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Would I get out of bed for this?Would I get out of bed for this?#insideout
Copyright © Simon G. Harris 2013Scripture quotations taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission
What do you live for?
Missional lifeMissional lifebroken & poured out
2 Corinthians 4:7-122 Corinthians 4:7-12We are hard pressed on every side, but not
crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down,
but not destroyed....So then, death is at work in us, but life is at
work in you.
Motivations ...Motivations ...that plague the soul
Ambition, Approval &
Appetites
AmbitionAmbitionwe want to be on top
Matthew 4:8-9Matthew 4:8-9Again, the devil took him to a very high
mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendour.
All this I will give you," he said, "if you will bow down and worship me."
ApprovalApprovalwe want to be liked
Matthew 4:6Matthew 4:6"If you are the Son of God," he said, "throw
yourself down. For it is written: " 'He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that
you will not strike your foot against a stone.' "
AppetitesAppetiteswe want to be satisfied
Matthew 4:2-3Matthew 4:2-3After fasting for forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. The tempter came to him and said, "If you are the Son of God, tell
these stones to become bread."
Motivations ...Motivations ...that plague the soul
The life of Jesus is a complete rejection of these values
Ambition, Approval &
Appetites
PaulPaulsmashed these motivations
Philippians 3:8Philippians 3:8What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of
knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish,
that I may gain Christ
A different A different motivation:motivation:
JESUS
Philippians 3:8Philippians 3:8What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of
knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish,
that I may gain Christ
A different A different motivation:motivation:
JESUS
Acts 4:29-30Acts 4:29-30Now, Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness. Stretch out your hand to heal and
perform miraculous signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant
Jesus."
A different A different motivation:motivation:
JESUS
Philippians 1:21Philippians 1:21For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.
MotivatedMotivated1. by his love
2 Corinthians 5:142 Corinthians 5:14For Christ's love compels us,
MotivatedMotivated1. by his love
2 Corinthians 5:142 Corinthians 5:14For Christ's love compels us, because we are convinced that one died
for all, and therefore all died.
MotivatedMotivated1. by his love
Galatians 2:20Galatians 2:20I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave
himself for me.
MotivatedMotivated1. by his love
1 Corinthians 7:231 Corinthians 7:23You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.
MotivatedMotivated2. by his transforming power
2 Corinthians 5:172 Corinthians 5:17Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has
gone, the new has come!
Have we lost confidence?
MotivatedMotivated2. by his transforming power
Romans 1:16Romans 1:16I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the
salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.
Have we lost confidence?
MotivatedMotivated3. by his entrusting of us
2 Corinthians 5:102 Corinthians 5:10For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each
one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good
or bad.
MotivatedMotivated3. by his entrusting of us
2 Corinthians 4:1-22 Corinthians 4:1-2So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and as those
entrusted with the secret things of God. Now it is required that those who have been given
a trust must prove faithful.
MotivatedMotivated3. by his entrusting of us
2 Timothy 2:152 Timothy 2:15Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman
who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.
MotivatedMotivated4. by his final judgement
2 Corinthians 5:112 Corinthians 5:11Since, then, we know what it is to fear the Lord, we try to persuade men. What we are is plain to God, and I hope
it is also plain to your conscience.
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