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Amen. 
What a day, glorious day that 

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will be. 
What a song to remind us of the 

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hope that we have for all 
eternity is. 

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Think about that hope. 
People often ask me, I guess 

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because I'm a preacher about 
heaven and I can just tell you 

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this, I don't know a whole lot 
about heaven. 

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I don't. 
Scripture doesn't speak on the 

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subject a whole lot. 
There's some things that we we 

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can gather and there's some 
things that just have not been 

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revealed to US. 
One, one thing I do, it's that 

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Jesus will be there and I long 
for him. 

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I pray that you long for him as 
well because the Apostle Paul 

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says that there's a crown of 
righteousness that awaits those 

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who long for him. 
What a day that will be. 

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We are privileged and graced 
with the opportunity to see the 

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Son of God through our glorified
eyes to worship in His presence 

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forever. 
Thank you guys for that 

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reminder. 
Give your Bibles if you would 

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turn to Romans in first chapter,
Paul's epistle throne. 

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As you know, we've spent several
weeks, many weeks thus far 

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revisiting the one true gospel 
in a series entitled There is 

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One Gospel. 
And I do not retract that there 

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is still only one gospel. 
In fact, the gospel today is 

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going to be Speaking of that one
true gospel. 

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And in looking at that one true 
gospel today, I want us to turn 

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to the life of the Apostle Paul 
in light of the verse that we 

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are going to be looking at 
today. 

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Yes, we're going to be looking 
at 1:00. 

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Verse. 
Romans chapter 1 And there Paul 

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is going to remind us and remind
those Roman believers that he 

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was addressing at the time the 
fact that he was not ashamed of 

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the gospel. 
I'm afraid in our day we need to

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be reminded of what it looks 
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gospel Because as we were going 
to see today, many of us who 

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would probably not admit it, who
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will have to agree with the fact
that we live our lives ashamed 

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of the God. 
How many of you believers here 

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this morning believe that Second
Timothy chapter 3 verse 16 is 

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trustworthy? 
And it says there in second 

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Timothy chapter 3 verse 16 that 
all Scripture is God breathes, 

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that it comes from God, that it 
is useful for teaching, for 

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rebuking, for correcting and for
training in righteousness. 

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How many of you agree with that?
I want you to acknowledge that 

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this morning because there will 
be much rebuke for us this 

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morning, Word of God, which to 
your testimony you said, I 

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believe that the Word of God is 
worthy of rebuking me because in

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our day, unlike Paul, many are 
living their lives ashamed of 

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the gospel. 
And So what I want to do just 

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rather quickly is I want us to 
talk about Paul's life for just 

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a second. 
I want us to talk about how he 

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stood in boldness, how he was 
unashamed to proclaim the truth 

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no matter what audience he 
faced, be that chief priests, 

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kings, philosophers. 
Paul stood with boldness, 

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unashamed every time. 
And the gospel to Paul was not a

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burden as it seems to be to so 
many in the church today, right?

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It's just this thing that we 
have, thing that we have to 

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carry. 
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To him, the gospel was a 
privilege. 

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It was a privilege that had been
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God's grace saved him. 
God's grace called him. 

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God's grace made him the 
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He saw it as a privilege, one 
who had once blasphemed God and 

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persecuted the very Church of 
Jesus Christ. 

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Now, by the grace of God, he is 
proclaiming the glorious good 

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news of the gospel of Jesus 
Christ. 

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The Paul of the gospel was a 
privilege. 

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Not only was it the Paul, the 
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It was the thing that I got Paul
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motivated him, encouraged him, 
gave him the stamina to keep on 

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keeping on, to press on when 
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It was the gospel passion and 
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in his life. 
The gospel being that passion 

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also defined his purpose, 
because our passion find our 

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purpose. 
It was his entire reason for 

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living. 
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Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ 
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There was the entire reason that
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And as we will see in a month 3 
waking moment, unashamedly 

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living for the gospel of the 
Lord Jesus Christ, O Philippians

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chapter 1 and his words there in
verse 20 depicts this for us 

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perfectly. 
He says this I eagerly expect 

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and hope that I will in no way 
be ashamed, but will have 

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sufficient courage. 
As always, Christ will be 

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exalted in my body, in His body,
wherever, wherever He goes, 

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whatever He does, whatever He. 
Says whatever suffering, 

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whatever persecution he must 
face. 

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His passion and his purpose was 
that Christ be exalted. 

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He says, whether by life or by 
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want Christ to be exalted in my 
life and in my death. 21 He goes

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on and he says, for to me to 
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gain. 
Paul was consumed with Christ. 

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His purpose was Christ. 
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Christ. 
It was also power to Paul, the 

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gospel power to him. 
He's the one who will write what

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we will read in a moment, in one
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unto salvation. 
Paul understood this, the power 

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of God to save sinners. 
Shouldn't that be what the 

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gospel is to all of us who claim
to be saved? 

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Because if you claim to be 
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the power of God unto salvation,
not to be the power behind your 

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life. 
Paul understood this. 

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He understood if the gospel 
being the privilege, that it was

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the passion that drove him, the 
purpose for his very he could 

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not be ashamed of it. 
It had to be the power that 

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drove him to do all that he did.
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Let's look at his life briefly. 
I would encourage you. 

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I'm not going to read all of 
these passages to you, though I 

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will cite them back in your own 
time, and you can just hold my 

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feet to the fire. 
As I claimed that Paul lived a 

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life unashamed of the gospel. 
And because Paul lived a life 

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unashamed of the gospel, we too 
should look at his life and live

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a life that's unashamed of the 
gospel as well. 

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Agree that Paul is an example of
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Christ. 
In fact, Paul said that of 

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himself, Follow me because I 
follow Christ. 

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He was unashamed. 
He proved it. 

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In fact, in Acts Chapter 9, 
verses 23 through 25, they're in

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Damascus. 
Shortly after his conversion. 

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Now I want you to watch that 
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Paul's unashamedly preaching the
gospel, and you know what 

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happened then? 
People plotted to kill him 

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immediately. 
People ask me, they say this, 

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Well Kirk, how long did it take 
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unashamed and to share the 
godly? 

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Immediately after I was saved, I
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gospel. 
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It is the power of God unto 
salvation. 

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I knew that Kurt did not save 
himself and I knew that if 

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anyone else was going to be 
saved, they must be saved 

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through the power of God that 
was proclaimed in the gospel to 

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me. 
I could I unfold for you all of 

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the technical things in regard 
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predestination and those things 
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Absolutely not. 
I can simply. 

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Tell a man this, I once was 
blind, but now I see it is the 

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power of God that opened the 
eyes to this blind dead center 

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is the faith that God gifted me 
with as I believed and I trusted

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in Christ that empowered me to 
repent and to turn from my sin 

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and to trust in Him and Him 
alone. 

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And if you too will trust in 
Christ alone, He will save you 

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by the power of God. 
Paul immediately preaching this 

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message there in Acts chapter 
923 through 25 as they plotted 

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to kill him, but he escaped. 
Then we see him there in 

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Jerusalem in Acts Chapter 9 
verses 28 through 29, still 

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shortly after his conversion, 
preaching the gospel, already 

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receiving more death threats. 
We're going to kill this man who

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once persecuted the church, but 
now is preaching the gospel and 

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walking in the way. 
We see Paul there in Acts 

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chapter 13 as we Fast forward in
his life beside Antioch and 

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there city. 
You know why he was expelled 

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from the city? 
Not because he wasn't a good 

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citizen, but because he preached
the gospel boldly, unashamedly. 

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We see in Acts 14 verses 5 
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You know what they do there? 
Stop preaching the gospel where 

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we're going to stone you. 
He escapes that attempt on him, 

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only to now continue to preach 
the gospel in a place called 

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Lystra. 
Then in Acts chapter 14, verses 

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1919 through 20. 
And here he's stoned and left 

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for dead. 
They thought they had gotten 

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this Saul of Tarsus who had been
converted by the which is the 

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power of God unto salvation, but
they failed. 

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Acts chapter 16, verses 22 
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We see him in Philippi. 
We know the influence that he 

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had on those folks while he was 
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He was there beaten and he was 
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No, because he preached the 
gospel boldly in Acts 17, verses

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5 through 10. 
We see him in Thessalonica and a

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riot breaks out. 
I'm going to learn about the 

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apostle Paul and about those who
preach the gospel when we, we 

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people don't like it and riots 
break out. 

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The riot broke out and he had to
flee from Thessalonica, but not 

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before preaching the glorious 
gospel and leaving the gospel 

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footprints there. 
He finds himself in Acts 17 

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verse in Berea. 
He faced more opposition there. 

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Of course he did. 
He was forced to leave Acts 18. 

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We see him there in Corinth 
where he faces a false legal 

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attack, right? 
They're going to bring charges 

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against him that they have no 
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Paul once again being persecuted
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Then in Ephesus in Acts chapter 
19 verses 23 through 29, another

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riot breaks out for preaching 
the gospel. 

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This time the riot broke out 
because the silversmith there 

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decided that if people gospel 
the one true saving gospel, then

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they would turn from idolatry in
the little silver silver trinket

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idols that he was making, 
charging people for them. 

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They would no longer have need 
for these things, ultimately 

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putting him out of business. 
So a riot breaks out will change

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the hearts of men, which it 
will. 

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Then in Acts chapter 21, verses 
27 through 32, we see him back 

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in Jerusalem, the holy city of 
God. 

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He's again beaten, he's arrested
because he continued to preach 

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the gospel. 
Acts 23, chapter 23, all the way

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to chapter 26. 
We see him in Caesarea where 

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he's imprisoned, and he goes 
from this trial to that trial 

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before Felix, before Festus, 
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And each opportunity he boldly 
continued to proclaim the 

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gospel. 
Then in Acts 27, in route to 

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Rome, after he was sentenced to 
go back to Rome under house 

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erect, we see that he's he faces
all kinds of hardships and even 

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in the midst of shipwrecks and 
hardships, hunger and pain, he's

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still unashamedly preaches the 
gospel for those who need the 

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hope of Jesus Christ. 
We see 28 verse 16 and then all 

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the way through Acts 30 and the 
31st See him under house arrest 

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there. 
In those verses, Paul sums his 

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life up for us, compromise, 
ensuring the gospel. 

