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I think we can learn
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three things
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from Paul's life
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in order to do so.
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And I think that there's
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some pretty deep
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indictments on us here.
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Three things.
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We need to be obligated
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to share the gospel,
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which is going to mean
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a life of self-sacrifice.
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We need to be eager
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and we need to be unashamed.
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We need to be obligated,
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eager,
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and unashamed.
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Obligated.
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We find that in verse 14.
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Self-sacrificial.
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We talked last week
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about this obligation
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that Paul felt
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and that it wasn't
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an obligation to God
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because therefore,
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grace would have ceased
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to be grace.
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The free gift given to him
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would have been
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based on works,
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not on the grace of God.
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It's an obligation
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to his identity.
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Obligation to who he is
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in Christ.
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This is my paraphrase
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of Romans chapter 8,
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9, and 10,
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and then verse 12.
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Anyone who does not
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have the spirit of Christ
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does not belong to him.
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But if Christ is in you,
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we are debtors
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to the spirit of Christ
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within us.
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We are debtors.
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That's who we're obligated to,
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to our own identity,
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to the fact that
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we are children of God.
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We ought to share
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the gospel, right,
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with each other
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and with the world.
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So it means
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we must be self-sacrificial.
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We need to die
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to ourselves,
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to our flesh,
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and we need to live
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to the spirit
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within us.
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Luke chapter 9,
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verse 23 and 24.
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Christ says,
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if anyone would come
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after me,
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let him deny himself
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and take up his cross
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daily
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and follow me.
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Let him deny himself
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the pleasures
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of this world,
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those things
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that our flesh
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longs for
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and take up our cross.
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What does that mean?
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That we die.
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We literally die
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to ourselves
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every day
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if we're going
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to follow Christ.
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Verse 24.
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For whoever
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will save his life
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will lose it,
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but whoever
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loses his life
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for my sake
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will save it.
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Luke chapter 14,
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verse 27.
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Whoever does not
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bear his own cross
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and come after me
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cannot be
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my disciple.
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It's pretty huge,
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isn't it?
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Whoever does not
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bear his own cross
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and come after me
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cannot be
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my disciple.
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So do you die
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daily
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to yourself,
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the pleasures
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of your flesh,
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the lusts
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for this world?
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We need to lay
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aside our comfort
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and our vanity.
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All of us
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care too much
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about how we look
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and how comfortable
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we are.
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I try hard
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to look
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like I don't care.
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we need to die
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to our
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self-promotion,
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our ambition.
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That's what the word
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ambition means.
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It means
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self-promotion.
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And we need to
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begin promoting
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Christ.
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Ambition,
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good,
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but let's
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redefine the term.
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Let's make it
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about promoting
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Christ
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and his kingdom.
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we as Americans
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are far
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too comfortable.
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I wonder
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what would happen
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to this room
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if suddenly
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Christianity
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was declared
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illegal
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and it was
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an offense
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punishable
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by imprisonment
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and death.
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How many of us
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would still sit
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in this room?
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There are people
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all over the world
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this morning
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meeting in underground
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secret locations
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for hours.
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We get mad
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if the service
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goes past
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an hour and a half.
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You have
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comfy padded chairs
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they sit on
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dirt floors
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for hours
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because they're
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so hungry
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to know
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their Savior.
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We're shackled
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by our comfort.
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I want to be
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the type of Christian
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that everything
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could be taken
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away from me
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and I would still
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follow Christ.
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I'll give you
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an example of Paul.
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I want you to
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turn here.
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2 Corinthians
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chapter 11
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I believe most
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of you will be
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familiar with this
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passage but it
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certainly bears
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repeating.
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2 Corinthians
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chapter 11
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verses 24
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through 27
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Paul recounts
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his suffering.
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He says,
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five times I
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received at the
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hands of the
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Jews the
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forty lashes
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less one.
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Three times I
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was beaten
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with rods.
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Once I was
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stoned.
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Three times I
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was shipwrecked.
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A night and a
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day I was
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adrift at sea
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on frequent
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journeys and
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dangers from
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rivers,
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dangers from
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robbers,
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dangers from
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my own people,
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dangers from
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Gentiles,
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dangers in the
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city,
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dangers in the
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wilderness,
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danger at sea,
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danger from
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false brothers,
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in toil and
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hardship through
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many a
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sleepless night,
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in hunger and
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thirst,
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often without
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food,
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in cold and
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exposure.
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This was the
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life that Paul
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was called into.
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This was the
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guy that in
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Philippians 1.21
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says,
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for to me to
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live is Christ
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and to die is
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gain.
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This is the
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man who found
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his joy in the
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supremacy of
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Christ greater
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than the
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circumstances of
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the world.
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This is not
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us.
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This sounds like
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a horrible
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camping trip
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to me.
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Number two,
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we can learn
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from Paul,
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we need to
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be eager.
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We'll see that
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in verse 15.
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We need to be
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eager.
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How is it that
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you're eager to
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share the
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gospel?
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I believe that
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if you value
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Christ as
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supreme,
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if you treasure
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him above all
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else,
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you will be
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eager,
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you will be
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desirous to
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talk about what
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you love and
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to experience
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more of him
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in sharing
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your faith.
