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How The Mission Keeps Moving
February 9, 2026 · 57 min
Pastor Jeff ignites our hearts with a profound truth: the unstoppable mission of Christ continues through clear gospel communication and unwavering joy.
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Pastor Jeff Schwarzentraub serves as president of Pastor Jeff Ministries, a national and global ministry designed to equip believers and challenge them to take
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In this video 0:00 Welcoming the Mission Amid Challenges10:38 Communicating Christ Clearly Through History26:41 Unconditional Forgiveness and Gracious Exhortation44:32 Courageous Confrontation and Joyful Endurance
Welcoming the Mission Amid Challenges 0:01 Well, good morning. Would you help me welcome all of our brave campuses who are worshiping with us today? So great to be with all of you. I wanted to mention to you, I shared with you last week that I I did the chapel0:13 for the New England Patriots, and I gotta tell you, I have never felt so blamed for a loss in my entire life and all and all my sports career. Nobody's ever sent me more texts blaming me. And so I thought it0:24 was an opportunity, so I sent back to New England Patriots chapel chaplain and I told him, I said, hey, if you if you like what I did, I'll be praying in a couple weeks. Just send my Super Bowl tickets here. And, I got a0:36 laughing emoji, which I think means they're on the way. I don't know. So we'll see. But thanks for praying for me for doing that. Also wanna let you know when I got back from Israel in December, I told you we were gonna0:45 take a trip. That trip is now planned. We're gonna be leading the trip October sixth through the sixteenth. If you would like to go to Israel with us, you can sign up. You can look at the QR code there. It's also0:57 at brave dot org as well as pastor jeff dot com. For those of you that say I can't scrape up enough pennies to go this time, this will not be our last trip. We will go again, but would love to take you, and take you on a1:08 tour and get you to see a lot of the sites where Jesus walked. We put it again together this week, and the team we're working with is great. If you get a chance to go, going to Israel with us for those 10 or 11 days will
1:19 be the equivalent of doing a seminary degree. Your the bible will come alive to you in ways that you didn't even, know that was possible. So if you get a chance, we'd love to have you and, love to tour with you. Would
1:28 encourage you to sign up soon as we're gonna put it on nationally on our radio and invite as many people as we can to come with us. So with that, let's continue our worship this morning as we go before the Lord and get
1:38 ready to hear his living and his active word among us. Would you pray with me? Our father in heaven, we give you glory, honor, and praise. Lord, what a thrill it is to come into your house, to seek your face, to worship
1:49 your name, and to hear your word proclaimed. Lord, we're excited this morning because we as a people believe that every time your word is faithfully and accurately proclaimed, that it is you who are speaking. So our
2:01 prayer this morning is speak, Lord, for we are ready to hear. And so now for all those who have gathered who desire to hear the Lord Jesus Christ speak directly to you, who will believe what he tells you, and who will,
2:10 by faith, put into practice what he shows you, will you agree with me very loudly this morning by saying the word, amen. Amen. Jesus Christ gave us the great commission 2000 years ago. He said, all
2:22 authority in heaven and earth has been given to me, therefore, go make disciples of all nations. And then in Acts chapter 1, before he ascended into heaven, when they're asking him, is it at this time you're
2:31 gonna restore the kingdom in Israel?
2:33 He says, not for you, no dates or times, but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. You'll be my witnesses in all Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. And as we've been in the
2:43 book of Acts, we've been watching the prophetic words of Jesus come true. That's exactly what happens. And here we are sitting in Denver, Colorado, 2000 years after the Great Commission, after the apostles were indwelled
2:54 by the Spirit, and God is still doing a work to this day. However, when we read the text and we see what's going on, sometimes we can get enamored with it, and we begin to think, how come it's not like the book of acts
3:06 today? How come it doesn't just work so easily like it did today? And the reasons we say that are because we're not pausing long enough to see the different things that are happening. We're not watching the people leave.
3:18 We're not watching the opposition. We're not watching the persecution. We're not understanding that things are still getting set up. There's no buildings. There's no budgets. They're just trying to make this thing go.
