1. Grace Community Church June 14, 2009
A Living Sacrifice
From Influenced to Influential
Romans 15:14-21
Grace Community Church
June 14, 2009

2. Romans 15:14-15
14 “I myself am satisfied about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to instruct one another.15 But on some points I have written to you very boldly by way of reminder,
because of the grace given me by God”

3. THREE core characteristics that will enable us to TRULY IMPACT, and make an eternal difference.

4. Romans 15:16-17
16 “to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. 17 In Christ Jesus, then, I have reason to be proud of my work for God.”

5. Isaiah 66:20
 “And they shall bring all your brothers from all the nations as an offering to the Lord”

6. had a priestly ministry ~
The Apostle Paul
had a priestly ministry ~
A core characteristic
we need to assimilate is a demeanor that expresses concern for the lost.

7. Romans 15:16-17
16 “to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. 17 In Christ Jesus, then, I have reason to be proud of my work for God.”

8. Romans 15:18-19a
18 “For I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me to bring the Gentiles to obedience—by word and deed, 19 by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God”

9. had a powerful ministry ~ A core characteristic
The Apostle Paul
had a powerful ministry ~
A core characteristic
we need to assimilate is a devotion pledged to Christ!

10. Romans 15:19-21
“—so that from Jerusalem and all the way around to Illyricum I have fulfilled the ministry of the gospel of Christ; 20 and thus I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, lest I build on someone else’s foundation, 21 but as it is written, “Those who have never been told of him will see, and those who have never heard will understand.”

11. ~John Piper Don’t Waste your Life
“Risk is right. And the reason not because God promises success to all our ventures in his cause. There is no promise that every effort for the cause of God will succeed, at least not in the short run.
John The Baptist…
The Apostle Paul…
…How many graves are there in Africa and Asia because thousands of young missionaries were freed by the power of the Holy Spirit from the enchantment of security and then risked their lives to make much of Christ among the unreached people of the world! And now what about you?”
~John Piper Don’t Waste your Life

12. had a pioneering ministry ~ A core characteristic
The Apostle Paul
had a pioneering ministry ~
A core characteristic
we need to assimilate is a dream lived out to the glory of God!

13. Do you want to make an eternal difference?
A demeanor that expresses concern for the lost
A devotion pledged to Christ
A dream lived out to the glory of God