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In Second Corinthians Chapter 
11, verse 23, you have your 

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Bibles. 
You can turn there and you can 

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read along, but it says this 
Speaking of those false apostles

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who had crept into the church, 
claiming to be apostles but 

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distorting the gospel, not 
willing to suffer preaching only

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for false and altered gospel. 
Paul says this in verse 23 of 

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2nd Corinthians 11. 
Are they servants of Christ? 

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Am I out of my mind to talk like
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I am more. 
I have worked much harder, been 

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in prison more frequently, been 
flogged more severely and been 

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exposed to death again. 
Bragging about himself, he's 

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saying these are the facts. 
He says five times. 

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I received from the Jews 40 
lashes -1 I'm not very good at 

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math, but that's 39 lashes 5 
different times. 

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Most scholars will agree to 
this, that 40 lashes was a death

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sentence, Paul said. 
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Ash away from death. 
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rods, once I was stoned. 
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I spent a night and a day in the
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I've been constantly on the 
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I've been in danger from rivers 
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danger from my own countrymen, 
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danger in the country, in danger
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brothers. 
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I have often gone without sleep.
I've I have known hunger and 

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thirst and have often gone 
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That's for all the prosperity 
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people over and over and over 
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That God wants you to be 
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Yes, He wants you to be wise, 
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the eyes of the Lord. 
He wants you to find your wealth

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in Him. 
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healing in Christ. 
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the opposition that he had 
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And why did he do this? 
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read the words of Paul in one 
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But before we read those words 
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unashamed of the gospel, I want 
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weren't just mere words. 
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and then deny it by his life. 
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meant those words, those words 
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he truly was unashamed of the 
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These events that we've looked 
at this morning briefly prove 

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that that is the truth. 
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Romans chapter one in our verse 
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chapter 1. 
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I am not ashamed of the gospel 
and. 

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He's going to going to answer 
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the gospel, because it is God 
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who believes, first for the Jew,
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As we read those words today, I 
invite you to ask yourself this 

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question. 
Are you ashamed of the gospel? 

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Are you ashamed of the gospel, 
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gospel? 
Paul has showed us through his 

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life with every occasion that we
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we did not mention. 
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Like, to be honest, shame. 
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today, may you ask yourself that
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Am I unashamed of the gospel? 
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name of Jesus, as we have opened
your word today and as we have 

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already been challenged by your 
faithful servant Paul, and the 

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fact that he is unashamed in his
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gospel and the gospel alone. 
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I pray that we would see him as 
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the gospel and that we would 
compare our lives today to 

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through the Apostle Paul who you
have left for us in your word to

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see. 
No, God, I pray that we would 

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get honest with ourselves, that 
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get honest, that the church in 
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that the church around the world
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subject. 
Answer the question, are we 

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unashamed or speak truth to us 
now? 

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But even truth that hurts and 
rebukes so that we will know the

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truth, so that we can declare as
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Gospel of Jesus Christ. 
For it is the power of God unto 

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salvation for all who believe. 
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Gentile. 
Speak to us, change us, mold us 

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into obedience for your Kingdom.
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Jesus name, Amen. 
So we ask the are you ashamed of

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the gospel? 
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question, I want to take the 
time today in comparing our 

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lives to the life of the Lord 
Jesus, of course, and his 

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follower here, the apostle Paul,
who made this claim, backing it 

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up with his life. 
Are you unashamed of the gospel?

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Or we could word it, Are you 
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Either way, it's the correct 
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Either way, it's a question 
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afraid that many who would no, 
I'm not ashamed of the gospel 

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are going to learn today that 
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There's a problem there in and 
being ashamed of the gospel. 

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So you're taking notes. 
Write this down. 

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You're ashamed of the Gospel. 
If if you're ashamed. 

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If you aren't sharing it, 
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example of his life over and 
over and over again of sharing 

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the gospel no matter where he 
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Some of you are ashamed of the 
gospel, and that shame is 

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evidence that you are refusing 
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gospel. 
I know you've got your laundry 

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list of reasons why. 
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unacceptable. 
Paul not making excuses as to 

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why he shouldn't proclaim the He
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opportunity where he was able to
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And for some of you, your shame 
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refusing to speak the truth. 
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You say nothing while those 
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God forbid you were ashamed of 
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you will not even open your 
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claimed rescue you and saved you
from the wrath of God that is to

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come. 
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Scripture reading, says this 
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Let me remind you in verse 26, 
if anyone is ashamed of me and 

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my words, the Son of Man will be
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His glory and in the glory of 
the Father and of the holy 

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angels. 
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If you're ashamed of him and his
the gospel that he taught to his

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disciples, who then taught to 
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And if you were silent about the
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ashamed of not only the message 
of the gospel, but the Savior to

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which that message contained. 
Paul knew the power of the 

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gospel. 
He says it's the power of God 

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unto salvation. 
He knew that anyone who was 

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going to be saved had to be 
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He knew that our own works 
wouldn't save us, our own deeds 

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wouldn't save us, wouldn't save 
us, our baptism wouldn't save 

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us. 
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man was going to be saved as if 
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And he also knew that it was 
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gospel. 
That's why he says I'm unashamed

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of it, because it is the power 
of God unto salvation. 

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Who believed Paul would not be 
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Gospel? 
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verse 9, Paul says this to 
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He says this about Christ. 
He saved us and called us to a 

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holy life, not because of 
anything we have done, but in 

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grace. 
This grace was given us in 

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Christ Jesus before the 
beginning of time, but it has 

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now been revealed through the 
appearing of our Savior Christ 

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Jesus, who has destroyed to 
death and has brought life and 

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immortality to light through the
gospel. 

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And of this gospel he says, I 
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apostle and a teacher. 
I am suffering as I am, yet I am

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not ashamed because I know whom 
I have believed, and I am 

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convinced that he is able to 
guard what I have entrusted to 

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him for that day. 
He says I'm not ashamed of that 

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gospel because that gospel gives
me. 

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Hope. 
And we when we refused to share 

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the gospel with those around us 
who have no hope, we're ashamed 

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of it. 
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reference to being silent 
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He says the gospel is to be 
professed openly, confessed 

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boldly, and preached without 
fear. 

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He goes on to say to be ashamed 
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Deny him who bought us Paul. 
Oldness for Christ revealed that

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he was not going to deny the 
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He understood the power of God 
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the gospel that changed him from
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When we refuse to speak the 
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gospel to those in need of the 
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of the Gospel. 
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verse 32, here's what Jesus 
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He said whoever acknowledges me 
before men, I will also 

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acknowledge Father in heaven. 
But whoever disowns me before 

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men, I will disown him before my
Father in heaven. 

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When we deny the Lord Jesus 
Christ by refusing to speak the 

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truth of the gospel, we confirm 
that we will be those who He is 

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ashamed of for all eternity, 
never knowing Christ at all. 

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Christ could never disown those 
who are truly His, all who 

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saved. 
He is talking about those who 

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profess Christ but yet who are 
ashamed of Him and refuse to 

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speak the truth. 
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Offer. 
Hope to others, as I began to 

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say a moment ago, how can we 
have this hope, the power of 

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God, and claim that it is real, 
but yet in our cubicle at work, 

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the person next to us is 
hopeless and we have the message

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of hope, and we never open our 
mouths to offer that hope to 

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them. 
How can we claim to know that 

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the gospel is the power of God 
unto salvation? 

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Open our life and yet we ride in
a work truck all week long with 

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another soul who is hopeless and
helpless and enslaved to their 

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sin, and yet we never open our 
mouths. 

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You know how we do this? 
It is because we are ashamed of 

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the gospel. 
And it is revealed in the fact 

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that we refuse to speak the 
truth. 

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It is revealed in the fact that 
we refrain to. 

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Offer hope to others. 
We withhold from them the very 

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hope. 
That we profess to have. 

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There's no concern and no regard
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This is akin to someone in this 
congregation this morning having

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the cure to cancer, then walking
through the Anderson are the 

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halls of Texas children and 
offering it to no one, but 

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keeping it for yourself. 
And it is an even greater sin 

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because the cure for cancer is 
not the power of God unto 

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salvation. 
The cure for cancer would human 

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health. 
Yet we have the hope of eternal 

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life in the gospel, and we're 
ashamed withholding it from 

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those who are perishing, 
refraining to offer hope to 

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others, contrary to what to do. 
In first Peter chapter 3 verse 

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15 he says this, but in your 
heart set apart, Christ is Lord.

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And. 
Always be prepared to give an 

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answer to everyone who asks you 
to give the reason for the hope 

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that you have. 
You know the reason for any hope

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that any of us have. 
It is the gospel of Jesus 

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Christ, of Christ. 
None of us have any eternal 

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hope. 
And so when someone asks you 

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about that hope, don't give them
some kind of inspirational 

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speech. 
Don't give them something that 

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you read on a placard in 
Kirkland's God for the Glorious 

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Gospel of Jesus Christ. 
For is the power of God unto 

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salvation for all who believe, 
and if you withhold that from 

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them. 
It shows you're ashamed of the 

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gospel. 
You have a hard time. 

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Anyone who has any sense that 
you are unashamed of the gospel,

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that you do not share, you're 
not boldly proclaiming this 

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truth. 
There is an element of shame and

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you need and ask yourself why. 
Secondly, as we answer this 

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question that no one wants to 
ask, are you ashamed of the 

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gospel? 
You're ashamed of the gospel if 

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you aren't sharing it. 
That's obvious. 

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You can come up with all the 
excuses you want. 

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I don't know how we'll teach 
you. 

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I don't know where to go 
anywhere, what will happen? 

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Who cares? 
But secondly, I want you to see 

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this. 
You're ashamed of the gospel if 

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you're my Isn't there enough of 
that in our culture? 

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Many show their shame for the 
gospel by the fact that they 

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sugarcoat it, that they water it
down, that they make it 

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something that it's not because 
they're afraid of facing the 

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criticism of others. 
Right if we. 

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Stand up and we boldly proclaim 
the gospel. 