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He is active.
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He is at
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work.
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His spirit is
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moving throughout
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this world.
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The gospel is
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advancing.
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We've been
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invited to
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join him in
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that.
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We ought to
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want that.
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We ought to
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be eager to
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be involved,
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to experience
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him deeper and
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to know him
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more in his
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work.
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Turn to
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Philippians
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chapter 3.
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We're going
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to start in
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verse 7.
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Paul has
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just completed
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giving his
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religious pedigree.
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He's
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compadding the
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Judaizers,
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those who
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would have
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the Philippians
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be circumcised.
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He's saying,
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hey,
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listen,
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if it
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matters,
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if outward
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appearance,
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if outward
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stuff matters
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at all,
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if it's not
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about a
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change in
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heart
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regeneration,
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the statement
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that we read
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this morning,
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then I was
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the best.
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I had it
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all sorted
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out.
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He's just
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finished saying
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that.
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And then
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verse 7,
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he says,
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but whatever
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gain I had,
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I counted
18:43
as loss
18:44
for the sake
18:45
of Christ.
18:46
Whatever
18:47
gain I had,
18:48
I counted
18:49
it as loss
18:49
for the sake
18:51
of Christ.
18:51
Indeed,
18:52
I count
18:53
everything
18:53
as loss
18:54
because of
18:55
the surpassing
18:56
worth of
18:57
knowing Christ
18:58
Jesus my
18:59
Lord.
19:00
Pause
19:00
there.
19:01
everything,
19:02
I count
19:02
it all
19:03
as loss
19:04
because of
19:04
the surpassing
19:05
greatness
19:06
of knowing
19:06
Christ Jesus
19:08
my Lord.
19:09
For his
19:10
sake,
19:10
I have
19:11
suffered the
19:11
loss of
19:11
all things
19:12
and count
19:12
them as
19:13
rubbish
19:13
in order
19:14
that I
19:14
may gain
19:15
Christ.
19:17
I count
19:18
them as
19:18
rubbish
19:19
in order
19:19
that I
19:19
may gain
19:19
Christ.
19:20
This
19:20
word in
19:21
Greek
19:21
is a
19:22
foul
19:22
word.
19:23
It
19:24
means
19:24
excrement,
19:25
human
19:25
excrement.
19:27
Not
19:27
wadded up
19:28
paper
19:28
rubbish.
19:29
vile.
19:32
And what
19:32
he does
19:33
to us
19:33
here,
19:34
understand
19:34
what he's
19:35
saying,
19:35
that if
19:35
you don't
19:35
have the
19:36
same mind
19:36
as him,
19:38
if you
19:38
value the
19:39
things of
19:39
this world
19:39
more than
19:40
Christ,
19:42
if you
19:42
do that,
19:43
what you're
19:43
doing is
19:44
you're playing
19:45
with your
19:45
own
19:45
excrement.
19:47
What he's
19:47
saying,
19:48
you love
19:48
it.
19:49
You want
19:50
to live
19:50
in it.
19:51
That's the
19:52
indictment on
19:53
us there.
19:54
We love
19:55
the things of
19:55
this world
19:55
more than
19:57
Christ
19:57
to plan
19:58
with our
19:59
excrement.
20:01
You're
20:01
welcome,
20:02
parents.
20:03
I'm trying
20:03
to use
20:03
big words
20:03
for you.
20:05
All right.
20:06
Verse
20:07
9.
20:09
In order
20:09
that I may
20:10
gain Christ,
20:10
verse 9,
20:11
and be
20:11
found in
20:12
him,
20:13
not having
20:14
a righteousness
20:14
of my own
20:15
that comes
20:15
from the
20:15
law,
20:16
but that
20:16
which comes
20:17
through
20:17
faith in
20:17
Christ,
20:18
the
20:18
righteousness
20:18
from
20:19
God
20:19
that
20:20
depends
20:20
on
20:21
faith,
20:22
that I
20:22
may know
20:23
him and
20:23
the power
20:24
of his
20:24
resurrection
20:24
and may
20:25
share in
20:25
his
20:25
sufferings,
20:26
becoming
20:26
like him
20:27
in his
20:28
death,
20:29
that by
20:29
any means
20:30
possible I
20:30
may attain
20:31
the resurrection
20:31
from the
20:32
dead,
20:32
not that I
20:33
have already
20:33
obtained this
20:36
or am
20:36
already
20:36
perfect,
20:37
but I
20:38
press on
20:39
to make
20:39
it my
20:39
own,
20:40
because
20:40
Christ
20:41
Jesus
20:41
has made
20:42
me his
20:43
own.
20:44
I press
20:45
on to
20:46
make my
20:47
perfection,
20:49
my
20:49
perfection
20:50
which will
20:50
come through
20:51
suffering,
20:52
see what
20:52
he's saying
20:52
there,
20:53
and I
20:54
may share
20:54
in his
20:55
suffering,
20:55
becoming
20:55
like him
20:56
in his
20:57
death,
20:58
I press
20:58
on,
20:58
I am
20:59
eager to
21:00
arrive at
21:01
it,
21:02
because Christ
21:02
Jesus has
21:03
made me
21:03
his own.
