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 Please take a copy of God's word and turn to me to Romans chapter 10.

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 Our text today is verses 6-21 and I'll be putting an emphasis on verses 14-17.

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 So let's read Romans 10 starting in verse 6 together.

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 But the righteousness based on faith says,

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 Do not say in your heart,

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 Who will ascend into heaven?

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 That is to bring Christ down.

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 Or who will descend into the abyss?

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 That is to bring Christ up from the dead.

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 But what does it say?

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 The word is near you, in your mouth, and in your heart.

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 That is the word of faith that we proclaim.

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 Because if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord,

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 and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead,

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 you will be saved.

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 For with the heart one believes and is justified,

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 and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.

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 For the scriptures say,

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 Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.

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 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek.

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 For the same Lord is Lord of all,

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 bestowing his riches on all who call on him.

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 For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

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 How then will they call on him whom they have not believed?

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 And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard?

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 And how are they to hear without someone preaching?

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 And how are they to preach unless they are sent?

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 As it is written,

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 How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!

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 But they have not all obeyed the gospel.

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 For Isaiah says,

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 Lord, who has believed that he has heard from us?

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 So faith comes from hearing,

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 and hearing through the word of Christ.

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 But I ask,

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 Have they not heard?

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 Indeed they have.

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 For their voice has gone out to all the earth,

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 and their words to the end of the world.

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 But I ask,

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 Did Israel not understand?

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 Then,

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 First Moses says,

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 I'll make you jealous of those who are not a nation.

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 With a foolish nation,

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 I will make you angry.

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 Then Isaiah is so bold as to say,

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 I have been found by those who did not seek me.

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 I have shown myself to those who did not ask for me.

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 But of Israel,

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 he says,

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 All the day long,

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 I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.

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 This is the word of the Lord.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Let us pray together.

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 Father,

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 Your word is powerful,

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 and it is sharper than a two-edged sword,

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 and it's living and active,

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 working in our hearts.

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 We ask,

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 As the word goes forth this morning,

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 You will humble us,

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 that we will hear from the living God in His word,

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 and experience His goodness.

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 And Lord,

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 we ask that my words would help make this word clear and understandable.

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 In Jesus' name,

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 Amen.

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 The name of today's sermon

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 is the Paradigm for Gospel Missions.

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 A paradigm is a model to be followed.

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 My aim,

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 by the end of this exposition,

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 is to provide all of you

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 with God's authoritative model

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 for doing biblical missions.

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 Before we get there,

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 though,

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 I'd like to show you the major contours and structures

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 of Romans chapter 10,

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 as the main focus of missions is verses 14 through 17.

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 So my intention is to walk you through the major thoughts in chapter 10,

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 explain the teaching,

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 and then we'll hone the rest of our time in on verses 14 through 17.

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 So in Romans 10,

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 there is four major thoughts that are being developed.

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 The major thoughts are verses 1 through 5,

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 verses 6 through 13,

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 verses 14 through 17,

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 in verses 18 through 21.

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 So in verses 1 through 5,

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 Paul's desire is to see the Jews to be saved.

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 But the Jews have not placed their faith in Christ.

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 They've placed it in their own works.

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 And they're not seeing that all the law

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 in the Old Testament institution points to Jesus.

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 So then,

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 in verses 6 through 13,

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 Paul explains that saving faith

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 comes through Christ,

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 not our works.

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 In verses 14 through 17,

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 Paul teaches the only way for someone to believe in Christ

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 is through the preaching of the gospel.

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 And in verses 18 through 21,

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 Paul explains how the gospel has been proclaimed

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 throughout all of Asia Minor,

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 saving many Gentiles,

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 but the Jews still have heard and rejected Christ.

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 Last Sunday,

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 Nathan clearly laid out the gospel for us.

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 And he reminded us that we are saved by grace alone,

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 through faith alone,

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 in Christ alone,

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 not of any of our works.

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 Our hope is in Christ alone,

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 as the song we just sung reminds us so well.

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 So now,

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 let's look at the three last sections.

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 We're going to look at verses 6 through 13,

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 14 through 17,

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 and 18 through 21 together.

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 So in verses 6 through 13,

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 Paul explains that saving faith

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 only comes through Christ,

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 not our works.

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 Saving faith begins in our heart,

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 and it comes out in evidence itself

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 in outward action.

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 And it's here that he declares

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 that this outward action

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 is a confession of Jesus Christ as Lord.

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 His main assertion is in verse 9,

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 because if you confess with your mouth

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 that Jesus is Lord,

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 and believe in your heart

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 that God raised him from the dead,

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 you will be saved.

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 In these verses,

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 we see that God rejects,

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 in these verses,

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 God rejects that man could do anything

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 to earn or acquire salvation

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 apart from saving faith.

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 There is no tower

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 that we can build to grasp God,

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 and there is no sacrament

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 we can perform

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 to earn our salvation.

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 It is by believing in our heart

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 that Jesus rose from the dead.

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 Salvation is by grace alone

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 through faith alone.

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 But we see here

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 that faith is never alone.

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 This faith is a living faith,

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 and it produces good works,

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 or evidence is good fruit.

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 And here,

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 the evidence of faith

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 is a confession

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 that Jesus Christ is Lord.

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 Living faith,

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 saving faith,

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 submits to the Lordship of Christ.

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 This is a submission

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 that his will and purposes,

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 not our own,

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 are better.

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 It is to understand

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 that his way is better

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 and not our own.

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 It is to say,

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 as John the Baptist says,

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 he must increase,

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 and I,

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 I must decrease.

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 So then,

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 Paul goes on

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 in the next four assertions.

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 He uses the word four

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 to explain his argument

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 that in verse four,

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 saving faith provides justification,

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 or, sorry,

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 verse ten,

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 saving faith provides justification,

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 confession,

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 evidence,

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 salvation.

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 We see in verse eleven,

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 saving faith gives assurance.

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 Verse twelve,

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 we see that saving faith

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 is without distinction.

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 And in verse thirteen,

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 saving faith submits

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 to the Lordship of Christ.

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 So as he's worked out

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 this point,

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 he wants to hit home

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 that we are saved

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 by faith alone.

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 That's what he's hitting

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 in verses six through thirteen.

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 And then he hits home

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 that that saving faith

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 always produces fruit.

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 So in verses fourteen through seventeen,

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 Paul teaches that the only way

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 for someone to believe in Christ

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 is through the preaching

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 of the gospel.

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 And in this,

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 we see that God uses means

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 to bring salvation

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 to his people.

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 Paul,

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 building on his argument

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 in six through thirteen,

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 contends that

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 one cannot have saving faith

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 unless they hear the gospel.

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 And he summarizes this

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 in verse seventeen.

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 So faith comes from hearing

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 and hearing through the word

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 of Christ.

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 In verses fourteen through fifteen,

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 Paul lays out God's

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 ordained means for missions.

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 We could call this

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 the church planting strategy,

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 if you will.

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 And here is what I have called

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 the paradigm for gospel missions

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 or God's ordained model

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 for missions.

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 This text here serves

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 as a commentary

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 for the Great Commission

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 in Matthew twenty eight,

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 sixteen through twenty.

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 And for the church's

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 sending authority

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 in Acts thirteen,

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 one through three.

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 And if you are,

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 if you remember

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 in Matthew twenty eight

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 that Jesus Christ

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 has all authority

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 and then he commissions

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 his disciples

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 who then plant churches

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 and these churches

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 then spread the gospel

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 further.

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 Well here in our text

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 in Romans,

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 we have Christ

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 who has all authority.

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 He's Lord over all.

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 But no one will know Christ

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 unless someone goes.

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 So we have a,

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 almost a reassertion

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 of the Great Commission here

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 with the emphasis on

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 someone has to be sent,

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 which reminds us

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 of Acts thirteen.

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 So read verses fourteen

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 through fifteen with me.

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 How then will they call

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 on him in whom

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 they have not believed?

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 How are they to believe

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 in him whom

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 they've never heard?

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 How are they to hear

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 without someone preaching?

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 And how are they

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 to preach

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 unless they are sent?

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 As it is written,

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 how beautiful

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 are the feet

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 of those

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 who preach good news.

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 There's a very simple

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 logical argument here.

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 Paul argues

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 for someone to believe,

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 they must hear the gospel.

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 For someone to hear

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 the gospel,

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 they must be sent.

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 And for someone,

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 or they must be sent

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 and they must share it.

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 And for someone to share,

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 they must be sent.

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 Therefore,

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 Paul's contending

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 that the work

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 is spread in the gospel

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 through the ends

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 of the earth

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 is the church

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 sending missionaries

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 to preach the gospel.

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 By the preaching

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 of the gospel,

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 people come to faith

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 and churches are formed.

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 And Paul supports this

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 with quoting two

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 Old Testament passages

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 in our text.

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 He quotes Isaiah 52,

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 7 and Isaiah 53,

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 1.

