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Introduction
Attention (Why should they listen to you?) Did you ever consider God to be a goal driven God?
I mean there are a ton of books out there on the value of setting goals, how to achieve you most cherished goals or how to discover your most pressing goals.
Pursuing our goals is a really good thing!
What if you had the opportunity to sit down with God and ask Him what His main goal is?
What do you think He might tell you?
I think He would tell you that His goal is to
God’s Goal?
Grow people into Christlike maturity and to use you to do it!
What is the Hearer’s problem?
Did you catch that?
He wants to reach people with the Gospel, save them from His eternal wrath, adopt them into His family and grow them into the image of Jesus Christ - aka Maturity in Christ.
And His plan includes YOU!
You are a tool prepared by the God of the universe, hand crafted specifically for your culture and context to not only reach your friends and neighbors for Christ, but to help them mature as followers of Christ...
What do the hearers need to know?
Main Textual Idea:
Main Idea: You Are God’s Tool To Help Others Grow In Him!
Interrogative: Really?
Well, how does this work?
Transition: There are two ways in which this works and the first way is...
Body (Satisfaction)
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You Are His Tool for Their Maturity (vs.
28)
Lead in...
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Explanation – Last week we talked about Paul’s stewardship or management responsibility.
And according to verse 25, he says that he “became a minister according to the stewardship from God that was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known…”
He was a “Manager of the Message.”
And suffered for it!
But God used him powerfully to communicate the life-changing message of the Gospel.
Paul was a tool, a very sharp and effective tool in the hands of God.
He accomplished so much for Jesus in his short ministry time on this earth.
22 years from His first missionary journey to when he was beheaded.
As I said last week he planted some 20 churches personally and mentored some one hundred more.
He wrote a voluminous amount in the New Testament and all the while working a side tent-making business.
Paul was an expert at “Managing the Message.”
Looking at verse 28, we can see exactly what he means by being a good steward of God’s truth.
He tells us exactly his process of good management looks like…
You are a Tool to Proclaim - “Him we proclaim…” – καταγγέλλω – verb “To make known openly and with wide distribution.”
This is what Paul’s life entailed!
He was the sower that Jesus talked about.
He was the thrower of the seed!
By the way, do you know what a fertilizer spreader is called?
It’s called a “broadcaster!”
This is what the sower of the seed was, a broadcaster!
He put his hand in the bag, grabbed a handful of seed and he broadcast it out.
Paul grabbed a handful of the word (if you will) and threw it out!
Consider the parable of the sower…
Paul was an expert at broadly proclaiming the word of God…
Are you a faithful broadcaster of His truth?
If you are going to help people mature in faith you must start with this!
But Paul doesn’t stop with general broad casting of the word, He also tell them...
You are a Tool to Warn - “…warning everyone…”
It’s not all sunshine and unicorns when it comes to life.
There are pitfalls that can destroy a person.
This is true for the unbeliever as well as the believer!
And so, Paul warns “EVERYONE!”
I think it is fair to say that Paul warned the unbeliever as well as the believer!
For the unbeliever Paul warned of the impending reality of God’s wrath that would inevitably be poured out on the earth and would eternally be meted out on every unbelieving soul.
Yet
There is warning for the believer as well.
We, as believers in Christ must be very concerned with how we live our lives.
We are to be a holy people!
This is what Peter challenges us with in 1 Peter.
“A royal priesthood” – God’s priest were consecrated (made holy) before the Lord!
“A holy nation” – Not simply as individuals but corporately we are to be a holy people!
Whether it is how we live our lives or the words we say, we are each a tool God uses to warn people!
You are a Tool to Teach - “…and teaching everyone with all wisdom…”
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A multi-faceted tool like a swiss army knife or Leatherman.
You are a Tool to Present - “…that we may present everyone mature in Christ.” -
Illustration – An illustration on a coach or someone that helps you grow.
Argumentation – Did you know that you and I have the same privilege that the Apostle Paul had?
Because of the great commission, this passage isn’t simply reserved for those who are pastors and teachers.
We, as a body are to be tools in the hands of God to help others grow in Christlikeness.
We are tools that PROCLAIM.
We are tools that WARN!
We are tools that TEACH!
We are tools the PRESENT the MATURE!
This is what Paul was called to and this is what we are called to.
And the only way this is ever going to get done to the level it needs to be done is if we are share in the load.
Application – Ways in which we can “share the load” of helping others to mature in Christ.
Review - You Are God’s Tool To Help Others Grow In Him!
· You Are His Tool for Their Maturity
2. You Are His Tool in Which He Works Powerfully (vs.
29)
Lead in...There are some people in this world who just know how to work and work hard.
The best example I have of this kind of person was my dad.
He worked so hard his whole life…
Paul knew how to work as well.
Perhaps because he was commissioned by God Himself to steward the message of the Gospel?
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Explanation – Paul admits to the fact that serving Christ in the way of discipleship is toilsome work!
It is not easy at all!
It takes a tremendous amount of energy and effort!
Why?
Because it involves people!
And people can be exhausting!
Remember, Paul is talking about helping Christians grow into maturity!
When a little baby is born, it would be ridiculous for us to expect much out of that baby.
There is a lot of time that needs to be spent with that little one!
To nurture it, feed it, change it and just help keep he or she alive!
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