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Introduction
Good morning, and welcome once again to Grace Baptist Church.
We are thankful for the opportunity to open our Bibles together with you this morning and learn from God.
I am Kyle Linville, the pastor of discipleship here at Grace.
We are in our second week of a three week study on discipleship and intentional community.
Last week, we talked together about what it means to be created in God’s image.
Being created in God’s Image actually tells us about our purpose in life - we are the visible representatives of the invisible God.
God sent Jesus as the perfect image of God and is using all things in our life to conform us into the image of God.
Jesus tells us:
Discipleship is how we grow to be more like Christ.
God uses discipleship to restore us to our original purpose - representing him to the world!
40 A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is perfectly trained will be like his teacher.
If God has created us for this purpose and we try to live for some other purpose, it leads to frustration.
Last week we compared it to using a tool for something other than its intended purpose.
Like racing on a tricycle [PICTURE].
That is just not what its designed for, and the race will not go so well for Johnny.
Or cutting hair with garden shears [PICTURE]; sure they may cut, but this would be so frustrating.
God’s
Imagine, though, you have the right tool, but in unskilled hands.
Maybe Alaina decides she doesn’t trust me to cut her hair with the garden shears so she grabs the right tool.
She grabs a pair of scissors.
But having the right tool does not make her ready to cut her own hair.
We’ve all seen pictures of the kid who gets some scissors and cuts their own hair.
The same can be true in our spiritual life.
We may understand we have a purpose, we know that God has called us to be his representatives, but that does not yet mean that we are now like Christ.
Now, my analogy breaks down a little hear.
I would tell the child to put down the scissors and back away slowly.
But we do not do that.
We do not hide from the world until we have been conformed into the the image of Christ and then come out to represent him, BUT we should be ready to grow.
And that growth - that following after Christ, being conformed into his image - is a process; growth isn’t instant.
Being conformed into the image of Christ is a life long process.
Jesus describes it as a daily process:
Mt.
This morning I want to look together at Paul and see how he grew as a disciple.
Paul’s Motivation as a Disciple
We will look at
In Paul wanted to let the Corinthians know what drove him as a Christian.
What is it that motivated him to do what he did?
This passage is a rich description of the motivation of the Christian life.
This passage should not only describe Paul, but all believers.
He says this:
In this passage Paul wanted to let the Corinthians know what drove him as a Christian.
What is it that motivated him to do what he did?
This passage is a rich description of the motivation of the Christian life.
This passage should not only describe Paul, but all believers.
He says this:
Love
What is it that drives Paul?
What is his motivation to live for Christ?
It is the LOVE of Christ.
Paul has understood the reality of what Christ has done for him and it radically shifted the course of his life.
Paul has understood the reality of what Christ has done for him and it radically shifted the course of his life.
How does Christ’s love motivate Paul?
It compels him.
Other versions might use “control” or “constrain”.
Pastor Phil and I were talking about this passage earlier in the week and he pointed out that “compel” and “constrain” seem opposite to him.
To “compel” gives you the idea of pushing someone one and “constrain” has the connotation of holding someone back.
The word is not used a lot in the New Testament , but it often has the idea of being restricted.
This is the story of the lady who touched him and was healed.
Here it says that the crowds surrounded Jesus.
That is the same word.
Or in it says:
These men “held” Jesus.
In other words, they were restraining him in custody.
These passages can help us get a better understanding of the word in our passage this morning.
It seems that there is a restrictive sense involved.
The love of Christ has restricted the options available to Paul.
But there are some significant difference between our passage and the passages from Luke, especially the source of the restriction.
In the first Luke passage it is a large crowd.
They had their own interests in mind.
THEY wanted to see Christ.
THEY wanted to be healed.
THEY were not concerned immediately with Christ’s needs.
In the second passage, those who were restricting Jesus were his enemies.
But what about Paul? Paul was compelled by LOVE.
It is LOVE that restricted Paul’s actions.
It is LOVE that leads him on.
It is LOVE that constrained Paul to no longer live for himself, but for Christ.
Love has not so much bound Paul, but has set Paul free.
Love freed Paul from the slavery of sin, from the slavery of self, and Paul could do nothing - Paul would do nothing - but live for Christ.
The LOVE of Christ has so captivated and amazed Paul that he can say to the Philippians:
Phil 3:8
So, is Paul restrained? Yes!
Is Paul restrained against his will?
No! The effect is this, Paul is freed to willingly and lovingly serve his new master.
Jesus says this:
The love of Christ has freed Paul’s heart from any potential master that would tempt Paul from serving God whole-heartedly.
How has this happened in Paul’s life?
He tells us:
1 Cor 5:14
Conviction
Christ’s love compels Paul onward BECAUSE “we judge thus.”
What does that mean?
The word “judge” means that Paul has weighed the facts and he has become convinced in his mind.
Paul has a conviction about what he is doing.
His passion and his action are firmly grounded in conviction.
Conviction in what?
He says, “that if One died for all, then all died”.
What does Paul mean by that?
At first glance, it might not even make sense.
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