FHBC Sermon Notes

Guest Speaker: Shane Little
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Scripture - Galatians 1:7-9 - Listen
Part three of a challenging series asking the questions, "What is the Gospel?" and"Why and how do we share?" 

• Sin cannot be defined without God first, because sin is an offence against. That is why salvation is reconciliation with God. You cannot start with Jesus loves you and has a plan for you life. Shane says, "A response being, 'That is great, I love me too!'."

• This is the part that is offensive to people. God convicts the spirit, not us.
•  Romans 2:15-16, Through the law and the conscience we learn this.
• Our wickedness and our rightousness is filthy before God. - Matthew 9:12-13
• What are the evidence of true conviction.
• Conviction of particular sins.
• Conviction that we are sinfulness, (our nature itself) is at odds with God.
• An understanding of who Christ is. Judge and advocate.
• An understanding of what Christ did. Healed the sick, died on a cross, bore our sins. Substituted for us. 2 Corinthians 5:17-21
It is not faith in the message, but in the person of Christ himself. We must "follow" Him, the person of Christ, trusting in his power for our salvation, not the formula of simply saying, 'I believe this and that'. We are unrevocably different in the trusting in HIM.

• Repentance is not feeling sorry for your sin.  It is a radical break with the past.

• Becuase God commanded it.
• the heart of the command is to make disciples.
• The command is for all christians, not just the disciples. Because it is until the end of the age.
• Take it to all nations. All peoples, all cultures, "All" people within our reach.
• Because we love the lost. Because God wants laborers.  Matthew 23:37, Mark 10:21, 1 John 4:7-8 Romans 10:13-15
• Because we have a zeal for the Glory of God.  Isaiah 43:6-7  Romans 3:23,  Exodus 14:17 Ezekiel 20:14 Isaiah 49:3 Psalm 106:7-8  Matthew 5:16  1 Corinthians 10:31  Isaiah 43:25 John 14:13  John 17:18  John 12:27-28  Habakkuk 2:14

• Go to all the world.
• Be intentional about sharing the gospel.
• Give sacrificially. Not just the leftovers.
• Pray. Not just here and there. But for real. Pray sacrificially. Most of what we are praying should not just be for the sick and healing. Healing and suffering is the first thing we often prayer for. God gets glory through healing, yes, but it is to often our first focus, as if the healing is for its sake and not for the glory of God. God's glory is most lifted by more people coming to acknowlege it.
• Spend more time with the King.