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Jun 19, 2016

Training for the Eternal Gold

Passage: 1 Corinthians 9:24-27

Preacher: Pastor Tim W. Young

Series: God's Love Letter to an Unlovely Church

Category: 1 Corinthians

Summary:

Main Text - 1 Corinthians 9:24-27; OT Reading - Isaiah 40:21-31; NT Reading - 2 Timothy 4:1-9

Detail:

"God’s Love Letter To an Unlovely Church”

 “Training for the Eternal Gold”

  1 Cor 9:24-27   Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. 25  Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. 26  So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. 27  But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.

 

The Christian Life Is Not a Sprint But a Marathon and Requires Purposeful Disciplined Effort

 

  1. Do You have a Place at the Track – 24

 

                Paul and the Games

 

                You and the Games

 

               There are no…

 

  1. Do you have a Plan of Attack – 25-27

 

      How does he run? –

                

               Do you have a plan….

 

               Do you exercise proper  

 

                               

  1. Do You Want the Plaque In the Back – 25b

 

                              2 Timothy 4:6-8  

                               

                              Matthew 10:22-23  

 

 

  1. Will You Heed the Plea To Not Slack - 27

 

     What does “disqualified” mean?

 

               Is Paul fearing the loss of his     Phil 1:6

 

               Is Paul fearing the loss of                1 Cor 3:15

              

               Is Paul fearing being disqulaified as an example? –  

 

               Is Paul fearing the eternal fate of the false preachers - Matthew 7:22-23