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Paul had no target group! All needed to be saved, and hededicated himself to going out to meet the lost in theirsituation, but never at the expense of being anything less thanwhat God called him to be, and that was to be “holy, even asI [God] am holy.” Second Corinthians 5:14-21 confirmsPaul’s selfless, evangelistic purpose:For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thusjudge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: Andthat he died for all, that they which live should nothenceforth live unto themselves, but unto him whichdied for them, and rose again. Wherefore henceforthknow we no man after the flesh: [Christ died for all; allneed to be saved; we seek to win all] ... Now then we areambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech youby us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled toGod. For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knewno sin; that we might be made the righteousness of Godin him.Paul was willing to be a servant to all so that he mightpresent Christ to all, regardless of their station in life (vv. 19,20). He went out; he did not stylize a “seeker service” to lureunbelievers in. The walk of the believer is to be distinctlydifferent from that of the world; it is not to mirror the walk ofthe world (Eph. 2:1-3).No, Paul did not become like the unsaved with respect totheir lifestyle nor address their desires to meet theirperceived “needs” of the flesh! He was still ministering“under the law to Christ” (v. 21) and kept his body under thecontrol of the Holy Spirit of God (vv. 24-27). The differencewas that he was willing to be “a servant,” to do what hecould to gain a hearing. No one was beneath any social oreducational constraints. No one was off-limits due to theirethnic or cultural differences. To the philosophers on Marshill, Paul used their idolatry and superstitions as aspringboard to tell them of the “unknown God” that they122
ignorantly worshipped; he preached to them Christ crucifiedand risen again (Acts 17:22-34). The Gospel testimony in thepagan city of Ephesus did not result in the church beingpatterned after the predominate culture of the community--the temple of Diana. No, the proclamation of Christ ruinedthe business of the ungodly, and changed lives resulted in achanged culture, not a changed church (Acts 19:21 ff).Another example of this willingness to subjugate personalliberty to win the lost is found in the advice given by theapostles at Jerusalem in Acts 15. Even the Gentile convertsliving among unsaved Jews were to be “under the law” in thesense that they would not eat that which would be offensiveto the Jews they were trying to reach with the Gospel (Acts15:25-29). “Style” of ministry is not the issue here.The church is to evangelize, but in such a way that theBiblical purpose for the church is not compromised.Saddleback’s strategy is deficient and dangerous.123
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Warren Tells Pastors to Get Rid of
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