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You'll Never Get Another Chance To Tell Them - January 18, 2026 · REZ CHURCH Podcast

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I want to take just a moment to introduce our guest speaker
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today. So Pastor Jeremy Doyle is the
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missions pastor at Valley Baptist Church.
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If you're not familiar with Valley Baptist Church, it's this
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really tiny church. Valley Baptist is a sister
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church in the Southern Baptist Association with us, and they
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have planted and revitalized multiple churches in the last 2
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1/2 years here in Kern County and in San Jose, sending pastors
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and congregants and funding out around California to plant new
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churches. They also have a really robust
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missions program. And So what I wanted to do is
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bring someone to talk about missions.
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That was really doing missions all the time.
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Pastor Jeremy moved here from San Diego, That's right, moved
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here from San Diego to wrestle at Cal State Bakersfield.
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And now instead of wrestling sweaty college students, he
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doesn't wrestle against flesh and blood at all.
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He wrestles against the principalities of this spiritual
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realm. So will you do me a favor and
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introduce or welcome Pastor Jeremy Doyle?
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Thanks brother. We pray over you, Father God, we
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thank you for commissioning men and women all around the world
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to bring your gospel message. We thank you for Pastor Jeremy
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as he opens your word today. It proclaims your truths today.
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God, we ask that your spirit would move mightily in this
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place and that you would stir us up to action, that you would
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bind our wounds for those of us that are hurting God, and that
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you would Pierce the hearts of those who have become complacent
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or hard hearted. In Jesus name, Amen.
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Amen. Well, good morning, Resurrection
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Church. It is great to be with you guys
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today. And Pastor Daniel, thank you so
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much for having me out. If you could please open up your
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Bibles to Romans chapter 10. That's where we'll find
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ourselves this morning. We'll be going to some other
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passage as well. But the message this morning
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I've entitled God's Rescue Plan. So let's begin by just reading
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Paul's words inspired by the Holy Spirit.
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Starting in verse 13, Paul says For everyone who calls on the
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name of the Lord will be saved. How then will they call on him
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whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in
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Him of whom they have never heard?
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And how are they to hear without someone preaching?
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And how are they to preach unless they are sent as it is
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written? How beautiful are the feet of
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those who preach the good news. Let's pray again.
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God, we thank you so much for the good news.
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We thank you, Lord, for your word, for the truth that we find
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in it, And we thank you for many of us here today being rescued
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by that truth. God, as we consider this passage
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and other scriptures that you've inspired, Lord, would you
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challenge every single one of us, no matter how long we've
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been sitting in a Pew or within the walls of what we call a
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church? God, would you inspire each and
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every one of us to follow you more intimately, more
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obediently? And God, if there's anyone here
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today that does not know you as their Lord and their savior,
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God, I pray that you will bring them from the depths of their
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sin to salvation. And God, I pray that you will
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speak through me this morning. God, I pray that it won't be my
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words that anyone hears but yours.
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And God, I thank you for Resurrection Church.
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I thank you for the people that make up this local body and what
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you're doing in and through them.
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God is so encouraging. We pray you'd continue to work
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mightily in this church. And we pray this in Jesus name,
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Amen. Well, the Apostle Paul, he
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shared the gospel with as many people as he could.
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He was once a lost Sinner in need of this gospel message.
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And when he encountered that gospel message, Paul was
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radically changed and he was saved.
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And Paul shared the gospel from person to person, from house to
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house, from city to city, and from nation to nation.
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He shared the gospel everywhere that he went.
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Paul lived a scent life in every single way.
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And in Romans chapter 10, Paul's lays out a sequence of events
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that must take place for a Sinner to be saved from their
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sin. He lays out God's rescue plan,
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and this plan is like a chain. And if you think of a chain, a
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chain has several links within it.
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And if a chain is missing just one of those links, that chain
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fails. So what we're going to look at
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this morning is we're going to look at each link in the chain
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of salvation. And we're going to get right
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into it with our first point this morning.
