Preaching Like Paul

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Preaching Like Paul

• So, as much as is in me, I am ready to
  preach the gospel to you who are in Rome also. 16
  For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for
  it is the power of God to salvation for everyone
  who believes, for the Jew first and also for the
  Greek.
• (Romans 115-16)

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1 Corinthians 111

• Imitate me, just as I also imitate
  Christ.
• When so much criticism is leveled against
  preaching that convicts the sinner, and declares
  without apology the Christ and His church, it is
  important to remember the type of preaching that
  was done by our Lord and His apostles.

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Paul as a Preacher

• Bold in Speech (Acts 137-10)

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Acts 137-10

• This man Sergius Paulus called
  for Barnabas and Saul and sought to
  hear the word of God. 8 But Elymas the
  sorcerer (for so his name is translated)
  withstood them, seeking to turn the proconsul
  away from the faith. 9 Then Saul, who also is
  called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked
  intently at him 10 and said, "O full of all
  deceit and all fraud, you son of the devil, you
  enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease
  perverting the straight ways of the Lord?

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Paul as a Preacher

• Bold in Speech (Acts 137-10)
• Rightly Divided the Word (Gal. 215-16)

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Galatians 215-16

• We who are Jews by nature, and
  not sinners of the Gentiles,
  16 knowing that a man is not
  justified by the works of the law but by faith in
  Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ
  Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in
  Christ and not by the works of the law for by
  the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.

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Paul as a Preacher

• Bold in Speech (Acts 137-10)
• Rightly Divided the Word (Gal. 215-16)
• Preached what was Needed (Acts 2425)

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Acts 2425

• Now as he reasoned about
  righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to
  come, Felix was afraid and answered, Go away for
  now when I have a convenient time I will call
  for you.
• Note Pauls words were exactly what were needed
  to convict Felix of his sin.

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Paul as a Preacher

• Bold in Speech (Acts 137-10)
• Rightly Divided the Word (Gal. 215-16)
• Preached what was Needed (Acts 2425)
• Declared Whole Counsel of God (Acts 2027)

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Acts 2027

• For I have not shunned to declare to
  you the whole counsel of God.
• Paul to Ephesians elders, to equip them as
  overseers in shepherding the church of God

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Paul as a Preacher

• Bold in Speech (Acts 137-10)
• Rightly Divided the Word (Gal. 215-16)
• Preached what was Needed (Acts 2425)
• Declared Whole Counsel of God (Acts 2027)
• Not Averse to Calling Names (2 Tim. 217-18
  410,14)

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2 timothy 217-18

• And their message will spread like
  cancer. Hymenaeus and Philetus are
  of this sort, 18 who have strayed concerning the
  truth, saying that the resurrection is already
  past and they overthrow the faith of some.

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2 Timothy 410,14

• (10), For Demas has forsaken me,
  having loved this present world, and
  has departed for Thessalonica--Crescens for
  Galatia, Titus for Dalmatia.
• (14), Alexander the coppersmith did me much harm.
  May the Lord repay him according to his works.

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Paul as a Preacher

• Bold in Speech (Acts 137-10)
• Rightly Divided the Word (Gal. 215-16)
• Preached what was Needed (Acts 2425)
• Declared Whole Counsel of God (Acts 2027)
• Not Averse to Calling Names (2 Tim. 217-18
  410,14)
• Passionate in Defense of Truth (Acts 152 Gal.
  23-5)

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Acts 152

• Therefore, when Paul and
  Barnabas had no small dissension
  and dispute with them, they determined that Paul
  and Barnabas and certain others of them should go
  up to Jerusalem, to the apostles and elders,
  about this question.

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Galatians 23-5

• Yet not even Titus who was with
  me, being a Greek, was compelled
  to be circumcised. 4 And this occurred because of
  false brethren secretly brought in (who came in
  by stealth to spy out our liberty which we have
  in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into
  bondage), 5 to whom we did not yield submission
  even for an hour, that the truth of the gospel
  might continue with you.

