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*Ice Breaker – *“Hi My Name Is”* *
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*Title*: What Can God Do With Someone Like You?
*Text*: Galatians 1:1-5
*Introduction*:
*Attention*:
*The Potter’s House*
To the Potter’s house I went down one day,
And watched Him while moulding the vessels of clay,
And many a wonderful lesson I drew,
As I noted the process the clay went thro’
Trampled and broken, downtrodden and rolled,
To render more plastic and fit for the mould,
How like the clay that is human, I thought,
When in Heavenly hands to perfection brought,
For self must be cast as the dust at His feet.
Before it is ready for service made meet.
And pride must be broken, and self-will lost—
All laid on the altar, whatever the cost;
But lo! by and by, a delicate vase
Of wonderful beauty and exquisite grace.
Was it once the vile clay?
Ah, yes; yet how strange,
The Potter has wrought so marvelous a change!
Not a trace of the earth, nor mark of the clay,
The fires of the furnace have burned them away.
Wondrous skill of the Potter—the praise is His due,
In whose hands to perfection and beauty it grew;
Thus with souls lying still, content in God’s hand,
That do not His power of working withstand.
They are moulded and fitted, a treasure to hold;
Vile clay now transformed into purest of gold.
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*Need*:
*Bridging Sentences *
*Textual Idea*: Paul is writing to the Galatians who were having a bit of an identity crisis.
There were four churches involved in Galatia, 1) Antioch 2) Iconium 3) Lystra 4) Derbe
The problem they were having what that the Judaizers were going around preach a different Gospel than that of Paul and his followers.
Hebrews 8:13 says that the old covenant has been made obsolete because of the New Covenant through the Blood of Jesus Christ!
So Paul is writing to challenge their thinking and remind them of the true Gospel of Grace.
In these few verses, we can see what God could do with someone like Paul…
*Sermon Idea*: Imagine what God can do with someone like you!
*Interrogative*: Well, like what could he do?
I mean I’m a complete geek!
Or maybe you think you have sinned to badly….or
maybe you don’t think you have the capability or talent to be used of God!
*Transition*: I am so glad you are here tonight, I have such great news for you! Can I give you some hope tonight?
As we work our way through this text tonight, I want you to see that God can take you and make you into a useable tool for his Glory!
Isn’t that cool to think about! (everybody put your finger to head, like this, and say AHH, That is so cool!) GOD can use you!
Just like he used that Christian killer Paul of Tarsus…
*Text *– Galatians 1:1-5
*1* Paul, an apostle (not /sent /from men nor through the agency of man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead),
2 and all the brethren who are with me, *T*o the churches of Galatia:
*3 *Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,
4 who gave Himself for our sins so that He might rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
5 to whom /be /the glory forevermore.
Amen.
*Body*:
*1) God Can Use You To Speak for Him (vs. 1) -* Paul, an apostle (not /sent /from men nor through the agency of man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead),
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*Explanation*:
Paul – Formerly Saul of Tarsus.
Christian killer extraordinar.
Apostle – Ask and then explain…
No Apostolic Succession –
In the life and conversion of Paul it is so obvious that God was totally responsible for turning his life around…
*Illustration*: Moses (as Jimmy Stewart) Exodus 3-4
*Argumentation*: You cannot be called to the Office of Apostle, but you can be a spokesperson for God.
Imagine that!
You can say words that are everlastingly powerful.
No man has sent you to do this.
No, the very God of the heaven has pushed you out of your comfort zone and made you his ambassador.
! 2 Corinthians 5:18-21
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*16* Therefore from now on we recognize no one according to the flesh; even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know /Him/ /in this way /no longer.
17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, /he is/ a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.
18 Now all /these /things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation,
19 namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation.
*/20 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making an appeal through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God./*
21 He made Him who knew no sin /to be /sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
If you are a believer here tonight, you have a holy job to do.
You have a righteous responsibility to those that need Christ!
*Application*:
Tell –
Bring –
Red Book Team –
Some of you are wondering why it is you are not growing in your faith, it’s because you are not serving your Lord
* Transition*: *God Can Use You To Speak for Him*
You know, some people who speak for God can tend to get a big head, not Paul…
*2) God Can Use You To Be a Friend (vs.
2) - *and all the brethren who are with me, *T*o the churches of Galatia:
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*Explanation*: There is something I want you to notice about our friend Paul.
Although he was called and trained by Jesus Christ Himself (can you imagine?)
He had the full weight and authority of Jesus Christ behind his ministry.
Yet he looks to those that are traveling with him as brothers in Christ…on his level.
Paul, like God is no respecter of position.
He is not interested in being a man pleaser…
*Galatians 2:6* - But from those who were of high reputation (what they were makes no difference to me; God shows no partiality)—well, those who were of reputation contributed nothing to me.
Paul looked to those people that were serving with him as his brothers in the Lord.
In fact, we know that Paul really thought very little of himself.
He called himself the worst of all sinners.
He was humble and knew that it was only by God’s mercy that he was alive to this point in his life.
And it was by God’s grace that he had received the gift of eternal life.
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