21:05
Verse 13,
21:06
brothers,
21:07
I do not
21:07
consider that I
21:08
have made it
21:08
my own,
21:09
but one
21:09
thing I do,
21:11
forgetting what
21:11
lies behind
21:12
all those
21:14
things,
21:14
all those
21:15
things he's
21:15
counted as
21:16
loss,
21:17
and straining
21:17
forward to
21:18
what lies
21:19
ahead,
21:19
I press on
21:20
toward the
21:21
goal for the
21:21
prize of the
21:22
upward call of
21:22
God in
21:24
Christ Jesus,
21:24
and what's
21:25
the prize?
21:26
It's Christ
21:26
himself,
21:27
Christ himself,
21:29
so we
21:29
ought to be
21:30
eager to
21:31
share our
21:31
faith with
21:33
the world.
21:34
I'll give
21:35
you another
21:35
Pauline
21:37
example,
21:38
Acts 9,
21:38
20,
21:39
after his
21:40
conversion in
21:42
Damascus,
21:43
verse 9,
21:44
20 says,
21:45
and immediately
21:45
he proclaimed
21:46
Jesus in the
21:47
sin of God,
21:48
saying,
21:48
he is the
21:50
son of God.
21:51
So this
21:52
Jew of
21:52
Jews,
21:54
the man,
21:55
the great
21:55
Pharisee,
21:56
who was
21:57
going to
21:57
Damascus to
21:58
drag the
21:59
Christians out,
22:00
to take
22:01
them back,
22:02
to have
22:03
them imprisoned
22:04
and stoned
22:05
like Stephen,
22:07
went to the
22:08
very same
22:08
places he
22:08
was headed
22:09
to,
22:09
to those
22:09
synagogues,
22:10
and proclaimed
22:11
he is the
22:12
son of
22:13
God.
22:18
Number
22:18
three,
22:18
we should
22:21
be unashamed
22:22
when we see
22:23
this in
22:23
verse 16.
22:24
We need
22:25
to be bold
22:25
and courageous.
22:29
Isaiah
22:29
chapter 6,
22:30
verse 8.
22:32
Isaiah
22:32
is just
22:33
seeing this
22:33
vision of
22:34
heaven.
22:37
And he
22:37
records,
22:37
I heard the
22:38
voice of the
22:38
Lord saying,
22:39
whom shall I
22:40
send and
22:40
who will go
22:41
for us?
22:41
Then I
22:41
said,
22:42
and you
22:42
got to
22:43
notice the
22:43
punctuation
22:44
in this,
22:45
here am I,
22:46
send me.
22:47
here am I,
22:50
send me.
22:51
He was
22:51
bold.
22:54
God
22:54
said,
22:54
there is a
22:55
great message
22:55
I have to
22:56
carry to
22:56
my people.
22:58
Who
22:58
will go
22:58
for me?
23:01
Isaiah
23:01
was bold.
23:02
Here
23:02
am I,
23:04
send me.
23:06
We need
23:07
to be
23:07
courageous
23:07
as well.
23:08
Psalm 40,
23:10
verse 9
23:10
and 10,
23:12
David wrote,
23:12
I have told
23:13
the glad
23:13
news of
23:14
deliverance
23:14
in the
23:15
great
23:15
congregation.
23:16
Behold,
23:17
I have
23:17
not restrained
23:18
my lips,
23:18
as you
23:19
know,
23:19
O Lord.
23:20
I have
23:20
not hidden
23:21
your
23:21
deliverance
23:21
within my
23:22
heart.
23:22
I have
23:22
spoken of
23:23
your
23:23
faithfulness
23:24
and your
23:24
salvation.
23:25
I have
23:25
not concealed
23:26
your steadfast
23:27
love and
23:27
your faithfulness
23:28
from the
23:29
great
23:29
congregation.
23:31
So we
23:31
have this
23:32
great news
23:32
and we
23:33
tend to
23:33
keep it
23:33
all hidden,
23:34
like it's
23:34
a little
23:34
secret for
23:35
us.
23:37
We need
23:38
to be
23:38
courageous
23:38
in sharing
23:39
it.
23:40
I'm going
23:40
to use a
23:40
term I
23:41
don't love.
23:42
I need
23:42
to get
23:42
out of our
23:43
comfort
23:43
zone.
23:44
I learned
23:45
this this
23:46
week.
23:46
Did you
23:46
know that
23:47
if you have
23:47
a goose
23:47
and you
23:48
put it on
23:48
a concrete
23:48
and you
23:49
draw a
23:49
white circle
23:50
around it
23:50
with chalk
23:51
and it
23:51
won't cross
23:52
the circle?
23:53
Did you
23:53
know that?
23:54
It's
23:55
phenomenal.
23:56
Maybe that's
23:57
not the
23:57
truth.
23:58
But it's
23:59
actually afraid
23:59
of crossing
24:00
over that
24:01
line.
24:02
So if you
24:02
draw it in
24:02
a circle,
24:03
it won't
24:03
cross over
24:04
that line.
24:05
I can't
24:05
wait to go
24:05
to the
24:06
park and
24:06
test this
24:07
out.
24:07
If some
24:11
goose proves
24:11
me wrong,
24:12
it's still
24:12
a good
24:13
analogy.
