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How To Finish What We've Started For Christ Series
Contributed by David Scudder on Nov 28, 2017 (message contributor)
Summary: I don’t know about you, but I find it a lot easier to start projects than it is to finish them. Many of us have unfinished projects around the house to prove it. The Christian life can be that way too.
Robert Moffett said,✔ “We have all eternity to celebrate our victories but one short hour before sunset in which to win them.”
Jesus Himself said, John 9:4 “We must work the works of Him who sent Me as long as it is day; night is coming when no one can work. (NAU)
1 John 3:2-3 2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is. 3 And everyone who has this hope fixed on Him purifies himself, just as He is pure. (NAU)
CONCLUSION: If Jesus were to appear this morning and end human history, what would He say about your work for Him?
Paul taught us that only Christ evaluates our service correctly all of the time. 1 Corinthians 4:1-5 1 Let a man regard us in this manner, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. 2 In this case, moreover, it is required of stewards that one be found trustworthy. 3 But to me it is a very small thing that I may be examined by you, or by any human court; in fact, I do not even examine myself. 4 For I am conscious of nothing against myself, yet I am not by this acquitted; but the one who examines me is the Lord. 5 Therefore do not go on passing judgment before the time, but wait until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the things hidden in the darkness [#1 reveal things about other servants of Christ we know nothing about] and disclose the motives of men’s hearts [#2 reveal what was really in our hearts when we served Him]; and then each man’s praise will come to him from God. (NAU)
✔ God bas many servants, but little service in the world. Thomas Adams [Thomas, I. (1996). The golden treasury of Puritan quotations. Includes index of authors. General index created by Christian Clasics Foundation. (electronic ed.). Simpsonville SC: Christian Classics Foundation.]
