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When the term Reformed theology is used, it often refers to something less historical. Often it refers to a theology that acknowledges the doctrine of predestination and holds to a high view of the Bible as God’s inerrant Word. Sometimes it is also identified with the so-called five points of Calvinism: total depravity, unconditional election, limited atonement, irresistible grace, and the perseverance of the saints. These are all important teachings of the Reformed tradition, but they do not fully encapsulate or describe Reformed theology.
A better starting place is five statements that have been called the five solas of the Reformation. These five solas (sola is the Latin word for “only” or “alone”) are sola Scriptura (Scripture alone), sola fide (faith alone), sola gratia (grace alone), solus Christus (Christ alone), and soli Deo gloria (God’s glory alone). Put together, these solas clearly express the central concerns of the Protestant Reformation, which was about worship and authority within the church as much as it was about individual salvation. The “alone” in each is vital, and they emphasize the sufficiency of God’s Word and the gracious nature of salvation, received by faith alone, in Christ alone. The last of the five solas, soli Deo gloria, is the natural outworking of the first four. It reminds us that Reformed theology understands all of life in terms of the glory of God. To be Reformed in our thinking is to be God-centered. Salvation is from the Lord from beginning to end, and even our existence is a gift from Him.
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Sermon of the Week, H.B. Charles Jr, The Courage to Continue; When Fear Meets Faith: Finding Strength to Continue God's Work
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Welcome to Biblical Talks Sermon of the Week. Sometimes, when we read the Bible, we look at people in the Bible as some kind of superheroes. In the book of Acts we look at Paul as some kind of Superman. But Paul was as human as the rest of us. But Paul was as human as the rest of us If the Lord had to tell him not to be fearful. Apparently Paul struggled with fear. Think about that. Listen when you find your is taking the best of us. Today let's hear from HB Charles Jr as he preaches on the courage to be, the courage to continue in Acts 18, verses 9 to 10. Here's HB Charles Jr.
Speaker 2:The label, the message, the courage to continue. The courage to continue. Paul's second missionary journey was tumultuous. Before it began, paul and Barnabas sharply disagreed about whether to bring John Mark along. Their missionary partnership dissolved as a result. Paul, in silence, went one way, barnabas and John Mark went another way.
Speaker 2:Through a vision in the night, paul was led to the region of Macedonia. When he arrived there, he went to the city of Philippi, where the gospel he proclaimed was initially received. Well, then Paul was arrested, beaten, imprisoned and deported unceremoniously. So Paul left Philippi and went to Thessalonica, but there jealous men rose up against Paul and drove him out of the city. So Paul left Thessalonica and went to Berea. Acts, chapter 17, verse 11, says that the Jews there in Berea were more noble than the Thessalonians because they received the word with eagerness and searched the scriptures daily to see if the things Paul preached about Christ were really true. However, the jealous men from Thessalonica stopped Paul to Berea, and so Paul had to leave Berea, where he then went to Athens. There, as he preached in the center of academia, the intellectually elite and spiritually superstitious crowd at Mars Hills largely ignored Paul's gospel message. So he left Athens and went to Corinth. This is where chapter 18 of Acts picks up the story.
Speaker 2:Paul had left Athens and traveled some 50 miles to the city of Corinth. When he arrived, he was tired, fearful, lonely, frustrated and discouraged. His gospel labors seemed to only produce envy, persecution and rejection. There was little obvious success. Paul's ministry struggles issue a crucial warning that every believer here today needs to hear, a crucial warning that every believer here today needs to hear. Faithfulness does not necessarily produce immediate or automatic success. Your spiritual devotion to the Lord does not guarantee that things in life will go your way, but the Lord is faithful. The Lord is faithful. Over the years, I've received what I have come to call postcards from heaven. With smartphones, email and social media, we don't send postcards anymore, but the Lord does. Have you ever received a postcard from heaven? We're talking about those small and subtle ways the Lord communicates that he loves you, that you're still on his mind and that he is at work in your situation. I'm a beneficiary of postcards from heaven.
Speaker 2:I was a young pastor in my first church. Some trustees wanted to put me out. They couldn't get rid of me. The church loved me. They couldn't get rid of me, so they just stopped paying me. They couldn't get rid of me, so they just stopped paying me and thought that I would just leave if they stopped paying me. They didn't know that. There's not a price tag on my ministry, so I kept. I never said nothing, I just kept preaching, kept serving.