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 I'm going to read

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 Isaiah 52,

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 7,

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 or 52,

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 7 through 10.

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 And I want you to listen

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 and hear the emphasis

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 of the gospel.

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 I want you to hear

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 the mission drive

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 of the text.

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 Isaiah 52,

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 7 through 10.

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 How beautiful,

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 how beautiful

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 upon the mountains

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 are the feet

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 of him who brings

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 good news,

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 who publishes peace,

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 who brings good news

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 of happiness,

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 who publishes salvation,

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 who says,

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 who says to Zion,

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 your God reigns.

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 The voice of your watchmen,

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 they lift up their voice.

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 Together they sing for joy.

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 For eye to eye,

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 they see the return

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 of the Lord to Zion.

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 Break forth together

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 in singing,

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 you waste places

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 of Jerusalem.

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 For the Lord

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 has comforted his people.

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 He has redeemed Jerusalem.

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 The Lord has bared

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 his holy arm

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 before the eyes

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 of all the nations.

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 And all the ends

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 of the earth

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 shall see the salvation

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 of God.

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 How beautiful

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 are the feet

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 of those who preach

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 the good news.

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 Feet are not something

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 we think of as being beautiful.

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 My wife would agree

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 with that statement.

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 She does not like feet.

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 But in Romans 10,

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 they're pointed out

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 because they're useful.

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 It takes someone's feet

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 to bring a message

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 to someone.

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 It was the idea

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 of someone being sent

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 from somewhere

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 to go somewhere else

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 and bring a message.

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 The feet was the means

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 to bring that message.

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 So the point Paul's making

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 is that the feet here

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 were how the messenger

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 would travel

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 to publish peace,

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 to publish salvation,

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 and to bring good news

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 of happiness.

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 They were the means

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 of how the gospel

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 was heard.

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 He uses the proclamation

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 of his people

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 who are broken,

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 who are saved

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 by our Redeemer,

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 to then bring it

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 to broken people

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 who need to be saved

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 by our Redeemer.

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 The means by which

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 the gospel is heard

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 is through those being sent,

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 is through missionaries.

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 The task of preaching

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 the gospel

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 is not merely local,

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 but to the ends

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 of the earth.

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 Isaiah 52, 10 declares,

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 all the earth,

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 all the ends of the earth

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 shall see the salvation

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 of our God.

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 Jesus is Lord of all,

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 and he is spreading

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 his kingdom

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 through the gospel

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 to the ends

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 of the earth.

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 It makes me think

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 of Matthew 16, 18

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 when it says,

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 I will build my church

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 and the gates of hell

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 shall not prevail

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 against it.

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 Do you notice

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 that language?

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 Jesus will build

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 his church.

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 The gates of hell

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 will not prevail

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 against it.

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 Jesus is on the offensive.

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 It's militant language.

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 He's building,

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 he's working,

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 and the defensive

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 is the gates of hell.

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 Our king is Jesus,

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 and he is Lord over all,

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 and he will defeat

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 every power of hell

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 that is against him

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 in building his church.

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 Nothing,

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 no power,

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 institution,

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 king,

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 or governor,

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 or government

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 can thwart

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 the almighty power

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 of King Jesus

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 in expanding his kingdom

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 through the gospel.

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 Eventually,

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 in one day that we long for,

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 all the kings of the earth

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 will bow their knee

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 and confess Jesus Christ

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 as Lord.

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 He is ruler

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 of the kings of the earth,

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 Revelation 1, 5,

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 and he is

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 the king of kings,

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 Revelation 17, 14.

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 The church would do well

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 to see the importance

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 of this work

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 and the importance

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 in all the earth.

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 The quotation

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 from Isaiah 53, 1

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 harkens back

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 to Romans 9

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 that we just spent

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 a lot of time in

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 and reasserts

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 God's sovereign work

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 in calling sinners

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 to himself.

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 The gospel

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 is offered to all,

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 but all do not come.

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 Only those

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 whom Isaiah 53, 1

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 says,

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 the arm of Yahweh

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 has been revealed.

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 God will call

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 his sheep to himself

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 and be the shepherd

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 of all people.

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 He will lead his people

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 to green pastures

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 and cool waters

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 all of their life

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 and one day

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 he'll welcome

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 all of his people

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 into the paradise

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 of heaven.

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 Therefore,

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 that is verses

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 14 through 17.

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 Now in verses

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 18 through 21,

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 Paul explains

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 how the gospel

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 has been proclaimed

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 through all Asia Minor,

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 saving many Gentiles,

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 but the Jews

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 have still rejected Christ.

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 Paul's point

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 in verses 18 through 21

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 is summarized

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 in verse 21.

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 He says,

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 but of Israel,

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 he says,

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 all the day long

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 I have held out

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 my hands

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 to a disobedient

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 and contrary people.

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 While the gospel

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 has gone to the Jews

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 and Gentiles

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 without distinction,

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 the Jews

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 have continued

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 in their rejection

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 of Christ.

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 Paul emphasizes

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 this point

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 through quoting

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 Old Testament scripture

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 and you can see there

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 there's three or four

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 that are quoted in a row.

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 In verse 18,

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 he quotes Psalm 19, 4,

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 to compare the spread

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 of the gospel

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 to God's general revelation.

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 As God's majesty

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 has been universally revealed

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 in all creation,

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 as the sun rises

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 to its set,

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 the gospel has been out

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 to all of Asia Minor.

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 It's been universally

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 proclaimed there.

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 Thus far,

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 the gospel has been

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 universally reached

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 in that area.

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 And the point

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 he's making there

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 is that the Jews

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 have heard.

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 In verse 19,

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 he quotes Deuteronomy

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 32, 21.

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 Paul quotes Deuteronomy

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 to demonstrate

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 that because of Israel's

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 rejection of the gospel,

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 God is making the people

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 jealous with the conversion

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 of the Gentiles.

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 In verse 20,

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 Paul quotes Isaiah 65, 1.

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 Because of Israel's wickedness,

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 God has made the Gentiles

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 his people.

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 In God's work of saving

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 a bribe from all peoples,

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 he has used this

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 as a judgment on Israel

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 for their stubborn

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 and disobedient heart.

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 In Romans 11,

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 we will explain more

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 of this relationship

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 of Israel and the church,

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 of God's working

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 amidst his people.

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 And in this time,

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 what will come clear

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 is God's purpose

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 of election,

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 making his name known

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 through Jesus Christ.

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 So,

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 stay tuned

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 for that exposition.

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 Now that we understand

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 the general contours

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 of Romans chapter 10,

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 we're going to spend

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 the rest of our time

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 thinking about this paradigm

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 for gospel missions.

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 And we find that

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 in verses 14 through 17.

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 We will see this model

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 looking at three areas

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 of the text.

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 We're going to look

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 at the church,

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 the missionary,

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 and the message.

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 We are going to look

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 at the church,

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 the missionary,

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 and the message.

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 To introduce

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 this consideration,

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 though,

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 let us think about

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 the concept of authority.

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 Authority is the power

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 to influence

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 or command thought,

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 opinion,

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 or behavior.

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 This power

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 ultimately resides

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 in a person

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 and can be granted

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 to others.

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 The root of authority

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 is that which

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 authors life.

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 Authority is that

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 which authors life.

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 God Almighty

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 has all authority.

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 It ultimately rests

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 in him.

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 He is the author

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 of life.

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 He authored life

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 and creation

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 of all things,

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 and he's authoring life

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 now through his

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 providential power

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 and works.

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 God created man

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 in his image,

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 and man's design

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 was to praise God.

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 God gave him

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 authority to legislate

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 his just and loving commands

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 and to make his glory known.

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 He was to take dominion,

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 being fruitful

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 and multiplying,

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 and to spread

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 the glory of God

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 to the ends of the earth.

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 The whole earth

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 was to be filled

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 with the glory of God

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 as the waters

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 covers the sea.

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 Habakkuk 2.14

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 But,

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 instead of authoring life

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 and carrying forth

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 God's glory

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 to the ends of the earth,

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 Adam failed

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 in protecting the garden.

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 Adam rejected

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 God's authority

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 and his actions

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 authored death.

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 Romans 5.12

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 Instead of God's glory

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 covering the earth,

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 sin has marred the earth.

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 Sin has affected

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 every dimension

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 of our life,

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 and at the core

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 of Adam and his sin,

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 they asserted

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 personal autonomy

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 over God's authority.

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 Instead of following

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 God's commands,

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 they followed

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 Satan's deception.

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 They believed

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 falling their way

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 was the best way.

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 This is the same for us.

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 We often trust

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 in our own thoughts

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 and ways above God's.

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 We have been raised

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 in a culture

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 that is consumed

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 with self

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 and has made self

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 the greatest end

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 by which we live

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 and work.