24:15
Supposedly,
24:16
a goose
24:16
will not
24:17
cross this
24:17
line,
24:18
will not
24:18
go outside
24:19
of this
24:19
because it's
24:19
afraid of
24:21
going outside
24:22
of it.
24:23
There is
24:24
no doubt,
24:25
there is
24:26
no doubt
24:27
that you
24:27
will find
24:28
ridicule in
24:28
this world
24:29
if you
24:29
share your
24:30
faith.
24:31
None
24:32
whatsoever.
24:32
It will
24:33
happen.
24:33
You will
24:33
be persecuted
24:34
for your
24:35
faith.
24:35
And that
24:35
doesn't
24:35
necessarily
24:36
mean you're
24:36
going to
24:36
be beaten
24:37
or shot
24:38
or imprisoned
24:39
here in
24:39
America.
24:41
It may
24:42
mean that
24:42
in other
24:43
places.
24:44
But you'll
24:44
be made
24:45
fun of.
24:46
The
24:46
gospel is
24:46
foolishness
24:47
to those
24:49
who are
24:49
perishing.
24:50
It doesn't
24:50
make any
24:51
sense to
24:51
them at
24:51
all.
24:53
But we
24:53
ought to
24:53
continue to
24:54
share our
24:54
faith in
24:55
the hope
24:55
that we
24:55
find the
24:55
one that
24:56
will place
24:57
their faith
24:57
in Christ.
25:00
We have
25:00
a hundred
25:01
sheep and
25:01
one wanders
25:02
away.
25:02
Let's go
25:02
get him.
25:05
The rest of the
25:06
sheep probably
25:06
think we're
25:07
foolish for
25:07
doing so.
25:08
Go find
25:09
that one.
25:12
It will
25:12
happen.
25:14
Why should
25:14
we care?
25:17
We care too
25:18
much about
25:18
being cool
25:19
and fitting
25:19
in.
25:21
Since we
25:21
all live in
25:22
the southeast,
25:23
we don't want
25:23
to be associated
25:24
with all the
25:24
dorky Christians.
25:26
I'm in there.
25:28
I'm summer
25:29
camp kids with
25:30
their sandals
25:30
and their
25:30
white socks
25:31
and their
25:32
testaments
25:34
and all
25:35
that stuff,
25:36
all that
25:36
Christendom
25:37
stuff.
25:39
I do not
25:40
want to be
25:40
associated with
25:41
it.
25:41
Right?
25:42
I don't want
25:43
to hand out
25:43
tracts because
25:44
I don't want
25:44
to be a
25:44
tract hander
25:45
out.
25:45
I don't
25:46
want to be
25:46
that person.
25:49
The gospel
25:49
is contained
25:50
in there.
25:51
It's a good
25:51
message.
25:52
We ought to
25:52
want to share
25:53
it.
25:55
And when I'm
25:56
in moments
25:56
where I
25:57
share my
25:57
faith and
25:58
I'm more
25:59
concerned about
25:59
how cool
26:00
I am,
26:01
then the
26:02
soul sitting
26:03
across the
26:04
table from
26:04
me or
26:05
serving me
26:05
or shameful,
26:09
absolutely
26:09
shameful.
26:11
I've got
26:12
another example
26:12
of Paul in
26:13
Acts chapter
26:14
14.
26:14
I want you
26:15
to read
26:15
this one
26:15
with me.
26:15
Acts chapter
26:16
14.
26:22
It's a
26:22
story about
26:23
Paul being
26:24
stoned at
26:24
Lystra,
26:25
which he
26:26
referred to
26:27
earlier in
26:27
2 Corinthians.
26:29
Acts 14
26:32
verse 19
26:32
to 22.
26:34
But Jews
26:35
came from
26:35
Antioch and
26:36
Iconium,
26:37
and having
26:37
persuaded the
26:38
crowds,
26:39
they stoned
26:39
Paul and
26:40
dragged him
26:40
out of the
26:41
city,
26:41
supposing that
26:42
he was
26:42
dead.
26:43
So they
26:44
had stoned
26:45
him enough
26:46
that he
26:47
seemed like
26:47
he was
26:47
dead.
26:49
Verse 20.
26:50
But when
26:50
the disciples
26:51
gathered about
26:51
him,
26:52
he rose up
26:52
and entered
26:53
into the
26:53
city.
26:54
And on
26:54
the next
26:55
day he
26:55
went on
26:56
with Barnabas
26:57
to Derbe,
26:58
I'm going to
26:58
guess,
26:58
when they
26:59
had preached
27:00
the gospel
27:00
to that
27:00
city and
27:01
had made
27:02
many disciples,
27:03
they returned
27:03
to Lystra and
27:04
to Iconium and
27:05
to Antioch,
27:06
strengthening the
27:06
souls of the
27:07
disciples,
27:07
encouraging them
27:08
to continue in
27:08
the faith,
27:09
and saying that
27:10
through many
27:10
tribulations we
27:11
must enter the
27:11
kingdom of
27:12
God.
27:13
Now,
27:14
let's go back
27:15
to the story
27:15
again.
27:16
So he's in a
27:17
town called
27:18
Lystra,
27:19
and Jews
27:20
come from two
27:21
other towns.