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The fact that man is a sin and 
is totally depraved and he is 

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heading straight long into the 
wrath and the judgment of God. 

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Unless God intervene by His 
grace and His mercy through the 

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Lord Jesus Christ, man has no 
hope. 

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We tell them you must trust in 
Jesus. 

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Christ, repent of your sin, 
believe on Him. 

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Only way that you're to be 
saved. 

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People get offended by that 
message, don't they? 

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Especially in our time. 
Any exclusive message they get 

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offended by the gospel is an 
exclusive message. 

452
00:33:54,200 --> 00:33:58,760
It is only for those who repent 
and believe, however. 

453
00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:05,520
Many are sugar coating that. 
Aren't they concerned more about

454
00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:10,320
their own acceptance instead of 
that sinner's soul? 

455
00:34:11,159 --> 00:34:12,400
Oh, I just want people to like 
me. 

456
00:34:12,400 --> 00:34:15,120
So I want to make this message a
likable message. 

457
00:34:16,639 --> 00:34:22,400
And in doing so, you reveal your
shame being the true message. 

458
00:34:25,040 --> 00:34:27,960
You, unlike Paul, are not 
standing there saying that I'm 

459
00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:31,040
unashamed of the gospel, for it 
is the power of God unto 

460
00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:33,040
salvation. 
You are saying I am ashamed of 

461
00:34:33,040 --> 00:34:35,639
the gospel and I'm going to 
alter it a little bit and I'm 

462
00:34:35,639 --> 00:34:38,320
going to change it and I'm going
to make this thing a little more

463
00:34:38,320 --> 00:34:43,159
palatable. 
A little more acceptable to our 

464
00:34:43,159 --> 00:34:48,400
culture. 
Many try to do this, attempting 

465
00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:51,719
to make the message less 
offensive. 

466
00:34:53,719 --> 00:34:58,760
Let me just help all of you out.
The gospel that Paul preached, 

467
00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:02,400
which was given to him by 
himself, is an offensive 

468
00:35:02,560 --> 00:35:06,600
message. 
It will never be anything other 

469
00:35:06,760 --> 00:35:11,160
than an offensive message. 
You can't change that. 

470
00:35:12,320 --> 00:35:15,720
It is what it is. 
In fact, in First Corinthians 

471
00:35:15,720 --> 00:35:18,200
chapter one, verse 22, here's 
what Paul says about it. 

472
00:35:18,480 --> 00:35:22,920
Jews demand miraculous. 
Wisdom, but we preach Christ 

473
00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:26,600
crucified, the Gospel, a 
stumbling block to the Jews and 

474
00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:31,160
foolishness to the Gentiles. 
It is by nature a stumbling 

475
00:35:31,160 --> 00:35:33,880
block. 
It is by nature foolishness to 

476
00:35:33,880 --> 00:35:37,440
the unbeliever. 
It is by nature offensive. 

477
00:35:37,680 --> 00:35:41,920
That's why Paul in Galatians 
chapter 5, verse 11, the offense

478
00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:47,240
of the cross. 
It is offensive to a lost person

479
00:35:47,240 --> 00:35:50,960
to tell them that they are on 
their way to hell and 

480
00:35:50,960 --> 00:35:55,280
everlasting judgment, lest they 
repent and turn to the one who 

481
00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:59,360
died on the cross to save them. 
We hear it all the. 

482
00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:00,040
Time. 
But who are you? 

483
00:36:01,040 --> 00:36:04,280
Oh, don't worry, friend, I'm not
going to judge you, but you will

484
00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:07,800
be judged. 
Who's appointed unto man wants 

485
00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:09,440
to die. 
And after that, the judgment you

486
00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:13,760
will stand before a holy God and
you will give an account and 

487
00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:15,920
those who stand before the 
Father, not clothed in the 

488
00:36:15,920 --> 00:36:18,960
righteousness of Jesus Christ, 
you will perish for all eternity

489
00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:25,720
gospel and apart from Jesus 
Christ, there is no saving hope 

490
00:36:25,760 --> 00:36:28,880
for man. 
So what we do, we try to make 

491
00:36:28,880 --> 00:36:35,440
this message a little less 
offensive, softening the blow, 

492
00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:41,760
softening the truth, sanding the
edges just a little bit, because

493
00:36:41,760 --> 00:36:45,600
we're more concerned about 
offending people. 

494
00:36:47,280 --> 00:36:49,920
And you are about the wretched 
condition of their souls. 

495
00:36:51,320 --> 00:36:53,880
And I tell you, this preacher 
stands before you today, a one 

496
00:36:53,880 --> 00:36:55,760
who was once offended by the 
gospel. 

497
00:36:55,760 --> 00:36:58,560
But I'm so thankful that one was
willing to offend me by it, 

498
00:37:02,440 --> 00:37:05,560
because in the offense of 
hearing the gospel, I realized I

499
00:37:05,560 --> 00:37:11,760
had offended my Creator. 
I needed redemption and I needed

500
00:37:11,760 --> 00:37:13,600
forgiveness and I needed 
cleansing from sin. 

501
00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:18,720
And in the gospel we find that 
hope, but many sugar coat it, 

502
00:37:18,720 --> 00:37:20,120
water it down, because we don't 
want. 

503
00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:23,520
People to push them away. 
They're already away. 

504
00:37:26,240 --> 00:37:28,760
What are you going to do, push 
them all the way to hell? 

505
00:37:29,520 --> 00:37:35,440
They are condemned already Stop 
thinking like the world and 

506
00:37:35,440 --> 00:37:37,160
start thinking like the apostle 
Paul. 

507
00:37:37,360 --> 00:37:41,880
If I don't present to them the 
gospel, they it's not that they 

508
00:37:41,880 --> 00:37:45,320
might perish. 
They are condemned already. 

509
00:37:46,760 --> 00:37:49,600
See it from what it is, See it 
from what Scripture says. 

510
00:37:50,840 --> 00:37:52,720
You can't make that less 
offensive. 

511
00:37:52,720 --> 00:37:57,720
You can't send that down. 
You can't soften it in any way. 

512
00:37:57,720 --> 00:38:02,560
It is the gospel. 
Stop being concerned with 

513
00:38:02,560 --> 00:38:06,720
offending people. 
Be concerned with people 

514
00:38:06,720 --> 00:38:08,440
hearing. 
That offensive truth and 

515
00:38:08,440 --> 00:38:10,200
repenting and being turned to 
Christ. 

516
00:38:11,720 --> 00:38:14,760
Paul tells Timothy in second 
Timothy chapter 4. 

517
00:38:15,840 --> 00:38:19,440
He says this to him boldly 
preach the word, be prepared in 

518
00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:24,280
the season and be ready all the 
time no matter what culture 

519
00:38:24,280 --> 00:38:26,520
accepts, no matter what culture 
declines. 

520
00:38:27,720 --> 00:38:30,960
You preach the word instant in 
season and out of season. 

521
00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:33,640
He says correct rebuke and 
encourage with great patience 

522
00:38:33,640 --> 00:38:36,600
and careful instruction. 
Why for the time will come when 

523
00:38:36,600 --> 00:38:39,560
men will put up with will not 
put up with sound doctrine 

524
00:38:41,160 --> 00:38:43,200
desires. 
They will gather around them a 

525
00:38:43,200 --> 00:38:47,000
great number of teachers to say 
what their itching ears want to 

526
00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:53,160
hear a less offensive gospel, he
says they will turn their ears 

527
00:38:53,160 --> 00:38:56,800
away from the truth and turn 
aside the myths. 

528
00:38:57,400 --> 00:39:01,960
Oh, the easy believism Gospels. 
And I need We've covered it in 

529
00:39:01,960 --> 00:39:07,200
this series, those easy 
believism Gospels. 

530
00:39:09,920 --> 00:39:15,280
Are easy for people to swallow. 
But they are not the power of 

531
00:39:15,280 --> 00:39:17,160
God unto salvation for all who 
believe. 

532
00:39:19,160 --> 00:39:23,240
They are a poor sub and they are
not the message that Paul 

533
00:39:23,240 --> 00:39:25,320
preached. 
They're not the message that 

534
00:39:25,320 --> 00:39:27,840
he's encouraging Timothy to 
preach there in Second Timothy. 

535
00:39:27,840 --> 00:39:32,360
But what many do because of 
those who want to have their 

536
00:39:32,360 --> 00:39:37,320
ears tickled, well, I'm thankful
to pastor a Church of people who

537
00:39:37,320 --> 00:39:39,120
don't want to have their ears 
tickled. 

538
00:39:41,280 --> 00:39:43,960
Who will say, yes, we believe 
that there is rebuke in 

539
00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:47,960
Scripture and to welcome it, 
rebuke us, Pastor. 

540
00:39:48,760 --> 00:39:51,120
Oh, I'm thankful for the rebuke 
and the correction that I have 

541
00:39:51,120 --> 00:39:53,320
received through the Scriptures 
throughout the years. 

542
00:39:55,320 --> 00:39:59,880
But there are those, in fact the
majority, who just want to have 

543
00:39:59,880 --> 00:40:04,760
their just enough Jesus to make 
them feel like they're on their 

544
00:40:04,760 --> 00:40:07,480
way to heaven. 
But let's don't get into the 

545
00:40:07,480 --> 00:40:12,200
offensive parts of it. 
Let's don't get into the fact 

546
00:40:13,480 --> 00:40:16,800
that Jesus tells us to forsake 
everything and follow him, and 

547
00:40:16,800 --> 00:40:20,120
that those that don't forsake 
everything aren't really follow.

548
00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:23,360
Let's don't speak that kind of 
hard truth. 

549
00:40:25,080 --> 00:40:30,320
So they make the message less 
offensive, moving the truth, 

550
00:40:30,320 --> 00:40:33,320
removing certain elements right 
involving God's wrath and His 

551
00:40:33,320 --> 00:40:43,360
justice towards sinners. 
Removing even the very word sin 

552
00:40:45,240 --> 00:40:51,280
because we don't want to offend 
those who are trying to reach. 

553
00:40:52,720 --> 00:40:55,640
If you're not willing to offend 
them with the true gospel, 

554
00:40:55,640 --> 00:41:00,160
you're not trying to reach them.
You are tickling their ears. 

