“A Christian is a perfectly free lord, subject to none; a Christian is a perfectly dutiful servant, subject to all.” Martin Luther
I. THE DOMINATING DESIRE
A. The desire (19-22)—“That I might win them.”
B. The Reason (23) “for the sake of the gospel”
C. A searching & convicting passage
II. DISCERNING & SELFLESS ADAPTABILITY
A. 2 extremes: too ‘black & white’ or too flexible
B. The perfect balance (20-22)
C. The clarification (20, 21)
III. DELIBERATE DISCIPLINE
A. The Isthmian Illustration (24-25)
B. The meaning (26-27)
C. The challenge
What we need are world Christians—not simply American Christians or British Christians or Kenyan Christians, but world Christians. By “world Christians,” I am referring to Christians, genuine believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the following things are true: Their allegiance to Jesus Christ and His kingdom is self-consciously set above all national, cultural, linguistic, and racial allegiances. Their commitment to the church—Jesus’ messianic community—is to the church everywhere, wherever the church is truly manifest, and not only to its manifestation on home turf. They see themselves first and foremost as citizens of heaven and therefore consider all other citizenship a secondary matter. As a result they are single-minded and sacrificial when it comes to the paramount mandate to evangelize and make disciples. D. A. Carson
Featuring a sermon puts it on the front page of the site and is the most effective way to bring this sermon to the attention of thousands including all mobile platforms + newsletter.
Text-Featuring a sermon is a less expensive way to bring this sermon to the attention of thousands on the right bar with optional newsletter inclusion. As low as $30/day.
Rev. Ryce and Janine, his wife of 20 years, were born and raised in the Pittsburgh area and previously served in ministry at Tucson Reformed Church (2010-14) and Springs Reformed Church (2014-22), the Christian & Missionary Alliance (2007-09), and the Evangelical Presbyterian...
