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I’m a sports fan.
I like to watch football and baseball.
I’ve also enjoyed going to some high school basketball games and a few volleyball games this year.
It’s fun to see a really good game.
One that is back and forth….where the lead goes back and forth…is just fun to watch.
As a St. Louis Cardinals fan, I grew up watching a style of baseball known as “Whiteyball” in the 80’s.
A man named Whitey Herzog was the manager of the Cardinals in the 80’s…and his philosophy was to have a bunch of players that could get on base, steal bases, hit for high average, and field their positions really well.
They had ONE guy that could hit a lot of home runs – Jack Clark, whom hit 35 home runs in 1987.
1. Do you look for ways to share your faith?
2. When WAS the last time you shared your faith?
Eventually….the
players got old…..a few seasons later….they
started to play not so well.
I remember watching them and it seemed like they had lost some of their fire.
They just didn’t play as HARD as they seemed to in previous years.
Eventually, I remember the fateful press conference where Whitey announced he was stepping down as manager.
I was devastated.
I remember him saying he couldn’t motivate the players anymore…that they wouldn’t play for him.
They had lost their fire and their love for the game.
3. The best way to learn about your faith is to tell someone else about it!
4. That would be an excellent discipling program—to learn how to share your faith
OK…..you may say “Cool story, preacher……what does that have to do with CHURCH?”
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Would you know how to do so?
What would you say if someone were to ask you why they should become a Christian?
Faith… can be a lot like sports…..sometimes a person might feel like they’re just going through the motions….and
are not actively engaged in their faith.
It can be said of this person that their faith is not authentic…it isn’t real.
What God is interested in is REAL faith – where your whole heart is engaged and in the game.
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The summation of the Gospel is that we are sinners….and
Christ paid the penalty for our sin – so that we don’t have to
I’ve got 3 points to make from this passage, and I’ve got 3 challenges to give:
2. Example:
a. Law/Grace presentation
I. Authentic faith knows that motivation matters
I. Authentic faith knows that motivation matters
a. Paul stayed many days longer in Corinth
i. “after this” – remember the events of 17:1-17?
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They were dragged into court by Sosthenes
2. The case was thrown out of court and they were set free
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Remember that?
Sosthenes was the ruler of the synagogue….and it appears that he came to Christ after things didn’t go well for him.
b.
Paul stayed in Corinth for some time after that and then left for Syria
i.
He took Priscilla and Aquila
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Before he left…does something curious: he cut his hair in Cenchrae
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Why did he cut his hair?
2. Was this just for appearances?
To LOOK good before other men?
3. The text says he had made a vow
a.
What kind of vow?
We don’t REALLY know…but we can make a guess.
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It MIGHT have been a Nazirite vow
i.
Not to be confused with “Nazarene”…..
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This type of vow was often taken as a way of thanking God….
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Maybe because they recovered from an illness
2. Or the birth of a child
iii.
MAYBE….Paul took a Nazirite vow:
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This originally came from
a. – 2 slides
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It then goes on to explain how to purify himself if defiled, or at the end of the vow
2. One could take this vow, and he would not cut his hair
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No wine or fermented drink – not even grape juice, vinegar, or fresh or dried grapes
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He was a Nazirite from birth –
b.
Some people just took it for a time – maybe a few months….maybe a few years
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No wine or fermented drink – not even grape juice, vinegar, or fresh or dried grapes
4. Can’t be near a dead person
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After the vow, they would take the hair and present it at the temple in Jerusalem as an offering
c. Now……Is this something that Christians should do on a regular basis?
i. There’s nothing wrong with deciding to honor God
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The Nazirite vow was something an OT Jew would do
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How about a MODERN day equivalent…….?
1. Suppose I were to issue a challenge to you:
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There are 4 Sundays between NOW and the start of our VBS
i. Vacation Bible School starts on July 9.
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So….5 weeks from tomorrow……
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That’s 4 more weeks after today….
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If you were to come to church EVERY Sunday between now and then…..
i. Can you do that?
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God wants us to be in fellowship with each other
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Imagine if you saw your spouse sporadically….
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