555
00:41:01,080 --> 00:41:03,320
Buying them, you are pampering 
them. 

556
00:41:03,880 --> 00:41:07,040
That's why so many of these 
churches that call themselves 

557
00:41:07,040 --> 00:41:11,440
churches are nothing but a 
nursery school for lost people. 

558
00:41:15,600 --> 00:41:18,720
The gospel will be offensive. 
We can't make it less offensive.

559
00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:23,000
You show your shame when you 
sugarcoat it. 

560
00:41:24,600 --> 00:41:26,480
You make the message less 
offensive. 

561
00:41:26,480 --> 00:41:29,520
Or where you manipulate the 
message for comfort and ease. 

562
00:41:31,360 --> 00:41:34,200
Let's take the gospel and let's 
just add a spoonful of sugar. 

563
00:41:34,200 --> 00:41:37,120
Because a spoonful of sugar 
helps the medicine go down, 

564
00:41:37,120 --> 00:41:39,400
doesn't it, Mary Poppins? 
And that's the problem. 

565
00:41:39,400 --> 00:41:45,960
You believe in Mary. 
You don't believe the one true 

566
00:41:45,960 --> 00:41:49,880
gospel. 
Because the one true gospel 

567
00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:52,400
needs nothing added to it, 
nothing taken away from it. 

568
00:41:54,240 --> 00:41:58,800
And when it meets us, it is 
designed to do what only that 

569
00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:03,720
message can do, need us to alter
it or to fit it to fit the 

570
00:42:03,720 --> 00:42:06,680
crowd. 
Notice the apostle Paul. 

571
00:42:07,240 --> 00:42:09,720
Though he always related to the 
crowd, he never changed the 

572
00:42:09,720 --> 00:42:12,560
gospel to so that it would fit 
the crowd. 

573
00:42:13,280 --> 00:42:16,160
He related to the crowd, and 
then he gave them the gospel. 

574
00:42:16,160 --> 00:42:19,480
Right. 
Where they were, and every time 

575
00:42:19,480 --> 00:42:25,160
he gave it, it was the same. 
He was unashamed of it. 

576
00:42:26,760 --> 00:42:31,200
When we change the gospel to fit
the culture or the audience that

577
00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:35,720
we're addressing, we air. 
What do you think? 

578
00:42:35,720 --> 00:42:42,840
I don't know this by now. 
We could fill this building 20 

579
00:42:42,840 --> 00:42:49,440
times over if I was willing to 
preach a sweeter, unbiblical 

580
00:42:49,440 --> 00:42:53,640
gospel. 
My prayer has always been for 

581
00:42:53,640 --> 00:42:58,040
this church and God would raise 
up a group of believers that 

582
00:42:58,040 --> 00:43:02,920
believe in the one true God, 
ashamed of that one true gospel,

583
00:43:02,920 --> 00:43:06,240
and who will live and die for 
that gospel just as the Apostle 

584
00:43:06,240 --> 00:43:10,680
Paul did. 
I've watched God do this work 

585
00:43:10,680 --> 00:43:16,480
over and over and over again. 
Not by manipulating the message 

586
00:43:16,520 --> 00:43:23,640
for comfort and ease. 
By boldly proclaiming the 

587
00:43:23,640 --> 00:43:28,800
message of Jesus Christ. 
Paul preached the same gospel 

588
00:43:28,800 --> 00:43:30,800
message to the Jew and to the 
Gentile. 

589
00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:33,440
How do I know this? 
It's the power of God unto 

590
00:43:33,440 --> 00:43:36,720
salvation for all who believe. 
First for the Jew and then for 

591
00:43:36,720 --> 00:43:39,440
the Gentile. 
He included both of them in the 

592
00:43:39,440 --> 00:43:45,640
same God, not ashamed of. 
So we need not alter this 

593
00:43:45,640 --> 00:43:47,480
message or manipulate it for any
reason. 

594
00:43:49,080 --> 00:43:52,000
He was unashamed of the gospel 
just as it is. 

595
00:43:52,080 --> 00:43:54,360
Have you ever met those people 
who they began to proclaim the 

596
00:43:54,360 --> 00:43:56,200
gospel and then they somehow 
through the middle of it, feel 

597
00:43:56,200 --> 00:43:58,880
like they need to apologize for 
God being a God of justice and 

598
00:43:58,880 --> 00:44:03,040
wrath? 
I don't have to apologize for 

599
00:44:03,040 --> 00:44:06,240
God. 
In fact, no one has to apologize

600
00:44:06,240 --> 00:44:08,760
for God because everything that 
he does is right. 

601
00:44:08,760 --> 00:44:11,600
When he exercises his wrath and 
his judgment, it is absolutely, 

602
00:44:11,600 --> 00:44:12,720
positively right. 
And. 

603
00:44:12,720 --> 00:44:15,920
Holy, I don't have to. 
Soften that up to make it true. 

604
00:44:15,920 --> 00:44:19,120
It is true. 
Soften it up so that you can 

605
00:44:19,600 --> 00:44:24,240
somehow swallow it. 
Paul was unashamed of the 

606
00:44:24,240 --> 00:44:26,480
message. 
He knew there was no need to 

607
00:44:26,480 --> 00:44:28,320
alter. 
In fact, as we learned in our 

608
00:44:28,320 --> 00:44:31,320
first message in this series, 
did he not rebuke the Galatians 

609
00:44:31,320 --> 00:44:33,840
and those who were there 
stirring up chaos in regard to 

610
00:44:33,840 --> 00:44:37,600
the gospel Galatians, chapter 
one, verse 8, he says this. 

611
00:44:37,600 --> 00:44:41,400
But even if we are an Angel from
heaven should preach one we 

612
00:44:41,400 --> 00:44:44,160
preach to you. 
Let him be eternally condemned, 

613
00:44:44,880 --> 00:44:47,480
as we've already said. 
So now I say again, if anybody 

614
00:44:47,480 --> 00:44:50,720
is preaching to you a gospel 
other than what is, except you 

615
00:44:50,720 --> 00:44:53,400
accepted, let him be eternally 
condemned. 

616
00:44:54,280 --> 00:44:56,200
Am I now trying to win the 
approval of men? 

617
00:44:56,240 --> 00:44:57,560
Why would he throw that in 
there? 

618
00:44:58,000 --> 00:45:00,080
Because there were many who were
altering the gospel. 

619
00:45:01,000 --> 00:45:03,040
How received the approval of 
men? 

620
00:45:03,200 --> 00:45:04,960
They were sending it. 
They were shaving it. 

621
00:45:04,960 --> 00:45:06,160
They were sugar coating it. 
He. 

622
00:45:07,480 --> 00:45:09,760
Says I'm, am I trying to please 
men? 

623
00:45:10,840 --> 00:45:13,320
He says if I were still trying 
to please men, I would not be a 

624
00:45:13,320 --> 00:45:15,680
servant of Christ. 
You know what, Paul? 

625
00:45:15,680 --> 00:45:22,000
Says there are often times we 
miss If you're trying to please 

626
00:45:22,000 --> 00:45:26,760
men, you're not pleasing Christ.
Don't miss that. 

627
00:45:27,840 --> 00:45:31,200
And so when we share the gospel,
if we share the gospel in a way 

628
00:45:31,640 --> 00:45:33,920
that is somehow appealing to 
men. 

629
00:45:35,520 --> 00:45:37,360
We reveal that we're ashamed of 
Christ. 

630
00:45:42,920 --> 00:45:47,280
Let that be heard. 
Because those who are unashamed 

631
00:45:47,280 --> 00:45:51,640
of the true gospel, they will 
like Paul listen to me church. 

632
00:45:51,640 --> 00:45:58,840
They will like Paul unabridged, 
on a bass, unedited, untouched. 

633
00:45:59,040 --> 00:46:01,560
They will preach the people that
they. 

634
00:46:01,560 --> 00:46:08,880
Received Paul here the gospel 
that he received personally from

635
00:46:08,960 --> 00:46:12,600
Jesus Christ on the road to 
Damascus personally as Christ 

636
00:46:12,600 --> 00:46:16,080
took the time to teach him 
wisdom and knowledge straight 

637
00:46:16,080 --> 00:46:22,320
from Christ himself. 
The message for comfort and 

638
00:46:22,320 --> 00:46:23,400
ease. 
We don't have to make the 

639
00:46:23,400 --> 00:46:28,400
message less offensive a sugar 
coating it. 

640
00:46:29,800 --> 00:46:34,120
We reveal we're ashamed of it 
and sadly so isn't a church. 

641
00:46:34,680 --> 00:46:41,840
Thirdly, you're ashamed of the 
gospel, putting it aside. 

642
00:46:45,720 --> 00:46:48,520
We learned last week in First 
Corinthians chapter 15, as we 

643
00:46:48,520 --> 00:46:52,640
covered those few verses there, 
that the true gospel, the 

644
00:46:52,640 --> 00:46:56,560
elements that it contains, are 
to be of first importance, that 

645
00:46:56,560 --> 00:46:58,200
that's the burial of the 
resurrection of Christ. 

646
00:46:58,200 --> 00:46:59,880
Paul was saying that the gospel 
ought to be. 

647
00:47:02,600 --> 00:47:05,720
And when we set aside the gospel
for any reason. 

648
00:47:07,840 --> 00:47:10,080
Or even any element of that 
gospel. 

649
00:47:12,480 --> 00:47:14,080
We reveal our shame for the 
gospel. 

650
00:47:18,520 --> 00:47:21,760
So you're ashamed of the gospel 
if you're What does that mean? 

651
00:47:21,760 --> 00:47:22,920
Give us clarity. 
I will. 

652
00:47:25,440 --> 00:47:29,600
We're setting the gospel aside 
when we find ourselves putting 

653
00:47:29,600 --> 00:47:34,160
it on the back burner on our 
list of things to do. 