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And the first link in the chain to be saved, one must call on
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the name of the Lord. Now for context, I want to look
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a little bit further back in this passage starting in verse
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11, Paul says for the Scripture says everyone who believes in
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him will not be put to shame. For there is no distinction
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between Jew and Greek. For the same Lord is Lord of
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all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him.
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For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
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We see here that salvation is for everyone who calls on the
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name of the Lord. Salvation is for the Jew.
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Salvation is for the Greek. Salvation is for the Gentile,
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meaning all non Jews. That means every single person.
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We see here that your heritage does not qualify you or
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disqualify you for salvation. Salvation is for the rich and
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salvation is for the poor. Your money cannot get you into
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heaven and your lack of money cannot keep you out.
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Salvation is for those who are living an openly evil life and
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salvation is for those who seem to or appear to be living a
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decent life or some might even say a good life, which by the
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way no one is truly living a good life.
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Paul says in Romans chapter 3 verse 12 he says no one does
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good not even 1 and verse 23. He goes on to say for all have
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sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
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You see, every single individual on this earth is in need of
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salvation because of our sin, our sin that separates us from a
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holy God. So if you're here this morning
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and you don't need God's help, for some reason you're thinking
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I don't need God's help for salvation.
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Well, I've got news for you. Every single one of us needs
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help for salvation. We cannot earn our way to God.
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We do not deserve to be with God.
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We need help. But if you're here today
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thinking that you're too far gone for God to save you, well
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then I've got news for you as well.
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You are not too far gone. You have not sinned too great to
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be able to be saved by Jesus. In First Timothy 24, in speaking
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about God our Saviour, Paul said that he desires all people to be
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saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
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You see, God wants to save the murderer and the thief.
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He wants to save the liar and the cheat.
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He wants to save the adulterer and the idolater, the slanderer
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and the fornicator, the prideful and the arrogant.
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God wants to save everyone, including you, if you're not
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saved already. Now, I want you to imagine for
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just a minute that you're on a deep sea fishing boat and you're
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having the trip of your life. It's a fun time with some
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family, with some friends, but all of a sudden the boat begins
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to take on water and this boat begins to sink.
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And the captain of the boat puts out a frantic mayday call to the
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Coast Guard on the radio, saying that they need help, that they
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are sinking fast. And this Coast Guard ship races
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to the scene to rescue you and to rescue those that are in the
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boat with you. When the Coast Guard gets there,
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everyone is in the water and everyone's treading water trying
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to stay afloat. And as the Coast Guard arrives,
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the Coast Guard gets on the intercom and announces to
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everyone. Everyone who gets on the boat
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will be saved. Swim to the boat, and as people
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swim to that boat and as they reach up to climb into that
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boat, notice that the Coast Guard would never begin to check
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passports. The Coast Guard would not begin
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to do a criminal record check to see if you're worthy of coming
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on the boat. Everyone who comes and swims to
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that boat and climbs aboard will be saved.
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And this is how salvation is for us lost sinners that are
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treading in this crazy world, in this crazy life.
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God does not rescue us based on our background.
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He doesn't rescue us based on our merit.
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Whoever realizes that they need help and humbly calls on Jesus
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to save them will be saved. But Paul, he pushes deeper in
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this passage and he begins to ask some rhetorical questions.
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So look with me at the first part of Romans 10, verse 14.
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He asked the first question and says, how then will they call on
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him in whom they have not believed?
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Here we see the next link in the chain of salvation.
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To call on the name of the Lord, one must believe in Him.
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We all know John 316 so well, For God so loved the world that
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He gave his only Son, that whoever what believes in him
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should not perish, but have eternal life.
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For someone to be saved, they must believe that God Himself
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came to the earth in the form of a man, Jesus Christ, God in
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flesh. That He lived a perfect life,
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that you and I could never live, that he was arrested, that he
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was beaten, and that he died a death that you and I deserved.
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That he was buried, and that on the third day Jesus Christ rose
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from the dead. He defeated sin and death to
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give us salvation, something that you and I could never earn.
