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Would I get out of bed for this? #insideout Copyright © Simon G. Harris 2013 Scripture quotations taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission
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What do you live for?
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Missional life broken & poured out 2 Corinthians 4:7-12 We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.... So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.
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Motivations... that plague the soul Ambition, Approval & Appetites
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Ambition we want to be on top Matthew 4:8-9 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendour. All this I will give you," he said, "if you will bow down and worship me."
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Approval we want to be liked Matthew 4:6 "If you are the Son of God," he said, "throw yourself down. For it is written: " 'He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.' "
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Appetites we want to be satisfied Matthew 4:2-3 After fasting for forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. The tempter came to him and said, "If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread."
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Motivations... that plague the soul The life of Jesus is a complete rejection of these values Ambition, Approval & Appetites
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Paul smashed these motivations Philippians 3:8 What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ
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A different motivation: JESUS Philippians 3:8 What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ
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A different motivation: JESUS Acts 4:29-30 Now, Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness. Stretch out your hand to heal and perform miraculous signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus."
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A different motivation: JESUS Philippians 1:21 For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.
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Motivated 1. by his love 2 Corinthians 5:14 2 Corinthians 5:14 For Christ's love compels us,
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Motivated 1. by his love 2 Corinthians 5:14 2 Corinthians 5:14 For Christ's love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.
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Motivated 1. by his love Galatians 2:20 Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
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Motivated 1. by his love 1 Corinthians 7:23 1 Corinthians 7:23 You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.
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Motivated 2. by his transforming power 2 Corinthians 5:17 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! Have we lost confidence?
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Motivated 2. by his transforming power Romans 1:16 Romans 1:16 I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. Have we lost confidence?
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Motivated 3. by his entrusting of us 2 Corinthians 5:10 2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.
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Motivated 3. by his entrusting of us 2 Corinthians 4:1-2 2 Corinthians 4:1-2 So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the secret things of God. Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful.
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Motivated 3. by his entrusting of us 2 Timothy 2:15 2 Timothy 2:15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.
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Motivated 4. by his final judgement 2 Corinthians 5:11 2 Corinthians 5:11 Since, then, we know what it is to fear the Lord, we try to persuade men. What we are is plain to God, and I hope it is also plain to your conscience.
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