3:27 And yet, because Jesus said, I will build my church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it. To this very day, God is doing a great thing. Now what happens in the church many times when things happen
3:39 that we can't explain, sometimes that we don't understand, oftentimes that we're frustrated with, when leaders leave, when people depart, when things change, when programs move in a
3:51 different direction, we get upset and what happens is articles start to get inked. Social media starts to get inflamed. People begin to write books on the topic. There's been books during my entire
4:03 tenure of being a Christian, how the church is 5 years away from extinction if
4:07 we
4:07 don't. I got news for you. The church of Jesus Christ is never going away until Jesus Christ gets back. Amen? The question though that we need to
4:19 ask is how the mission keeps moving. How can we keep the mission moving? Because in church, more than any other place that I've ever found, when things happen that we can't explain
4:31 or things happen that disappoint us, we think it's over now. This is never gonna work. But we don't think about that in any other situation in life. For instance, I fly a lot, and when I go to the
4:43 airport, there's times that flights have been canceled. There's times that crews didn't show up or they got timed out. There's times that a plane hadn't arrived. We gotta go to a different gate. But there there's times
4:52 where storms have come in, and a lot of flights are not going out, and a lot of flights aren't coming in. But there's never been a time where I've said, Phew, DIA is going out of business. I said, you know, there's some
5:03 setbacks and there's some different things, but the airport's not closing. The same is true in the church. And if you've been a Christian for a while, you have seen things that you don't like, and you've seen things that
5:13 have happened where you begin to think and hear the lie the enemy is saying, it's not gonna happen now. And if you're younger in your faith, hang with me, you will. And some of those things are deeply personal, and some
5:24 of those things hurt, and when they happen we begin to think, I think this is over. It's never over because Jesus Christ is still on his throne, and you need to know that. But today we're gonna take a look at how we move
5:35 the mission forward. I'm gonna give you 5 truths from Acts chapter 13. If you have your bibles, open up to Acts chapter 13 starting in verse 13. And I'm gonna give you 5 truths today of how the mission
5:46 moves forward. Like, how can we continue in our generation to do the very things that God would like us to do? And there's a lot of texts here today, but a lot of it is Paul communicating
5:58 to the people of Israel. So let me start to unpack this. In Acts chapter 13 and verse 13, here's what it says. Now Paul and his companions put out to see from Paphos and came to
6:10 Perga in Pamphylia, but John left them and returned to Jerusalem. But going on from Perga, they arrived at Pisidian Antioch, and on the Sabbath day, they went to the synagogue and sat
6:22 want you to see a couple things here. You can spend time on your own. I've done this from time to time where I take a map out and I look at the different miles and how it's charted. And if you have a Bible that's a study
6:31 Bible, you'll have maps in your Bible. And you can you can look at all that. What I want you to see is what's just going on before this is they were praying and fasting. God told them who to set apart, so they prayed and
6:41 fasted some more. And they're going on this journey because Jesus told them to go on the journey. They're prompted by the Holy Spirit. This is what I want you to do. Those different cities. But there were 8 words that I
6:53 read to you just right now that you didn't even think about. And there are 8 words in your Bible that if I were reading the Bible, I wouldn't even think about. You just kind of skirt on it, but you don't realize the
7:02 weight of those 8 words. Because amidst all of where they're going and what they're doing, at the end of verse 13, notice what it says in acts 13 verse 13. It's telling all where they went, but John
7:14 left them and returned to Jerusalem. Let that sink in for a minute. Mission trips in the first century are not like mission trips now. Mission trips now, we usually connect with a pastor where we're going, we set up
7:26 airlines, we make sure it's safe, we set up food, we set up hotels, we set up all That's not what they were doing. They were getting in a boat, and it wasn't like a carnival cruise. I guarantee you that. They were
7:36 probably seasick by the time they got there. They were walking by foot. They were exhausted by they were tired. It's Paul, Barnabas, and John Mark. There's 3 of them. They get to Perga. Guess what?
7:48 That's all we know about the trip. They were doing work there, but here's what we know that the Holy Spirit wants us to know, but John Mark left them and returned to Jerusalem. Now that may not mean anything to us. None
7:58 of us have ever met John Mark. But if there were 3 of us on a mission trip, we know each other pretty well. And what they know is, is that the 1 that they were doing ministry with got up left, not just that area, but
8:10 went all the way back to Jerusalem. Like, God told him to go into all the world. He's going back to Jerusalem. Now, here's a big question. Why? The text does not say. We don't know why. He could have been
8:22 homesick from his mom and gone back to see her. He could have said, this work is too hard. He might not have liked working with the Apostle Paul who was demanding. He might have been with 2 older men that he said, this
8:33 is not really for me. I didn't know it was gonna be that We don't know. What we do know is that he left. And why is that important? Christians, you need to realize when you're doing the mission of the Lord, there's gonna
8:42 be people close to you that leave. It's just gonna happen. Sometimes for good reason. Sometimes for not good reasons. And sometimes you won't know the reason. But it's going to happen.
