Preach the Gospel with Confidence

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Hymn - TO GOD BE THE GLORY! (676) - FRANCES J VAN ALSTYNE 1820-1915

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Psalm 73:4–7 ESV

For they have no pangs until death; their bodies are fat and sleek. They are not in trouble as others are; they are not stricken like the rest of mankind. Therefore pride is their necklace; violence covers them as a garment. Their eyes swell out through fatness; their hearts overflow with follies.

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Hymn - NOW, O MY SOUL, FORGET NO MORE (736) - KRISHNA PAL 1764-1822, TRANS. JOSHUA MARSHMAN 1768-1837

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Hymn - MY LORD, I DID NOT CHOOSE YOU (691) - JOSIAH CONDER 1789-1855

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Reading

2 Corinthians 5:11–21 ESV

Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade others. But what we are is known to God, and I hope it is known also to your conscience. We are not commending ourselves to you again but giving you cause to boast about us, so that you may be able to answer those who boast about outward appearance and not about what is in the heart. For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you. For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised. From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Matthew 10:40–42 ESV

“Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me. The one who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and the one who receives a righteous person because he is a righteous person will receive a righteous person’s reward. And whoever gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward.”

Sermon

Confidence in the Message

Jesus had told them all they needed to know

Speak all that you have heard

Fearless Proclamation of the Good News

Persecutors cannot Kill your soul

Fear God & Know His Loving Care

Intersession for those who acknowledge Jesus

Denial for those who deny Jesus

The Gospel Purifies and seperates us from the world

Emnity within families

Profess Christ until death itself

Preach the Gospel with Confidence

Ambassadors of God

Matthew 10:40 ESV

“Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me.

Jesus shows that those who God sends as His Messengers and are His Representatives

Jesus will later teach his parables: the land owner, his son and his servants

Rejecting God’s messengers is rejection of God

Willing Acceptance of His messengers is a willing acceptance of God

Matthew 28:19–20 ESV

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

Paul understood Jesus’ commission - Make disciples of all Nations

Message of Salvation

Ministry of Reconciliation

2 Corinthians 5:20 ESV

Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.

Reward for Acceptance

Matthew 10:41 ESV

The one who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and the one who receives a righteous person because he is a righteous person will receive a righteous person’s reward.

Commentary on a Harmony of the Evangelists Matthew, Mark, and Luke Matthew 10:37–42; Mark 9:41; Luke 14:25–33

To receive a person in the name of a prophet, or in the name of a righteous man, means

The Disciples go with Jesus’ Authority

They are sharing the proclamation of salvation, and those who accept what they hear will receive the reward proclaimed

Prophet is one who declares God’s Word

Righteous Person is one who devotes his life to true religion

Assurance

Matthew 10:42 ESV

And whoever gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward.”

Even though Jesus’ disciples are effectively a nobody, insignificant in fame and fortune

Even the smallest and most insignificant gift, a cup of cold water

Where the motive is to show their love for God, they will not lose their reward

Mark 16:15–16 ESV

And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

Summary

Confidence in the:

Proclamation of the Gospel

Promise of the Gospel

Assurance/Reward of the Gospel

Hymn - YOUR GREAT LOVE (1268) - Colin Webster

Closing Prayer

Doxology