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When you read this passage do you get the sense that Paul gave up?
How do we know when
Intro
Illus: Lone Survivor!
Marcus Lutrell
During the ambush of Operation Red Wings the four SEALs were attacked from three sides and took fire from RPK machine guns, AK-47s, RPG-7s, and 82mm mortars.
The attack forced the SEALs into the northeast gorge of the Shuryek Valley side of Sawtalo Sar.
The SEALs made a number of attempts to contact their combat operations center with a PRC-148 MBITR (Multi Band Inter/Intra Team Radio) and then with an Iridium satellite phone.
They could not establish consistent communication, however, other than for a period long enough to indicate that they were under attack.
Three of the four team members were killed, and Luttrell, the only survivor, was left unconscious with a number of fractures, a broken back, and numerous shrapnel wounds.
Members of SEAL Team 10 attempted a rescue during the firefight, but their helicopter was shot down, and all aboard were killed.
Luttrell regained consciousness and evaded the pursuing enemy, . .
.Lutrell would find himself alone, hurt and running for his life?
People are leaving the church.
Christianity all throughout America is seeing a trend . . .
at it is not good . . .
people are abandoning the faith.
MEET GENERATION Z:
More troubling is that of the 85 percent of American adults who were raised Christian, nearly a quarter of them no longer identify with Christianity.
Former Christians now represent 19.2 percent of the US adult population overall.
To put this into perspective, says Allen Cooperman, Pew’s director of religion research, “There are more than four former Christians for every convert to Christianity.”10
- White, James Emery.
Meet Generation Z: Understanding and Reaching the New Post-Christian World (p.
23).
Baker Publishing Group.
Kindle Edition.
White, James Emery.
Meet Generation Z: Understanding and Reaching the New Post-Christian World (p.
23).
Baker Publishing Group.
Kindle Edition.
Sometimes it appears that our task is greater than we can actually accomplish.
We could sit here and feel like Marcus Luttrell, running from the enemy.
And, maybe some of us do.
We feel beat down as if there is nothing we can do.
Paul appeared to give up and walk away.
After three months of what appeared as fruitless ministry, Paul left Ephesus.
But, we know that Paul didn’t give up, he moved to a more fertile or fruitful area.
What motivated Paul to continue in what appeared to be insurmountable odds?
He had faith in God!
Doctrine
God equips his people
for the calling of engaging a hostile culture
How do we know right from wrong?
Apologetics
διαλέγομαι
Two meanings:
1. to think different things with one’s self, mingle thought with thought (cf.
διαλογίζομαι); to ponder, revolve in mind; so in Hom.
Inward reasoning - this is what happen when we become a Christian.
We think differently.
to converse, discourse with one, argue, discuss:
1. to think different things with one’s self, mingle thought with thought (cf.
διαλογίζομαι); to ponder, revolve in mind; so in Hom.
Outward reasoning - “drawing arguments from Scripture.”
things concerning the Kingdom of God
How God’s world works
Reason is weapon
Often we focus on the faith of the believer, yet God gives us the ability to reason
Faith is in the facts - resurrection of Jesus was an actual event
Bible is filled with historical events
Scripture is the tool
God gives us the tool necessary to reason
God engages his enemies
God has enemies
- Seed of the serpent and seed of the woman
Gen 3:15
We see these two lines throughout the Scriptures
These enemies sometimes attack the mind and reasoning
stubborn and continued in unbelief
speaking evil of the Way
charge against Jesus
John 14
The Jewish mindest would of thought of the Way as the way of the Torah - Law
God holds back his enemies
stubborn and continued in unbelief
stubborn - to harden - their hearts were hardened against Jesus
God hardens the hearts of men, which means he is the one who softens them
Ezekiel 11:19
Ezekiel
A promise for God’s people
We are no longer enemies of God
speaking evil
God is in control of the battle that is being fought
God will ultimately conquer his enemies
Book of Revelation shows us that there will be a final battle that Jesus wins
Rev 19:11
Rev 14:14
We belong to a victorious God
Paul walks away in victory and not defeat
God elevates his name
God’s Kingdom will be proclaimed in the earth
God’s Word will go out and effectively call all of His sheep
He uses his people to proclaim his word
Is
God’s enemy seeks to steel God’s glory for himself
God will receive glory
God is glorified when men believe in Jesus.
This is the point of our calling.
The Glory of God
Conclusion
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We are in a war for men’s souls until Christ returns.
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