Speaker 2:One Sunday, a sweet old lady I can see her face came up to me after church. She said, pastor, I know what's going on and I got something for you. Put this in your pocket. And I put it in my pocket. I was in trouble financially. I put it in my pocket and I couldn't wait to get back to my study. See what this old lady gave me. And I got there and pulled it out of my pocket. It was $10. That wasn't enough to supersize my fries at McDonald's after church, but it was a postcard from heaven. It was a subtle way the Lord was trying to say I know what you're going through and I'm at work in your situation. I need to move on. But let me add another part of that story Without the church ever knowing it, I need to move on. But let me add another part of that story Without the church ever knowing it, I was able to go for several years without a salary because, as members found out what was happening, there was a group that started meeting. Hear me at an apartment on Monday night collecting my bills, distributing them to pay for it, to take care of me through all the turmoil.
Speaker 2:Post cards from heaven. This is what the Lord did for Paul in Acts, chapter 18, verses 1 through 11. When the weary apostle arrived in Corinth, the Lord sent him postcards from heaven, several. Let me mention three. First, he sent godly friends. Paul arrived at Corinth alone, but once there he met a couple named Aquila and Priscilla. They were tent makers by trade, just as Paul was. The couple had been kicked out of Rome by Claudius, along with the rest of the Jews, and had landed. They just happened to land in Corinth the same time. Paul was there and befriended him. Through providential orchestration of events, the Lord gave Paul both a job and a set of friends while he was in Corinth, and then later his partner Silas and his protege Timothy arrived from Macedonia. The Lord, when Paul needed him, sent a postcard from heaven through godly friends Church. If you got godly friends, don't discount that as a small blessing. The adventure of faith Cannot be navigated alone. You need godly people in your life who will stir you up to love and good works. Not only did the Lord send godly friends, the Lord opened doors. Look at chapter 18, verses 5 and 6.
Speaker 2:Paul was a Jew who started his ministry by going to the Jewish synagogues in every city. It is in this text where he turns finally to become the apostle to the Gentiles. Verse 5 and 6 tells us how it happened. When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, paul was occupied with the word, testifying to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus. And when they opposed and reviled him, he shook off his garments and said to them your blood be on your own head. I am innocent. From now on, I will go to the Gentiles. Innocent, for now on, I will go to the Gentiles.
Speaker 2:Paul was no longer allowed to preach in the synagogue in Corinth, but a God worshiper named Titus Justice permitted Paul to use his house to hold services so he could preach. Wait for it, saints. That house was right next door to the synagogue. That just put Paul out. And verse 8 says Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, together with his entire household and many of the Corinthians. The Lord, together with his entire household and many of the Corinthians hearing Paul believed and were baptized. Oh friend, don't be discouraged if it seems like doors are being closed in your face. The Lord knows how to open doors for you that no one can close, how to open doors for you that no one can close. The Lord sent godly friends, open doors and comforting words. That gets us to our text.
Speaker 2:In our text, the Lord speaks to Paul in a vision. It is one of six recorded visions Paul received in the New Testament. At critical times of his life and ministry. The Lord would give Paul direction and encouragement and assurance through visions. This is what happens in our text. This supernatural experience is called by the text a vision, and yet the emphasis is on what Paul heard, not what Paul saw. In difficult times, you, saint, can expect the Lord to provide support and to open doors. Don't expect visions in the night. Don't expect visions in the night. These words were not spoken to us here. The resurrected Lord made a special visit to Paul. But even though these words were not spoken to us, they were recorded for us In Acts, chapter 18, verses 9 and 10,.
Speaker 2:The Lord gives verse 9, commands to obey, verse 10, promises to claim. That's the text. The text, the courage to continue is as a result of the commands to obey and promises to claim Notice. First the Lord gives commands to obey. That's verse nine. The Lord said to Paul one night in a vision do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent. There are two commands here in verse 9. Let me lean in to both of them for a moment. First, the Lord tells Paul do not be afraid. Do not be afraid as Paul ministered in Ephesus in chapter 19,.
Speaker 2:A riot broke out. Paul's ministry partners were arrested. And if you look at the next chapter, acts 19, verse 30 and 31 says but when Paul wished to go in among the crowd, the disciples would not let him. Wished to go in among the crowd, the disciples would not let him. And even some of the Asiarchs, who were friends of his, sent to him and were urging him not to venture into the theater. That's Paul. He was a man, a real man, a courageous man. A riot broke out over his preaching and all his friends tried to hold him back for his safety. He was determined to go right into the mob and keep on preaching.
Speaker 2:But in our text we are reminded that the best of men are still men at best. Here we see there were times when this mighty man of God struggled with fear. Later he will write back to these Corinthians, in first Corinthians, chapter 2, verse 3, that I was among you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling bad experiences in in Philippi and Thessalonica, and Berea and Athens and Corinth had taken their toll on Paul. He now had become fearful. Can you see him in his bed one night, tossing and turning, unable to get to sleep, filled with fear? And the Lord said since Paul is up, we might as well talk.