654
00:47:35,080 --> 00:47:39,400
Oh the Co worker that I 
mentioned to you before that you

655
00:47:39,400 --> 00:47:49,440
see every enslaved by their sin 
in need of Christ and you put it

656
00:47:50,760 --> 00:47:56,240
on your list of things to do on 
the back burner, neglecting to 

657
00:47:56,240 --> 00:48:01,360
offer hope to them. 
How about this neglecting for 

658
00:48:01,360 --> 00:48:04,720
your fleshly desires? 
Right when I, when I get through

659
00:48:04,720 --> 00:48:06,800
taking care of all the things 
that I wanted to take care of on

660
00:48:06,800 --> 00:48:09,440
my list, I, when I eventually 
get through sharing the gospel 

661
00:48:09,440 --> 00:48:11,880
with others, then and then only 
will I do that. 

662
00:48:13,520 --> 00:48:16,320
The interesting thing is 
scripture actually speaks on 

663
00:48:16,320 --> 00:48:18,960
these things. 
It actually takes all of our 

664
00:48:18,960 --> 00:48:21,520
excuses away. 
Gospel. 

665
00:48:22,280 --> 00:48:25,120
In fact, in Mark's Gospel, the 
8th chapter verse 31. 

666
00:48:26,120 --> 00:48:27,400
Jesus teaching here it says 
this. 

667
00:48:28,200 --> 00:48:31,040
He then began to teach them that
the Son of man must suffer many 

668
00:48:31,040 --> 00:48:33,520
things and be rejected by the 
elders, chief priests and 

669
00:48:33,520 --> 00:48:37,200
teachers of the law, and that he
must be killed and after three 

670
00:48:37,200 --> 00:48:40,080
days rise again. 
Sounds like Jesus was preached 

671
00:48:41,000 --> 00:48:42,600
that Paul preached. 
The death, the burial. 

672
00:48:42,600 --> 00:48:45,840
The resurrection prior to it 
ever happening. 

673
00:48:46,840 --> 00:48:49,440
Watch what he continues to say. 
He spoke plainly about this, and

674
00:48:49,440 --> 00:48:51,640
Peter took him aside and began 
to rebuke him. 

675
00:48:56,920 --> 00:49:02,120
I don't think some of you caught
that the gospel and Peter's 

676
00:49:02,120 --> 00:49:04,800
going to pull him aside and tell
him Jesus, you're not doing this

677
00:49:04,800 --> 00:49:08,840
correctly. 
He rebukes him because Peter 

678
00:49:08,840 --> 00:49:10,200
didn't like the news that he 
had. 

679
00:49:10,200 --> 00:49:14,120
Heard. 
So he took him aside, and he 

680
00:49:14,120 --> 00:49:17,960
began to rebuke him. 
Can you imagine rebuking the Son

681
00:49:17,960 --> 00:49:22,320
of God? 
Not a smart move, but when Jesus

682
00:49:22,320 --> 00:49:24,120
turned and looked at his 
disciples. 

683
00:49:24,400 --> 00:49:28,400
He rebuked Peter. 
Get behind me, Satan. 

684
00:49:31,480 --> 00:49:33,800
Why? 
Because anything that interferes

685
00:49:33,800 --> 00:49:36,080
with the true gospel is not from
God. 

686
00:49:36,080 --> 00:49:40,160
It is from the enemy. 
Get behind me, Satan. 

687
00:49:42,240 --> 00:49:45,480
You do not have in mind the 
things of God, but the things of

688
00:49:45,480 --> 00:49:47,200
men. 
You're worried about what people

689
00:49:47,200 --> 00:49:50,560
are going to think. 
Peter, stop it. 

690
00:49:52,200 --> 00:49:55,280
You're ashamed of me. 
You're ashamed of the death that

691
00:49:55,280 --> 00:49:58,240
I'm going to die. 
You're ashamed of what I'm going

692
00:49:58,240 --> 00:50:02,160
to endure. 
History that you have walked. 

693
00:50:02,160 --> 00:50:05,960
With me in. 
And he called the crowd to him, 

694
00:50:05,960 --> 00:50:10,320
along with his disciples, and 
said this, If anyone would come 

695
00:50:10,320 --> 00:50:16,000
after me, he must. 
Underline that, highlight that. 

696
00:50:16,000 --> 00:50:17,920
Make sure you see that in the 
Word of God. 

697
00:50:18,080 --> 00:50:22,040
He must. 
This is not this is not 

698
00:50:22,040 --> 00:50:24,280
something you do later on down 
the road. 

699
00:50:25,560 --> 00:50:29,600
If anyone is going to come after
Christ, he must deny himself and

700
00:50:29,600 --> 00:50:33,480
take up his cross and follow me.
Why was Jesus saying that? 

701
00:50:33,520 --> 00:50:36,160
Because he just told him I'm 
going to take up my cross and 

702
00:50:36,160 --> 00:50:39,400
I'm going to die for the sin of 
all those who will believe and 

703
00:50:39,400 --> 00:50:42,760
trust in me myself. 
I'm going to be buried and then 

704
00:50:42,760 --> 00:50:45,800
I'm going to rise from the grave
to prove that I am who I say 

705
00:50:45,960 --> 00:50:48,360
that I am. 
Peter, you're acting like Satan.

706
00:50:48,440 --> 00:50:52,120
Shut your mouth and listen to 
the truth. 

707
00:50:52,400 --> 00:50:58,080
This is the gospel if anyone 
does not deny themselves and 

708
00:50:58,080 --> 00:51:04,200
follow. 
Christ, they're not saved, he 

709
00:51:04,200 --> 00:51:05,800
says. 
Forever wants to save his life. 

710
00:51:05,800 --> 00:51:08,560
We'll lose it. 
Forever loses his life for me 

711
00:51:08,560 --> 00:51:10,000
and for the gospel. 
We'll save it. 

712
00:51:10,960 --> 00:51:13,200
What good is it for a man to 
gain the whole world, yet 

713
00:51:13,200 --> 00:51:17,280
forfeit his soul? 
What can a man give in exchange 

714
00:51:17,280 --> 00:51:20,080
for his soul? 
If anyone is a. 

715
00:51:20,960 --> 00:51:23,560
High words in this adulterous 
and sinful generation. 

716
00:51:23,560 --> 00:51:26,520
The Son of Man will be ashamed 
of him when he comes in his 

717
00:51:26,520 --> 00:51:29,400
Father's glory with his holy 
angels. 

718
00:51:29,520 --> 00:51:35,720
American Church, please hear the
words of Christ Paul here in 

719
00:51:35,720 --> 00:51:39,800
Romans chapter 1 saying I'm not 
ashamed of the gospel because it

720
00:51:39,800 --> 00:51:44,680
is unto salvation. 
You know why so many Americans, 

721
00:51:44,680 --> 00:51:46,400
so-called Christians are 
ashamed? 

722
00:51:46,600 --> 00:51:50,160
Because they've not experienced 
the power of God unto salvation.

723
00:51:52,760 --> 00:51:58,600
They're ashamed of him, setting 
him aside constantly for other 

724
00:51:58,600 --> 00:52:05,400
things, for their own fleshly 
desires, negating their own 

725
00:52:06,000 --> 00:52:09,760
Christian duty. 
What do you mean by Christian 

726
00:52:09,760 --> 00:52:13,000
duty? 
Our God-given mission as the 

727
00:52:13,000 --> 00:52:15,680
church. 
And what is that? 

728
00:52:15,680 --> 00:52:17,920
Well, we can look at Mark's 
account in Mark chapter 16. 

729
00:52:17,920 --> 00:52:21,640
We can look at Matthew's account
in Matthew 28 Commission. 

730
00:52:22,720 --> 00:52:25,320
Let's look at Mark 16 and see 
how it's worded here. 

731
00:52:26,880 --> 00:52:29,480
Verse 15. 
He said to them, Jesus, go into 

732
00:52:29,480 --> 00:52:31,280
all the world and preach the 
good news. 

733
00:52:31,280 --> 00:52:33,120
That's the gospel, that's the UN
galleon. 

734
00:52:33,120 --> 00:52:35,160
That's what we've been talking 
about for weeks. 

735
00:52:35,920 --> 00:52:38,320
He said and preached the good 
news to all creation. 

736
00:52:40,960 --> 00:52:43,200
Baptized will be saved. 
What does that mean? 

737
00:52:43,320 --> 00:52:45,760
Whoever has faith and repents, 
and they show that repentance 

738
00:52:45,760 --> 00:52:47,920
through obedience, though 
baptism is the first step. 

739
00:52:48,160 --> 00:52:53,240
Of obedience, it says he who 
believes and is baptized will be

740
00:52:53,240 --> 00:52:57,280
saved, but whoever does not 
believe will be condemned. 

741
00:52:57,280 --> 00:52:58,520
Why? 
Because they're already 

742
00:52:58,520 --> 00:53:02,160
condemned. 
You about that church? 

743
00:53:02,720 --> 00:53:05,640
We are to follow the command of 
Christ, the Great Commission. 

744
00:53:05,640 --> 00:53:12,480
We are to go and to preach the 
good news to all creatures, to 

745
00:53:12,480 --> 00:53:15,960
not be ashamed of that good 
news, putting it on the back 

746
00:53:15,960 --> 00:53:19,680
burner with every little excuse 
that we can come up with. 

747
00:53:21,000 --> 00:53:23,000
Good at talking to others. 
Neither were some of these guys,

748
00:53:23,000 --> 00:53:25,400
for the power of the Holy Spirit
interrupted their lives. 

749
00:53:27,760 --> 00:53:29,720
Well, I don't know what to. 
Say, well, the Bible says you 

750
00:53:29,720 --> 00:53:31,400
don't have to worry about that 
because he's going to give you 

751
00:53:31,400 --> 00:53:37,040
the words to say. 
I don't want to seem. 

752
00:53:37,080 --> 00:53:40,000
Judgy. 
You're worried about what? 

753
00:53:44,680 --> 00:53:46,920
You're more worried about you 
seeming judgy than the fact that

754
00:53:46,920 --> 00:53:49,120
the person who you're 
withholding the gospel from will

755
00:53:49,120 --> 00:53:53,760
be judged by God and is in the 
gospel that we warn them of 

756
00:53:53,760 --> 00:53:57,000
this. 
Stop negating your Christian 

757
00:53:57,000 --> 00:54:00,080
duty. 
Stop forsaking your mission. 