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 The problem is,

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 when we begin

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 rejecting God's word

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 as authoritative

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 and his ways

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 as good,

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 we begin to reject

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 authority

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 for special preference,

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 for individual passions,

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 and personal sophistication.

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 With the rejection

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 of God's authority,

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 one begins to reject

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 his authoritative

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 institutions also.

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 Eventually,

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 autonomy,

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 novelty,

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 and pragmatism

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 are more relevant

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 than God's authoritative

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 word and institution.

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 So eventually,

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 autonomy,

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 novelty,

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 and pragmatism

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 are more relevant

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 than God's authoritative

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 institutions.

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 This is a sad reality

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 we live in today

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 where we see churches

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 without the gospel,

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 governments

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 without godly legislation,

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 and families

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 without family worship.

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 With significance

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 towards individualism

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 and pragmatism

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 in our modern culture,

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 the church,

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 then,

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 as God's authority

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 to spread the gospel,

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 has employed

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 individually focused

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 and pragmatically

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 motivated practices

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 to minister

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 locally and missionally.

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 The concern

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 with these employments

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 that we employ

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 individual motivated

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 and pragmatic

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 methods

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 is that

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 they are not

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 the way in which

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 God has ordained

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 gospel ministry.

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 And often,

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 they go against

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 gospel ministry

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 to emphasize

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 personal aspiration

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 and results

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 in the mission field.

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 Therefore,

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 my hope

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 in the next three points,

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 the next three areas

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 of focus,

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 is to show you

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 that the paradigm

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 for gospel missions

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 revealed in Romans 10,

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 14 through 17,

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 give us clear direction

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 on the authority

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 and means of missions.

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 The authority

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 to send missionaries

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 is the church.

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 The means

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 is the missionary.

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 The message

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 is the gospel.

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 To divert

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 from church authority,

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 missionary focus,

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 and gospel-centric

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 missions

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 is to divert

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 from God's

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 prescribed model

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 for missions

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 in his word.

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 Therefore,

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 let's look at these areas.

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 Number one,

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 the church.

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 In Matthew 28,

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 16,

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 Jesus has been given

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 all authority

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 on heaven and earth

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 from God the Father.

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 He has been coronated

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 and he's about

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 to take his throne

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 and his heavenly abode.

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 Before his enthronement,

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 he looks at his disciples

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 and he gives them

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 a charge,

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 a commission.

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 He says,

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 go therefore

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 and make disciples

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 of all the nations,

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 baptize them

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 in the name of the Father,

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 the Son,

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 and the Holy Spirit.

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 Teach them all

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 that I command you.

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 His commission

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 with all authority

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 on heaven and earth

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 to his disciples

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 was to make disciples.

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 And the work

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 of disciple-making

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 demands one,

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 go,

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 baptize,

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 and teach.

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 When we get to Acts,

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 we see a similar address,

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 a different perspective,

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 if you will,

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 and he commands

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 his apostles

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 to be witnesses

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 in Jerusalem,

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 Judea,

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 Samaria,

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 and to the ends

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 of the earth.

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 As the apostles preached,

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 churches were formed.

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 These churches then

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 sent missionaries

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 to preach Christ

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 where he has not

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 been made known.

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 And if you read

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 the book of Philippians,

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 you see Epaphras

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 who was someone

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 who came to faith

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 and went to another area

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 and preached Christ

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 and a church was gathered.

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 And now he's writing

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 to this church

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 that was gathered

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 because of someone else

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 going from a church.

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 So we see this

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 all throughout

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 the book of Acts.

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 We see this in the letters.

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 Missionary thinking

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 bleeds all throughout

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 the pages of the New Testament.

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 As you read the New Testament,

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 you see the thrust

00:21:14.600 --> 00:21:16.100
 of missionary movement

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 until one day

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 all people are before God

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 from every tribe,

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 tongue,

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 and nation.

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 In Acts 13,

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 one through three,

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 the church at Antioch

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 commissions Paul and Barnabas

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 to begin the task

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 of going to the ends

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 of the earth.

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 As Christ is building

00:21:31.120 --> 00:21:31.660
 his church,

00:21:32.060 --> 00:21:33.660
 he has legislated authority

00:21:33.660 --> 00:21:35.280
 to an institution.

00:21:36.080 --> 00:21:36.940
 That is the church.

00:21:37.500 --> 00:21:39.220
 The church is the means

00:21:39.220 --> 00:21:40.900
 and end of gospel missions.

00:21:41.380 --> 00:21:42.980
 As the father has sent the son,

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 the son sends his church now.

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 What I'm about to say

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 is very important to hear

00:21:48.440 --> 00:21:50.060
 in our age of individualism

00:21:50.059 --> 00:21:50.919
 and pragmatism.

00:21:51.619 --> 00:21:52.440
 The sending authority

00:21:52.440 --> 00:21:53.079
 in missionaries

00:21:53.079 --> 00:21:54.779
 is not individual desires

00:21:54.779 --> 00:21:55.480
 or aspirations

00:21:55.480 --> 00:21:57.399
 or a sending agency.

00:21:57.919 --> 00:21:58.980
 There is no such thing

00:21:58.980 --> 00:22:01.539
 as lone wolf missionaries.

00:22:02.399 --> 00:22:03.419
 Parachurch organizations

00:22:03.419 --> 00:22:04.359
 do not have authority

00:22:04.359 --> 00:22:05.599
 to commission missionaries.

00:22:06.240 --> 00:22:07.639
 According to the authoritative

00:22:07.639 --> 00:22:08.480
 word of God,

00:22:09.019 --> 00:22:09.819
 the sending authority

00:22:09.819 --> 00:22:10.599
 for missionaries

00:22:10.599 --> 00:22:11.599
 is the church.

00:22:12.700 --> 00:22:13.839
 God has instilled authority

00:22:13.839 --> 00:22:14.599
 to the church

00:22:14.599 --> 00:22:15.319
 to equip

00:22:15.319 --> 00:22:16.940
 to model missions

00:22:16.940 --> 00:22:17.759
 is not operating

00:22:17.759 --> 00:22:19.299
 according to the paradigm

00:22:19.299 --> 00:22:20.140
 for gospel missions

00:22:20.140 --> 00:22:21.320
 found in God's word.

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 And we see this

00:22:22.920 --> 00:22:24.400
 in Romans 10, 15.

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 How are they to preach

00:22:25.960 --> 00:22:26.920
 unless they are sent?

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 As is written,

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 how beautiful are those

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 who preach good news.

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 So let me highlight two ways.

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 I could do many more,

00:22:33.740 --> 00:22:34.420
 but I'd like to highlight

00:22:34.420 --> 00:22:35.180
 two ways in which

00:22:35.180 --> 00:22:36.660
 the church does this work

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 of sending.

00:22:38.360 --> 00:22:40.019
 The church trains missionaries.

00:22:40.799 --> 00:22:42.100
 The work of missions

00:22:42.100 --> 00:22:43.279
 is a command of our Lord.

00:22:43.779 --> 00:22:44.740
 The church is responsible

00:22:44.740 --> 00:22:46.200
 for discerning one's call,

00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:48.160
 evaluating their character,

00:22:48.620 --> 00:22:49.900
 and providing them education,

00:22:50.039 --> 00:22:50.740
 theological education,

00:22:50.880 --> 00:22:52.200
 and know God's word well.

00:22:53.019 --> 00:22:53.779
 In one's calling,

00:22:54.299 --> 00:22:55.480
 God works in the desires

00:22:55.480 --> 00:22:56.240
 of individuals

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 to move them

00:22:57.180 --> 00:22:57.779
 to gospel ministry.

00:22:57.880 --> 00:22:58.819
 It begins in the individual

00:22:58.819 --> 00:22:59.079
 saying,

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 I feel this deep desire

00:23:00.980 --> 00:23:02.420
 that people who don't know Christ

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 to know them.

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 And working in ourselves

00:23:04.980 --> 00:23:06.440
 to conform to how Christ

00:23:06.440 --> 00:23:07.099
 works in us.

00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:08.500
 It begins individually,

00:23:08.920 --> 00:23:10.319
 but individual desire

00:23:10.319 --> 00:23:11.839
 is not authoritative

00:23:11.839 --> 00:23:14.279
 without corporate affirmation.

00:23:15.220 --> 00:23:16.359
 One's desire for missions

00:23:16.359 --> 00:23:17.980
 does not qualify one

00:23:17.980 --> 00:23:18.859
 to do missions.

00:23:19.559 --> 00:23:20.579
 The authority has been given

00:23:20.579 --> 00:23:21.339
 to the church

00:23:21.339 --> 00:23:22.200
 to evaluate

00:23:22.200 --> 00:23:23.440
 and send missionaries,

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 to discern their call

00:23:24.700 --> 00:23:25.559
 and their giftings,

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 and say,

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 I believe, brother or sister,

00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:28.779
 you are called for this work.