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Jesus is the only way, He is the truth, He is the life, and no
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man comes to the Father except through Him, the one true God.
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In Acts chapter 4 verse 12 it says, and there is salvation in
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no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given
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among men by which we must be saved.
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It is belief in Jesus and Jesus alone that can save us from our
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sin. But James warns us about a
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belief that doesn't save. Look with me in James chapter 2,
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starting in verse 19, James says you believe that God is 1.
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You do well, even the demons believe and shudder.
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Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart
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from works is useless, useless. That kind of faith is useless.
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A faith that says but doesn't do is a dead faith.
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It is a useless faith. It is a belief in your head that
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has never made it to your heart. And James is teaching us here
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that that kind of belief does not save a person.
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The demons have that same kind of belief.
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I mean, think about it. Demons believe in God, don't
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they? Demons believe in Jesus.
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I mean, they were with God in heaven.
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How could they not believe? Certainly they believe in the
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crucifixion, in Jesus burial, and certainly they know of His
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resurrection if they didn't see it for themselves.
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But these demons live in rebellion against God.
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These demons have rejected God and they will be separated from
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Him for all eternity. To call on the name of the Lord
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for salvation, you must first believe these things with your
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heart, not just with your head. So put yourself back on that
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sinking boat in the Pacific Ocean.
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You're in the water, and again, you're treading that water,
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trying to keep your head afloat, hoping to be rescued.
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And this Coast Guard boat arrives on scene to rescue you.
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But you don't even know that the boat is there.
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You're seeing something in the distance, but you can't quite
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make it out, and you're just a little bit delirious and you're
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just trying to save yourself, trying to swim ashore.
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Before someone can call in the name of Jesus to save them, they
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have to believe that He is real, that He is there and able to
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help with their sin problem. If you don't believe the boat is
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there, you're not going to swim to it.
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If you don't believe Jesus is the only way, you're not going
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to call out to Him. You must believe this, and
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belief is the foundation that makes that call possible.
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Look with me again in Romans 10 verse 14.
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How then will they call on Him and whom they have not believed?
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And how are they to believe in Him of whom they have never
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heard? This brings us to the next link
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in the chain of salvation. To believe in Him, one must hear
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the gospel. At the time that Paul is writing
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this letter, these words, the New Testament had not been
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completed. The New Testament wasn't
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available to the reader like it is today.
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So the hearing of the gospel message was the one vehicle of
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the gospel that was available to the people of that time.
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The gospel had to be communicated by word of mouth
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for others to hear it so that they could believe it.
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And the same was true during the times of the prophets of the Old
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Testament. The message of God had to be
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heard, to be spread, and to be believed.
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Verse 17 says So faith comes from hearing and hearing through
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the word of Christ, you and I and the lost in this world.
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We must hear the good news about Jesus in order to believe in
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Jesus. But for someone to hear the good
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news, an obvious action must take place.
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Let's look at the entirety of verse 14.
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Paul says, how then will they call on him and whom they have
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not believed? And how are they to believe in
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him of whom they have never heard?
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And how are they to hear without someone preaching?
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The 4th link in this chain of salvation is to hear the gospel.
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Someone must preach the gospel. For one to call on the name of
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the Lord for salvation. They must first believe the
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gospel. For them to believe the gospel,
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they must have first heard the gospel, and for them to hear the
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gospel, someone must preach the gospel to them.
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The announcement must be made. The rescue instructions must be
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given to those who are perishing or they will never have a chance
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to be saved. If the rescue boat is near those
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needing rescue, needing help in the darkness of night, yet no
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one on that boat shines the light of those individuals that
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are drowning and no one announces to them to come to the
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boat to swim to the boat so that they can be saved.
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Those individuals will perish. The famous quote that says
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preach the gospel at all times, use words if necessary.
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It's not true. This statement is false.
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To preach the gospel, you must use words, God's words from
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God's word, the Bible. Now you might be thinking,
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pastor, that's that's great and all.