Speaker 2:The first thing the Lord said to Paul was do not be afraid. This is more than a prohibition against fear. The grammar reads as a cease and desist order Stop being afraid. This is not just about Paul, this is for you, friend. I want to ask you what are you afraid of? Is there something in your life, something in your family, something in your work? Is it the results of the election? Whatever it is, I got a word from the Lord for you today Do not be afraid. Do not be afraid.
Speaker 2:Psalm 27, verse 1. The Lord is my light and my salvation. The Lord is the stronghold of my life. Fear not, for I am not dismayed. I am your God, I will strengthen you. I will just right here. Luke, chapter 12, verse 32, says fear not, little flock. It is the father's good pleasure to give you his kingdom.
Speaker 2:2nd Timothy, chapter 1, verse 7. For God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of self-control. Hebrews 13, verse 6, says so we can confidently say the Lord is my helper, I will not fear. What can man do to me? The old song says what have I to dread? What have I to fear? Leaning on the everlasting arms, I have perfect peace with my Lord, so near leaning on the everlasting arms.
Speaker 2:Why do Christians fear? Two reasons? There are only two reasons why any Christian in fear. Number one a guilty conscious produces fear. Proverbs 28, verse 1, puts it this way the wicked flee where no one pursues. When your conscience is guilty, it'll make you run, and ain't nobody chasing you. George Sewell said it well that fear is the tax that the conscious pays to guilt. If that is your situation, there's only one solution to that problem Repent, repent.
Speaker 2:1. John, chapter 1, verse 9, says if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us of our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. That doesn't mean that there won't be consequences, but there's no reason to be afraid. Let me tell you why. Because Psalm 30, verse 5, declares that God's anger is just for a moment, but his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may endure for the night, but joy comes in the morning. Now let's lay that aside. If you are afraid today, saint, and it is not because of a guilty conscience, there's only one other reason, one other explanation, and that's a lack of faith. If it's not a guilty conscience, if you are living in fear, it just exposes and betrays a lack of your confidence in God. Or to say it another way, fear and faith can't live in the same heart. One always chases the other away.
Speaker 2:When troubles come, we often ask God to fix the situation or to remove us from the situation. Have you noticed the Lord doesn't often answer that prayer, usually because he wants to teach us how to trust him in and through the situation. Martin Luther said it this way I know not the way he leads me, but I know well the guide. What have I to fear? I want to say to you, friend, you may not know where God is leading you, but the where ain't your business, the who is your business. I wish I had a witness there. In fact I'm glad I brought my own, just in case. David says that my life in trusting God is not always green pastures, still waters and paths of righteousness. Sometimes I got to walk through the valley of the shadow of death. But when I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I'm not afraid of any evil thing lurking in the valley because you are with me, your rod and your staff. They comfort me. Do not be afraid.
Speaker 2:Here's the second command Do not be silent. Do not be silent. Fear manifests itself in various ways, but I commend to you that fear typically attacks where you are called to obedience. We are afraid of obedience because fear tries to make us be responsible for the consequences. You're not responsible for the consequences, you're just responsible for the obedience. God will take care of the consequences. You just responsible for the obedience, god will take care of the consequences. And so, in this regard, fear becomes a ready tool of the evil, one to stop you from doing what God has called, commanded or commissioned you to do.
Speaker 2:This was the case with Paul. Everywhere he preached, trouble followed him and he was growing weary. Fear tempted him to be silent, but the Lord knew what he was going through. And in verse 9, he says do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent. So emphatic is this command that the Lord states it in parallel form, negatively and positively. Positively, he says go on speaking. Negatively he says do not be silent. Paul was not to let anything or anyone stop him from proclaiming Christ, doing God's will or serving the Lord. Neither are we.
Speaker 2:I hope you're not living with your head in the sand church. We living in critical times. We are living in critical times. I'm often asked by young men. They say to me what advice would you give a young man about preparing himself a young preacher, about preparing himself to minister in the days to come? And then, when I get over the fact that the language of the question assumes I'm an old preacher, I answer I think there are three things that the pastors and churches need to get ready to take a stand for in the days to come. Not because I have any particular prophetic insight that's not it but it's just obvious if you don't have your head in the sands.
