Phos Church Messages

Isaiah 40: 28-31
28 Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
and his understanding no one can fathom.
29 He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak.
30 Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
31 but those who hope in the Lord
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.

“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
—-Luke 10:27

TEXT: 1 Corinthians 9:19-23; Philippians 1:3-6; Philemon 4-7; 1 John 1:3
CENTRAL TRUTH: Paul described himself as a “partner” in The Gospel of The Lord Jesus Christ.
PURPOSE: For people to become “partners” in the gospel with The Lord and other Christ-Followers.

“Come - friend, you are welcome”
“Come - you are invited”
“Come - you are valued”
“Come - you are loved”
“Come - just as you are”

Where is your treasure? Your heart will be with your treasure

Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed

Life does not consist in the abundance of possessions

Jesus is teaching that entrance to the kingdom of heaven is gained
ONLY by the generous grace of God. It can’t be earned by wealth, nor position, nor anything we that do.

The first AND the last are all equal shareholders in an extravagant, eternal reward - we’re all joint-heirs with Jesus

And if those of us who claim to know God and to be about His business
(those who started work early in the day) if we ctually know God’s heart, if we actually want God’s kingdom to come, if we actually want God’s will be done - We WILL GLADLY welcome the last ones in. We will have to celebrate and be glad when the last ones in receive their reward.

If we claim to know God and to be about His business we’ll stop comparing, stop grumbling, stop worrying about who’s the greatest, stop worrying about the hierarchy - we’ll stop crying NO FAIR!

We’ll not only GLADLY welcome the last ones in, we’ll help bring them in!
We’ll celebrate and rejoice when they receive their reward