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I agree with you. The word must go forth.
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But, but I'm no preacher. I'm not a pastor.
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That's Pastor Daniel's job. He's a preacher.
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He's been called to do that. He does the work of preaching
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the gospel. That's the Ramos's job.
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That's for the missionary. They've been called by you to go
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and preach the gospel. That's for the professionals.
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You might be thinking, but I want you to know this morning,
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brothers and sisters, that Paul never limited the preaching of
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the gospel to only pastors and missionaries.
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We are not all called to be pastors, that is very clear.
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We are not all called to even be full time missionaries like the
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Ramos, but we are all called to be Proclaimers.
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Proclaimers of the gospel message.
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Proclaimers of the gospel to our children.
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Proclaimers of the gospel to our family members, to our friends,
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to our coworkers, our classmates, our teachers.
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Proclaimers to the ends of the earth.
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And maybe I should even add Proclaimers to our next door
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neighbors. When Jesus called Peter and
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Andrew to follow him, He told them that He would make them
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fishers of men. Being a disciple and being a
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Fisher of men was not separate back then.
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It wasn't a separate calling and it's not separate now.
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These things go together. Let's look at verse 15 as Paul
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continues. He says, and how are they to
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preach unless they are sent? This is the fifth link in the
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chain of salvation. To preach the Gospel, 1 must be
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sent. Jesus Christ sent out his
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disciples to preach the Gospel right before He ascended into
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heaven. Matthew 2818 through 20 is the
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famous passage we call the Great Commission, and I know you've
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heard that over and over. I know it was shared from this
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stage just last week. But that passage should never
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get old to us. Let's look again at Matthew 28,
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starting in verse 18. It says, And Jesus came and said
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to them, All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to
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me. Go therefore, and make disciples
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of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of
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the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all
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that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always
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to the end of the age. Jesus Christ told his disciples
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to go and make other disciples. Literally as you are going, he's
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telling them make disciples. But did you know that this is
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not the only Great Commission passage in the New Testament?
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There are actually four other Great Commission texts.
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In Mark 1615 Jesus said go into all the world and proclaim the
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gospel to the whole creation. In Luke 2446 through 47, Jesus
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said, thus it is written that the Christ should suffer and on
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the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance for
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the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in His name to all
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nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
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And in John 2021 Jesus said, peace with you, be with you as
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the Father has sent me, Even so I am sending you.
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And then in Acts chapter one, verse 8, Jesus said, But you
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will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and
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you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and
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Samaria, and to the end of the earth.
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We see here that Jesus is disciples.
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They were commanded to go make disciples of all nations.
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They were commanded to preach the gospel to every creature.
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They were commanded to preach repentance and remission of sins
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to all nations. And they were commanded to be
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witnesses of Jesus wherever they went.
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As the Father sent Jesus out of heaven into the world, Jesus is
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sending out his disciples out from him to preach the gospel to
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all the world. And that's exactly what they
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did. They preach the gospel from
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person to person, house to house, city to city, nation to
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nation. And this cost the disciples
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greatly. It cost them their lives.
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But these commands from Jesus, they weren't just for the
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disciples of that day. These commands from Jesus are
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for all disciples who will ever walk this earth until Jesus
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returns. That includes you, and that
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includes me. It doesn't matter how old you
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are or how outgoing you are. This command is for all of us.
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Jesus is sending you out into the world to proclaim the
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gospel, so that lost people can hear the gospel, so that lost
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people can believe the gospel, so that lost people can call
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upon the name of the Lord, so that lost people can be saved.
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God's rescue plan for the lost world involves every single one
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of you, and it involves me as well.
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Now He doesn't need you, but He has chosen you to be His
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mouthpiece, to be sent out to proclaim the good news to a lost
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and dying world. Look again with me starting in
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verse 13. Pay close attention to these
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words, for everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be
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saved. How then will they call on Him
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and whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in
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Him of whom they have never heard?
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And how are they to hear without someone preaching?
