Motivated
A. WHY DO SOME CHOOSE NOT TO SERVE GOD?
1. Ignorance? (Eph. 4:17-18; Gal. 4:8).
2. A lack of motivation? (Rom. 2:4).
B. DO WE NEED MORE TEACHING OR MOTIVATION?
C. WHY DO YOU SERVE?
A. CHILDREN PLEASING THEIR PARENTS IS GOOD (2 Tim. 3:14-15; Eph. 6:1).
B. WE MUST NOT OFFEND IN THE MATTER OF LIBERTIES (Rom. 15:1-3).
C. BUT WHAT IS OUR PURPOSE? (1 Thess. 2:3-4).
D. DOING RIGHT WILL NOT MAKE US POPULAR (Luke 6:26; John 15:18-20).
E. PLEASING MEN WILL TURN US FROM THE TRUTH (Gal. 1:10).
A. THERE IS MONEY TO BE MADE (1 Tim. 6:3-5).
B. THERE ARE LUSTS TO FULFILL (2 Tim. 3:5-7; 2 Pet. 2:1-2).
C. THERE IS POWER TO BE HAD (3 John 9-11; Matt. 23:2-4).
D. BUT TRUTH IS SACRIFICED (Rom. 16:17-18).
E. SO MUCH MORE CAN BE OURS (Matt. 6:19-21; Act 3:5-6).
A. FEAR.
1. Healthy respect (Acts 13:16; Acts 10:2, 35).
2. Afraid (Heb. 10:31; Matt. 10:28; 2 Cor. 5:11).
3. Extreme care in what we do (1 Pet. 1:17).
4. Like a Father and child (Heb. 12:9-10).
5. Fear overshadowed by love (1 John 4:18).
B. REWARD.
1. The NT speaks of Great Reward (Matt. 5:12; Mark 10:29-30).
2. Spoken of in different terms (1 Thess. 4:17; Rom. 8:17-18).
3. We are encouraged to look for this reward (2 Cor. 4:18; Col. 3:1-2).
C. DUTY (Luke 17:10)..
1. BEHOVE, opheilo "to owe," is once rendered "behove," Heb 2:17; it indicates a
necessity, owing to the nature of the matter under consideration See BOUND,
DEBT, DUE, DUTY, INDEBTED, MUST, NEED, OUGHT, OWE. (Vine)
2. What man is (Ecc. 12:13-14).
3. The sense of what is right is appealed to (Rom. 2:4; Rom. 12:1; Gal. 2:20).
Just, righteous, one who is such as he ought to be (Thayer).
4. Our desire (Luke 18:13-14).
5. A sense of honor and duty are proper motivation.
E. MOTIVATION MUST BE COMPLETE (2 Cor. 5:17)..
1. It involves a new perspective (Col. 3:1-2)
2. It involves a new striving (Phil. 1:27).
3. It involves a sacrifice of self (Luke 14:26-27, 33; 2 Cor. 8:5).
4. How much are we loved?
a. John 3:16; Rom. 5:8-10.
b. John 15:13-14.
5. That love demands something of us (2 Cor. 5:14-15).
a. 1 John 4:9-10, 19.
b. Matt. 22:37.
A. TWO THINGS I DESIRE:
1. In this life (Psa. 27:4).
2. When this life is over (Luke 18:14).
B. THEY CAN BE OURS IF WE DO WHAT GOD WANTS.