Motivation and the Great Commission
Rex Yancey
Matthew 28:18-20
I am preaching from a text that is well-worn but not out-worn. Although it was given over 2,000 years ago, it has not yet been exhausted in its content and applications. It is true that this sermon has been preached thousands of times. However, I cannot say what needs to be said without saying what has already been said.
The purpose of this message is not to break new ground. The purpose is to cultivate more intensively some old ground. I am not speaking of a new doctrine, but trying hard to whet your appetites on an old doctrine. The genius of the whole missionary enterprise is that God's Word must go out and that it is the people of God to carry it to the world. If God's people don't do it, it will not get done.
Can we catch the missionary vision? Can we catch the passion of Jesus Christ? Christianity must not be confined to our campus, as beautiful as it is. We are to find ways to start here and proceed with the gospel message to the world.
Needless to say, we must be motivated to get the job done. In one of my first deacon's meeting at a church in the early 70's a deacon said, "Pastor, the three of us have been deacons for forty years. We have never done anything and we are not going to do anything now! Needless to say, they had to be motivated. One pastor hears this job description upon his arrival at the church. "Pastor, your job is to get us to do what we know we need to do but don't want to do!" Once again, motivation was needed.
A salesman was motivating a housewife to buy a home freezer. "You can save enough money on your food bills to pay for the freezer." "Yes, I know," the woman agreed, "But you see we're paying for our car on the carfare we save; then we are paying for our washing machine on the laundry bills we save, and we are paying for the house on the rent we are saving. We just can't afford to save anymore right now!"
Today, I want us to look at motivatio ...
Rex Yancey
Matthew 28:18-20
I am preaching from a text that is well-worn but not out-worn. Although it was given over 2,000 years ago, it has not yet been exhausted in its content and applications. It is true that this sermon has been preached thousands of times. However, I cannot say what needs to be said without saying what has already been said.
The purpose of this message is not to break new ground. The purpose is to cultivate more intensively some old ground. I am not speaking of a new doctrine, but trying hard to whet your appetites on an old doctrine. The genius of the whole missionary enterprise is that God's Word must go out and that it is the people of God to carry it to the world. If God's people don't do it, it will not get done.
Can we catch the missionary vision? Can we catch the passion of Jesus Christ? Christianity must not be confined to our campus, as beautiful as it is. We are to find ways to start here and proceed with the gospel message to the world.
Needless to say, we must be motivated to get the job done. In one of my first deacon's meeting at a church in the early 70's a deacon said, "Pastor, the three of us have been deacons for forty years. We have never done anything and we are not going to do anything now! Needless to say, they had to be motivated. One pastor hears this job description upon his arrival at the church. "Pastor, your job is to get us to do what we know we need to do but don't want to do!" Once again, motivation was needed.
A salesman was motivating a housewife to buy a home freezer. "You can save enough money on your food bills to pay for the freezer." "Yes, I know," the woman agreed, "But you see we're paying for our car on the carfare we save; then we are paying for our washing machine on the laundry bills we save, and we are paying for the house on the rent we are saving. We just can't afford to save anymore right now!"
Today, I want us to look at motivatio ...
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