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Introduction
Today will conclude our sermon series on the Gospel
My purpose in this series is to recalibrate our understanding of the Gospel
In our world, the Gospel has been presented as a series of things to affirm and you are a Christian.
But, as I saw Jesus present the Gospel, there are a lot of differences in what He did compared to what is presented in our world.
In our world, a big majority of people in the United States (I’m not going to quote a stat because they are always changing), call themselves Christians.
Even a wider stat than that say that they are going to Heaven.
I ask myself “why?”
They have accepted some gospel, but the gospel they have received is not the Gospel that Jesus communicated.
The Gospel Jesus spoke about caused people to become angry.
It caused people to walk away sad.
Jesus wasn’t out there handing out free “Get into Heaven” tickets, and everyone who took one got to have their eternity secured.
There are two huge elements of the Gospel that Jesus emphasized.
First, Jesus must be our savior
However, we cannot simply say, “Jesus is my savior”.
We must acknowledge that we are sinners.
We must recognize the separation from God that has resulted from our sin.
This is why the Rich Young Ruler and Nicodemus were so confused.
When they were brought face to face with their sin, both of them took a step back and said, “What sin?”.
Jesus will never be our savior unless we recognize our sin.
Second, Jesus must be Lord
Jesus never asked people to respond to their sin and in faith entrust their sin to Jesus without the corresponding act of making Jesus Lord
If Jesus is Lord, that means that I must surrender and submit to His authority in everything.
You cannot continue living your life, you cannot stay at the nets, and follow Jesus.
Either He is your Lord or He is not.
That doesn’t mean we are perfect.
We will stumble.
We will wander.
But we return and repent and acknowledge our sin and lay down the old ways and surrender to His way.
This is a high calling
This will impact your life, your relationships, your path in life, absolutely everything.
If you are approaching Jesus for comfort in your life, or for security in Heaven, but do not surrender to His Lordship, then you have no place before Him.
Our whole lives are devoted to knowing Him and following Him.
This is what we were created for.
This is what He wants to restore.
We must count the cost.
We cannot earn our salvation.
It is given by Jesus freely.
We have nothing to offer Him.
As we close out this series, I want to talk through a topic that is a natural result of the Gospel
When we talked about the Parable of the Sower, we talked about how the sower cast the seed into the field.
The result of the cast seed was a plant.
It was life
The soil was not the same after the seed took root.
Something changed.
We have emphasized the relationship we have with God during this series on the Gospel
However, this relationship should change our lives.
Paul writes this passage to the Thessalonian church.
There are some personal things that he is writing to them.
For example, Paul is going to visit them.
He goes on to talk about the persecution they were suffering on behalf of the Gospel.
But Paul makes a tremendous point here in talking about the Gospel.
He says that they ought to conduct themselves in a manner worthy of the Gospel of Christ.
What does this mean?
There is a way that we need to act or behave that directly relates to the Gospel.
Last week, as we brought up God’s plan and desire for relationship with us.
He deeply loves us, and He desires a love response.
This is purely relational language.
We saw that God so loved the world that he gave His only begotten Son...
We understand God’s love for us.
In response, God calls us to love Him as well.
He loves us, He asks for love in return.
The result of that love for Him is a changed heart, a changed mind, and also a changed life.
It results in love for the world around us.
You see, sin did not only break relationship with God.
It broke relationship between mankind.
There is not a relationship you have in your life that is not in some way broken because of sin.
We struggle and battle to navigate this world as image bearers of the Almighty God.
And one of the struggles we have is with the other image bearers of the Almighty God.
It’s not just that we can’t get along with God because of sin, we cannot get along with each other as well.
Discipleship is not just following Jesus
It is following Jesus while being in relationship with other disciples.
We walk alongside one another.
This passage is the directive and fuel for discipleship.
Paul calls us to live our lives in a manner worthy of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
He then tells us what that looks like.
Our passage today is Philippians 2:1-11
Pray
This is a passage that is widely used as a text teaching us about the theology of Jesus.
It is called the Kenosis.
It tells how Jesus, being God, became flesh and dwelt among us.
These are critical and important teachings for us that have life changing implications.
However, today, we are going to break this text down in another lens.
Maybe a more contextually appropriate lens.
Dipping back into Paul’s teaching, I love his logical progressions.
He gives a series of “if” statements.
If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ
If you have any comfort from His love
If you share in the Spirit
If you have tenderness and compassion
We can break these things down, but all of these are realities and hallmarks of the Gospel’s presence in our lives
Our unity and relationship with Jesus is a relational way of saying that we are walking with Him as His disciples
He is our Lord, we are His disciples
In this case, unity does not mean equality.
However, it does mean that what once separated us has been removed (sin) and now we can approach God.
Comfort from His love
Again, this is a relational approach to God.
We are aware of His love and we no longer live in separation, but we embrace the love of God as we surrender to Him.
Share in His Spirit
When we have relationship with God, He gives us His Holy Spirit to dwell within us.
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