00:23:29.400 --> 00:23:30.900
 The church is the bodyguard

00:23:30.900 --> 00:23:31.740
 of biblical missions

00:23:31.740 --> 00:23:33.039
 and ultimately responsible

00:23:33.039 --> 00:23:34.120
 for the work being done

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 by the missionaries

00:23:35.220 --> 00:23:35.700
 they send.

00:23:37.319 --> 00:23:38.700
 Paul describes requirements

00:23:38.700 --> 00:23:39.339
 for missionaries

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 in 1 Timothy 3.

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 A missionary needs to be

00:23:41.980 --> 00:23:43.120
 theologically robust,

00:23:43.960 --> 00:23:44.700
 able to teach,

00:23:45.140 --> 00:23:46.340
 and possess mature,

00:23:46.540 --> 00:23:47.260
 godly character.

00:23:48.160 --> 00:23:49.340
 Theology and piety

00:23:49.340 --> 00:23:50.540
 are the undergirding

00:23:50.540 --> 00:23:51.620
 of healthy mission work.

00:23:52.220 --> 00:23:53.100
 To lack theology

00:23:53.100 --> 00:23:55.020
 will lead to unhealthy churches

00:23:55.020 --> 00:23:55.880
 at best

00:23:55.880 --> 00:23:56.960
 and will lead to

00:23:56.960 --> 00:23:57.860
 unbiblical churches

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 at worst.

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 To lack piety

00:24:02.300 --> 00:24:04.440
 will lead to destroying

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 the work one does.

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 If someone goes

00:24:06.160 --> 00:24:07.140
 without godly character,

00:24:07.140 --> 00:24:08.400
 the work they're going

00:24:08.400 --> 00:24:09.020
 to do will eventually

00:24:09.020 --> 00:24:09.600
 blow up

00:24:09.600 --> 00:24:10.600
 because eventually

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 their teaching

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 will follow

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 what they live.

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 Listen to 1 Timothy 4.16.

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 Keep a close watch

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 on yourself

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 and on the teaching.

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 Persist in this

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 for by doing so

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 you'll save both

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 yourself and your hearers.

00:24:23.780 --> 00:24:24.780
 Keep a close watch

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 on yourself

00:24:25.440 --> 00:24:26.660
 and your teaching.

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 Theology and piety

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 is in that text.

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 Number two,

00:24:32.420 --> 00:24:32.860
 the church

00:24:32.860 --> 00:24:33.740
 sends missionaries.

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 So the church

00:24:34.360 --> 00:24:35.160
 trains missionaries,

00:24:35.280 --> 00:24:36.860
 the church sends missionaries.

00:24:37.580 --> 00:24:38.600
 If there are men

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 who are theologically robust,

00:24:40.860 --> 00:24:41.600
 able to teach,

00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:42.560
 and has mature

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 godly character,

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 the man is qualified

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 biblically.

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 If there is no matters

00:24:47.740 --> 00:24:48.340
 of prudence

00:24:48.340 --> 00:24:48.780
 hindering the

00:24:48.780 --> 00:24:49.320
 possible missions,

00:24:49.820 --> 00:24:50.580
 the church should labor

00:24:50.580 --> 00:24:52.460
 to work to send them.

00:24:52.540 --> 00:24:53.820
 If they're not qualified

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 and the church thinks

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 that they'll be

00:24:54.900 --> 00:24:55.620
 a great missionary,

00:24:56.020 --> 00:24:56.840
 the church should labor

00:24:56.840 --> 00:24:57.740
 to work to get them

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 where they can send them.

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 The work of sending

00:25:00.540 --> 00:25:01.000
 missionaries

00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:02.160
 is a really hard task though.

00:25:02.740 --> 00:25:03.360
 When churches

00:25:03.360 --> 00:25:04.600
 send missionaries

00:25:04.600 --> 00:25:05.400
 that are qualified,

00:25:05.400 --> 00:25:06.380
 they are often

00:25:06.380 --> 00:25:07.040
 losing those

00:25:07.040 --> 00:25:07.700
 who they love.

00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:09.140
 Men and women

00:25:09.140 --> 00:25:10.259
 who desire missions

00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:10.960
 usually are doing

00:25:10.960 --> 00:25:12.280
 the work of missions

00:25:12.280 --> 00:25:13.040
 in their community.

00:25:13.180 --> 00:25:14.120
 They're usually going

00:25:14.120 --> 00:25:14.820
 and preaching the gospel.

00:25:15.180 --> 00:25:16.000
 They're sacrificing

00:25:16.000 --> 00:25:16.800
 their lives

00:25:16.800 --> 00:25:17.880
 to take care of kids

00:25:17.880 --> 00:25:20.200
 or to go out

00:25:20.200 --> 00:25:21.900
 at really bad hours

00:25:21.900 --> 00:25:22.180
 of the night

00:25:22.180 --> 00:25:22.940
 to share the gospel

00:25:22.940 --> 00:25:23.680
 or to counsel

00:25:23.680 --> 00:25:24.400
 a brother or sister.

00:25:24.840 --> 00:25:25.680
 Usually the people

00:25:25.680 --> 00:25:26.620
 that go to the mission field

00:25:26.620 --> 00:25:27.280
 are the people

00:25:27.280 --> 00:25:28.580
 who you don't want to lose.

00:25:29.060 --> 00:25:29.460
 They're the people

00:25:29.460 --> 00:25:30.600
 that it hurts the most.

00:25:30.599 --> 00:25:34.240
 But there is a greater unity

00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:35.259
 that we have in Christ

00:25:35.259 --> 00:25:36.359
 and a greater participation

00:25:36.359 --> 00:25:37.519
 we have in gospel work.

00:25:38.399 --> 00:25:39.179
 The sacrifice,

00:25:39.459 --> 00:25:40.399
 both financially

00:25:40.399 --> 00:25:41.500
 and relationally,

00:25:41.619 --> 00:25:42.539
 is worth it

00:25:42.539 --> 00:25:43.059
 to be faithful

00:25:43.059 --> 00:25:43.899
 to our King Jesus

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 and to see his name known

00:25:45.899 --> 00:25:47.639
 and to see the lost

00:25:47.639 --> 00:25:48.419
 come to Christ.

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 So, number one,

00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:50.980
 the church.

00:25:51.139 --> 00:25:51.719
 Number two,

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 the missionary.

00:25:54.039 --> 00:25:55.740
 Verses 14 through 15 say,

00:25:55.879 --> 00:25:57.219
 How then will they call

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 in him

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 whom they have not believed?

00:25:58.960 --> 00:26:00.340
 How are they to believe

00:26:00.340 --> 00:26:00.740
 in him

00:26:00.740 --> 00:26:01.759
 whom they've never heard?

00:26:02.220 --> 00:26:03.100
 How are they to hear

00:26:03.100 --> 00:26:04.160
 without someone preaching?

00:26:04.640 --> 00:26:05.539
 And how are they to preach

00:26:05.539 --> 00:26:06.420
 unless they are sent?

00:26:06.980 --> 00:26:07.720
 As is written,

00:26:08.079 --> 00:26:09.279
 How beautiful are the feet

00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:10.620
 of those who preach good news.

00:26:11.840 --> 00:26:12.940
 The missionary is sent

00:26:12.940 --> 00:26:13.660
 under authority

00:26:13.660 --> 00:26:15.860
 to a particular area

00:26:15.860 --> 00:26:17.100
 to then preach the gospel

00:26:17.100 --> 00:26:18.319
 so that the nations

00:26:18.319 --> 00:26:19.079
 would come to Christ.

00:26:19.200 --> 00:26:19.720
 The end goal

00:26:19.720 --> 00:26:20.620
 of a missionary being sent

00:26:20.620 --> 00:26:21.220
 is that churches

00:26:21.220 --> 00:26:21.940
 would be formed

00:26:21.940 --> 00:26:23.500
 that worship Christ

00:26:23.500 --> 00:26:24.500
 accurately,

00:26:24.680 --> 00:26:26.100
 that they have proper teaching

00:26:26.100 --> 00:26:26.940
 and that would develop

00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:27.620
 maturely,

00:26:27.620 --> 00:26:28.620
 have mature character

00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:31.440
 and that's why it says

00:26:31.440 --> 00:26:32.400
 their faith comes from hearing

00:26:32.400 --> 00:26:33.100
 and hearing through

00:26:33.100 --> 00:26:34.100
 the word of Christ.

00:26:35.000 --> 00:26:35.680
 Since the missionary

00:26:35.680 --> 00:26:36.759
 is sent under the authority

00:26:36.759 --> 00:26:37.319
 of the church

00:26:37.319 --> 00:26:38.440
 and their ploy,

00:26:38.779 --> 00:26:39.420
 whatever means,

00:26:39.539 --> 00:26:40.180
 work for them.

