Because of ChristPhilippians 1:12-14

When Communers

Become Consumers, by Greg Laurie

> If it brings people in, it pleases God

> Find out what your church is hungry

for and feed it to them

> Target your church to a particular

demographic

> The less confrontational or overt the

gospel message, the better

Because of ChristPhilippians 1:12-14

12And I want you to know, my dear

brothers and sisters, that

everything that has happened to

me here has helped to spread the

Good News.

Because of Christ

Philippians 1:12-14

13For everyone here, including the

whole palace guard, knows that I

am in chains because of Christ. 14And because of my

imprisonment, most of the

believers here have gained

confidence and boldly speak God’s

message without fear. NLT

Because of Christ

Philippians 1:12-14

I. Paul’s imprisonment had an

impact on Nonbelievers.

Acts 1:8

But you will receive

power when the Holy

Spirit comes upon

you. And you will be

my witnesses, telling

people about me

everywhere—in

Jerusalem,

throughout Judea, in

Samaria, and to the

ends of the earth.” NLT

Paul didn’t rely

on manipulation

or guilt in

sharing God’s

message but the

power of God.

1 Thessalonians 2:1-2

You yourselves know, dear

brothers and sisters, that our visit

to you was not a failure. 2You know

how badly we had been treated at

Philippi just before we came to you

and how much we suffered there.

1 Thessalonians 2:1-2

Yet our God gave us the courage

to declare his Good News to you

boldly, in spite of great opposition.

NLT

2 Timothy 2:8-10

This is the Good News I preach. 9And because I preach this Good

News, I am suffering and have

been chained like a criminal. But

the word of God cannot be

chained.

2 Timothy 2:8-10

10So I am willing to endure

anything if it will bring salvation

and eternal glory in Christ Jesus to

those God has chosen. NLT

Because of Christ

Philippians 1:12-14

II. Paul’s imprisonment had an

impact on Believers.

Acts 20:24

But my life is worth nothing to me

unless I use it for finishing the work

assigned me by the Lord Jesus—

the work of telling others the Good

News about the wonderful grace of

God. NLT

Romans 1:14-16

For I have a great sense of

obligation to people in both the

civilized world and the rest of the

world, to the educated and

uneducated alike. 15So I am eager

to come to you in Rome, too, to

preach the Good News.

Romans 1:14-16

16For I am not ashamed of this

Good News about Christ. It is the

power of God at work, saving

everyone who believes—the Jew

first and also the Gentile. NLT

1 Corinthians 9:16

Yet preaching the Good News is

not something I can boast about. I

am compelled by God to do it. How

terrible for me if I didn’t preach the

Good News! NLT

Because of Christ

Philippians 1:12-14

III. Paul has a major concern in

spreading the Gospel

Proclaiming

2 Corinthians 8:18

We are also sending

another brother with

Titus. All the

churches praise him

as a preacher of the

Good News. NLT

Proclaiming

Philippians 4:3

And I ask you, my

true partner, to help

these two women, for

they worked hard with

me in telling others

the Good News. They

worked along with

Clement and the rest

of my co-workers,

whose names are

written in the Book of

Life. NLT

Content

1 Corinthians 15:1-4

Let me now remind

you, dear brothers

and sisters, of the

Good News I

preached to you

before. You

welcomed it then, and

you still stand firm in

it.

Content

2It is this Good News

that saves you if you

continue to believe the

message I told you-

unless, of course, you

believed something

that was never true in

the first place. 3I

passed on to you what

was most important

and what had also

been passed on to

me.

Content

Christ died for our

sins, just as the

Scriptures said. 4He

was buried, and he

was raised from the

dead on the third day,

just as the Scriptures

said. NLT

God Strengthens

Romans 16:25-26 – Now all glory to God,

who is able to make you strong, just as my

Good News says. This message about

Jesus Christ has revealed his plan for you

Gentiles, a plan kept secret from the

beginning of time. 26But now as the

prophets foretold and as the eternal God

has commanded, this message is made

known to all Gentiles everywhere, so that

they too might believe and obey him. NLT

Do you expect God

to give you opportunities?

Are you looking

for those opportunities?

Are you available to share

God’s Good News?

Paul was aware of what Jesus

had done for him and he

wanted to glorify God by

sharing the Gospel.

Are you available to share

God’s Good News?

Are you available to share

God’s Good News?

Do you remember what

God has done for you?

The Gospel Needs God’s

Enlightenment to be Understood

2 Corinthians 4:3-4 – If the Good News

we preach is hidden behind a veil, it is

hidden only from people who are

perishing. 4Satan, who is the god of this

world, has blinded the minds of those who

don’t believe. They are unable to see the

glorious light of the Good News. They

don’t understand this message about the

glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness

of God. NLT

God calls people

to salvation

through the

preacher

2 Thess. 2:14

He called you to

salvation when we

told you the Good

News; now you

can share in the

glory of our Lord

Jesus Christ. NLT

Not all are

chosen by God

for Salvation

Acts 13:48

When the Gentiles

heard this, they were

very glad and

thanked the Lord for

his message; and all

who were chosen for

eternal life became

believers. NLT

Many

are

called to

salvation

Matthew 22:14

“For many are called,

but few are chosen.” NLT

Be Clear

About

Your Role

Romans 15:18

Yet I dare not boast

about anything

except what Christ

has done through me,

bringing the Gentiles

to God by my

message and by the

way I worked among

them. NLT

Because of Christ

Philippians 1:12-14

IV. Meditation and Application

If you are a

Christian, you

have the

privilege of

experiencing the

abundant life

God has chosen

to give you.

Are you available

for God to use

in anyway

He chooses?

Are you willing

to be sent?

Consider

Yourself

Sent!