27:22
They come from
27:22
Antioch and
27:23
Iconium,
27:23
and they come
27:24
to Lystra,
27:25
and they convince
27:25
everybody there
27:26
that they should
27:27
stone him.
27:27
And they drag
27:28
him outside the
27:29
city,
27:29
which is what
27:29
they did with
27:30
dead people.
27:31
When the
27:32
disciples came,
27:33
he rises up,
27:33
and what does
27:34
he do?
27:34
In verse 20,
27:35
he goes back
27:36
into the city.
27:38
To the people
27:39
who had just
27:39
stoned him and
27:40
dragged him out
27:40
of the city,
27:41
dead,
27:41
he goes back
27:41
into the city.
27:43
And on the
27:43
next day,
27:44
he goes to
27:44
another city,
27:45
he goes to
27:46
Derbe.
27:46
When they
27:47
preached the
27:47
gospel there,
27:48
and made
27:48
many disciples,
27:49
what does
27:49
he do?
27:50
Verse 21,
27:51
he returns,
27:53
and goes to
27:54
the two cities
27:54
where the Jews
27:55
had come from.
27:55
He goes to
27:56
Lystra and
27:56
Iconium.
27:59
He went back
28:00
into the
28:01
lion's den,
28:01
back to the
28:02
place where
28:02
people hated
28:03
him and were
28:03
trying to
28:04
kill him.
28:04
He went right
28:05
back there
28:05
because he
28:07
was courageous,
28:08
because he
28:09
had a message
28:10
that must be
28:11
taken to
28:12
these people.
28:14
And he
28:14
strengthened the
28:15
souls of the
28:15
disciples,
28:17
saying that
28:17
through many
28:18
tribulations,
28:19
we must enter
28:19
the kingdom of
28:20
God.
28:22
Don't worry
28:22
about me,
28:23
guys.
28:23
This is the
28:24
life of a
28:25
Christian.
28:26
It's cool that
28:27
they stoned me.
28:27
It's not a
28:28
problem at all.
28:28
I expected it
28:29
to happen,
28:29
because the
28:30
world is
28:31
hostile towards
28:33
Christianity.
28:34
Okay,
28:35
that's all I
28:35
can go up
28:35
there now.
28:39
I wanted to
28:40
show you this.
28:41
This was a
28:42
carving in
28:43
stone of a
28:45
tablet that was
28:46
discovered in
28:46
Rome.
28:48
There's some
28:48
debate about
28:49
when it dates
28:49
to.
28:50
Most agree
28:51
the third
28:52
century.
28:54
Kind of
28:55
an interesting
28:55
piece.
28:55
I got this
28:56
pen for
28:56
Christmas.
28:56
I never
28:57
ever thought
28:57
I would
28:57
use it,
28:58
but I got
28:58
it out of
28:58
the box
28:58
and put
28:59
batteries in
28:59
it because
28:59
it's got a
29:00
pointer in
29:00
it.
29:01
So I just
29:02
want to show
29:02
you what this
29:02
actually is,
29:03
what it's
29:06
depicting.
29:06
This is a
29:07
cross with a
29:09
human body
29:09
with the head
29:10
of a donkey
29:11
on it,
29:12
which was
29:13
mocking
29:13
Christ.
29:15
And here you
29:15
have a man
29:16
raising his
29:17
hand.
29:18
We would
29:19
assume in
29:20
worship,
29:21
and his
29:22
name is
29:22
Alexa
29:23
Manos.
29:24
The inscription
29:25
here,
29:26
Alexa
29:26
Manos
29:27
worships
29:28
his God.
29:30
It says,
29:32
Alexa
29:32
Manos
29:33
worships
29:34
his God.
29:35
It's a
29:36
hero of
29:37
mine,
29:38
Alexa
29:38
Manos.
29:39
He was
29:41
ridiculed
29:42
for his
29:42
faith in
29:43
the third
29:43
century,
29:44
depicted in
29:45
his piece
29:45
of art,
29:47
a sign of
29:47
the culture
29:48
and the
29:49
times.
29:50
We're not
29:50
in a
29:50
different
29:50
place now
29:53
at all.
29:54
Another
29:55
one of my
29:55
Christian heroes
29:56
is a man
29:56
named
29:57
Polycarp.
29:58
And I
29:58
wish he
29:59
had a
29:59
better name
30:00
because I
30:00
would have
30:00
named my
30:01
next son
30:01
Polycarp,
30:03
but I'm
30:04
not going
30:04
to do
30:04
that to
30:04
him.
30:05
I've
30:10
read,
30:10
most of
30:11
you have
30:11
probably
30:11
heard me
30:11
read this
30:12
before,
30:12
but I
30:12
think it
30:13
should be
30:14
read again.
30:16
Polycarp
30:17
was a
30:17
first century
30:17
Jew,
30:18
and he
30:18
was taken,
30:19
excuse me,
30:20
Christian,
30:21
and he
30:21
was taken
30:21
before the
30:23
pro-council.
30:24
He was
30:25
going to be
30:25
killed for
30:26
his faith.
