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*A Good Example*
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1 Corinthians 9:1-23
Introduction: The issue in Chapter 8 was centered around what a believer should eat.
You will remember that Paul answered their question by telling them that what was at stake was not simply a matter of what steaks they ate!
People are more important than exercising freedom.
Paul said that if something that he was doing was causing a brother to be lead into sin, even though he had the liberty to do so, that he would willing give up his rights for the sake of his Christian brother or sister.
In Chapter nine, Paul gives a personal example of what he means by laying aside rights for the sake of others.
He first outlines those rights and then focuses in on the more important issue.
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**The authority of an Apostle vv.
1-2*
a.
Pastors are often the target of criticism!
The same was true for Apostles.
The same is true for presidents!
b.
In the first two verses, Paul is defending his position as an Apostle so we can surmise that there were those who were calling his authoritative position into question.
c.
Paul had personally been recruited by the risen Christ.
He had been sanctioned by Jesus as an Apostle to the Gentiles.
Evidently the other Apostles were being afforded privileges that Paul was not.
d.
He lists a few of the areas where he was not being treated the same.
a.
V.4
Food and drink.
For his daily needs to be met.
b.
For the expense of taking a wife along.
c.
Not having to work an “outside” job.
He deals with this issue at length.
*2.
**The right to be remunerated vv.6-15*
a.
Paul uses several illustrations to and some Scriptural support to explain that those who are called to ministry are to be supported financially by the people that they minister to.
b.
The soldier – he is paid by the ones that he serves
c.
The farmer – he shares in the produce that he grows.
d.
The shepherd – he at least gets some of the milk from the flock
e.
The ox – even the animals that work are afforded the luxury of getting some benefits from their work.
f.
Paul makes it clear that it was not just for the oxen that the verse was written.
The one who plows and the one who harvests get to share the profits of their work.
g.
The same is true in the ministry.
h.
It was true for the Old Testament priests, and Paul says it was true for those laboring for the gospel.
i.
Verse 14 says that the Lord that those who proclaim the gospel are entitled to get their living from the gospel.
j.
Paul says that although he was within his God given rights to make his living from sharing the gospel, he did not exercise his right because there was something that was more important to him than his rights.
*3.
**The good of the gospel vv.16-23*
a.
Paul’s passion was to preach the gospel.
He saw himself as having no other option because he was compelled by God to do so.
b.
He wasn’t boasting about how spiritual he was because he didn’t receive or demand what was rightfully his or that he worked day and night not to be a burden to anyone.
He was simply more focused on not offending people but loving them.
c.
There have been those who have abused the ministry for personal gain.
I am sure that there always be some who are in it for the money.
Paul made it clear that his motive for ministry instead of personal gain he constantly gave of himself because the message of the gospel was the focal point of his life.
d.
Look what he was willing to do for the sake of the gospel:
i.
Though free, he became a slave to win more.
ii.
To the Jew he became a Jew to win them.
iii.
To the non Jews and non religious he associated with those who made him feel a little uncomfortable without sinning, to win them.
See the pattern?
iv.
To the weak, those who found themselves still bound by their past be it legalism or paganism, he refused to offend them by participating in things which he had a right to do.
He wanted to win them in the sense of seeing them come to maturity in Christ.
v.
He didn’t do these things in order to be saved, he did them because he was saved and wanted as many people to experience that blessing as possible.
He also wanted to personally experience all of the blessings that come from being an obedient believer.
V.23
Conclusion: Paul used himself as a good example of laying aside the liberty that was rightfully his.
That is a lesson that we should learn.
But there is even a greater lesson present here.
The passion of Paul’s heart was to see lives transformed by the power of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
For him this was no casual endeavor.
He could not sit idly by while people went to hell.
What is it about us, I have to wonder, that allows us to do be so casual about the fact that our friends, neighbors, coworkers, and family are not moving any closer to becoming Christians?
Sometimes I wonder if we really believe what the Bible teaches about eternal damnation.
Do we really think that God will allow them to go to hell?
Have we been lulled to sleep by the philosophy of the world that says that a loving God would never send anybody to hell?
If we have, we have been seriously deceived.
The truth is that God doesn’t send anybody to hell, they send themselves.
It is not God’s fault that we choose to sin.
It is not God’s fault that we reject the sacrifice of his dear son on the Cross–– the very way of forgiveness that God provided.
No, God has done everything possible to provide deliverance for those condemned by sin.
He not only provided a substitute to suffer the consequences, he became that substitute himself.
He suffered.
That’s right.
God’s suffered incredible pain for you and me.
If we choose to reject that, and we have if we have not come to Christ, then we have no one to blame but ourselves.
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