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When Carl went away on vacation, his brother Ben promised to take care of his cat.
The next day, Carl called Ben to see how the animal was doing.
“Your cat is dead,” said Ben, matter-of-factly.
“Dead?” said the stunned Carl.
“Why did you have to tell me like that?”
“How should I have told you?” asked Ben.
“Well,” said Carl, “the first time I called, you could have broken it to me gently.
You could have said my cat was on the roof, but the fire department was getting her down.
The second time I called, you could have told me the cat fell out of the fireman’s arms and broke its neck.
The third time I called, you could have said that the vet did everything he could, but Fluffy passed away.
That way it wouldn’t have been so hard on me.”
“I’m sorry,” said Ben.
“That’s all right.
By the way, how’s Mom?”
“She’s up on the roof,” said Ben, “but the fire department is getting her down.”
You know, how we communicate really does make a difference.
People can tell how we feel about them from the words we use and how we say them.
We are going to study a portion of scripture that is a powerful example of effective communication.
Anchor Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:1-7
Theme: Purpose / Gospel
Aim: Encourage a desire to see the world reached with the love of Christ.
The message today comes from what has to be one of the most intimate letters written in the Bible from a spiritual father to a son.
As I read the first 7 verses in this letter try to picture the author, Paul, sitting in a prison cell.
He misses his wonderful disciple Timothy.
Picture Timothy reading this letter with a longing deep within to hear these final words from his spiritual dad.
Their love is deep, their commitment to the gospel is powerful, and their desire to see the world reached with the love of Christ is real.
When I read this scripture it stirs up something in me.
I haven’t been able to read it in my personal study time without tears in my eyes.
It’s a powerful reminder to me of what’s most important in this life.
Your life has a purpose.
God created you for a reason.
I don’t know your past, but I know that in Christ you have a future!
What I hope you hear through this scripture is that God appoints you, gifts you, and empowers you to announce the wonderful promise of life found in Jesus, the anointed Messiah!
Purpose, meaning, fulfillment cannot come from any other source than God and His will for you.
People are looking for power, love, and a peaceful mind in the wrong places.
We can only find what we desire when we walk with the Spirit of the Living God.
In our scripture I want to bring out three points that I hope will stir up Heaven’s urgency in your life today.
First up, Paul says that he was...
Appointed by God
The mighty apostle Paul.
What an example in our Christian faith.
He proclaimed the gospel no matter the cost.
His life was poured out as a living sacrifice to God.
He was crucified with Christ so that Christ could live in Him.
For the sake of the gospel he was hungry, naked, beaten, shipwrecked, snake bitten, and wrongfully accused.
He was also a murderer.
In his own words:
1 Corinthians 15:9 (CEV)
9 I am the least important of all the apostles.
In fact, I caused so much trouble for God’s church that I don’t even deserve to be called an apostle.
Before Paul became an Apostle he was a man named Saul who was an enemy of Christ and His church.
But God has a plan for Saul to become Paul.
He had a plan to save him from sin, death, and eternal damnation.
Christ came to save the murderers.
He came to love the unlovable.
Paul was saying that “if God can save me then ANYONE can be saved!”
The truth is that God appointed Paul.
If God appointed Paul, has He appointed you?
The short answer to that is YES!
You are called to a new life in Christ.
Your life can be more than just the sum of minutes, hours, and days.
It can count for eternity when you walk in the spirit and reach the world with the hope of eternal security.
You’re not disqualified.
You’re not too sinful to have hope!
Consider Pauls words in his first letter to his spiritual son Timothy:
God saves hardened haters of Christ.
God can make the chief of sinners the chief of missionaries.
God wants us to see a seemingly powerless, persecuted, marginalized church that they can triumph by the supernatural conversion of their most powerful enemies.
No person is beyond God’s reach.
YOU are not beyond God’s reach.
He has chosen you!
Do you believe that you are appointed by God? Faith is really the differentiating factor.
Once Paul encountered Christ, he repented, was baptized, and then he started telling about what Christ had done in his life.
You and I are no different, Christ loved us as sinners enough to give His life.
When we come to Him in faith we have been set free from the old life.
We are now appointed members of His kingdom.
We are appointed by God because He wants us to reach people with the Good News!
It’s not for our own glory, but to bring God glory.
We shouldn’t seek a position for a title recognition, no, it’s because our hearts ache to reach a lost world with the blessed hope of salvation.
In our scripture, Paul says he was appointed, he reminds Timothy that he was also appointed through faith, but he also reminded Timothy that he was...
Gifted by God
We’ve all bought a can of paint.
Before you leave the hardware store, they take the paint in put it in an electronic agitator.
It shakes the paint to get it all mixed up and ready to be used.
Say you don’t use that paint right away.
You may put it in a closet or the garage for a week.
When you come back before you can use the paint you have to stir it up again to get all the chemicals mixed together for it to be able to coat the wall.
That can of paint is a picture of the Christian; they have to stir themselves up in faith in order to be effective in their spiritual work.
Jesus said something that I think it s a warning and a reminder for us to make sure our hearts are in sync with the Spirit.
Timothy was instructed to “fan into flame” or “stir up” the gift of God that was given to him by the laying on of hands.
To me, this is a reminder to be a doer of the word and not just a hearer.
It reminds me that we can honor God with our lips, but our actions can prove that our hearts are far from Him.
The truth is that we have all been the gift of God’s spirit to do good works for Him.
Remember the day of Pentecost?
Peter preached a message that is still relevant and true for us today.
He says to repent, be baptized, receive the forgiveness of sins, and then he promised the gift of the Holy Spirit!
When you give your life to Christ the Spirit of God takes residence in your soul.
This is a promised gift for all who believe.
There can be no doubt that Paul was reminded Timothy that he was a chosen messenger filled with the Spirit of God who imparted certain gifts and abilities to reach people with the gospel.
He was reminding his spiritual son that God gave him all that he needed to continue in the work that was started.
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