30:28
And the
30:29
pro-council
30:29
then urged
30:30
him,
30:30
saying,
30:31
swear,
30:32
and I
30:32
will release
30:33
thee,
30:33
reproach
30:34
Christ.
30:36
Polycarp
30:36
answered,
30:37
eighty and
30:38
six years
30:38
have I
30:39
served him,
30:39
and he
30:40
never once
30:41
wronged me.
30:42
How then
30:42
shall I
30:43
blaspheme
30:43
my king
30:44
who hath
30:45
saved me?
30:46
The
30:47
pro-council
30:47
again urged
30:48
him,
30:48
swear by
30:49
the fortune
30:50
of Caesar.
30:51
Polycarp
30:52
replied,
30:53
since you
30:53
still vainly
30:54
strive to
30:55
make me
30:55
swear by
30:55
the fortune
30:56
of Caesar
30:56
as you
30:57
express it,
30:58
affecting
30:58
ignorance
30:59
of my
31:00
real character,
31:01
hear me
31:01
frankly
31:02
declaring
31:02
what I
31:03
am.
31:03
I
31:04
am a
31:05
Christian,
31:06
and if
31:06
you desire
31:07
to learn
31:07
the Christian
31:07
doctrine,
31:08
assign me
31:08
a day,
31:09
and you
31:09
shall
31:09
hear.
31:11
It's
31:11
response.
31:12
Love it.
31:13
Hereupon the
31:14
pro-council
31:14
said,
31:15
I have
31:15
wild beasts,
31:16
and I
31:16
will expose
31:17
you to
31:17
them unless
31:18
you repent.
31:19
Call for
31:20
them,
31:20
replied
31:20
Polycarp,
31:21
for repentance
31:22
with us is a
31:23
wicked thing if
31:24
it is to be a
31:24
change from
31:25
the better to
31:26
the worse,
31:27
but a good
31:28
thing if it
31:28
is to be a
31:29
change from
31:29
evil to
31:30
good.
31:30
I will
31:32
tame thee
31:32
with fire,
31:33
said the
31:33
pro-council,
31:34
since you
31:34
despise the
31:35
wild beasts
31:36
unless you
31:36
repent.
31:38
Then said
31:38
Polycarp,
31:39
you threaten
31:40
me with fire
31:40
which burns
31:41
for an hour
31:41
and is soon
31:42
extinguished,
31:43
but the
31:43
fire of the
31:44
future judgment
31:45
and of
31:45
eternal punishment
31:46
reserved for
31:46
the ungodly
31:47
you are
31:47
ignorant of.
31:49
But why
31:49
do you
31:50
delay,
31:50
do whatever
31:51
you please?
31:53
So there's a
31:54
little more
31:54
banter back
31:55
and forth.
31:56
They finally
31:57
take him
31:57
out into
31:59
the stadium
32:00
and put
32:01
him on a
32:02
burning pile
32:03
of wood.
32:04
When they
32:04
would have
32:05
fastened him
32:06
to the stake,
32:06
he said,
32:07
leave me as
32:08
I am,
32:09
for he who
32:09
giveth me
32:11
strength to
32:12
sustain the
32:12
fire will
32:13
enable me also
32:14
without your
32:14
securing me
32:15
with nails to
32:16
remain without
32:16
flinching in
32:18
the pile.
32:18
So he said,
32:19
don't tie me
32:19
up.
32:20
God strengthens
32:20
me to
32:21
withstand the
32:21
fire.
32:22
I can stand
32:23
here.
32:24
Upon which
32:25
they bound
32:25
him without
32:26
nailing him.
32:27
So he said,
32:27
thus,
32:29
O Father,
32:29
I bless thee
32:30
that thou
32:30
hast counted
32:31
me worthy
32:31
to receive
32:32
my portion
32:33
among the
32:33
number of
32:34
martyrs.
32:35
As soon as
32:36
he had uttered
32:36
the word
32:36
Amen,
32:37
the officers
32:37
lighted the
32:38
fire,
32:39
the flame
32:39
forming the
32:40
appearance of
32:41
an ark
32:41
as the
32:41
sail of a
32:42
vessel filled
32:43
with wind
32:43
surrounded as
32:45
with a wall
32:45
the body
32:46
of the
32:46
martyr.
32:47
Fire doesn't
32:48
do that,
32:48
right?
32:49
It's like,
32:50
made like a
32:50
force field
32:51
around him.
32:53
Around the
32:54
body of the
32:55
martyr which
32:55
was in the
32:55
midst,
32:56
not as
32:56
burning flesh,
32:57
but as
32:58
gold and
32:59
silver refining
33:00
in the
33:00
furnace.
33:02
We received
33:02
also in our
33:03
nostrils such
33:04
a fragrance
33:04
as proceeds
33:05
from
33:06
frankincense
33:06
or some
33:07
other precious
33:08
perfume.
33:09
At length,
33:10
the wicked
33:10
people,
33:11
observing that
33:11
his body
33:12
could not be
33:13
consumed with
33:13
fire,
33:14
ordered the
33:15
confectioner to
33:15
approach and
33:16
to plunge his
33:17
sword into
33:18
the body.
33:18
So,
33:19
they're all
33:20
sitting around
33:21
waiting for him
33:21
to be consumed
33:22
and he's not.
