You need a why when things get tough.
My purpose on this earth is to leave a room brighter than I found it. I will inspire people to be happy and hopeful in the person they are capable of becoming. My ultimate goal in this is to not reach the world but just one person. I will show people, although we are different, greatness is within us all.”
Someone most recently asked me how to live like God is with you. In order to do this, you need a why.
You need a why when things get tough. Why do you press on when there is a virus and people are dying?
Why are you not worried about losing your job?
Why do you have hope?
-There are issues of this life that bring challenges. Those challenges can knock you down.
-The reason they present challenges is because of the fallen state of humanity since sin entered the world.
-There is no such thing a perfect world because of sin. Sickness, violence, famine, death, disagreements, all entered the world as part of the curse for sin.
-Tough times are going to come. We are in them now.
-But as Christians we can have hope because of Jesus. This is the Gospel.
Gospel- Good news. This is our hope. This is our why.
-God had a plan to restore the world and bring hope.
-That plan is Jesus.
-Acts 10:34-48.
1.The gospel prevails over the issues of culture. (Acts 10:34-35)
-The circumstance was that the Jews wanted to kill Paul because they thought he brought gentiles into the temple area. Gentiles were non-Jewish. (Acts 21:27-22:22)
-In Acts 10 Peter is talking to the gentiles when he says acts 10:44-48
Gentiles- ANYONE not of Jewish race.
There was a group of Jews that were Christians and there was a group that was not. The group that was not Christian would not except the fact that salvation was for everyone. Cultural issue.
-The great commission. Jesus Last command to his disciples. Matthew 28:18-19. All nations! Cultural issue.
Background for gospel. (2 Timothy 2:8-9) God’s word is not chained.
-The gospel always prevails
The gospel prevails over the issues of government. (Acts 10:28)
Felix was the governor. (Acts 24:22-24)
-Agripa was the king. Acts 26:19-32
-Peter and John told to stop preaching Jesus’s name but prevail (Acts 4:18-20)
The gospel prevails over the issues of time. (Acts 10:42-43)
-The first account of the gospel of Jesus being preached after his death is recorded in Acts 2 when Peter stands up and addresses the crowd after Jesus’s death. This happened around the year 30 A.D……..its 2021 and this gospel is still being preached. Issue of time.
-Isiah mentioned what Jesus would do 600 years before it happened. (Isaiah 53:12)
-Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever.
-The gospel prevails over issues of sickness. (Acts 10:38)
-Matthew 8:17, The prophet Isaiah said, he took up our infirmities and carried our diseases.
-The gospel prevails over the issues of sin. (Acts 10:43)
1 Peter 2:24
-Know your why is the gospel because the gospel prevails over all the issues of life.