CHARACTERISTICS OF DISQUALIFIED CHRISTIANS (6 OF 8)
by Bob Ingle
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:1-14
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Characteristics of Disqualified Christians (6 of 8)
Series: Unselfie
Bob Ingle
1 Corinthians 10:1-13
Open Bibles to 1 Corinthians 10. Have you ever heard of a marathon where 5,000 people started the race, but only one finished the entire race and got the prize? It happened two years ago in Sunderland, England. It was a race called The Marathon of the North. What happened was the second and third place runners lost sight of the first-place runner who was following the lead vehicle that that ensured they went the right route. Incredibly, the second and third place runners took a wrong turn, and led the other 4,997 contestants the wrong way. By the time it was discovered, it was too late. Every runner except the leader ran 264 meters short of a marathon. So as each contestant came across the finish line, they were informed that they had been disqualified from the race. Only the athlete who ran the full distance on the correct course received the prize.
Can you imagine how disappointing it would be to put in all that work, effort, toil, sweat, and pain to run all but 264 meters of a 26-mile race just to find out at the end that you were disqualified from receiving the prize? Last week, we saw that Paul compared living the Christian life to running a race. And his charge to the Corinthians was to run the race of the Christian life to win. But inferred in that is that you can lose. And you lose the race and the reward by being disqualified.
1 Cor. 9:24, 27, ''Do you not know that in a race all runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize...No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.'' The prize isn't heaven. Paul isn't afraid of losing his salvation because it's a gift of God's grace. When we are saved by grace then we are entered into the race. Only Christians run the race. The spiritual race is the passionate pursuit of int ...
Series: Unselfie
Bob Ingle
1 Corinthians 10:1-13
Open Bibles to 1 Corinthians 10. Have you ever heard of a marathon where 5,000 people started the race, but only one finished the entire race and got the prize? It happened two years ago in Sunderland, England. It was a race called The Marathon of the North. What happened was the second and third place runners lost sight of the first-place runner who was following the lead vehicle that that ensured they went the right route. Incredibly, the second and third place runners took a wrong turn, and led the other 4,997 contestants the wrong way. By the time it was discovered, it was too late. Every runner except the leader ran 264 meters short of a marathon. So as each contestant came across the finish line, they were informed that they had been disqualified from the race. Only the athlete who ran the full distance on the correct course received the prize.
Can you imagine how disappointing it would be to put in all that work, effort, toil, sweat, and pain to run all but 264 meters of a 26-mile race just to find out at the end that you were disqualified from receiving the prize? Last week, we saw that Paul compared living the Christian life to running a race. And his charge to the Corinthians was to run the race of the Christian life to win. But inferred in that is that you can lose. And you lose the race and the reward by being disqualified.
1 Cor. 9:24, 27, ''Do you not know that in a race all runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize...No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.'' The prize isn't heaven. Paul isn't afraid of losing his salvation because it's a gift of God's grace. When we are saved by grace then we are entered into the race. Only Christians run the race. The spiritual race is the passionate pursuit of int ...
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