758
00:54:05,460 --> 00:54:07,260
You write this down. 
The omission of the Great 

759
00:54:07,260 --> 00:54:09,940
Commission is admission to being
ashamed of the gospel. 

760
00:54:12,100 --> 00:54:13,780
I'll say it slower so that you 
can get it. 

761
00:54:14,700 --> 00:54:19,980
The omission of the Great 
Commission is admission to being

762
00:54:20,980 --> 00:54:24,600
of the gospel. 
And the Church for years has 

763
00:54:24,720 --> 00:54:28,400
omitted the Great Commission for
so many other things, putting 

764
00:54:28,400 --> 00:54:35,680
the gospel on the backburner. 
We put the gospel on the 

765
00:54:35,680 --> 00:54:37,320
backburner because we're ashamed
of it. 

766
00:54:38,840 --> 00:54:43,840
Paul wouldn't said the gospel 
Christ and the gospel, as we saw

767
00:54:43,840 --> 00:54:50,920
a moment ago, was his entire 
life and it should be yours. 

768
00:54:51,720 --> 00:54:53,880
Oh, before you say, but Kirk, 
that's the apostle Paul. 

769
00:54:54,400 --> 00:54:58,920
Yeah, a man just like you, a 
Sinner just like the rest of us,

770
00:54:58,920 --> 00:55:03,400
redeemed by the of the Lord 
Jesus Christ, purchased by the 

771
00:55:03,400 --> 00:55:07,440
blood of our Savior, just like 
us, commissioned to go and to 

772
00:55:07,440 --> 00:55:10,000
tell others the good news, just 
like us. 

773
00:55:11,160 --> 00:55:14,720
So stop with your excuses. 
Stop making excuses while you're

774
00:55:14,720 --> 00:55:18,000
putting the gospel on the back 
burner as people are going to 

775
00:55:18,000 --> 00:55:22,880
hell all around you. 
Stop saying that you care, 

776
00:55:24,280 --> 00:55:27,280
because you don't. 
Care you, care about you and 

777
00:55:28,320 --> 00:55:32,080
what people think about you. 
But Paul said this in Acts 

778
00:55:32,080 --> 00:55:35,160
chapter 20. 
He says this in verse 24. 

779
00:55:35,160 --> 00:55:37,440
However, I consider my life 
worth nothing to me. 

780
00:55:38,120 --> 00:55:40,080
Oh, I wish the American church 
would get there. 

781
00:55:41,920 --> 00:55:46,080
I consider my life worth nothing
to me if only I may finish the 

782
00:55:46,080 --> 00:55:49,080
race and complete the task the 
Lord Jesus has given me. 

783
00:55:50,040 --> 00:55:52,480
He says I want to finish the 
task the Lord Jesus has given 

784
00:55:52,480 --> 00:55:53,360
me. 
What is that task? 

785
00:55:53,360 --> 00:55:56,520
The task of testifying to the 
gospel of God's grace. 

786
00:55:57,320 --> 00:56:01,800
He said this is the whole reason
that I exist and I'm not going 

787
00:56:01,800 --> 00:56:09,000
to put this gospel on the back 
burner because it is my life and

788
00:56:09,000 --> 00:56:14,160
I consider my life worth nothing
apart from the gospel mission 

789
00:56:14,160 --> 00:56:18,520
that my Lord and Savior Jesus 
Christ has given unto me. 

790
00:56:18,600 --> 00:56:23,480
It is the same, and to all of 
you who profess Christ in this 

791
00:56:23,480 --> 00:56:26,280
room today, and to all who 
profess Christ around this 

792
00:56:26,280 --> 00:56:32,200
world, it has not changed. 
Stop setting it aside, putting 

793
00:56:32,200 --> 00:56:35,240
it on the back. 
Burner How about prioritizing it

794
00:56:35,240 --> 00:56:37,280
over other things? 
Boy, don't we see this a lot 

795
00:56:38,440 --> 00:56:41,720
when we give the gospel a lesser
place of this world. 

796
00:56:46,600 --> 00:56:51,920
What a sad day when the church 
no longer prioritizes Christ and

797
00:56:51,920 --> 00:56:57,160
his gospel, but we are so 
distracted by the lesser things 

798
00:56:57,720 --> 00:57:04,120
of this world. 9 verse 57 it 
says as they were walking along 

799
00:57:04,120 --> 00:57:07,120
the road, a man said to him, Man
comes up to Jesus. 

800
00:57:07,720 --> 00:57:09,840
He says, I'll follow you 
wherever you go. 

801
00:57:11,080 --> 00:57:13,600
Jesus, of course, knowing his 
heart, it says Jesus replied. 

802
00:57:13,600 --> 00:57:16,280
Foxes have holes and birds of 
the air have nests, but the Son 

803
00:57:16,280 --> 00:57:18,080
of Man has no place to lay his 
head. 

804
00:57:18,080 --> 00:57:19,800
Oh, what a comfortable gospel. 
Follow me, you might be 

805
00:57:19,800 --> 00:57:25,760
homeless. 
Follow me, you might be less off

806
00:57:25,760 --> 00:57:30,680
than the foxes and the birds, he
said to another man. 

807
00:57:30,680 --> 00:57:33,480
Follow me. 
But the man replied, Lord, first

808
00:57:33,480 --> 00:57:35,600
let me go and bury my father. 
Now what you need to know about 

809
00:57:35,600 --> 00:57:36,880
this is his father wasn't even 
dead. 

810
00:57:38,280 --> 00:57:41,920
He wanted to go and wait for his
father to boy his inheritance 

811
00:57:41,920 --> 00:57:43,720
that the father was going to 
give him for just a little while

812
00:57:43,720 --> 00:57:47,960
and then maybe after that, maybe
after that, then he would follow

813
00:57:47,960 --> 00:57:49,640
Jesus if it was convenient for 
him. 

814
00:57:51,600 --> 00:57:55,440
Jesus said to him, just like 
this, how insensitive of our 

815
00:57:55,440 --> 00:57:58,080
Savior. 
Let the dead bury their own dead

816
00:57:59,680 --> 00:58:02,520
but you. 
Proclaim the Kingdom of God. 

817
00:58:02,680 --> 00:58:04,720
Let the dead bury their own 
dead. 

818
00:58:04,720 --> 00:58:09,760
You go proclaim the gospel. 
Still another said, I will 

819
00:58:09,760 --> 00:58:13,560
follow you, Lord, but first let 
me go back and say goodbye to my

820
00:58:13,560 --> 00:58:16,760
family. 
Well, let me go back and then 

821
00:58:16,760 --> 00:58:20,040
take care of these worldly 
things, these fleshly thing. 

822
00:58:21,440 --> 00:58:23,200
The things that are priority in 
my life. 

823
00:58:23,880 --> 00:58:27,440
And Jesus replied, No one who 
looked, who puts his hands to 

824
00:58:27,440 --> 00:58:30,240
the plow and looks back, is fit 
for service in the Kingdom of 

825
00:58:30,240 --> 00:58:32,400
God. 
Why did he say this? 

826
00:58:32,600 --> 00:58:35,560
He said this in the hearing of 
his true disciples, so that they

827
00:58:35,560 --> 00:58:39,000
would know the truth. 
Because there are so many 

828
00:58:41,000 --> 00:58:44,720
tiesing other things over the 
gospel, putting their hand to 

829
00:58:44,720 --> 00:58:47,360
the pilot and looking back on 
what all they're missing out for

830
00:58:47,360 --> 00:58:51,600
the sake of the gospel, let me 
just tell you this, You will 

831
00:58:51,600 --> 00:58:54,480
miss out on some things 
involving this world. 

832
00:58:54,640 --> 00:59:02,440
You will miss out on earthly 
pleasure, but you much more in 

833
00:59:02,440 --> 00:59:04,840
eternity as promised by the 
Lord. 

834
00:59:06,480 --> 00:59:09,480
Just as he told his disciples, 
of any of you have lost family, 

835
00:59:10,240 --> 00:59:16,280
fortunes or homes in eternity, 
I'm going to repay that to you 

836
00:59:17,160 --> 00:59:23,200
substantially, multiple folds to
you, with eternal rewards for 

837
00:59:23,240 --> 00:59:26,440
for forsaking everything for the
gospel. 

838
00:59:27,280 --> 00:59:30,760
Yet in the church today, we're 
still prioritizing other things,

839
00:59:32,920 --> 00:59:35,240
putting Jesus in a lesser place 
than he belongs. 

840
00:59:35,760 --> 00:59:42,520
Can we all agree that Jesus and 
his gospel deserves for him 1st 

841
00:59:42,520 --> 00:59:43,840
place? 
He said. 

842
00:59:43,840 --> 00:59:46,200
Well pastor, does that mean that
I can't do things? 

843
00:59:46,200 --> 00:59:48,080
No, it doesn't mean that you 
can't do things. 

844
00:59:48,400 --> 00:59:50,960
It means that everything you do,
you will have in the forefront 

845
00:59:50,960 --> 00:59:53,240
of your mind. 
This is an opportunity for the 

846
00:59:53,240 --> 00:59:55,440
gospel. 
When I go to work, it's a gospel

847
00:59:55,440 --> 00:59:57,520
opportunity. 
When I go to a football game, 

848
00:59:57,640 --> 01:00:01,600
it's a gospel opportunity. 
When I play sports gospel 

849
01:00:01,600 --> 01:00:04,600
opportunity. 
That's how the true believer 

850
01:00:04,600 --> 01:00:06,280
thinks. 
I'm not going to be ashamed of 

851
01:00:06,280 --> 01:00:10,120
the gospel and put the gospel in
a back burner or reprioritize it

852
01:00:10,120 --> 01:00:13,200
in my life to where it is 
something less than preeminent. 

853
01:00:13,920 --> 01:00:23,200
Fur giving it a lesser place and
the gospel deserves how about 

854
01:00:23,200 --> 01:00:25,120
this a lesser placement it once 
had in your life? 

855
01:00:27,600 --> 01:00:29,360
Isn't that what happens to the 
church at Ephesus? 

