WHAT ARE YOU FOR?
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PAT GREEN: WHAT I’M FOR
YOU DON’T HAVE TO GUESS WHAT I’M AGAINST, IF YOU KNOW WHAT I’M FOR!!
OFTEN AS CHRISTIANS WE’RE KNOW FOR WHAT WE ARE AGAINST, NOT WHAT WE’RE FOR!!
CALLED TO CHANGE THAT NARRATIVE!!
PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW WHAT WE LIVE FOR AND WHO WE LIVE FOR, OVER WHAT WE ARE AGAINST.
Person: Didn’t share the Gospel with a spiritually lost person the whole month of October.
Same person: Distraught by kids dressed up like Paw Patrol getting candy bars from their neighbors on October 31.
If people were half as passionate about sharing the Gospel as they are their opinions… Revival would breakout, indeed.
WAYNE BOX....READY TO GO!!!!
IT’S IS OUR JOB TO ENSURE WE’VE DONE OUR BEST TO MAKE SURE THOSE WHO GOD LEADS US TO ARE READY TO GO!!
DOESN’T MEAN YOU Save them, but have you shared with them?!!
IF WE COME IN HERE ON SUNDAYS AND FEEL ALIVE SPIRITUALLY BUT DON’T GO LIVE IT OUT PRACTICALLY, WE HAVE FAILED.
THIS ISN’T SOMETHING WE KEEP INSIDE.....BUT SHOULD BE SOMETHING WE SHARE WITH THE WORLD!!
APATHETIC. INDIFFERENT. I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO SAY, NOT AN EVANGELIST
GOD WILL MEET YOU WHERE YOU’RE AT, BUT HE WON’T LEAVE YOU THERE!!
19 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,
MAKE DISCIPLES......THAT’S MY JOB EVERYDAY, BUT I GET TO FULLY EXPRESS IT ON SUNDAYS......SO I’M CALLED TO WARN ALL OF US
ONE DAY......
GOING TO GIVE AN ACCOUNT FOR ALL WE’VE DONE ION THE NAME OF JESUS, OR IN THE NAME OF OURSELVES.
WHAT DID WE DO WITH THE RESOURCES GOD GAVE US?
HOW FAITHFUL WERE WE?
HOW DID WE FORGIVE?
HOW DID WE GLORIFY GOD?
HOW DID WE SHARE THE GRACE AND TRUTH OF JESUS???
JUDGEMENT FROM GOD TOWARD BELIEVERS:
JUDGEMENT SEAT OF CHRIST
10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.
NOW SAVE YOU ALL THE FEAR....NOT A JUDGEMENT OF SIN, NO CONDEMNATION.
REWARDS BASED JUDGEMENT DETERMINED BY HOW WE LIVED FOR GOD
BEMA SEAT.....RAISED PLATFORM ON WHICH JUDGES AST TO VIEW ATHLETIC GAMES. nEVER A PLACE TO PUNISH ATHLETES BUT TO TEST AND REWARD THEM
I BELEIVE IN MODERN AMERICAN CHRISTIANITY we are lacking one of the most important part of our walk with the Lord, sharing the gospel.
john 3 2 weeks, conversation Nicodemus
John 3:16ESV)
16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
koine greek
John is explaining and expanding about the conversation of John.
doesn’t matter theologically
Willling to let the scripture change your perspective.
Say this so when you hear me describing what I believe John said
JOHN 3:16
for the WORLD!!! FOR EVERYONE WHO WILL BELIEVE IN WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR US!!!
In John’s 1st epistle, he clarifies this point for the WORLD
1 John 2:2(NIV)
2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
OUR JOB IS TO TELL them, WE CAN’T MAKE THEM BELIEVE
NONE OF US CAN MAKE ANYONE BELIEVE,
BUT ALL OF US CAN SHARE WHAT AND WHY WE BELIEVE!!!
16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
DESIRE
DESIGN
DECISION
DANGER
DESTINY
DESIRE: GOD LOVED THE WORLD
Romans 5:8 (ESV)
8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
GENESIS....GOD MADE MAN IN OUR IMAGE, WAS IN RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM,
THIS IS HIS DESIRE.....GOD OF ALL OF HEAVEN WANTS A RELATIONSHIP
THIS IS WHAT WE ALL CRAVE A RELATIONSHIP
DEEP DOWN PEOPLE ARE THAT LITTLE BOY
DESIGN: “THAT HE GAVE HIS ONE AND ONLY SON.”
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Romans 8:32 (ESV)
32 He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?
DECISION: “THAT WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM...”
John 14:6 (ESV)
6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
John 3:36 (ESV)
36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.
EXPLAIN IT’S A GIFT!! YOU DON’T EARN IT…JUST LIKE JESUS HAD TO EXPLAIN TO NICODEMUS.....THIS IS GOOD NEWS.....RECEIEVE WHAT GOD HAVE GIVING!!! YOU MUST OPEN THE GIFT.....YOU DO THAT THROUGH FAITH, YOU BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS FORGIVEN THEOUGH JESUS
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,
BUT WHY? WHY DO I NEED FORGIVEN? WHY CAN’T GOD JUST ACCEPT ME!!
HITLER? PEDOPHILE? SOME SERIAL KILLER
GOD IS PERFECT AND HOLY AND RIGHTEOUS JUDGE…HE MUST DEAL WITH SIN THAT SEPARATES US, BUT HE HAS MADE A WAY. HE HAS BRIDGED THAT GAP WE COULDN’T NEVER PUT TOGTHER!!!!!
YOU MUST BE FORGIVEN OR YOU WILL PERISH
23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
DANGER: “SHALL NOT PERISH”
2 Peter 3:9 (ESV)
9 The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
2 Thessalonians 1:9 (ESV)
9 They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might,
there will come a day!!!
you may think now whatever, i don’t want God, i don’t need God
DESTINY: “HAVE ETERNAL LIFE!”
John 5:24 (ESV)
24 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.
3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. 4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”