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Paul as a Preacher

• Bold in Speech (Acts 137-10)
• Rightly Divided the Word (Gal. 215-16)
• Preached what was Needed (Acts 2425)
• Declared Whole Counsel of God (Acts 2027)
• Not Averse to Calling Names (2 Tim. 217-18
  410,14)
• Passionate in Defense of Truth (Acts 152 Gal.
  23-5)
• Concerned about Purity of Church (1 Cor. 55-6)

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1 Corinthians 55-6

• Deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction
  of the flesh, that his spirit
  may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. 6 Your
  glorying is not good. Do you not know that a
  little leaven leavens the whole lump?
• Call to discipline the sexually immoral

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Paul as a Preacher

• Bold in Speech (Acts 137-10)
• Rightly Divided the Word (Gal. 215-16)
• Preached what was Needed (Acts 2425)
• Declared Whole Counsel of God (Acts 2027)
• Not Averse to Calling Names (2 Tim. 217-18
  410,14)
• Passionate in Defense of Truth (Acts 152 Gal.
  23-5)
• Concerned about Purity of Church (1 Cor. 55-6)
• Was Humble (1 Timothy 115 1 Corinthians 22)

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1 Timothy 115

• This is a faithful saying and
  worthy of all acceptance, that Christ
  Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of
  whom I am chief.

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1 Corinthians 22

• For I determined not to know
  anything among you except Jesus
  Christ and Him crucified.
• The important thing is the message, not the
  messenger.

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Paul as a Preacher

• Bold in Speech (Acts 137-10)
• Rightly Divided the Word (Gal. 215-16)
• Preached what was Needed (Acts 2425)
• Declared Whole Counsel of God (Acts 2027)
• Not Averse to Calling Names (2 Tim. 217-18
  410,14)
• Passionate in Defense of Truth (Acts 152 Gal.
  23-5)
• Concerned about Purity of Church (1 Cor. 55-6)
• Was Humble (1 Timothy 115 1 Corinthians 22)
• Preached Regardless of Support or Lack (1 Thess.
  29)

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1 Thessalonians 29

• For you remember, brethren, our labor
  and toil for laboring night
  and day, that we might not be a burden to
  any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.

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Paul as a Preacher

• Bold in Speech (Acts 137-10)
• Rightly Divided the Word (Gal. 215-16)
• Preached what was Needed (Acts 2425)
• Declared Whole Counsel of God (Acts 2027)
• Not Averse to Calling Names (2 Tim. 217-18
  410,14)
• Passionate in Defense of Truth (Acts 152 Gal.
  23-5)
• Concerned about Purity of Church (1 Cor. 55-6)
• Was Humble (1 Timothy 115 1 Corinthians 22)
• Preached Regardless of Support or Lack (1 Thess.
  29)
• Never Quit (Philippians 313-14)

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Philippians 313-14

• Brethren, I do not count myself to
  have apprehended but one thing I
  do, forgetting those things which are behind and
  reaching forward to those things which are ahead,
  14 I press toward the goal for the prize of the
  upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

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Paul as a Preacher

• Bold in Speech (Acts 137-10)
• Rightly Divided the Word (Gal. 215-16)
• Preached what was Needed (Acts 2425)
• Declared Whole Counsel of God (Acts 2027)
• Not Averse to Calling Names (2 Tim. 217-18
  410,14)
• Passionate in Defense of Truth (Acts 152 Gal.
  23-5)
• Concerned about Purity of Church (1 Cor. 55-6)
• Was Humble (1 Timothy 115 1 Corinthians 22)
• Preached Regardless of Support or Lack (1 Thess.
  29)
• Never Quit (Philippians 313-14)
• Constantly in Trouble (cf. 2 Corinthians 1122-ff)

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Conclusion

• Though constantly suffering trials and
  tribulations because of the path he chose to
  take, Paul was nevertheless truly happy in his
  life.
• Philippians 411-13

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Philippians 411-13

• Not that I speak in regard to need,
  for I have learned in whatever state
  I am, to be content 12 I know how to be
  abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and
  in all things I have learned both to be full and
  to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
  13 I can do all things through Christ who
  strengthens me.