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“*FOR THE SAKE OF THE GOSPEL*”
(A Series on I Corinthians)
 
Westgate Chapel 8~/9~/98 a.m.
I Corinthians 9:1-27
 
PROPOSITION:  For the sake of the Gospel Paul suffered the accusations of opponents, surrendered material compensation, ministered for a higher reward, became a slave to everyone, and made his appetites his slave so as not to be disqualified for the prize.
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I. introduction
!! -     WHAT is the Gospel of Jesus Christ?
!!!       “...*it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile*.”
(Romans 1:16)
!! -     IT is the good news that through Jesus’ death and resurrection God has purchased for you...
!!! ~*     Forgiveness from sin.
!!! ~*     Freedom from sin’s dominion over you.
!!! ~*     Deliverance from sin’s penalty, which is the wrath of God.
!!! ~*     A place purchased for you in the eternal family of God.
!! -     IT is through the Gospel of Jesus Christ that we are saved from the wrath of God for sin.
!!!       “*He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.*
(9) *They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the majesty of his power*...” (2 Thessalonians 1:8-9)
!! -     IT is through the Gospel of Jesus Christ that we are set apart for our inheritance.
!!!       “*And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation.
Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit*, (14) *who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession-- to the praise of his glory*.”
(Ephesians 1:13-14)
!! -     IT is through the Gospel of Jesus Christ that our eternal future is guaranteed.
!!!       “*This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time*, (10) *but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel*.”
(II Timothy 1:9b-10)
!! -     ALL this is the free gift of God, received by faith in Jesus Christ.
!!!       *“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-- and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God*--(9) *not by works, so that no one can boast*.”
(Ephesians 2:8-9)
!! -     HOW many of you are living by faith in the Gospel of Jesus Christ?
!! -     WHAT were you before your eyes were opened to this Gospel of Jesus Christ?
!! -     WHERE would you and I be without the Gospel of Jesus Christ?
!! -     HOW great is the debt of love that we owe because God first loved us in this way?
!! -     NO wonder the apostle Paul introduces himself in so many of his epistles by calling himself a servant of the Gospel of Jesus Christ!
!! -     NO wonder that Paul, without a single complaint recites the trials of his life in service of this great salvation...this Gospel!
!!!       “*Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.*
(25) *Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, I spent a night and a day in the open sea*, (26) *I have been constantly on the move.
I have been in danger from rivers, in danger from bandits, in danger from my own countrymen, in danger from Gentiles; in danger in the city, in danger in the country, in danger at sea; and in danger from false brothers*.
(27) *I have labored and toiled and have often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked*.”
(2 Corinthians 11:24-27)
!! -     NOTHING is too menial for him, nothing too hard, no journey too far, no pain too severe, no hardship too much....because Paul is driven by the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
!! -     WHICH is the heart of I Corinthians 9 (page 1133).
!! -     I CORINTHIANS 9 is one of those chapters that nags at you until you find the heart and center.
!! -     THE chapter is full of.....
!!! ~*     Paul, defending his authority as an apostle.
!!! ~*     Paul, explaining that it is OK for a pastor to make a living from the congregation.....but then saying that he did not do that in Corinth.
!!! ~*     Paul, describing how he adapts to the situation he is in, becoming a slave to everyone in order to win them for Christ.
!!! ~*     Paul, beating his appetites into submission so that he not be disqualified for the prize.
!! -     SO, once again, I laid the whole chapter out in a grammatical diagram, searching for the heart.
!! -     IF I were teaching I Corinthians I would spend a lesson on each of the themes of chapter 9.
!! -     BUT preaching I Corinthians 9 is different.
!! -     I WANT to give you the heart of the chapter.
!! -     AND then I found it....in verse 23.
!!!       “*I do all this for the sake of the gospel*...”
!! -     THERE is the pulse of the apostle Paul’s life.
!! -     IF you want to know what motivates him, what makes him tick, you have it in verse 23.
!! -     WHAT is the “all this” that Paul does for the sake of the Gospel?
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SUFFERED accusations of opponents
!! -     FIRST of all, he suffers the accusations of his opponents....for the sake of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
!! -     HOW many of you know that when you decide to live your life for the Gospel of Christ, there will be opposition to face?
!! -     PAUL’S detractors were saying that there was no way that he was an apostle!
!!! ~*     They said, there was no proof that he was an apostle.
!!! ~*     He didn’t deserve the benefits afforded an apostle.
!!! ~*     That there was no obligation on the church’s part to support him.
!! -     THERE were those in Corinth who were trying to undermine Paul’s influence, his authority, and his leadership in the church of Corinth.
!! -     AND rather than quit or whine about the opposition, Paul answers his critics in verses 1-6....for the sake of the Gospel.
!!!       “*Am I not free?
Am I not an apostle?
Have I not seen Jesus our Lord?
Are you not the result of my work in the Lord?* (2) *Even though I may not be an apostle to others, surely I am to you!
For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord*.
(3) *This is my defense to those who sit in judgment on me*.
(4) *Don't we have the right to food and drink?* (5) *Don't we have the right to take a believing wife along with us, as do the other apostles and the Lord's brothers and Cephas*?
(6) *Or is it only I and Barnabas who must work for a living*?” (I Corinthians 9:1-6)
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surrendered material compensation
!! -     SECOND, Paul surrenders his right to compensation....for the sake of the Gospel.
!! -     SOME in Corinth were going after Paul’s motivation for being in the ministry....saying that he was in it for the money.
!! -     SO, to silence them he declines taking any financial remuneration from them.
!! -     IN fact, in 2 Corinthians 11:8 he says to them,
!!!       “*I robbed other churches by receiving support from them so as to serve you*.”
!! -     WHY did he put up with it?
!! -     FOR the sake of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
!! -     IN verse7 he builds the argument that it is OK in principle for the preacher of the Gospel to earn his living from the Gospel.
!!!       “*Who serves as a soldier at his own expense?
Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its grapes?
Who tends a flock and does not drink of the milk?* (8) *Do I say this merely from a human point of view?
Doesn't the Law say the same thing*?
(9) *For it is written in the Law of Moses: "Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain."
Is it about oxen that God is concerned?*
(10) *Surely he says this for us, doesn't he? Yes, this was written for us, because when the plowman plows and the thresher threshes, they ought to do so in the hope of sharing in the harvest.*
(11) *If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much if we reap a material harvest from you?* (12) *If others have this right of support from you, shouldn't we have it all the more?
But we did not use this right.
On the contrary, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ*.”
(I Corinthians 9:7-12)
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ministered for a higher reward
!! -     THIRD, Paul is motivated by a higher reward than money...for the sake of the Gospel.
!! -     SOME in Corinth had been questioning Paul’s lifestyle.
!! -     IF he wasn’t motivated by money, then what was he working for?
!! -     VERSE 13,
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