00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:41.740
 The missionary methods

00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:42.920
 are governed by the scriptures

00:26:42.920 --> 00:26:44.200
 and they represent

00:26:44.200 --> 00:26:44.940
 the church

00:26:44.940 --> 00:26:46.220
 by which sends them.

00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:48.420
 If we as Christ family church

00:26:48.420 --> 00:26:49.759
 send a brother or sister

00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:50.600
 to the mission field,

00:26:50.840 --> 00:26:52.460
 we are authorizing them

00:26:52.460 --> 00:26:53.079
 to do missions.

00:26:53.319 --> 00:26:54.380
 We're in our authority

00:26:54.380 --> 00:26:55.120
 given by God

00:26:55.120 --> 00:26:56.680
 sending them per se

00:26:56.680 --> 00:26:57.860
 and then we participate

00:26:57.860 --> 00:26:58.759
 in that work.

00:26:58.960 --> 00:27:00.500
 So if we are participating

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:01.579
 in a mission work

00:27:01.579 --> 00:27:02.819
 that is producing

00:27:02.819 --> 00:27:04.620
 unbiblical means

00:27:04.620 --> 00:27:05.779
 or unhealthy means,

00:27:05.900 --> 00:27:07.000
 we're also responsible

00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:07.579
 for that work

00:27:07.579 --> 00:27:08.380
 because we are

00:27:08.380 --> 00:27:09.240
 the sending agency.

00:27:09.640 --> 00:27:10.079
 We are the ones

00:27:10.079 --> 00:27:11.079
 who have the authority

00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:12.240
 as a church

00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:13.140
 of Jesus Christ.

00:27:14.440 --> 00:27:15.380
 Problem is,

00:27:15.559 --> 00:27:16.579
 in modern times,

00:27:17.380 --> 00:27:18.140
 pastors and missionaries

00:27:18.140 --> 00:27:18.860
 have been influenced

00:27:18.860 --> 00:27:20.079
 by individualism

00:27:20.079 --> 00:27:21.079
 and pragmatism

00:27:21.079 --> 00:27:21.819
 in ministry.

00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:23.380
 Instead of gathering

00:27:23.380 --> 00:27:24.140
 as a church

00:27:24.140 --> 00:27:25.039
 being devoted

00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:25.740
 to God's holiness,

00:27:26.140 --> 00:27:26.579
 that we come

00:27:26.579 --> 00:27:27.299
 and worship Him,

00:27:27.299 --> 00:27:28.079
 we hear His word

00:27:28.079 --> 00:27:29.159
 proclaimed,

00:27:29.740 --> 00:27:30.299
 instead of gathering

00:27:30.299 --> 00:27:30.559
 in the church

00:27:30.559 --> 00:27:31.259
 for God's holiness,

00:27:32.019 --> 00:27:32.859
 church has become

00:27:32.859 --> 00:27:33.659
 a vanity fair

00:27:33.659 --> 00:27:34.680
 for all the seekers.

00:27:35.839 --> 00:27:36.740
 Instead of missionaries

00:27:36.740 --> 00:27:37.419
 working hard

00:27:37.419 --> 00:27:38.359
 to learn languages,

00:27:38.639 --> 00:27:39.659
 to raise up elders,

00:27:40.180 --> 00:27:41.759
 and to do the long-term work

00:27:41.759 --> 00:27:42.980
 of healthy church building,

00:27:43.680 --> 00:27:44.279
 church planning

00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:44.799
 has become

00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:45.960
 a fast food style

00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:47.539
 method of church building

00:27:47.539 --> 00:27:48.960
 where they spend

00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:49.500
 a few weeks

00:27:49.500 --> 00:27:50.399
 or months in an area

00:27:50.399 --> 00:27:51.000
 that's a church

00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:51.619
 and they move on.

00:27:51.619 --> 00:27:53.099
 And we've seen

00:27:53.099 --> 00:27:53.759
 in these practices

00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:55.379
 the damage it's caused

00:27:55.379 --> 00:27:56.939
 that pragmatism

00:27:56.939 --> 00:27:57.719
 doesn't produce

00:27:57.719 --> 00:27:58.500
 healthy churches

00:27:58.500 --> 00:28:00.039
 or healthy results.

00:28:00.219 --> 00:28:01.259
 It might give a number

00:28:01.259 --> 00:28:02.299
 but it doesn't give

00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:03.899
 what we're called to do.

00:28:04.219 --> 00:28:04.699
 Healthy,

00:28:05.059 --> 00:28:05.779
 mature churches

00:28:05.779 --> 00:28:07.119
 that will last long-term

00:28:07.119 --> 00:28:08.699
 to proclaim Christ's name

00:28:08.699 --> 00:28:10.199
 and to the uttermost

00:28:10.199 --> 00:28:11.279
 regions of the earth.

00:28:12.339 --> 00:28:13.139
 Our theology

00:28:13.139 --> 00:28:14.279
 always influences

00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:16.059
 the methods we employ.

00:28:17.039 --> 00:28:17.859
 So when missionaries

00:28:17.859 --> 00:28:18.559
 or pastors

00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:19.979
 employ pragmatic methods,

00:28:20.159 --> 00:28:20.759
 it reveals

00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:21.500
 what they believe.

00:28:22.139 --> 00:28:23.899
 So if we're in a church

00:28:23.899 --> 00:28:24.819
 that caters

00:28:24.819 --> 00:28:25.799
 to pragmatic methods,

00:28:25.979 --> 00:28:26.799
 we believe something

00:28:26.799 --> 00:28:28.059
 about missions

00:28:28.059 --> 00:28:29.259
 that governs

00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:29.939
 how we do church.

00:28:31.239 --> 00:28:32.479
 So as the church

00:28:32.479 --> 00:28:33.559
 and labors of the gospel,

00:28:33.719 --> 00:28:34.279
 we are bound

00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:35.119
 to the paradigm

00:28:35.119 --> 00:28:36.059
 for gospel missions.

00:28:36.839 --> 00:28:37.859
 God's word

00:28:37.859 --> 00:28:38.759
 authoritates,

00:28:39.339 --> 00:28:40.000
 authorizes

00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:41.219
 our methods

00:28:41.219 --> 00:28:41.979
 and sustains

00:28:41.979 --> 00:28:42.819
 our ministry.

00:28:43.799 --> 00:28:44.639
 J.H. Bawink,

00:28:45.179 --> 00:28:45.839
 he is the nephew

00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:46.599
 of Herman Bawink,

00:28:46.659 --> 00:28:47.339
 he was a professor

00:28:47.339 --> 00:28:48.219
 of missions

00:28:48.219 --> 00:28:49.319
 and he was a missionary

00:28:49.319 --> 00:28:50.039
 to Indonesia,

00:28:50.039 --> 00:28:51.720
 teaches that

00:28:51.720 --> 00:28:52.299
 when someone

00:28:52.299 --> 00:28:53.000
 has a question

00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:53.799
 concerning missions,

00:28:54.039 --> 00:28:54.859
 you should respond

00:28:54.859 --> 00:28:55.440
 in this manner.

00:28:56.399 --> 00:28:57.500
 Answers can be given

00:28:57.500 --> 00:28:58.539
 solely on the basis

00:28:58.539 --> 00:28:59.259
 of scripture.

00:28:59.980 --> 00:29:01.059
 For the work of missions

00:29:01.059 --> 00:29:02.379
 is the work of God.

00:29:02.859 --> 00:29:03.680
 It is not lawful

00:29:03.680 --> 00:29:04.759
 for us to improvise.

00:29:05.359 --> 00:29:06.259
 At each step,

00:29:06.319 --> 00:29:07.000
 we must ask,

00:29:07.119 --> 00:29:08.639
 what does God demand here?

00:29:09.180 --> 00:29:10.500
 Although it is not always

00:29:10.500 --> 00:29:11.399
 easy to find

00:29:11.399 --> 00:29:12.139
 the right course,

00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:13.980
 our search must lead us

00:29:13.980 --> 00:29:15.319
 to what God has said

00:29:15.319 --> 00:29:15.980
 in his word.

00:29:16.939 --> 00:29:17.839
 Our convictions

00:29:17.839 --> 00:29:18.539
 and methods,

00:29:18.879 --> 00:29:19.480
 our strength

00:29:19.480 --> 00:29:19.980
 and work

00:29:19.980 --> 00:29:21.000
 come from God's

00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:21.740
 authoritative

00:29:21.740 --> 00:29:23.259
 and imperishable word.

00:29:23.659 --> 00:29:24.980
 This is our church

00:29:24.980 --> 00:29:26.179
 planning methodology,

00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:27.639
 is the word of God.

00:29:28.939 --> 00:29:30.619
 The work of the messenger

00:29:30.619 --> 00:29:31.980
 is a precious work though.

00:29:32.059 --> 00:29:32.659
 We see that here

00:29:32.659 --> 00:29:33.220
 in Romans 10.

