The Responsability Of Salvation

4. I ‘m not who I think I am, I am not who you think I am, I am who God says I am!

5. And God says that our primary identification is not that you re a man or a woman, not that you re a husband or a son, or a daughter or a mother, or a wife.

6. God says that our primary identity is that we are a minister of Jesus Christ.

7. If you ll let that sink into your life, it will flat out change your attitude on everything. You are not who you think you are, and you are not who I think you are, you are who God says you are!

8. And God says we were created, we have been saved, and we have been called into ministry.

9. We are ministers of Jesus Christ. We could just stop here and go home because that s one of the most profound truths you ll understand. When you became a Christian, you became a minister. It s clearly taught in Scripture. We were called, We were created, We were saved to minister!

10. The bible teaches that we are all ministers, and that is what we are saved and called to be!

H. As I said before you have also been gifted for ministry

(1 Pet 4:10 NIV) Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms.

I. We have also been authorized for ministry.

(Mat 28:18 - 20 NIV) Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."

1. We have been given authority by Jesus himself to be ministers and carry out the ministry that he started he on Earth.

2. The bible says "We are therefore Christ s ambassadors." An ambassador is someone who represents royalty or a throne or government.

3. The Bible says you re an ambassador on the earth for Jesus Christ. If someone comes up to you and says, "So you are minister of Jesus Christ, huh?" Then you should say yes I am!

4. And if they say, "Who do you think you are, anyway?" You say, "I am one that has been authorized by Jesus Christ to be a minister."

5. It s not because you deserve it. You don t. It s not because I deserve it. I don t deserve to be in the ministry. I don t deserve even to be a Christian.

6. But it s all by God s grace. I have been authorized and you have been authorized to minister to other people.

J. And you have been commanded to minister.

(Phil 2:5 - 7 NIV) Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.

1. Jesus said in Matthew, "You attitude must be like my own, for I, the Messiah, did not come to be served, but to serve."

2. Jesus said it s not an option! We may not like to hear it, but A non ministering Christian is not obeying God.

3. God expects us to be like Jesus.