33:23
He's glowing
33:24
like gold
33:25
being refined
33:26
and there's a
33:27
sweet smell
33:28
coming out of
33:28
it.
33:29
So,
33:29
the confector
33:32
comes,
33:32
plunges the
33:33
sword into
33:33
his side.
33:34
Upon this,
33:35
such a
33:35
quantity of
33:35
blood gushed
33:36
out that the
33:37
fire was
33:38
extinguished.
33:39
Polycarp,
33:41
a great man
33:42
who died
33:42
for his
33:44
faith.
33:46
For the
33:47
gospel to
33:47
advance to
33:48
this four
33:48
billion people,
33:49
it's got to
33:49
go to dangerous
33:50
places.
33:51
It has to.
33:53
There are
33:53
people who
33:54
are hostile
33:55
toward the
33:56
gospel.
33:57
They will
33:57
not just
33:58
make fun
33:58
of us,
33:59
but will
34:00
kill us
34:01
for the
34:02
gospel.
34:03
Some of
34:04
you may
34:05
have a
34:05
call to
34:06
go to
34:06
countries like
34:07
that.
34:07
And I
34:08
think we
34:08
need to
34:08
be willing,
34:09
whatever our
34:10
walk of
34:10
life is,
34:11
to do so.
34:13
My son's
34:14
name is
34:15
Cademan
34:16
Danger
34:17
Rainer.
34:19
He has
34:20
the middle
34:20
name Danger
34:21
because I
34:21
want him
34:22
to be
34:23
willing to
34:23
be dangerous
34:24
for the
34:24
gospel.
34:25
And I
34:25
want to
34:25
be a
34:26
dad who's
34:26
willing to
34:26
let him
34:27
go and
34:28
be dangerous
34:28
for the
34:30
gospel.
34:32
We need
34:33
young people
34:34
who are
34:35
willing to
34:35
rise up
34:36
and to
34:37
do this,
34:37
to carry
34:38
this message
34:39
out to
34:40
the world.
34:43
We're going
34:44
to be
34:44
obligated
34:45
and eager
34:46
and unashamed
34:48
of the
34:48
gospel of
34:48
Jesus
34:49
Christ.
34:50
Because it
34:51
is the
34:52
power of
34:52
God for
34:54
salvation to
34:55
those who
34:55
will believe
34:56
in it.
34:57
It's the
34:58
power to
34:59
live righteous
35:00
lives to the
35:01
end.
35:03
I pray that
35:04
God will be
35:04
honored with
35:07
the lives,
35:07
both individually
35:08
and corporately,
35:09
of Christ's
35:10
family church.
35:10
church.
35:11
I want to
35:12
challenge you.
35:14
I grew up
35:14
with cheesy
35:15
youth group
35:17
challenges,
35:19
but I think
35:19
it's in
35:20
order here.
35:22
As many of
35:22
you are going
35:22
to go off
35:23
for the
35:23
summer,
35:24
we'll have
35:24
no idea
35:25
where you'll
35:26
be and
35:26
what you'll
35:26
be doing.
35:28
I want to
35:28
challenge you
35:29
to pray
35:30
and look for
35:31
opportunities to
35:32
share your
35:32
faith.
35:33
They are out
35:33
there.
35:34
If you make
35:35
yourself available
35:36
to God,
35:37
He will use
35:38
you to spread
35:39
the gospel.
35:40
I promise.
35:41
It's going
35:41
to happen.
35:42
Wake up in
35:42
the morning,
35:43
die to
35:43
yourself,
35:44
treasure Christ,
35:46
and ask
35:47
Him to
35:47
move you
35:48
to share
35:49
your faith
35:49
throughout
35:50
your day.
35:52
So here's
35:52
what I want
35:53
to do over
35:53
the next
35:53
couple of
35:54
weeks.
35:54
We're going
35:55
to begin
35:55
talking the
35:56
next two
35:56
weeks about
35:57
the wrath
35:57
of God
35:57
being poured
35:59
out on the
35:59
unrighteous.
36:01
It ought to
36:02
be a reminder
36:03
to us to be
36:04
sharing our
36:04
faith.
36:05
We have a
36:05
message that
36:06
will save
36:06
people from
36:07
that.
36:07
We ought
36:08
to want to
36:08
do so.
36:09
So here's
36:10
what I want
36:10
you to do.
36:10
Alex,
36:11
if you can
36:11
put that
36:11
up there
36:11
for me.
36:13
I want to
36:14
encourage you
36:15
as I'm
36:15
sharing my
36:16
faith,
36:17
and I want
36:17
you to
36:17
encourage me
36:18
as you're
36:18
sharing your
36:19
faith as we
36:20
carry the
36:21
gospel message.
36:21
And here's
36:22
how I want
36:22
to do that.
36:23
So Twitter
36:24
slide.
36:25
We're going
36:25
to use some
36:25
technology.
36:26
We're going
36:26
to redeem
36:26
technology today.
36:31
Back there's a
36:31
slide called
36:32
Twitter.
36:34
There we go.
36:35
If you don't
36:38
know how to
36:38
use Twitter,
36:39
it's really
36:39
simple to
36:40
do.