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And how are they to preach unless they are sent?
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When we look at Paul's questions and we reverse the order, we see
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something very significant. Without preachers being sent out
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to preach the gospel, no one will preach the gospel.
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Without people preaching the gospel, no one will hear the
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gospel. Without people hearing the
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gospel, no one will believe the gospel.
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Without people believing the gospel, no one will call upon
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the name of the Lord for salvation.
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Without people calling upon the name of the Lord for salvation,
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no one will be saved. This is God's rescue plan.
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The question I have for you this morning, brothers and sisters,
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is will you choose to be a part of it?
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Will you choose to play your role as one of the links in that
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chain? Paul says something about those
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who do in the last part of our passage.
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Look with me in verse 15 in the second-half he says as it is
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written, how beautiful are the feet of those who preach the
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good news for the disciples to do what Jesus told them to do.
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They would have walked many, many miles on rugged dirt roads
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and trails while probably wearing some kind of leather
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sandal, maybe at times even being barefoot.
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Their foot, their feet wouldn't have been soft.
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Their feet wouldn't have been well manicured.
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They would have been dirty. They would have been wrinkled.
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These feet would have been leather.
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They would have been rough. They would have been stinky.
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And at times, I'm sure these feet would have been bloody.
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Yet Jesus said that those are the feet that are beautiful.
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Isn't that interesting? Why are those the feet that are
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beautiful? It's because of the beautiful
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message that these feet bring to its hearers.
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Because of what that message can do to a lost person's life and
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the praise that that can bring to the Father that we may all
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have such beautiful feet like these disciples had.
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Feet that place us in front of lost people and mouths that
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would proclaim the gospel of peace to them so that they can
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believe and call upon the name of Jesus.
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Now in closing this morning, I want to give you 1 application
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point with several sub points. And here's your application and
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your challenge to consider. The wise person wins souls.
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Look with me in Proverbs Chapter 11 verse 30.
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This verse I'm going to read from the new King James.
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It says the fruit of the righteous is a tree of life and
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he who wins souls is wise. Now why is it wise to win souls?
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And the answers to this question will be our sub points #1
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because the Lamb of God is worthy of our worship.
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You see, when a Sinner comes to repentance and faith, their life
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is changed forever and instead of worshipping creation, they
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begin to worship the Creator. Oh, and isn't He worthy of our
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worship? Isn't He so worthy of not only
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our worship, but more worshippers?
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God deserves the worship of every person on this earth, but
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only those who truly believe in Him will do so in this life.
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John 423 says, But the hour is coming and is now here, when the
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true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth,
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for the Father is seeking such people to worship Him.
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You, if you're a believer this morning, are one of those
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worshippers. And God wants more, and He will
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get more as more souls are one with the gospel.
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But for more souls to be one with the gospel, believers must
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preach the gospel to people. The wise person preaches the
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gospel to people and wins souls. But why else is it wise to win
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souls #2 because the Lamb of God is worthy of our obedience.
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John 15 verses 13 and 14. Jesus said greater love has no
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one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
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You are my friends if you do what I command you.
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There is no greater act of love than for someone to die for you.
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What an amazing sacrificial act. And Jesus Christ, God and flesh,
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did just that. But Jesus is alive today.
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Don't you want to be his close, intimate friend?
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Don't you want to honor that friend for the great sacrifice
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that he made for you? Well then, a true friend of God
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does whatever God commands. And God commands that you go,
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that you make disciples, that you be a witness, that you
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proclaim this gospel message. I love what Charles Spurgeon
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said. He said, do you want arguments
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for soul winning? Look up to heaven and ask
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yourself how sinners can ever reach those harps of gold and
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learn their everlasting song, unless they have someone to tell
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them of Jesus who is mighty to save.
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But the best argument of all is to be found in the wounds of
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Jesus. You want to honor Him, You
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desire to put many crowns upon His head, and this you can best
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do by winning souls for Him. These are the spoils that he
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covets. These are the trophies for which
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he fights. These are the jewels that shall
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be His best adornments. It is wise to win souls because
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the Lamb of God is worthy of our worship and worthy of our
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obedience. But why else is it wise to win
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souls #3 because the soul winners reward is joy.