00:29:33.700 --> 00:29:34.299
 How beautiful

00:29:34.299 --> 00:29:34.939
 are the feet

00:29:34.939 --> 00:29:35.679
 of those who preach

00:29:35.679 --> 00:29:36.419
 the good news.

00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:37.799
 The task

00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:38.960
 is ultimately motivated

00:29:38.960 --> 00:29:39.839
 by Jesus Christ

00:29:39.839 --> 00:29:40.460
 and the aim

00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:41.339
 is seeing all people

00:29:41.339 --> 00:29:42.079
 praise God.

00:29:42.079 --> 00:29:43.679
 The believer's

00:29:43.679 --> 00:29:44.279
 deepest motive

00:29:44.279 --> 00:29:44.899
 is that Christ

00:29:44.899 --> 00:29:45.740
 would be glorified.

00:29:46.679 --> 00:29:47.399
 The missionaries

00:29:47.399 --> 00:29:48.599
 is a herald

00:29:48.599 --> 00:29:50.659
 of the most glorious person,

00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:51.859
 the greatest victory

00:29:51.859 --> 00:29:52.839
 and the best news.

00:29:53.619 --> 00:29:54.919
 The work that the missionary

00:29:54.919 --> 00:29:56.299
 does is an honorable calling

00:29:56.299 --> 00:29:56.980
 and we should seek

00:29:56.980 --> 00:29:57.819
 to love and support

00:29:57.819 --> 00:29:58.740
 our missionaries well

00:29:58.740 --> 00:29:59.799
 as they make

00:29:59.799 --> 00:30:01.039
 all these different sacrifices

00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:02.480
 to see Christ known

00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:03.439
 to the uttermost regions

00:30:03.439 --> 00:30:03.960
 of the earth.

00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:05.419
 To give a good example,

00:30:05.579 --> 00:30:06.539
 currently right now,

00:30:06.720 --> 00:30:07.980
 we have brothers and sisters

00:30:07.980 --> 00:30:09.039
 that we dearly love

00:30:09.039 --> 00:30:10.939
 in various parts of the world

00:30:10.939 --> 00:30:11.819
 who are seeking

00:30:11.819 --> 00:30:12.619
 to learn languages

00:30:12.619 --> 00:30:14.379
 so that once they learn

00:30:14.379 --> 00:30:14.720
 a language,

00:30:14.839 --> 00:30:15.399
 they can then

00:30:15.399 --> 00:30:16.939
 go to a different region,

00:30:17.039 --> 00:30:18.079
 a more remote region

00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:19.059
 where there isn't a church

00:30:19.059 --> 00:30:20.299
 and learn another language

00:30:20.299 --> 00:30:21.559
 and then after learning

00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:22.179
 that language,

00:30:22.279 --> 00:30:22.980
 then they start translating

00:30:22.980 --> 00:30:23.399
 the Bible

00:30:23.399 --> 00:30:24.500
 and they start teaching

00:30:24.500 --> 00:30:25.259
 in that language.

00:30:25.740 --> 00:30:26.799
 It's a long-term,

00:30:27.279 --> 00:30:28.599
 heavy-demanding exercise.

00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:30.059
 While we get to be here,

00:30:30.139 --> 00:30:31.220
 we enjoy our family,

00:30:31.819 --> 00:30:33.480
 we enjoy the benefits

00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:34.399
 of our society,

00:30:34.839 --> 00:30:35.859
 we can get anything

00:30:35.859 --> 00:30:37.399
 we want at a moment's notice,

00:30:37.799 --> 00:30:38.659
 whether it's DoorDash

00:30:38.659 --> 00:30:39.159
 or whether it's going

00:30:39.159 --> 00:30:39.759
 to the supermarket.

00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:41.660
 We have so many benefits

00:30:41.660 --> 00:30:42.779
 here in the U.S.

00:30:42.900 --> 00:30:43.660
 Our missionaries

00:30:43.660 --> 00:30:44.259
 are sacrificing

00:30:44.259 --> 00:30:45.059
 all those benefits,

00:30:45.579 --> 00:30:46.539
 a lot of those relational

00:30:46.539 --> 00:30:47.680
 things they dearly love

00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:49.720
 so that Christ would be known.

00:30:49.799 --> 00:30:50.220
 Important work

00:30:50.220 --> 00:30:50.859
 because we want to see

00:30:50.859 --> 00:30:52.319
 their task come to fruition.

00:30:52.879 --> 00:30:54.000
 We don't want to see

00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:56.059
 the task become harder

00:30:56.059 --> 00:30:56.759
 because they don't have

00:30:56.759 --> 00:30:58.160
 the support per se.

00:30:59.039 --> 00:31:00.039
 But this is what we see

00:31:00.039 --> 00:31:00.660
 as Paul's motive

00:31:00.660 --> 00:31:01.400
 here in Romans.

00:31:01.599 --> 00:31:03.660
 Romans 15, 20-21 says,

00:31:03.660 --> 00:31:20.880
 Paul's aim

00:31:20.880 --> 00:31:22.279
 and what he was zealous for

00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:23.640
 is see that those

00:31:23.640 --> 00:31:24.840
 who don't have a chance here,

00:31:24.920 --> 00:31:25.980
 those who have never heard,

00:31:26.060 --> 00:31:26.440
 to know.

00:31:27.100 --> 00:31:27.540
 And that's why

00:31:27.540 --> 00:31:28.100
 when he went to all

00:31:28.100 --> 00:31:28.660
 Asia Minor,

00:31:28.740 --> 00:31:29.660
 he didn't stay in Asia Minor,

00:31:29.880 --> 00:31:31.259
 he then went to Jerusalem

00:31:31.259 --> 00:31:32.640
 so that he could go to Spain.

00:31:33.099 --> 00:31:34.379
 His aim was to get to Spain

00:31:34.379 --> 00:31:35.640
 where the gospel's not gone

00:31:35.640 --> 00:31:37.619
 so that everyone would know,

00:31:37.879 --> 00:31:38.700
 so that this idea

00:31:38.700 --> 00:31:39.420
 of universal

00:31:39.420 --> 00:31:41.879
 revelation of the gospel

00:31:41.879 --> 00:31:42.440
 in Asia Minor

00:31:42.440 --> 00:31:42.980
 would appear

00:31:42.980 --> 00:31:43.900
 to the ends of the earth.

00:31:45.339 --> 00:31:46.059
 But obviously,

00:31:46.160 --> 00:31:47.160
 we see God's sovereignty

00:31:47.160 --> 00:31:49.400
 in him not completing

00:31:49.400 --> 00:31:49.859
 that work.

00:31:50.859 --> 00:31:52.079
 So we need to be those

00:31:52.079 --> 00:31:53.400
 who support missions

00:31:53.400 --> 00:31:53.980
 zealously

00:31:53.980 --> 00:31:55.160
 because of the command

00:31:55.160 --> 00:31:55.740
 of our Lord,

00:31:55.879 --> 00:31:57.400
 or who would be willing

00:31:57.400 --> 00:31:58.359
 to offer ourselves

00:31:58.359 --> 00:31:59.879
 as a priestly service

00:31:59.879 --> 00:32:00.639
 as a minister

00:32:00.639 --> 00:32:01.379
 or a missionary.

00:32:02.219 --> 00:32:03.439
 There's one or the other.

00:32:03.539 --> 00:32:04.240
 We can either serve

00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:06.619
 in a more active role

00:32:06.619 --> 00:32:07.939
 or we can do our best

00:32:07.939 --> 00:32:08.559
 to support

00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:09.699
 the activity of the church.

00:32:10.519 --> 00:32:11.259
 And I don't know

00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:12.579
 if there is a middle ground there

00:32:12.579 --> 00:32:13.479
 as I've wrestled

00:32:13.479 --> 00:32:14.019
 with this sermon

00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:15.019
 and thinking through it

00:32:15.019 --> 00:32:16.439
 is to be faithful

00:32:16.439 --> 00:32:17.819
 to God's missionary command,

00:32:17.979 --> 00:32:18.740
 we should either support

00:32:18.740 --> 00:32:19.139
 or go,

00:32:19.539 --> 00:32:20.399
 what it seems like.

00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:24.899
 Matthew 9, 37-38 says,

00:32:25.639 --> 00:32:26.299
 There he said

00:32:26.299 --> 00:32:26.919
 to his disciples,

00:32:26.920 --> 00:32:28.560
 The harvest is plentiful,

00:32:28.660 --> 00:32:29.740
 but the labors are few.

00:32:30.180 --> 00:32:30.340
 Therefore,

00:32:30.539 --> 00:32:31.460
 pray earnestly

00:32:31.460 --> 00:32:33.019
 to the Lord of the harvest

00:32:33.019 --> 00:32:34.100
 to send out laborers

00:32:34.100 --> 00:32:34.840
 into his harvest.