856
01:00:30,400 --> 01:00:33,000
Paul addresses them in 
Revelation chapter 2, verses 4 

857
01:00:33,000 --> 01:00:36,440
through 5. 
He gives out messages and 

858
01:00:36,440 --> 01:00:39,960
mandates to certain churches 
there in Asia Minor and Ephesus.

859
01:00:39,960 --> 01:00:43,560
And he says this. 
He says in verse 4 of chapter 2.

860
01:00:43,560 --> 01:00:46,000
Yet I hold this against you. 
You have forsaken your first 

861
01:00:46,000 --> 01:00:48,440
love. 
Remember the height from which 

862
01:00:48,440 --> 01:00:50,600
you have fallen. 
Repent and do the things you did

863
01:00:50,600 --> 01:00:53,240
at first. 
If you do not repent, I will 

864
01:00:53,240 --> 01:00:55,400
come to you and remove your 
lampstand from his place. 

865
01:00:55,520 --> 01:00:57,040
Their first love. 
They had forgotten their first 

866
01:00:57,040 --> 01:00:57,880
love. 
And who's their first love? 

867
01:00:57,880 --> 01:00:59,080
Christ. 
And if Christ is your first 

868
01:00:59,080 --> 01:01:02,360
love, what does he say if you? 
So they were obviously at one 

869
01:01:02,360 --> 01:01:07,400
time obeying Him by preaching 
the gospel unashamedly, and he 

870
01:01:07,400 --> 01:01:12,360
says you've lost to that. 
What does he say? 

871
01:01:13,520 --> 01:01:20,080
Repent and do the things you 
first did, the things you did 

872
01:01:21,040 --> 01:01:23,040
first. 
Get back to where you know you 

873
01:01:23,040 --> 01:01:26,960
need to be. 
The first love was once Christ. 

874
01:01:27,440 --> 01:01:29,440
The first love was once the true
gospel of Christ. 

875
01:01:29,440 --> 01:01:31,800
And here they had drifted away 
for this because they had 

876
01:01:31,800 --> 01:01:37,000
reprioritized everything. 
Even good thing some of you have

877
01:01:37,000 --> 01:01:41,720
good priorities that are not 
gospel priorities, your family, 

878
01:01:41,840 --> 01:01:44,560
your marriages, your homes. 
Have you ever noticed when you 

879
01:01:44,560 --> 01:01:47,440
talk about the family, you talk 
about the home, you talk about 

880
01:01:47,440 --> 01:01:49,400
the marriage, the people flock 
to it. 

881
01:01:49,520 --> 01:01:51,040
They want to have a marriage 
conference. 

882
01:01:51,120 --> 01:01:52,560
They won't have a family 
conference. 

883
01:01:52,640 --> 01:01:55,880
But if you say come on Sunday 
afternoon and learn how to share

884
01:01:55,880 --> 01:01:59,200
the gospel, for it is the good 
news of God and it is the power 

885
01:01:59,200 --> 01:02:02,080
of God unto S leave. 
Come join us. 

886
01:02:02,200 --> 01:02:05,120
We'll teach you how to do it and
no one shows up. 

887
01:02:06,960 --> 01:02:10,160
Why? 
Because you have re prioritized 

888
01:02:10,160 --> 01:02:14,040
the gospel. 
You're ashamed of it. 

889
01:02:17,080 --> 01:02:25,360
That is, you can teach your sons
and to be good husbands, but if 

890
01:02:25,360 --> 01:02:29,840
you are not teaching them to 
prioritize the gospel of the 

891
01:02:29,840 --> 01:02:33,560
Lord Jesus Christ, you have 
failed them as a Christian 

892
01:02:33,560 --> 01:02:41,840
Father, you're ashamed of Christ
and His message worthizing other

893
01:02:41,840 --> 01:02:45,120
things. 
It's sad to think that daddies 

894
01:02:45,120 --> 01:02:49,520
will spend countless hours 
teaching their son to throw a 

895
01:02:49,520 --> 01:02:50,720
football. 
And there's nothing wrong with 

896
01:02:50,720 --> 01:02:52,120
teaching your son to throw a 
football. 

897
01:02:52,120 --> 01:02:54,280
Please teach him to throw a 
football so he doesn't look like

898
01:02:54,280 --> 01:03:01,680
a girl in the playground. 
But you spend teaching him how 

899
01:03:01,680 --> 01:03:06,960
to do that and countless hours 
teaching him how or paying good 

900
01:03:06,960 --> 01:03:10,680
money to teach him how to swing 
a a stick and hit another ball. 

901
01:03:13,160 --> 01:03:16,720
And your Son doesn't learn from 
you and your example how to 

902
01:03:16,760 --> 01:03:21,680
unashamedly share the gospel of 
Jesus Christ with that clerk or 

903
01:03:21,680 --> 01:03:24,960
that homeless man in his own 
vomit in the street who needs 

904
01:03:24,960 --> 01:03:26,840
the same hope that we have in 
Christ. 

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01:03:26,920 --> 01:03:30,600
Shame on you. 
You are ashamed of the gospel of

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01:03:30,680 --> 01:03:33,080
Jesus Christ, forgetting that it
is the power of God unto 

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01:03:33,080 --> 01:03:35,280
salvation. 
And my prayer for you is that 

908
01:03:35,280 --> 01:03:39,560
God allows you a moment this 
morning to repent, to receive 

909
01:03:39,560 --> 01:03:43,680
His mercy. 
You're ashamed of the gospel if 

910
01:03:43,680 --> 01:03:48,600
you're setting it aside. 
Anything your own mission of it 

911
01:03:49,960 --> 01:03:53,840
reveals your shame. 
I mean practically. 

912
01:03:53,840 --> 01:03:58,400
Speaking, how can one claim that
the message of the gospel saved 

913
01:03:58,400 --> 01:04:05,760
them and rescued them, only to 
turn and set it aside for the 

914
01:04:05,760 --> 01:04:09,640
things of this world? 
God, wake us up. 

915
01:04:11,080 --> 01:04:13,040
Let us hear the rebuke from the 
Word today. 

916
01:04:13,040 --> 01:04:17,520
Let us hear the truth. 
Lastly, I will make it as 

917
01:04:17,560 --> 01:04:23,320
quickly as possible. 
You're ashamed of the gospel if 

918
01:04:23,320 --> 01:04:30,000
you aren't surrendered to it. 
Many of you have heard the truth

919
01:04:30,000 --> 01:04:33,160
of the gospel in this very 
church over and over and over 

920
01:04:33,160 --> 01:04:39,080
and over again. 
And you reveal that you were 

921
01:04:39,080 --> 01:04:45,040
ashamed of the gospel, not yet 
run to the feet of Jesus Christ,

922
01:04:45,040 --> 01:04:48,880
proclaiming Him as Lord and 
Savior. 

923
01:04:51,840 --> 01:04:55,000
And that shame that you have for
the gospel and for Christ is 

924
01:04:55,000 --> 01:04:55,760
evident. 
How? 

925
01:04:56,440 --> 01:04:57,920
Because you're unbelieving 
toward Christ. 

926
01:04:59,200 --> 01:05:03,960
Week after week we open the 
pages of Scripture. 

927
01:05:04,120 --> 01:05:06,080
You see the life in the ministry
of Christ. 

928
01:05:06,080 --> 01:05:09,720
You see the message of Christ. 
You see the miracles of Christ. 

929
01:05:11,320 --> 01:05:13,840
You see Him unveiled through 
God's Word over. 

930
01:05:13,840 --> 01:05:18,640
And over and over and over. 
Again, yet you will not and do 

931
01:05:18,640 --> 01:05:26,080
not believe. 
Why would you not believe in 

932
01:05:26,080 --> 01:05:28,840
such a great Savior that we look
at over and over and over again?

933
01:05:28,840 --> 01:05:32,680
It's because you are ashamed of 
Him. 

934
01:05:35,960 --> 01:05:38,200
John's Gospel. 
John highlights a group of 

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01:05:38,200 --> 01:05:42,680
people who are the same chapter 
in the 19th verse. 

936
01:05:43,080 --> 01:05:45,680
It says this is the verdict. 
Light has come into the world, 

937
01:05:45,920 --> 01:05:50,480
Jesus proclaiming the gospel. 
But men love darkness instead of

938
01:05:50,480 --> 01:05:52,960
light because their deeds were 
evil. 

939
01:05:53,920 --> 01:05:57,360
They were ashamed of the gospel 
but rather have their evil 

940
01:05:57,360 --> 01:06:04,240
deeds. 20 says evil hates the 
light and will not come into the

941
01:06:04,240 --> 01:06:06,920
light for fear that his deeds 
will be exposed. 

942
01:06:09,200 --> 01:06:11,600
And I proclaim to you this 
morning, unbelieving Sinner, 

943
01:06:11,600 --> 01:06:14,160
your deeds have already been 
exposed before you ever 

944
01:06:14,160 --> 01:06:16,480
committed the first one. 
God has already known the 

945
01:06:16,480 --> 01:06:22,000
beginning from the end, and you 
are not sin from God. 

946
01:06:25,240 --> 01:06:29,200
And if you do not repent of that
sin and trust in Jesus Christ as

947
01:06:29,200 --> 01:06:31,760
your Lord and Savior, you will 
stand before God. 

948
01:06:32,560 --> 01:06:34,720
And as Scripture declares, books
will be open. 

949
01:06:35,240 --> 01:06:38,080
And of those books, one of those
books will be books that give an

950
01:06:38,080 --> 01:06:42,080
account of every wrong. 
And since we're done and you 

951
01:06:42,080 --> 01:06:44,640
will be judged. 
For every single one of them 

952
01:06:44,640 --> 01:06:55,040
apart from Jesus Christ. 
And I implore you today, turn 

953
01:06:55,040 --> 01:06:58,720
from your sin, believe in Jesus 
Christ. 

954
01:06:58,720 --> 01:07:07,120
He's the only hope that any if 
you continue to neglect 

955
01:07:07,200 --> 01:07:13,800
acknowledging him as Savior and 
as Messiah, you are simply 

956
01:07:13,880 --> 01:07:18,200
confirming that you are ashamed 
of the person and the work of 

957
01:07:18,280 --> 01:07:21,840
Jesus Christ. 
Can I remind you? 