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To know that the gospel message you shared with someone saved
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them will bring so much joy to your life.
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And it is so sad that many, many Christians are missing out on
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this great joy. In James 520, James says let him
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know that whoever brings back a Sinner from his wandering will
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save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
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Besides being saved yourself, I don't believe there's any
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greater joy in the Christian life than getting to lead
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someone to Christ. Another thing that Charles
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Spurgeon said is to be a soul. Winner is the happiest thing in
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the world, and with every soul you bring to Jesus Christ, you
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seem to get a new heaven here upon earth.
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If anyone of you has experienced that amazing thing of leading
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someone to Christ, you know that this quote is true.
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If you've won a soul, you know the joy that it brings with it.
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But not only will winning souls bring joy to you while you're
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here on this earth, it will also bring joy to you when you're in
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heaven. In First Thessalonians 219
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through 20, Paul said, For what is our hope or joy or crown of
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boasting before our Lord Jesus at his coming?
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Is it not you? For you are our glory and joy.
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These are believers that Paul led to Christ while he was on
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earth. And these believers will be his
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joy, his crown of rejoicing at Jesus's second coming.
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He will get the joy of laying those crowns at Jesus's feet.
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He will get the joy of Jesus saying to him, Well done, good
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and faithful servant, you are faithful over a few things.
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I will make you ruler over many things.
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Enter into the joy of your Lord. If you are a faithful soul
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winner, you will experience this joy.
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The wise person wins souls. I want to share a story of my
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childhood. There was a boy named Josh that
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I became friends with, and Josh and I went to elementary school
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together. We went to middle school
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together and we went to high school together.
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And Josh and I were close friends.
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And I would go over to Josh's house and we would play on the
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football team together. We had dirt bikes in common and
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we had a lot of fun together. As Josh grew older, he began to
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hang out with the wrong crowd and he got kicked out of school
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and went to a continuation school.
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So I didn't see Josh much, but I remember coming to a wrestling
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event and one of my teammates said, Jeremy, did you hear what
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happened to Josh? And I said, no, no, what
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happened? And he told me that Josh had
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died the night before. Josh was at a party and he was
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drinking. My next door neighbor was also
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there drinking, and his friend was there drinking.
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And as these three individuals left this party, one of them
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took the keys to drive Josh's truck.
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All had consumed alcohol and took a corner way too fast.
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And that truck rolled several times, ejecting Josh and killing
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him instantly. As I thought back of the years
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spent with Josh, there wasn't one time I proclaimed the gospel
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to him. I never told Josh about Jesus.
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And you know I'll never get the chance to do that.
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I will never have the opportunity to tell Josh about
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Jesus. And I don't live in that past
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mistake anymore, but I let it motivate me to never let that
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happen again. Maybe you've had a similar
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experience, or maybe you haven't.
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I want to challenge you this morning.
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Some statistics show that one in 10 Christians, if asked if
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they've shared the gospel of just one person in the last
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year, one in 10 would say, yes, I have.
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This is more than saying come to church with me, which is a great
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thing. Please do that.
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This is more than saying God bless you, Jesus loves you,
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which are great things. Without the proclamation of the
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full gospel, no one will be saved.
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And Resurrection Church, you every Sunday are sent from this
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building by Pastor Daniel. You are sent to go proclaim the
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gospel. If you have never taken that
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seriously, I hope that today you will.
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You are sent from this place to be a proclaimer.
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Don't practice the sin of silence any longer.
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Now, today you may be in this place and you're not the one
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that needs to go reach the lost. You're actually the one that
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needs to be reached. It is very possible that there
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are some men here today sitting hearing this message,
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recognizing that you are the one that needs this gospel message.
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You are the one that needs to call upon the name of the Lord.
