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Question to ask: Are you a witness that gives account, or a witness that hides away?
Look up crimes that were solved because of witnesses
This sermon is a sermon begging people to cease to only consider doing the easy thing when contemplating their part in the advancement of the gospel.
For many of us we think that it is a sign that God is in the midst of a decision when it is easy, and we must obviously be outside of the will of God when things are getting too difficult.
This simply isn't the case, when Paul was sailing on the boat and the winds started to toss and turn, and the boat started to rock and things seemed hopeless, Paul could have lost hope.
When there were nights on end that were not going his way, sleepless, foodless, anxiety filled nights would have made any of us question if we were within the desire of God on our lives.
For Paul, he knew that he was called to live like a sheep to the slaughter.
That is the call of the Christian, to give of themselves even when it is uncomfortable, even when it feels like all things are against us.
How can we follow God in this way?
I want to look at the life of Paul, and show how his faith in the mighty hand of God empowered him to live a life of unimaginable impact.
Most of us would like to have an impact like Paul had, but not many of us are willing to live the type of life that Paul lived, and I completely get it, I am someone who doesn't like being uncomfortable.
What is it about the human condition that sees things with such little concern for long term impact?
We are short sighted people, and we have to learn to look down the road a bit to maximize our impact.
Acts
Following Jesus is difficult!
If Paul was persecuted, if Jesus was persecuted, we should question, what is going on if we are not...
Paul expounded, meaning he knew his bible
We should stop thinking were not smart enough, and start equipping ourselves to give an account.
We have the Spirit within us, and were made in the image of the all knowing God, yes there are differing levels of intelligence, but God made us to understand
(Law and Prophets) The whole of scripture is about Jesus
Acts 28:
V27 so how can we see heart change in those whose eyes are closed?
Prayer.
It is the Spirit who opens the eyes, and we pray with all our might that God would set them free from the dominion of darkness and call them into the kingdom of the beloved Son.
V28 We are all in this room because of the movement of God among the gentiles
Matt 10:11-1
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