26.09.08 “How Far is Too Far?” (1 Corinthians 9:19-22)

 

In almost every endeavor in life there are limitations, boundaries, for our own safety and survival, right? You and I have both pressed against those boundaries in our life journeys, haven’t we? Hopefully we learned important life lessons in those times. Yet in every generation there have been those people willing to push beyond the boundaries, to risk life and limb to accomplish what others have never been able to do, sometimes to their own detriment. Have you known anyone like that? Lately, we’ve been seeking to understand Paul’s remarkable first letter to his Christian friends in the first century city of Corinth, Greece. Paul’s words are so relevant to our day, aren’t they? In his 9th chapter Paul makes this remarkable, boundary stretching statement: ‘Though I am free and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible…I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some. I do all this for the sake of the Gospel…’ (1 Cor. 9:19,22) Yes, slavery, as we know, was prolific in the first century Roman empire. But Paul was a free Roman citizen! (Acts 16:38)

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Pastor Doug Anderson    “Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, with our eyes fixed on Jesus…” (Heb. 12:1,2)

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