00:32:35.420 --> 00:32:37.019
 So let us as a church

00:32:37.019 --> 00:32:39.539
 pray for laborers

00:32:39.539 --> 00:32:40.440
 because the need

00:32:40.440 --> 00:32:41.620
 for missions is so great.

00:32:42.100 --> 00:32:42.759
 Without hearing

00:32:42.759 --> 00:32:44.060
 the gospel of Jesus Christ,

00:32:44.200 --> 00:32:45.680
 how will one believe?

00:32:46.259 --> 00:32:47.300
 This is Paul's argument.

00:32:47.880 --> 00:32:49.259
 There are millions of people

00:32:49.259 --> 00:32:50.019
 who have never heard

00:32:50.019 --> 00:32:51.120
 the gospel of Jesus Christ.

00:32:52.080 --> 00:32:52.960
 This means that

00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:54.200
 there are millions of souls

00:32:54.200 --> 00:32:55.380
 that are living

00:32:55.380 --> 00:32:56.480
 enslaved to sin

00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:58.880
 that are worshiping idols

00:32:58.880 --> 00:32:59.720
 that are working

00:32:59.720 --> 00:33:00.660
 for their salvation

00:33:00.660 --> 00:33:02.620
 that are living

00:33:02.620 --> 00:33:03.440
 for themselves

00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:04.720
 who will spend

00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:05.860
 eternity in hell.

00:33:06.720 --> 00:33:07.480
 The reality of

00:33:07.480 --> 00:33:08.380
 eternal suffering

00:33:08.380 --> 00:33:10.160
 is the fate of those

00:33:10.160 --> 00:33:10.700
 who don't hear

00:33:10.700 --> 00:33:11.500
 and believe in the gospel.

00:33:12.160 --> 00:33:13.339
 They'll spend all eternity

00:33:13.339 --> 00:33:15.360
 where the unquenchable fire

00:33:15.360 --> 00:33:16.220
 will not end

00:33:16.220 --> 00:33:17.339
 and the gnashing of teeth

00:33:17.339 --> 00:33:17.980
 will continue

00:33:17.980 --> 00:33:19.460
 and they currently

00:33:19.460 --> 00:33:20.160
 have never heard

00:33:20.160 --> 00:33:20.799
 the good news

00:33:20.799 --> 00:33:21.460
 to save them.

00:33:22.360 --> 00:33:22.900
 Do you believe?

00:33:22.900 --> 00:33:24.580
 There should be

00:33:24.580 --> 00:33:25.519
 a weight here

00:33:25.519 --> 00:33:26.920
 that burns in our souls

00:33:26.920 --> 00:33:28.120
 to see the nations

00:33:28.120 --> 00:33:28.820
 know Christ.

00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:32.380
 So for some statistics,

00:33:32.960 --> 00:33:34.720
 there are 3,000 language groups

00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:36.019
 that currently have

00:33:36.019 --> 00:33:36.960
 no church in their language

00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:37.860
 and most of them

00:33:37.860 --> 00:33:38.740
 do not have the scriptures.

00:33:39.960 --> 00:33:40.620
 Chances are

00:33:40.620 --> 00:33:41.660
 there is not a single believer

00:33:41.660 --> 00:33:42.540
 in this language group

00:33:42.540 --> 00:33:43.759
 and chances are

00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:44.580
 they'll never hear the gospel

00:33:44.580 --> 00:33:45.200
 before they die

00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:46.400
 unless someone goes

00:33:46.400 --> 00:33:47.540
 to that language group.

00:33:48.360 --> 00:33:50.080
 Some national statistics.

00:33:50.079 --> 00:33:52.819
 Morocco has 38 million people.

00:33:53.460 --> 00:33:54.720
 0.1% of the people

00:33:54.720 --> 00:33:55.259
 are Christians.

00:33:56.199 --> 00:33:58.099
 Iraq has 43 million people.

00:33:58.460 --> 00:33:59.559
 1% are Christians.

00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:02.199
 Iran has 88 million people.

00:34:02.619 --> 00:34:04.099
 0.02% are Christians.

00:34:04.819 --> 00:34:05.659
 And India has

00:34:05.659 --> 00:34:08.380
 1,428,000,000 people

00:34:08.380 --> 00:34:10.279
 and 2.3% are Christians.

00:34:11.239 --> 00:34:11.880
 Do those numbers?

00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:12.639
 Do you feel the weight

00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:13.380
 of those numbers?

00:34:14.860 --> 00:34:15.819
 Brothers and sisters,

00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:17.219
 the harvest is plentiful,

00:34:17.920 --> 00:34:19.079
 the laborers are few,

00:34:19.079 --> 00:34:20.119
 and the task is needed.

00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:21.779
 So I pray that this text,

00:34:21.900 --> 00:34:22.500
 Romans 10,

00:34:23.139 --> 00:34:24.059
 and the eternal reality

00:34:24.059 --> 00:34:25.860
 will stir us all individually

00:34:25.860 --> 00:34:26.639
 and corporately

00:34:26.639 --> 00:34:27.579
 for gospel missions.

00:34:28.299 --> 00:34:29.259
 If you look at the back

00:34:29.259 --> 00:34:29.960
 of your bulletin,

00:34:30.219 --> 00:34:31.579
 Spurgeon has a wonderful quote

00:34:31.579 --> 00:34:32.860
 regarding missions.

00:34:37.299 --> 00:34:38.099
 It says,

00:34:38.099 --> 00:34:39.579
 If sinners be damned,

00:34:39.920 --> 00:34:41.279
 at least let them leap

00:34:41.279 --> 00:34:43.279
 to hell over our dead bodies.

00:34:43.940 --> 00:34:44.840
 And if they perish,

00:34:45.279 --> 00:34:46.199
 let them perish

00:34:46.199 --> 00:34:47.139
 with their arms

00:34:47.139 --> 00:34:48.340
 wrapped around their knees,

00:34:48.340 --> 00:34:50.140
 imploring them to stay.

00:34:50.860 --> 00:34:52.019
 If hell must be filled,

00:34:52.320 --> 00:34:53.000
 let it be filled

00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:53.880
 in the teeth

00:34:53.880 --> 00:34:55.059
 of our exertions

00:34:55.059 --> 00:34:56.180
 and let no one go

00:34:56.180 --> 00:34:57.000
 unwarned

00:34:57.000 --> 00:34:58.200
 and unprayed for.

00:35:00.539 --> 00:35:00.980
 Briefly,

00:35:01.320 --> 00:35:02.460
 we're going to talk

00:35:02.460 --> 00:35:03.059
 about the message.

00:35:03.260 --> 00:35:04.840
 I think Nathan did a great job

00:35:04.840 --> 00:35:06.079
 explaining this last week,

00:35:06.140 --> 00:35:06.840
 so I'm not going to belabor

00:35:06.840 --> 00:35:07.280
 the point.

00:35:08.559 --> 00:35:10.260
 Romans 10, 15, and 17.

00:35:11.120 --> 00:35:12.079
 How are they to preach

00:35:12.079 --> 00:35:13.079
 unless they are sent?

00:35:13.380 --> 00:35:14.000
 As is written,

00:35:14.079 --> 00:35:15.120
 how beautiful are the feet

00:35:15.120 --> 00:35:16.280
 of those who preach good news.

00:35:16.280 --> 00:35:18.300
 So faith comes from hearing

00:35:18.300 --> 00:35:18.900
 and hearing through

00:35:18.900 --> 00:35:19.700
 the word of Christ.

00:35:20.740 --> 00:35:22.080
 The prescribed message

00:35:22.080 --> 00:35:22.960
 for missionaries

00:35:22.960 --> 00:35:24.519
 is the gospel

00:35:24.519 --> 00:35:25.260
 of Jesus Christ.

00:35:25.980 --> 00:35:26.440
 The gospel,

00:35:26.700 --> 00:35:27.519
 as Romans 1 tells us,

00:35:27.540 --> 00:35:28.620
 is the power of God

00:35:28.620 --> 00:35:29.280
 for salvation.

00:35:30.060 --> 00:35:30.320
 In it,

00:35:30.600 --> 00:35:31.220
 we hold up

00:35:31.220 --> 00:35:31.900
 our crucified

00:35:31.900 --> 00:35:33.140
 and resurrected Lord

00:35:33.140 --> 00:35:34.160
 so all may see.

00:35:34.400 --> 00:35:34.840
 And we say,

00:35:34.920 --> 00:35:35.600
 Behold him

00:35:35.600 --> 00:35:36.460
 who died

00:35:36.460 --> 00:35:37.320
 and who lived

00:35:37.320 --> 00:35:37.880
 for thee.

00:35:39.220 --> 00:35:40.620
 It is by Christ's

00:35:40.620 --> 00:35:41.360
 active and passive

00:35:41.360 --> 00:35:41.900
 obedience

00:35:41.900 --> 00:35:42.840
 that we stand

00:35:42.840 --> 00:35:43.820
 before God.