8:54 Gives the chance for the enemy to whisper in your ear. Here's why. It's such a big deal. You're gonna hear me teach you on it in a couple of weeks. In Acts chapter 15, they get to a point where they meet up with them.
9:10 He deserted us. There's no way I'm bringing him back. And so what happens? Barnabas takes John Mark and they sail to Cyprus and Paul takes Silas and they go a different direction. And guess what happens?
9:21 God's mission continues to expand. Well, who is right? Paul or Barnabas? I don't know. Barnabas is the encourager. He's like, hey, let's give the guy a second chance. You know, I mean,
9:33 messed up, but we could probably get and Paul's like, he deserted us. I'm not trusting him ever. But even at the end of Paul's life, in second Timothy, when he's writing, he said, John marks valuable to me. Have him have
9:42 him bring me his parchments. So they made up. But I just want you to see this, because nestled in that text, those those 8 words, but John left them and returned to Jerusalem. There's nothing more painful with people
9:53 that you're close to that leave, especially when you're doing the work together. What happened to that leader? What happened to those people who used to go to our church? What happened there? Don't know. Sometimes you
10:03 know. Sometimes you don't know. Sometimes you know and you know they're wrong and why they did it. Sometimes you know and there's like, no that's probably a pretty good choice that they did. I mean, we don't know. And I
10:12 think it's good that the Bible doesn't tell us why. When we're close in relationships, at times when we're doing the mission, some of those close to us are gonna leave. You need to know that. And here's what
10:24 happens. They get to Pisidian Antioch. Into the synagogue to sit down. And this is where I want to give you point number 1. Here's how we keep the mission moving. Point number 1, we
10:35 communicate Christ clearly. We communicate Christ clearly. The way the mission moves is when Christ is communicated clearly. Because notice what happens in verse 15. After the reading of the law and the
Communicating Christ Clearly Through History
10:47 prophets, the synagogue officials sent sent to them saying, Brethren, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, say it. So their way of getting to the people is because they're Jewish, they go to the synagogue,
10:59 they know all the traditions of the synagogue, they're steeped in the old testament scriptures, they believe that they point to Jesus, they're going to the Jews, they're sitting in the synagogue, and all of a sudden the
11:08 leaders in the synagogue says, hey, man, you visitors, if if you got something to say to us, why don't you say it? And Paul doesn't waste any time. Paul doesn't look at Barnabas and say, do you think it should be me? Or
11:18 He doesn't do that. Paul stood up and motioning with his hand said, like, I got 1. And then he begins to talk. And he's gonna clearly communicate Christ from their vantage point. And because they're men of
11:30 Israel, here's how he addresses them. Men of Israel and you who fear God, listen. The God of this people, Israel, chose our fathers and made the people great during their stay in the land of
11:42 Egypt. And with an uplifted arm, he led them out from it. For a period of 40 years, he put up with them in the wilderness. When they had destroyed 7 nations in the land of Canaan, he distributed their land as an
11:52 inheritance, all of which took about 450 years. So where does he start? He starts biblically. He starts with the history of what God did. What did God do? He chose the nation of Israel. Well
12:04 how do you know? Because that's what Genesis 12 said. He was gonna make Abraham a great nation. Well why did he choose Israel? He didn't choose them because they were great. He didn't choose them because they were good.