36:40
Go to
36:40
twitter.com,
36:41
trade an
36:42
account.
36:43
As simple
36:43
as that.
36:44
But here's
36:44
what you've
36:44
got to do
36:44
next.
36:45
I want you
36:45
to follow
36:46
Christ Family
36:46
Church.
36:47
It's
36:48
Christ Fam
36:48
Church.
36:50
That's how
36:51
you search
36:51
for it.
36:52
You click
36:52
follow.
36:55
And here's
36:56
how you tweet.
36:57
Very simple.
36:58
I guess it's
36:59
called a tweet.
36:59
That's official
36:59
language.
37:00
You tweet
37:02
at Christ Fam
37:02
Church and
37:03
then you
37:04
share your
37:04
story.
37:05
You're limited
37:06
to 140
37:07
characters,
37:07
which will
37:07
be very
37:08
interesting,
37:08
since at
37:09
Christ Fam
37:09
Church is
37:09
going to
37:10
take up
37:10
quite a
37:10
few of
37:10
them.
37:12
But what
37:13
I want you
37:13
to do is
37:13
just quickly
37:14
say,
37:16
met a guy
37:16
at the gas
37:17
station,
37:17
shared my
37:18
faith.
37:20
Simply,
37:21
just like
37:21
that.
37:22
At
37:22
Christ Fam
37:23
Church.
37:23
And what
37:24
that does
37:24
is it'll
37:24
send that
37:25
message to
37:25
Christ Family
37:25
Church,
37:26
and then
37:26
Chris,
37:27
who manages
37:27
that account,
37:28
will retweet
37:29
it.
37:29
Yes,
37:29
that is
37:30
official.
37:30
So that
37:30
we can
37:31
all see
37:31
it.
37:32
So if
37:32
you're
37:32
following
37:32
Christ Family
37:33
Church,
37:34
that's
37:34
going to
37:34
pop up
37:36
in your
37:36
feed,
37:37
and you'll
37:37
be encouraged,
37:38
I hope,
37:38
to do so.
37:40
We need
37:41
to be doing
37:41
it,
37:41
and we need
37:42
to be
37:42
encouraging
37:42
each other,
37:43
we need
37:43
to be
37:44
spurring
37:44
each other
37:44
on to
37:45
good works.
37:47
We need
37:48
to be
37:48
about doing
37:49
that,
37:49
and I
37:49
believe this
37:49
is a
37:50
way that
37:51
we can
37:51
accomplish
37:51
that.
37:52
So we'll
37:52
remind you
37:53
next week,
37:53
I hope
37:53
you don't
37:54
forget
37:54
this week,
37:55
but set
37:56
yourself
37:56
about this
37:56
work this
37:57
afternoon,
37:58
set
37:58
yourself
37:58
about this
37:59
work of
38:00
sharing the
38:00
gospel with
38:01
the world.
38:04
Now to
38:04
wrap this
38:05
all up,
38:07
remember
38:07
Paul's
38:08
obligation to
38:09
gospel ministry.
38:10
We talked
38:10
about it
38:10
last week,
38:12
we talked
38:12
about it
38:12
this week,
38:13
part one
38:13
and part
38:14
two,
38:15
Paul's
38:15
obligation
38:16
to gospel
38:17
ministry.
38:19
It should
38:19
be present
38:20
all the
38:21
time in
38:21
our lives.
38:22
It ought
38:22
to be
38:23
what we
38:23
are about.
38:25
We come
38:25
together and
38:26
we minister
38:26
to each
38:27
other with
38:27
the gospel
38:27
so that
38:28
we can
38:29
go out
38:29
and minister
38:29
to the
38:30
world
38:30
with the
38:31
gospel.
38:32
So let's
38:32
get busy
38:33
about that.
38:36
I'm going
38:37
to take
38:37
the Lord's
38:37
Supper.
38:40
I think
38:40
that some
38:41
repentance
38:41
is in
38:42
order,
38:43
that Christ
38:44
didn't break
38:45
his body
38:46
and shed
38:46
his blood
38:47
for us to
38:48
just be
38:48
happy Christians
38:49
in our little
38:49
happy Christian
38:50
world,
38:50
did he?
38:51
And if
38:52
that's where
38:52
you find
38:53
yourself this
38:53
morning,
38:54
I just pray
38:55
that you'll
38:55
repent,
38:55
that you
38:57
will place
38:58
your faith
38:59
in him
38:59
again,
39:00
that you
39:00
will see
39:02
that his
39:02
righteousness
39:02
is your
39:03
righteousness,
39:04
and that
39:04
you'll forget
39:05
what lies
39:05
behind,
39:06
and you'll
39:06
strain toward
39:07
what lies
39:08
ahead.
39:09
Take the
39:09
elements
39:10
whenever you're
39:10
ready to do
39:12
so.
39:12
But I just
39:13
ask that this
39:13
be a serious
39:14
time as
39:16
Wes plays
39:17
some music
39:17
for us,
39:18
and that you'll
39:19
really reflect
39:20
and see if
39:21
you need to
39:21
get anything
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sorted out.
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So let's
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pray together
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and we'll
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continue our
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worship with
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the
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Lord's
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Supper.
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Let's
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Thank you.