00:35:43.820 --> 00:35:45.220
 And without his act

00:35:45.220 --> 00:35:45.900
 and passive obedience,

00:35:46.080 --> 00:35:46.860
 we can't stand

00:35:46.860 --> 00:35:47.539
 before God.

00:35:48.200 --> 00:35:49.300
 In this wonderful message,

00:35:49.400 --> 00:35:49.940
 we declare

00:35:49.940 --> 00:35:51.300
 that Christ perfectly

00:35:51.300 --> 00:35:52.340
 obeyed God's law

00:35:52.340 --> 00:35:53.519
 and sacrificially

00:35:53.519 --> 00:35:54.440
 died for sin.

00:35:55.080 --> 00:35:55.840
 By repentance

00:35:55.840 --> 00:35:56.440
 and faith,

00:35:56.660 --> 00:35:57.260
 this salvation

00:35:57.260 --> 00:35:58.180
 is applied to us.

00:35:58.980 --> 00:35:59.780
 We are clothed

00:35:59.780 --> 00:36:00.800
 in Christ's righteousness

00:36:00.800 --> 00:36:02.300
 and sin is no more.

00:36:02.920 --> 00:36:03.840
 We stand justified

00:36:03.840 --> 00:36:04.320
 and redeemed

00:36:04.320 --> 00:36:05.220
 by the blood of Christ.

00:36:05.760 --> 00:36:06.680
 There is great

00:36:06.680 --> 00:36:08.280
 and unmeasurable hope

00:36:08.280 --> 00:36:09.080
 in the gospel.

00:36:10.559 --> 00:36:11.340
 Unbeknownst to me,

00:36:11.400 --> 00:36:11.840
 I didn't know

00:36:11.840 --> 00:36:12.180
 we were singing

00:36:12.179 --> 00:36:13.019
 His Robes for Mine,

00:36:13.159 --> 00:36:14.379
 but my next line

00:36:14.379 --> 00:36:14.879
 is a quote

00:36:14.879 --> 00:36:15.679
 from that song.

00:36:16.099 --> 00:36:17.139
 So listen to this quote

00:36:17.139 --> 00:36:18.099
 as we sang earlier.

00:36:19.359 --> 00:36:20.659
 His robes for mine,

00:36:20.859 --> 00:36:22.199
 oh wonderful exchanged.

00:36:23.119 --> 00:36:24.059
 Clothed in my sin,

00:36:24.219 --> 00:36:25.019
 Christ suffered

00:36:25.019 --> 00:36:26.239
 neath God's rage.

00:36:27.019 --> 00:36:28.139
 Draped in his righteousness,

00:36:28.500 --> 00:36:29.259
 I'm justified.

00:36:29.779 --> 00:36:31.139
 In Christ I live,

00:36:31.259 --> 00:36:32.139
 for in my place,

00:36:32.500 --> 00:36:32.980
 he died.

00:36:34.279 --> 00:36:35.159
 Missionaries do not

00:36:35.159 --> 00:36:35.980
 have success

00:36:35.980 --> 00:36:37.480
 in fast and innovative methods.

00:36:37.919 --> 00:36:39.219
 Their task is unashamedly

00:36:39.219 --> 00:36:40.179
 to preach the gospel

00:36:40.179 --> 00:36:40.980
 of Jesus Christ.

00:36:40.980 --> 00:36:42.579
 Their success

00:36:42.579 --> 00:36:43.380
 is in the Lord

00:36:43.380 --> 00:36:43.820
 of the harvest

00:36:43.820 --> 00:36:45.099
 calling sinners to himself.

00:36:45.960 --> 00:36:46.679
 Romans 9

00:36:46.679 --> 00:36:47.960
 is the theological undergirding

00:36:47.960 --> 00:36:49.360
 for evangelism and missions.

00:36:50.000 --> 00:36:51.079
 We sow and plant,

00:36:51.460 --> 00:36:52.019
 we plea,

00:36:52.199 --> 00:36:52.699
 we beg,

00:36:52.780 --> 00:36:53.519
 we labor,

00:36:54.179 --> 00:36:55.760
 but God causes the growth.

00:36:56.539 --> 00:36:57.219
 Jesus Christ

00:36:57.219 --> 00:36:57.940
 is the one

00:36:57.940 --> 00:36:58.780
 building his church

00:36:58.780 --> 00:36:59.780
 and his spirit

00:36:59.780 --> 00:37:00.240
 is the one

00:37:00.240 --> 00:37:00.960
 who opens the eyes

00:37:00.960 --> 00:37:01.460
 to the blind,

00:37:01.740 --> 00:37:02.599
 to seeing the king

00:37:02.599 --> 00:37:03.860
 for all of his beauty.

00:37:05.179 --> 00:37:06.240
 The gospel is offered

00:37:06.240 --> 00:37:07.240
 freely to all

00:37:07.240 --> 00:37:08.000
 and the Lord

00:37:08.000 --> 00:37:09.039
 works freely to save.

00:37:09.039 --> 00:37:10.539
 The missionary task

00:37:10.539 --> 00:37:11.460
 is an empowered task.

00:37:11.920 --> 00:37:12.380
 The messenger

00:37:12.380 --> 00:37:13.199
 is the herald.

00:37:13.559 --> 00:37:14.159
 God is the one

00:37:14.159 --> 00:37:14.679
 who works.

00:37:15.400 --> 00:37:16.139
 Praise God

00:37:16.139 --> 00:37:17.139
 that evangelism

00:37:17.139 --> 00:37:17.679
 and missions

00:37:17.679 --> 00:37:19.119
 does not depend

00:37:19.119 --> 00:37:19.800
 on our own efforts

00:37:19.800 --> 00:37:20.679
 and our own words,

00:37:20.800 --> 00:37:21.480
 but on him.

00:37:23.079 --> 00:37:23.940
 In conclusion,

00:37:25.279 --> 00:37:26.320
 the church missionary task

00:37:26.320 --> 00:37:26.779
 is great,

00:37:27.179 --> 00:37:28.199
 but we aren't

00:37:28.199 --> 00:37:29.159
 individual in it.

00:37:29.639 --> 00:37:30.539
 We join with all

00:37:30.539 --> 00:37:31.279
 the other churches

00:37:31.279 --> 00:37:32.039
 that are healthy,

00:37:32.420 --> 00:37:33.199
 that know the gospel

00:37:33.199 --> 00:37:33.820
 of Jesus Christ

00:37:33.820 --> 00:37:34.380
 and labor

00:37:34.380 --> 00:37:35.320
 that Christ

00:37:35.320 --> 00:37:36.160
 might be known

00:37:36.160 --> 00:37:36.599
 to the other

00:37:36.599 --> 00:37:38.099
 most ends of the earth.

00:37:38.440 --> 00:37:39.400
 There are organizations

00:37:39.400 --> 00:37:40.500
 that train missionaries

00:37:40.500 --> 00:37:41.079
 to go to the

00:37:41.079 --> 00:37:42.640
 unreached areas now.

00:37:43.140 --> 00:37:44.059
 We are in a task

00:37:44.059 --> 00:37:45.840
 with a collection,

00:37:46.079 --> 00:37:47.059
 with numerous churches

00:37:47.059 --> 00:37:50.119
 to see this mission,

00:37:50.240 --> 00:37:51.300
 this task happen.

00:37:51.900 --> 00:37:52.920
 So we labor

00:37:52.920 --> 00:37:54.300
 that the 3,000 language groups

00:37:54.300 --> 00:37:54.840
 would have the gospel

00:37:54.840 --> 00:37:55.960
 proclaimed in their language,

00:37:56.640 --> 00:37:57.320
 that the scriptures

00:37:57.320 --> 00:37:58.260
 would be translated

00:37:58.260 --> 00:37:58.760
 in their language,

00:37:58.880 --> 00:37:59.420
 and that churches

00:37:59.420 --> 00:38:00.260
 would be planted.

00:38:01.220 --> 00:38:02.099
 In this work,

00:38:02.099 --> 00:38:03.159
 God gave us

00:38:03.159 --> 00:38:04.039
 a prescribed model

00:38:04.039 --> 00:38:04.699
 in his word.

00:38:05.139 --> 00:38:06.219
 This is the paradigm

00:38:06.219 --> 00:38:07.119
 for gospel missions.

00:38:07.900 --> 00:38:08.380
 In closing,

00:38:08.480 --> 00:38:09.599
 let me read Isaiah 6,

00:38:09.639 --> 00:38:10.099
 8 to you.

00:38:11.299 --> 00:38:12.500
 And I heard the voice

00:38:12.500 --> 00:38:13.360
 of the Lord saying,

00:38:13.839 --> 00:38:14.819
 Whom shall I send

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 and who will go for us?

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 And then I said,

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 Here I am.

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 Send me.

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 Let's pray together.