12:13 He chose them because they were the least of all peoples. He said, I'm gonna do something great with you, but it's God's selection. Every time God chooses, he's the 1 that gets to decide what he's gonna do. So he chooses
12:22 Israel, he makes them into a nation, and even when they end up in slavery in Egypt, what does he do? He makes them great in Egypt. He favors them. They they multiply to about 2000000 people as
12:34 a as a nation. And then after they cry out for 400 years, God sends Moses the deliverer who gets them out of the land of Egypt and on the way to Canaan. When they get right ready to cross the Jordan to take
12:45 over the promised land that God has promised them some 400 years before, they complain and say, no we're not gonna do that. We can never do that. So they get punished and spend 40 years in the wilderness. And even then,
12:56 God shows mercy and grace to them. Then they enter the land, and over a period of years, they take out 7 different nations. And what does it say? That all took about 450 years. This is probably not all that Paul said
13:08 about it, but this is what the Holy Spirit is allowing us to see about what Paul said. So he's setting up the whole history, because they would all be nodding their heads saying, yes we know. We know the history. We're
13:17 we're with you. Then notice what he says. After these things, he gave him judges until Samuel the prophet. Now if you're going through Israel's history and you wanna read the most tragic book of the old testament, read
13:28 the book of Judges. What you see is God gives them a plan. They rebel against the plan. Everything goes to shambles, and God has to send a judge, and they're like, oh, we're so sorry. We'll get it right now. And it goes
13:38 through cycle after cycle after cycle of they don't keep doing what God wants them to do. It's a tragic tragic book, All the way up until Samuel the prophet. And during that time, they asked for a king and
13:50 God gave them Saul, son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin for 40 years. So God says, I'll be your king. They're like, that's okay. But we want a king like all the other nations have kings. Give us a real king, like
14:01 a real person king. So God says, okay. You can have Saul. Saul was a terrible king. Saul did not have a heart for God. Saul did not seek after God. So now Israel has a king ruling over them that doesn't seek the God of
14:12 the universe. So that's what's going on. So he's wanting to tell us, now we're into the kings. But then there's another king that comes, the 1 that king comes after him, which is King David, and here's what it says about
14:22 him. So So God gave him Saul verse 22. After he had removed him, King Saul, he raised up David to be their king. Concerning him, he also testified, I have found David the
14:34 son of Jesse, a man after my heart who will do all my will. From the descendants of this man according to promise, God has brought to
14:46 Israel a savior, Jesus. So what's he say? After Saul, who'd you get? He got David. David's the man after God's own heart. What does that mean? Well, it can mean a lot of things. I mean, a lot of different
14:57 interpretations. Well, he loved to write worship songs. He loved to write Psalms. He was really seeking after the face of God. All true. But David also sinned grievously. He also had,
15:09 an affair with Bathsheba, had her husband killed. I mean, he's a murderer. He's an adulterer. That's not a man after God's own heart. Why was David the man after God's own heart? I think David was a man after God's own
15:19 heart because he brought the presence of the Lord into Jerusalem. He brought the Ark of the Covenant into Jerusalem. And where's God's heart? It's in Jerusalem. That's why the Bible tells us pray for the city of
15:29 Jerusalem. That's where God's heart is. He's a man after my own heart. My heart's in Jerusalem. He brought my presence into Jerusalem. So what's the big deal about David? Why do we need to be so concerned about David?
15:40 The the scripture told us, verse 23, from the descendants of this man according to the promise, God has brought to Israel a savior, Jesus. If you read second Samuel chapter 7 verses 12 through 16, it's the
15:52 Davidic covenant. And God promised in the Davidic covenant to have a descendant from David's own body who will establish an everlasting kingdom. So for the Messiah to be the Messiah that God
16:04 promised, it has to come from the line of David. There's several places in the old testament, Jeremiah 23, 5 and 6 says, a righteous branch from David. I mean, everybody knows that reads their bible that's a Hebrew
16:16 scholar would say, it's got to come from David or it's not. That's why when you read these painstaking geologies in the genealogies rather in the New Testaments, like, why is this so long? Because it always goes back to
16:26 David. Like, Jesus is from the house and the lineage of David. He he fits the criteria to be the Messiah. And they said, this is the 1. You need to realize Jesus has already. Then
16:37 he says this. After John had proclaimed before his coming a baptism of repentance to all the people. That's John the Baptist repentance to all the people of Israel. John the Baptist was saying, Repent for the
16:49 kingdom of God is at hand. Repent. The king is coming. Get ready. Make straight the paths of the Lord. And while John was completing his course, he kept saying, what do you suppose that
17:01 I am? I am not he. But behold, 1 is coming after me, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie. He's like, what are you making of me? Like, I'm not the Messiah.
17:15 So powerful, I'm not even worthy to untie his sandals. Now, here's the paradox. Jesus said, of those born of a woman, there is no 1 greater than John.
