SELF-CONTROL: CAGING THE LION (10 OF 12)
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:24-28
This content is part of a series.
Self-Control: Caging the Lion (10 of 12)
Series: Character: Mirror Image
James Merritt
1 Corinthians 9:24-27
Introduction
1. Two of the three greatest home-run hitters of all time, hank Arron and babe Ruth couldn't do it. The winningest pitcher of all-time, cy young, couldn't do it. The hitter with the all-time best batting average, ty cobb, couldn't do it. The all-time strikeout king and the one with the most no hitters, Nolan Ryan, couldn't do it, but a part-time player who couldn't hit, who was a pitcher who only won eighty games over a nineteen-year career, the only person in baseball history who could do it and did do it. New York Yankees closer, marina Rivera, became the first player unanimously elected into the national baseball hall of fame.
2. If there was a Christian hall of fame, there is at least and perhaps only one Christian who would be elected unanimously. Let me tell you about his accomplishments. He wrote thirteen of the twenty-seven books in the new testament, almost half, the most of any author. Because of that, he is the greatest and most influential theologian that Christianity has ever had. He is the greatest missionary the church has ever had. On thirty mission trips, he traveled ten-thousand miles taking nine months of actual travel time that lasted over ten years. He visited more than fifty cities in those travels and preached the gospel to the emperor of the roman empire.
3. Beyond that, more than any other person, he was responsible for shifting the focus of the Christian religion from the proclamation of Jesus to the proclamation about Jesus.
4. Because of his influence and taking the Christian religion over the roman empire, to spread to the point that after several centuries the roman empire officially adopted Christianity as its singular religion. Most of the converts that Paul gained were gentiles, former pagans. He shifted Christianity from a Jewish emphasis to a gentile emphasis, so Christianity would not just ...
Series: Character: Mirror Image
James Merritt
1 Corinthians 9:24-27
Introduction
1. Two of the three greatest home-run hitters of all time, hank Arron and babe Ruth couldn't do it. The winningest pitcher of all-time, cy young, couldn't do it. The hitter with the all-time best batting average, ty cobb, couldn't do it. The all-time strikeout king and the one with the most no hitters, Nolan Ryan, couldn't do it, but a part-time player who couldn't hit, who was a pitcher who only won eighty games over a nineteen-year career, the only person in baseball history who could do it and did do it. New York Yankees closer, marina Rivera, became the first player unanimously elected into the national baseball hall of fame.
2. If there was a Christian hall of fame, there is at least and perhaps only one Christian who would be elected unanimously. Let me tell you about his accomplishments. He wrote thirteen of the twenty-seven books in the new testament, almost half, the most of any author. Because of that, he is the greatest and most influential theologian that Christianity has ever had. He is the greatest missionary the church has ever had. On thirty mission trips, he traveled ten-thousand miles taking nine months of actual travel time that lasted over ten years. He visited more than fifty cities in those travels and preached the gospel to the emperor of the roman empire.
3. Beyond that, more than any other person, he was responsible for shifting the focus of the Christian religion from the proclamation of Jesus to the proclamation about Jesus.
4. Because of his influence and taking the Christian religion over the roman empire, to spread to the point that after several centuries the roman empire officially adopted Christianity as its singular religion. Most of the converts that Paul gained were gentiles, former pagans. He shifted Christianity from a Jewish emphasis to a gentile emphasis, so Christianity would not just ...
There are 18938 characters in the full content. This excerpt only shows a 2000 character sample of the full content.
Price: $5.99 or 1 credit
