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INTRODUCTION
*Open your Bibles to Romans 10
Have you ever been the last to hear something?
Everybody in town knew that the shoe store was clearing out their inventory
Everyone in town got amazing deals
Nobody told you, and when you got there, all that was left were toddler’s flip flops
It stinks when others have good news that they fail to tell you
Have you ever received critical information too late?
You found out the fuel light on your car wasn’t working when you ran out of gas
The enrollment deadline for your college classes was moved to last Friday, but you didn’t get the message
You find out that they are hiring for your dream job, only to learn that the application deadline has already passed
You find out that your child is sick just after you got done sharing a milkshake with them
Learning critical truth too late can be devastating
TRANSITION
Last week, our journey down the Romans road took us through a discussion of righteousness and salvation
We talked about the righteousness that we can earn
A form of righteousness that looks good to me but that fails to live up to God’s Standard for us
The righteousness we can earn is incomplete because we still sin
The righteousness we earn is focused on us and not on God
true righteousness can only come from God
We talked about Jesus Christ as our only source of Righteousness
Righteousness that brings salvation can only come through faith
belief in Jesus Christ, trusting Him as the ruler of our lives is our only hope for salvation from sin
It isn’t something that we can earn for ourselves, but only what He can give us through faith
This faith in Him, though, will change everything about how you live your life
And, as we were ending last week, we were talking about the fact that true belief always ends in confession
Christians tell others about Jesus because He is what is in your heart
Jesus said that whatever is in your heart will be what comes out of you!
Christians will share the Gospel, because confession is the first fruit of salvation
And this discussion continues as we move forward in our text this morning, starting in Romans 10:13
Pray, invite the church to sit down
*LISTENING GUIDES OUT
This morning, our text begins with the same verse that we ended with last week:
And, if you’ve got your listening guides out, I want to jump right in this morning with what I hope is a reminder, that
Jesus Christ, our only hope, will only save all who call Him Savior and Lord
Anyone and everyone can be saved;
but only those who pace their faith in Jesus will be saved
We know that not everyone will come to faith in Jesus Christ
We know that God knows already who will and who will not be saved,
but He still lets us choose
I am repeating this to you today because this is to be the song of our lives
It is crucial for us to understand that salvation comes only through faith in Jesus Christ
Jesus is the only way to the Father
Jesus is the only way to be saved
The only way you can be saved is to put your faith in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord
This must be our song.
It must be our testimony.
It must be what is on our lips in the morning, in the noontime, and at night
There are many who would call themselves Christians who never tell others about Jesus
I would ask you today-when did you last share Christ with another?
This day?
This week?
This month?
This year?
Jesus is the only way to the Father-
But if you have to believe to be saved, and you have never heard, where does that leave you?
I Hope that you are listening.
I hope that you are awake and with us right now
If you don’t hear anything else I say this morning, hear this next point this right now, and write it down:
If a christian fails to share Christ, those they did not tell will be condemned
Our task of sharing the Gospel is literally life and death
To come to a place of belief, you have to hear the Gospel
To hear the Gospel, someone has to share it with you
You are tasked by God with sharing the Gospel with others around you
The word that is translated here as “preacher,” is not the word for “pastor” or for “teacher”
It isn’t even the word for “evangelist”
The word translated preacher literally means “one who proclaims” or “one who tells”
I share the Gospel, but so must you!
You and I are to share the Gospel
And if you don’t share the Gospel with them, no one will
In other words, how will the lost and dying souls around you come to Jesus if you never share the Gospel with them
I hear a lot of Christians talking about how unhappy they are with the world
How people pay no attention to God
my question is, how many people have you told about Jesus?
Worse than the condition of our world is that the lost are going to Hell
If we share the Gospel and it is rejected, that rejection is on the hearers
If we fail to share the Gospel, then their blood is on our hands
It should be the life plan of every believer to do two things:
1) assume that every other person you meet does not know Jesus
2) assume that they would like to know Him
You and I are the only way that those who have not heard will hear before it’s too late
And it isn’t just those that live right where we are
Jesus said
You and I are responsible to share the Gospel where we are, but also far and wide
Look at verse 15 with me:
Knowing that if we don’t share, then no one will,
knowing that Jesus is the only way to salvation,
knowing that you and I are called by Christ to share the Gospel,
knowing that those who haven’t heard are bound for Hell, leads us to our next point, that
Where the Gospel has not been heard, the church must send and support proclaimers
As a church, we must share the Gospel with those around us...
but we must also share with those that are far away
We must send out church planters
we must send out foreign missionaries
Sending out workers is the hardest thing a church can do, but is the most important!
It means denying ourselves the fellowship and sharing of gifts in this body so that there can begin a new work elsewhere
Sending workers is the only way we will be found obedient in the call to proclaim Christ in far off places
And those that cannot go must support the workers we send
In the New Testament, Paul wrote to the churches he and others had started to support Him in starting new ones
What he is saying is that in giving prayers and financial support to those that we send, we are participating in the work that God is doing through them
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