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The introduction to the author.
(1) A. A slave first.
An apostle second.
Doulos - slave
Not even a bond-slave
Because Paul was a slave first and an apostle second, this caused him to...
(1) B. A life lived on mission.
It is easy for us to lose focus on the mission.
It takes us a long time to begin to comprehend what the mission is.
Paul lived his life for the sake of others.
Because he is a slave of Christ not because he was an apostle.
Because he had a stewardship from Christ.
“For the sake of”: in the interest of or for the benefit of.
Everything we do is for the sake of something.
Every single decision we make every single day is for the sake of something.
For christians it is pretty easy...
For the benefit of self or for the benefit of others.
For the sake or benefit of the Gospel.
(1 Corinthians 9:19-23)
“I have made myself a servant to all...”
Douloo - to enslave
For the sake or benefit of the Gospel.
(1 Corinthians 9:19-23)
We have no rights.
We have no liberty.
We have no freedom.
Slaves live their life for the interest of their master.
We spend a lot of time fighting for our the rights we perceive we have as Americans.
We don’t want to lose our freedom!
While we are fighting, Paul says he willingly have them up and became a slave for the sake of the gospel.
Be careful what you fight for in the world.
I almost never talk about the political party I support.
I can find good things to say about either side if not I can find a way to be quiet.
Because if I may never get a chance to share the gospel otherwise.
For the sake of....
For the sake or benefit of Christ.
(Philippians 3:8)
Paul gave up every earthly gain (a picture of a slave) for the sake of gaining Christ.
Paul fully believes that living is Christ.
If we are living our life for the sake of Christ we do what benefits Him not us.
Do we follow His example?
Do we follow His commands?
Do we consider His will first before our own?
Do we order our daily lives around Him or us?
Ultimately, are we looking to gain our own good?
Or are we looking to gain Christ at any cost?
Think about a slave… Get to know our master better, emulate Him, and make Him look good.
For the sake of....
For the sake or benefit of the church.
(Colossians 1:24)
We have probably figured out by now that we do a lot for ourselves.
Each of these other “for the sake of’s” are challenging.
How much do we do for the sake of the church - specifically the local church.
Paul was willing to suffer.
Physically suffer persecution.
We have a hard time showing up and being involved.
The list of reasons I hear as to why people don’t show up is incredible.
Yet Paul says this physical suffering, imprisonment and persecution is ok because it is for the sake of the church.
When trials and struggle come into your life there are generally a couple of lines of thought.
First is an unbiblical reaction and we just get mad.
Second is realizing that God is working His purpose.
Se we start trying to figure out what He is doing in our lives.
We start asking what He wants to teach us.
Did you catch that… we are so trained to think that this life is about us that this is what we think.
What if there is a third line of thinking we should have...
Sure God will teach me something, but maybe this isn’t even about me.
Maybe it is for the benefit of the church.
Other Christians.
This goes more than one way...
This isn’t just showing up but,
Letting the church be the church.
Let them help you.
Let us encourage you.
Allow us to carry your burden with you.
Paul understood that his life was not his own but was lived for the benefit of the church.
Let me encourage you...
I’m sure some of you are thinking this sounds exhausting.
All of these places we are called to live for the sake of could be seen as opportunities given by our master to invest what he has entrusted us with.
So… the parable in Matthew tells us that we will hear well done and be blessed if we invest what we are entrusted with.
For the sake of.... (today’s passage)
For the sake of or the benefit of God’s elect.
i.
For the sake of the the elect’s salvation.
For the sake of the faith of God’s elect.
For the faith of - human responsibility.
Ephesians 2 says God give us that.
God’s elect - divine sovereignty.
God chose them, but He intended that we be in connection with their believing.
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For the sake of the the elect’s salvation.
We clearly see the tension between God’s sovereignty and man’s responsibility.
We can’t explain it, but we know it is true.
When God laid out His redemption plan in eternity past it not only included our salvation,
It included us as His hands and feet for taking that good news to His elect.
This takes away all the pressure on you and I.
We are simply taking the gospel to the world.
Those who God has already chosen will believe when they hear the gospel from us.
If this takes away all the pressure then it also take away all our excuses!
Maybe it then puts a different pressure on us, or we could say a certain focus to our lives.
Because what do think God is going to say to our excuses when we haven’t even tried to build a redemptive relationship and lead someone to Christ?
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