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Pastor Roger who helped found Valley Baptist, used to always
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say the furthest you could ever be from God is 1 prayer.
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If you would recognize your sin and your need of a Savior, and
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you would be willing to turn from that sin in repentance,
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believing that Jesus lived the perfect life, you couldn't.
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Believing that he died on the cross to pay for your sin, a
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death that you deserve. Believing that he was buried and
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then on the third day he rose from the grave.
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No matter the mistakes of your past or your present, Jesus died
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for you. And the Bible says today is the
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day of salvation. Why not tomorrow?
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Why not next week? Why not next month?
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Why not the next stage of life when you're ready to settle
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down? Because only today is a
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guarantee. Not even later today.
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Only this moment is a guarantee. And God wants to save you.
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He wants to rescue you from your sin.
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He desires to save you, a Sinner.
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So if you don't know Jesus, then I beg of you this morning, don't
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let sin hold you back any longer.
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Release your tight grip on that lifestyle and put your faith in
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Jesus this morning. Would you bow with me?
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If that's you today and you know right now you are not saved and
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you need that Savior and you want to pray and ask Jesus to
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come into your life to call upon His name, Would you raise your
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hand up for me? Would you let me know that
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that's you this morning if you need to receive Christ?
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Amen. Now maybe this morning you're
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here and you've already been saved, but you're here this
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morning and you know, you have not been sharing the gospel like
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you should. And you want to say today, you
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know what I'm deciding I'm going to be sent and I'm going to obey
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and I'm going to proclaim the gospel.
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I'm no longer going to be silent.
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If that's you today and you want to make a commitment to God this
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morning to say I'm going to share the gospel with others,
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would you raise your hand up? Amen.
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Well, for those who raise your hand to give your life to Jesus,
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would you pray with me? And you're not praying to me.
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This is to God. And in the quietness of your own
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heart, you could say this to the Lord.
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Lord, I recognize that I'm a Sinner.
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Lord, I know that I need a Savior.
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And Jesus, you are the Savior. Jesus, I believe you are
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perfect, that you are God, that you died on the cross for my
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sin, that you were buried, and that you rose from the grave.
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And I want to ask you to save me from my sin.
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Rescue me, come into my life and change me.
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My life is yours, Jesus. I turn for my sin and I turn to
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you. Thank you Jesus.
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Amen. Let me continue to pray.
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Jesus, we thank you for sending us from this place.
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We thank you for choosing us to be your mouthpiece, your hands
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and feet, to be Proclaimers of the gospel.
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And I pray that every single person in here, including
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myself, that we would take this seriously every day, that we
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would proclaim the gospel and that we would use words every
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time. Help us to be a bright light,
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help people to see our lives being different and then wanting
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to know the difference. And then give us the words.
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Lord, give us the courage to share.
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And God, I want to pray specifically this morning for
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Resurrection Church. I want to pray for the next door
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neighbors that each of these people here have.
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God, you've placed us in our homes, in our apartments,
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wherever we're living. You've placed us in those
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locations not just to dwell, but to be bright lights.
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God, would you challenge Resurrection Church to continue
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to be a bright light in their neighborhoods?
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And maybe for some who haven't shared the gospel with their
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neighbors, would you challenge us to meet those neighbors and
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to share our faith with them? Help us to love them and serve
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them and bless them and pray for them, but at some point help us
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to share the gospel with them? God, we love you and we thank
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you and pray this in Jesus name, Amen.
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Amen. Well, if you raised your hand,
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or maybe you didn't raise your hand and you genuinely prayed to
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give your heart and life to Christ, then we would love for
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you to go back to these prayer tables that say I raised my hand
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again, if you didn't raise it, but you prayed, go back to those
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tables. We've got a gift for you and we
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would love to talk with you and share with you more about
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knowing Jesus and making Him known.
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But also, if you need prayer for anything else, I'm going to be
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off over here. I would love to pray with you.
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I know there'll be a prayer team up front and we would love to
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pray with you. So why don't we stand together
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and let's sing and let's pray?