17:35 Sandal. I'm not worthy to even get near his feet. That's what John was saying. He's unlike me. He's the King of Kings. He's the Lord of Lords. And that's what he said in
17:47 verse 26. So Paul says, brethren he's not saying brothers and sisters in Christ. He's talking to his Israelite Jewish brothers. Brethren, sons of Abraham's family and those among you who fear God, to
17:59 us the message of salvation has been sent. Listen, we know the way now, and we're gonna tell you what the way is. For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers recognizing neither him nor the utterances of the
18:10 prophets which are read every Sabbath fulfilled by these condemning him. And they found no ground for putting him to death. And they asked Pilate that he be executed. When they had carried out all
18:22 that was written concerning him, they took him down from the cross and laid him in a tomb. Here's what he's saying. Our fathers, your dads, they didn't recognize this. They sat in the same
18:34 synagogues we're sitting in, hearing the same prophets you're hearing read, and missed the whole mark. And in the same way that our fathers killed the prophets, men of Israel were the ones that killed Jesus. Even though
18:46 there was nothing wrong with him, you had Pilate execute him. And he was executed on a cross, and then you took down his body from the cross. That's history. That's evidential. Everybody knows this, and that's the
18:58 savior. When you talk about Jesus, you have to talk about the death of Jesus. Without the death of Jesus, there is no hope. Without the death of Jesus, our sin cannot be paid for. Without the death of
19:10 Jesus, we're still dead in our trespasses and sins. It's only through our savior Jesus Christ can that be made. And the only way he could pay for sins is to be the eternal son of God. That's why you have to
19:21 clearly communicate Christ. Because if you ask a Mormon, do you believe in Jesus? They'll tell you yes. If you ask somebody from that's, Muslim, do you believe in Jesus? They'll say yes. But then you ask
19:33 the Mormon, do you believe that in the trinity, do you believe Jesus has always been God who became a man? They would say, no. We believe Jesus was a man who became God, just like we're mere men who are gonna become God.
19:45 You're like, oh, that's a different Jesus. And if you talk to Muslims and ask them, do you believe Jesus is the son of God? They're like, no, I don't. He's a good teacher, but he's not God. So don't believe the same
19:56 thing. I mean, when you believe that Jesus is God who died on the cross, everything changes. You need to be clear in your communication who you're talking about. Because if you ask people, do you love Jesus? Most people
20:07 say, yeah, I think he's good. I have no problem with him. Until you start spelling out who he is, and then all of a sudden you have a problem with him. Right? When you start saying, well, he said he was the way, the
20:17 truth, and the life, and that no 1 comes to father except through him. So he's so exclusive that if you don't believe in Jesus alone, and you haven't had him atone for your sins, you don't get heaven no matter what. You
20:25 believe that? No. I don't believe that. That's that's fundamentalist. No. That's a gospel. Do you understand what I'm saying? And so Paul is clearly communicating to them that Jesus is the Christ, the son of the living
20:36 God. But notice this. Notice verse 30. I love this verse. But God raised him from the dead. Okay. That deserves applause. But God raised him from the dead.
20:51 See, what makes Jesus different than anyone else who's claimed to be God is that when he died, he got back up. He's still alive. He's as alive as he's ever been. Death couldn't conquer him. It's amazing
21:03 to me how everybody thinks they're going to heaven. Like, they can't even plan their week. They can't even hit their alarm to get out of bed in the morning. And yet, somehow, they're going to overcome death and be in
21:12 heaven. How are you gonna do that? I mean, you better take the 1 along who's already done it. Only Jesus can get you to cross that chasm. That's what Paul's saying. That's what I'm saying. Jesus is so
21:24 exclusive. There is no other way. But he's inclusive in the way that if anybody, anywhere at any time, would repent of their sins and trust Jesus as Lord, they can be forgiven to the full too. Anybody can.
21:37 That's the message. We gotta be clear when we communicate these things. Because if there is no resurrection, I mean if there is no resurrection, then the story of Jesus is just a biography.
