091813: Christ Bearers #3 -- Sent

Message: Sent

I.                   Introduction

a.       We are finishing up our Welcome to the TAB series by looking at the last reason we do things together as the TAB: Being part of our world.  We are going to look at this over the next 2 weeks, what it actually means to be part of our world.

b.      We talked about how when we get saved we become Christ Bearers, meaning we carry him around with us wherever we go.  Then we talked about how having Jesus in us should change the way we act, we should be becoming more and more set apart to God.  Tonight we will talk about what that should be doing for those around us, then next week we will have a party.

II.                Body:

a.       Sent With a Smell

                                                             a.      When we get saved we become Christ Bearers, but it isn’t just for us but for those around us. 

                                                                                i.      Christ in us forgives our sins

                                                                              ii.      Christ in us helps us to become more godly

                                                                            iii.      Christ in us means we are messenger to those around us

                                                            b.      We are carrying Jesus to those around us. 

                                                                                i.      No matter where we go

                                                                              ii.      No matter who we encounter

                                                                            iii.      No matter how young we are

                                                             c.      That Christ Bearing will have an effect. 

                                                                                i.      Illus: Campfire smoke (I love it, but Matt didn’t want it in the trailer)

                                                                              ii.      2^nd Corinthians 2:14-17 – “But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of him.  For we are to God the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.  To the one we are the smell of death; to the other, the fragrance of life.  And who is equal to such a task.  Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit.  On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, like men sent from God.”

                                                                            iii.      Some will hear your message, which they hear both in our actions and words, and will want more.  They will want that fragrance on them.

                                                                            iv.      Some will hear your message and will not want anything to do with it. 

                                                                              v.      But you are simply the delivery system.  It is simply your job to give them a chance to choose whether to accept Christ or not, not to make that choice for them.

a.       Illus: The Colonel and The Note (The Greatest Stories Never Told, pg. 54)

III.             Conclusion

a.       Romans 10:13-15 – “for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”  How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in?  And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard?  And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?  And how can they preach unless they are sent?  As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!””

b.      You are being sent with a very important message, can I pray that God would give you courage and wisdom to deliver that message?