958
01:07:23,120 --> 01:07:27,600
All who are ashamed of him on 
this earth, he will be ashamed 

959
01:07:27,600 --> 01:07:30,160
of them before his Father in 
heaven. 

960
01:07:30,360 --> 01:07:33,080
You don't have to do any 
hermeneutical tricks to 

961
01:07:33,080 --> 01:07:37,320
interpret that and to understand
that it means exactly what it 

962
01:07:37,320 --> 01:07:42,280
sounds. 
Like it means if you've not yet 

963
01:07:42,280 --> 01:07:45,800
believed in Christ, you're 
openly admitting that you're 

964
01:07:45,800 --> 01:07:49,200
ashamed of him. 
And how could we be ashamed of 

965
01:07:49,200 --> 01:08:01,640
Christ, the God man embody 
coming to this earth, die in the

966
01:08:01,640 --> 01:08:04,560
place of undeserving and wicked 
sinners. 

967
01:08:05,480 --> 01:08:09,080
The Christ who bore the wrath of
our sin on his back, only to 

968
01:08:09,080 --> 01:08:12,200
turn and give us his own 
righteousness so that we can 

969
01:08:12,200 --> 01:08:18,240
stand before God accepted. 
And you were ashamed of that 

970
01:08:18,240 --> 01:08:23,720
kind of savior for himself, for 
those who would spit in his 

971
01:08:23,720 --> 01:08:27,479
face, who would look at the ones
who drove nails in his hands and

972
01:08:27,479 --> 01:08:30,640
his feet, and say, Father, 
forgive them, for they know not 

973
01:08:30,640 --> 01:08:33,640
what they do. 
How can you still be ashamed of 

974
01:08:33,640 --> 01:08:37,640
such a savior? 
Believe on Christ today. 

975
01:08:39,000 --> 01:08:43,800
There's no need to be ashamed. 
The message of Christ is the 

976
01:08:43,800 --> 01:08:47,359
power of God unto salvation for 
all who believe. 

977
01:08:48,800 --> 01:08:51,279
So you're ashamed of the gospel 
if you aren't surrendered to it,

978
01:08:51,960 --> 01:08:53,840
you're still unbelieving toward 
Christ, or you're still 

979
01:08:53,840 --> 01:08:57,640
unsubmitted to Christ? 
There's a life that's ashamed 

980
01:08:57,640 --> 01:08:59,000
of. 
Christ won't repent. 

981
01:08:59,520 --> 01:09:08,359
And life won't and life won't 
submit to Christ fact Jesus 

982
01:09:08,680 --> 01:09:12,840
Matthew chapter 21 verse 32. 
It says this for John came to 

983
01:09:12,840 --> 01:09:14,520
you to show you the way of 
righteousness. 

984
01:09:14,520 --> 01:09:16,640
Speaking of John the Baptist and
you did not believe him? 

985
01:09:18,640 --> 01:09:23,439
But the tax collectors and the 
and even after you saw this, 

986
01:09:23,840 --> 01:09:26,319
Hugh did not repent and believe 
him. 

987
01:09:26,880 --> 01:09:28,359
I want you to see what he's 
saying there. 

988
01:09:28,720 --> 01:09:33,760
He's telling the Pharisees you 
saw me saving prostitutes and 

989
01:09:33,760 --> 01:09:37,319
tax collectors. 
You saw me saving the scum of 

990
01:09:37,319 --> 01:09:44,680
the earth because they believed 
I was who I said that I was. 

991
01:09:48,640 --> 01:09:53,640
You saw it and you're still 
ashamed of me, and you still 

992
01:09:53,640 --> 01:09:58,640
don't believe. 
What a sad reckoning a person 

993
01:09:58,640 --> 01:10:03,440
will have who said week after 
week in church services seeing 

994
01:10:03,440 --> 01:10:07,880
all that Christ has done, but 
they still remain ashamed of 

995
01:10:07,880 --> 01:10:11,040
Him. 
Not believing, not submitting, 

996
01:10:13,600 --> 01:10:17,680
there's no real evidence in 
their life of any change. 

997
01:10:18,200 --> 01:10:24,640
Repentance. 
Continuing to refuse to turn and

998
01:10:24,640 --> 01:10:27,800
believe so that they won't 
perish. 

999
01:10:29,960 --> 01:10:35,000
Not only is it sad to think 
about, it's a sad reality that 

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01:10:35,360 --> 01:10:40,080
eternity will expose. 
Second Thessalonians chapter 1 

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01:10:42,840 --> 01:10:48,440
verse 8, it says he will punish 
those who do not know God and do

1002
01:10:48,440 --> 01:10:52,160
not obey the gospel of our Lord 
Jesus. 

1003
01:10:54,040 --> 01:10:57,920
They will be punished with 
everlasting destruction and shut

1004
01:10:57,920 --> 01:11:01,800
out from the presence of the 
Lord and from the magic of His 

1005
01:11:02,320 --> 01:11:06,720
power. 
The fact that you haven't 

1006
01:11:06,720 --> 01:11:10,720
surrendered to Christ reveals 
you're ashamed of Him. 

1007
01:11:12,760 --> 01:11:18,840
And if you're ashamed of film 
here, he will be ashamed of you 

1008
01:11:18,840 --> 01:11:21,960
on that day before and the holy 
angels. 

1009
01:11:24,120 --> 01:11:31,840
So to the professing believer 
here today, I ask you, are you 

1010
01:11:31,920 --> 01:11:38,040
ashamed of the true gospel of 
Christ based on what we've 

1011
01:11:38,040 --> 01:11:44,960
looked at today? 
Paul tells Timothy again, second

1012
01:11:44,960 --> 01:11:48,920
Timothy one verse 8. 
He says so do not be ashamed to 

1013
01:11:48,920 --> 01:11:52,720
testify about our Lord. 
He's giving instructions to 

1014
01:11:52,720 --> 01:11:54,360
another pastor, another man of 
God. 

1015
01:11:54,360 --> 01:11:58,600
Do not be ashamed to testify 
about our Lord or shamed of me, 

1016
01:11:58,600 --> 01:12:01,880
his prisoner Timothy to do 
something. 

1017
01:12:01,880 --> 01:12:05,120
I want to invite you to do the 
same today, He says. 

1018
01:12:05,280 --> 01:12:10,800
But join with me in suffering 
for the gospel by the power of 

1019
01:12:10,800 --> 01:12:13,840
God. 
Well, I don't invite you today 

1020
01:12:13,880 --> 01:12:19,200
to receive a better life. 
I don't invite you today to to 

1021
01:12:19,400 --> 01:12:27,400
receive a world or notoriety. 
I invite you as Paul. 

1022
01:12:27,400 --> 01:12:38,960
Invited Timothy Dear professing 
believer, suffer with us to have

1023
01:12:38,960 --> 01:12:43,960
people think that you lunatic 
who has lost their minds so dead

1024
01:12:43,960 --> 01:12:47,600
focused on the gospel of Jesus 
Christ that nothing else 

1025
01:12:47,760 --> 01:12:50,280
matters. 
I invite you as Paul did, join 

1026
01:12:51,440 --> 01:12:53,960
join in suffering for the gospel
by the power of God. 

1027
01:12:53,960 --> 01:12:56,440
It is his power that saves you 
and it is his power that will 

1028
01:12:56,440 --> 01:13:02,760
sustain you to the unbeliever. 
Simply put, you've spent enough 

1029
01:13:02,760 --> 01:13:12,000
time ashamed of Christ, 
neglecting the only one, whoever

1030
01:13:12,000 --> 01:13:15,280
died as a sacrifice to rescue 
Sinner. 

1031
01:13:18,120 --> 01:13:22,280
You spend enough. 
Time neglecting the one, shame 

1032
01:13:22,280 --> 01:13:27,320
and suffered agony and rejection
and even a brutal death in the 

1033
01:13:27,320 --> 01:13:29,880
place of undeserving sinners 
like you. 

1034
01:13:30,080 --> 01:13:34,320
Like me, you spend enough time 
ashamed of him. 

1035
01:13:36,920 --> 01:13:43,520
Why would you be ashamed of such
a loving, this merciful Savior? 

1036
01:13:45,080 --> 01:13:48,480
Why would you not surrender to 
Him wholeheartedly this very 

1037
01:13:48,480 --> 01:13:52,000
day? 
As the scripture says, today is 

1038
01:13:52,000 --> 01:13:56,320
the day of salvation. 
Now is the appointed time. 

1039
01:13:56,320 --> 01:13:58,520
Oh, don't try to put it off 
until tomorrow. 

1040
01:13:58,520 --> 01:14:03,320
Why is here? 
Who is guaranteed tomorrow, 

1041
01:14:04,680 --> 01:14:08,160
today? 
Stop being ashamed of Jesus 

1042
01:14:08,160 --> 01:14:12,440
Christ and run to Him as your 
Lord and your Savior and your 

1043
01:14:12,440 --> 01:14:16,880
Master in the only forgiveness 
that there is to be received for

1044
01:14:16,880 --> 01:14:22,480
sinners. 
Come to Him today and believing 

1045
01:14:23,120 --> 01:14:25,280
Father, in the name of Jesus, we
thank You for Your word. 

1046
01:14:26,200 --> 01:14:29,560
We thank You that it is true. 
We thank You that it does not 

1047
01:14:29,560 --> 01:14:33,520
return void, Lord, it has gone 
forth and it will do exactly 

1048
01:14:33,520 --> 01:14:36,600
what you desire for it to do. 
And we rest in that. 

1049
01:14:37,680 --> 01:14:42,320
And we pray all these things in 
the mighty name of Jesus for 

1050
01:14:42,320 --> 01:14:46,880
your sacrifice and for the 
gospel message that reveals that

1051
01:14:46,880 --> 01:14:50,720
sacrifice. 
To all who believe in trust in 

1052
01:14:50,720 --> 01:14:53,600
Christ, we love you. 
We thank you for loving us. 

1053
01:14:53,760 --> 01:14:58,000
In Jesus name we pray, Amen. 
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