Lessons Fom The Village People
Larry Wynn
2 Corinthians 5:11-17
The power of persuasion 2 corinthians 5: 11-17 march 7, 1999 a.m. series: ''a survival kit...'' message #7 subject: evangelism
Introduction
A. What costs over $1 million and lasts for 1 minute?
1. The answer is a commercial during a major sporting event.
2. The goal: to persuade you to buy that particular product.
3. Companies spend billions of dollars advertising their products in order to persuade you to buy them.
B. As we enter a new millennium our goal as christians should be to persuade men to accept jesus christ as savior.
1. That is what this church is all about.
2. That is what our lives should be about.
C. In 2 corinthians 5:11-17 we are given several motivations for being a witness for christ.
1. Paul summarized his life with three words, ''we persuade men...'' vs. 11.
2. Everywhere paul went he attempted to persuade people to christ.
3. Should be our determination as well:
D. We should be persuasive because of:
I. Accountability. Vs. 11-13.
A. Paul, through the term ''therefore'' goes back to vs. 10.
1. We will all stand before god and give an account.
2. The terror of the lord. The judgment of god.
B. One reason we witness is because of the judgment of the lost.
1. ''It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of a living god.''
2. Do we still believe men and women who reject jesus spend eternity separated from god in a place the bible calls hell.
c. In this verse the phrase deals with believers.
1. The awesome prospect of standing before the judgment seat of christ should compel us to be a witness.
2. The judgment seat is not a heaven/hell judgment.
3. As believers our lives will be brought into accountability.
A. Faithfulness to the lord.
B. Words spoken.
T c. The impact of our lives.
D. Our faithfulness as a witness.
4. We are not afraid of the lord hurting ...
Larry Wynn
2 Corinthians 5:11-17
The power of persuasion 2 corinthians 5: 11-17 march 7, 1999 a.m. series: ''a survival kit...'' message #7 subject: evangelism
Introduction
A. What costs over $1 million and lasts for 1 minute?
1. The answer is a commercial during a major sporting event.
2. The goal: to persuade you to buy that particular product.
3. Companies spend billions of dollars advertising their products in order to persuade you to buy them.
B. As we enter a new millennium our goal as christians should be to persuade men to accept jesus christ as savior.
1. That is what this church is all about.
2. That is what our lives should be about.
C. In 2 corinthians 5:11-17 we are given several motivations for being a witness for christ.
1. Paul summarized his life with three words, ''we persuade men...'' vs. 11.
2. Everywhere paul went he attempted to persuade people to christ.
3. Should be our determination as well:
D. We should be persuasive because of:
I. Accountability. Vs. 11-13.
A. Paul, through the term ''therefore'' goes back to vs. 10.
1. We will all stand before god and give an account.
2. The terror of the lord. The judgment of god.
B. One reason we witness is because of the judgment of the lost.
1. ''It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of a living god.''
2. Do we still believe men and women who reject jesus spend eternity separated from god in a place the bible calls hell.
c. In this verse the phrase deals with believers.
1. The awesome prospect of standing before the judgment seat of christ should compel us to be a witness.
2. The judgment seat is not a heaven/hell judgment.
3. As believers our lives will be brought into accountability.
A. Faithfulness to the lord.
B. Words spoken.
T c. The impact of our lives.
D. Our faithfulness as a witness.
4. We are not afraid of the lord hurting ...
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