21:49 It's not good news. But he did rise from the dead. Amen? He rose from the dead. Verse 31, and for many days, he appeared to those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, the very ones
22:01 who are now his witnesses to the people. And we preach to you the good news of the promise made to the fathers, That God has fulfilled his promise to our children and that he
22:13 raised up Jesus. And it is also written in the second Psalm, you are my son. Today I have begotten you. As for the fact that he raised him from the dead, no longer to return to decay,
22:25 He has spoken in this way, I will give you the holy 1 and sure blessings of David. Therefore, he also says in another Psalm, I believe it's 16, you will not allow your holy 1 to undergo decay. For David, after he had
22:36 served the purpose in his own generation, fell asleep and was laid among his fathers and underwent decay. But he whom God raised did not undergo decay. Jesus is unlike anyone else.
22:48 Jesus is unlike anyone else. He he's the God man. He's not just a human being that became God. He was God before he became a human being. He put on flesh. He lived the life. He took our sin. He
23:00 paid it in full. He was buried in a grave. He rose from the dead. He's as alive as he's ever been and there is no other way to God except through him. Anyone else who says there's another way is a
23:12 pretender. There is no other way. It's only through Jesus. This is what he's telling Israel. Saying, you can be a good Jew and still miss heaven if Jesus is not your Lord and savior.
23:24 You can be a good Baptist and miss heaven if Jesus is not your Lord and savior. You can be a good Catholic and miss heaven if Jesus is not your Lord and savior. You can be a good Mormon and say, I believe in Jesus. But
23:33 if you don't believe the God of the Bible, the God man Jesus who died for your sins, you won't get heaven. Who we say Jesus is. Because if you don't have a need
23:45 for him, you won't want. It's really interesting. This is how everybody seems to communicate in the New Testament. You remember Jesus after he rose from the dead and
23:54 he's walking back to Emmaus, I believe it is 7
23:54 mile walk. And, you know, walking back to Emmaus, I believe it is 7 mile walk. In Luke chapter 24 verse 27, Jesus says this, then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he explained to them
24:06 the things concerning himself in all the scriptures. I've told you before, if I could hear any sermon Jesus ever gave, that's the 1 I wanna hear. Can you imagine? Jesus starting in Genesis 1 1 walking all the way
24:17 through the whole old testament saying, okay, this is me, this is me, this is me, this is what it all means. I mean, you talk about a concentrated seminary class. I mean, unbelievable. He's just telling them all about
24:29 himself. Acts 2 36, therefore, let all this house of Israel know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ. Paul says in first Corinthians 15, for I
24:40 delivered to you as first importance what I also received that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures and he was buried and that he was raised on the third day according to the scriptures. If you share a
24:51 gospel that doesn't involve the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, you have not shared the gospel. We need to be clear on what we say. Now if there's a blurry road sign, it doesn't help you. If it's snow
25:03 covered, it doesn't help you. If you go visit a doctor and he doesn't give you a clear diagnosis because he's afraid of hurting your feelings where he sits there and says something like, yeah, your blood markers aren't
25:13 looking good, but let's just kind of take a pause. Let's not look any further because we may get some bad news. You probably wouldn't want that doctor. You want the people that can call it out. I mean, I have a friend
25:23 who's an endodontist. I happen to go in. He said, you need to come see me. So I went and saw him. He's like, we're going to do a little test with cold on your tooth. And about 30 seconds later, he's like, yeah, you need
25:31 a root canal. I'll see you next Monday. I'm like, hey, thanks. You want people that know what they're doing. When you're sharing the gospel, you have to make sure that you share Jesus, because of all you share is, hey,
25:43 do you want to go to heaven? Yes. Do you want your sins forgiven? Yes. Did you know Jesus can do that? No. What do I need to do? Just believe it. Okay. I'm in. That's a very different gospel
25:55 than the God man Jesus who came for you because you're dead spiritually. There's nothing you can do, and you need Christ to get you to heaven. Are you willing to repent and make him the Lord of your life? That's a
26:06 different gospel, because that's a true gospel. So make sure when you communicate Christ, communicate him clearly. Communicate him clearly. I know in Latin American context, there's a lot of Jesus's out there. They go by
26:16 Jesus. You know Jesus? Yeah. I know. He plays shortstop. You know, you you have to communicate who Jesus is so that people can make a good decision. Paul walks through redemptive history.
26:28 He's not giving personal opinion and what I would say in most churches, proclamation, not hard truth. People want
26:40 hard truth. If you just give them the truth, they can make their own decisions. So communicate Christ clearly. Second, do this. When you're sharing the mission of Christ, when you're sharing the gospel, promiseShow more
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