POURING OUT OUR LIVES Text: Matthew 26:6-13

ERIC LIDDELL Olympic Champion and Missionary Chariots of Fire (1902-1945)

What Are You Willing to Pour out to Extend the Kingdom of God?

I. MARY POURED OUT HER EXPENSIVE PERFUME (John 12:1-8) Matthew 26:6-13; Mark 14:3-9; Luke 7:37-39; John 12:1-8

I. MARY POURED OUT HER EXPENSIVE PERFUME (John 12:1-8) “Truly I tell you, wherever this gospel in preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her.” Matthew 26:13; cf. Mark 14:9

II. PAUL POURED OUT THE REMAINDER OF HIS LIFE (II Timothy 4:6) ““For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time for my departure is near.” II Timothy 4:6

II. PAUL POURED OUT THE REMAINDER OF HIS LIFE (II Timothy 4:6) “ Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God.” Romans 1:1; cf. Titus 1:1

II. PAUL POURED OUT THE REMAINDER OF HIS LIFE (II Timothy 4:6) “ . . . he loved God, loved the church, and loved all the believers, and therefore he emptied himself, humbled himself, and lived out the sacrificing life of Christ to serve God and man.” Stefan Misaras (from London, UK) “Learning to Be Slaves of God”

III. JESUS POURED OUT HIS BLOOD POURED FOR MANY (Matthew 26:27) “then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, ‘ drink from it, all of you. 28. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for (in place of) many for the forgiveness of sins.” Matthew 26:27,28; cf. Mark 14:23:24