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Thank you
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Revive Recap — Theme
Revive Recap — Theme
Revive: being restored from death to life.
Revived life: loving Jesus more than yourself
Sometimes we need to be reignited in our faith before we can live a revived life
Living a revived life means that you live on mission
You can not have revival without resurrection
The Church is made up of people who have been revived, brought from death to life
Paul had relationships with many churches
The reason that we have much of the New Testament is because of Paul’s relationship with individual churches.
Many of them he planted himself
Specifically for us this morning, we are looking at a letter written by Paul to the church at Corinth.
One of many letters we know that we written back and forth between Paul and the Corinthians
Paul had an essential role in the start of the Corinthian church.
He visited Corinth the first time on his second missionary journey
Paul’s relationship with the Corinthians took many forms.
It is clear that Paul’s relationship with the Christians at Corinth was one of his greatest challenges.
He experienced opposition — people in the church did not like Paul
The Jews rejected his message and charged him with teaching people apart from the law
But Paul remained faithful — He cared for the Christians in Corinth and wanted them to live out their faith.
He wanted them to live a revived life.
In our passage we see Pauls instruction for a revived Church:
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A Revived Church:
1. Refuses to Separate New-Life from New-Mission (11-15)
5:11
“Therefore, since we know the fear of the Lord, we try to persuade people.”
Paul builds on what he said in verse 10 — highlighting the reality of the judgement seat of Christ.
Paul has been greatly impacted by the reality of the coming Judgement
“Fear of the Lord”
Reverent faith
Paul’s reverent faith led him to action
Specifically it led him to evangelism
Paul had a dramatic salvation experience — Which led to dramatic obedience
Paul recognized that when someone experienced NEW LIFE in Jesus:
They are given a new mission — they have a new purpose
“Not only have we been saved from something, but we have been saved for something.”
Paul says — because of the truth of the gospel — we share the gospel.
In his mind there is no separation between experiencing the gospel and explaining the gospel
Those who place their faith in Jesus --- Share Jesus.
They do not separate their new life from their new mission
11b-13
“What we are is plain to God, and I hope it is plain to your consciences.
We are not commending ourselves to you again, but giving you an opportunity to be proud of us, so that you may have a reply for those who take pride in outward appearance rather than in the heart.
For if we are out of our mind it is for you.”
Paul gives a response to some of the criticism he has likely received by people in the church.
They were concerned about his motives
Paul makes a defense of his integrity and methods
Those who were critical were more concerned with the outward appearance:
What appeared to be taking place in Paul’s ministry
Rather than the condition of a person’s heart — which is what God is concerned about.
Paul was commited to preaching the gospel message — to some that seemed [mad]
Paul knew that his methods were pure and that they ultimately were serving the people of Corinth
14-15
“For the love of Christ compels us, since we have reached this conclusion: If one died for all, then all died.
And he died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for the one who died for them and was raised.”
Paul felt “compelled” by the love of Christ
The word Paul uses to “compel” in the original language is comprised of two words — “to have” / “together/with”
Understanding of two things not separating
Used in Paul’s day to describe the tendons of the elbow holding the joint together
My wife, Tarin and I currently live in New Orleans.
We both are study at NOBTS
I am actually a recruiter for the school --- shameless plug , come see me in the lobby
One of the things that we have realized is that New Orleanineans are passionate about football...
Like they are hosting a boycott bowl during the super bowl to protest the blown call a couple weeks ago...
They raise their children to love the Saints!
But they also raise their children to hate the falcons...
So funny to me...
Those two things go hand in hand..
New Orleanineans are compelled to hate the falcons
Paul says that the love of Christ compels us...
Our compulsion is rooted in our confession
“…since we have reached this conclusion: If one died for all, then all died.
And he died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for the one who died for them and was raised.”
Paul’s holy compulsion comes from his doctrinal confession
One died for all, then all died.
The death of Christ is emulated by the death of his followers
The Cross Symbol: Death of Jesus — Ethic of Christianity
Our action of dying to self lays the foundation for living for Christ
Do you want to live as Paul describes in , “I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.
The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me” -- (CSB)
You can not have compulsion without confession
Some of you want to live a life that looks like Jesus — where you love Jesus more than yourself — you want to live the revived life..
But you have not made the confession:
“Jesus you died — I am going to die to self.”
Second characteristic of a revived church...
2. Views the World Through the Eyes of Christ (16-17)
16-17
“From now on, then, we do not know anyone from a worldly perspective.
Even if we have known Christ from a worldly perspective, yet now we no longer know him in this way.
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, and see, the new has come!” -- (CSB)
Paul says that from now on [time of confession / conversion] we do not know anyone from a worldly perspective.
Encountering Christ changes everything..
Life of Paul — What he thought was important is no longer important
Changes the way that you look at life
Changes your worldview
You are no longer living for your self — as you live you sacrifice self
Paul says that we do not know people from their worldly perspective:
Uses a word that is literally translated “flesh.”
— outward appearance
Remember that those who criticized Paul focused on the outward experience
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