Speaker 2:The culture we live in is attacking the authority of the word of God so that it can undermine the exclusivity of Jesus Christ, so that it can dismiss the message of the gospel. While the church is playing games with politics, the devil don't care about who in the White House. He's trying to stop the church from declaring and demonstrating Christ. And I declare Shiloh, this is not a time to be silent. You may have a difficult assignment, it may be an unfruitful season, you may be under spiritual attack, but don't stop being obedient to whatever God has called you to do, called you to do. Do not allow hard times, low support or mean people cause you to take the path of least resistance. Keep trusting God, keep serving the Lord, keep proclaiming the gospel, keep giving him your best, whatever you are going through.
Speaker 2:I got to move on, but I want to blow your mind. Could it be that you live by that nasty neighbor, not because of the neighbor nastiness, but because God wants to use you to be a witness to that person, to that person? Could it be those crazy people that you got to work with? Could it be that it's not about the job? Could it be that God wants you to be light and salt in a dark place and salt in a dark place. Could it be that your sickness is not about your sickness, but that when you show up to the doctor in the hospital for treatments and for medication, you can be a witness of what it looks like to keep trusting in the Lord, even when your body is wracked with pain? Do not be silent, keep praising him, keep serving him, keep loving him, keep obeying him, no matter what those are the commands to obey. Let me move on quickly to show you the promises to claim.
Speaker 2:The Lord, in verse 9, tells Paul what to do, verse 10,. The Lord tells Paul why to do it. There's exhortation verse 9,. Explanation verse 10. For I am with you and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many people in this city who are my people. Three assurances, quickly. Three assurances. First, there's the assurance of God's presence. Go, therefore, and make disciples, says Matthew 28, verses 19 and 20. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you and, behold, I am with you always.
Speaker 2:To the end of the age, a minister went to visit a sick member and read to her, matthew 28, closing with those words Lo, I am be with you. He says I am with you. Paul's ministry partners were coming and going. Paul felt all alone, but the Lord gave him this assurance I am with you. And I want you to know that assurance is not unique for Paul, that divine assurance you can count on in your life today. Your friends may leave you, your family may forsake you, your loved ones may fail you, the church may disappoint you, those who you trust may betray you, but hear Jesus say I'm with you. Do you believe that church?
Speaker 2:Psalm 46, verse 1, says God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Literally, that means in the Hebrew that God draws near when you find yourself in tight places. I wish I had a praying church. You got a lot of people in your life. When you get in a tight situation, they do the moonwalk on you and you don't see them anymore. But the Lord says when you are in a tight place, that's when I get closer. But the Lord says when you are in a tight place, that's when I get closer.
Speaker 2:When your body is sick, god is there. When your burden is heavy, god is there. When your faith is tested. God is there when your heart is broken. God is there when your mind is confused. God is there when your mind is confused. God is there when your money is gone. God is there when your strength is low. God is still there. But not only is there assurance of God's presence, there's assurance of God's protection, presence and protection.
Speaker 2:Verse 10 says I am with you. That's presence, here's protection. No one will attack you to harm you. Now, this is not a blanket promise. Now, this is not a blanket promise. Don't put this verse on your mirror and run around. Is a guarantee that no one will ever attack you to harm you. It's not a blanket promise. Paul suffered harmful attacks previously and he will suffer harmless attacks again. The promise specifically applied to Paul's missionary work in Corinth. Verse 10 indicates that there were many people in the city that God planned to reach and he was going to use Paul as his agent in Corinth. Verse 11 says that Paul spent a year and six months in Corinth teaching the word of God among them, and the Lord gives Paul this assurance for his entire stay in Corinth. No one will attack you to harm you. Amen, to harm you. You got work to do here and no one will attack you to harm you. Did God keep that promise? Well, look at verse 12 through 17. I just want to read it to you. You don't think I'm making it up.
Speaker 2:When Galileo was pro-consul, the governor in Acadia, the Jews made a united attack on Paul and brought him before the tribunal. It took him to court and they said this man is persuading people to worship God, contrary to the law. But when Paul was about to open up his mouth to defend himself, the judge Galileo said to the Jews if this was a matter of wrongdoing or vicious crime, oh, jews, I'd listen. I have reason to accept your complaint. But since this is a matter of questions about words and names and your law, this ain't my business. I refuse to be a judge about these things". And he drove them out of court. And when he drove them out of court, they grabbed Sassanese, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him up in front of the judge. And the judge said huh, that ain't my business. Y'all not listening to me. All of Paul's enemies got together and took him to court so that the judge will condemn him. So he would be beaten. Not only did he not get beaten, but the one that led the crowd y'all not hearing me here got beaten in front of the judge who did nothing to help.
Speaker 2:Oh church, what I'm trying to say. This is not just a pause, this is for you. Hear me. The servant of God is indestructible until his work is done. How long will you live? I know how long you will live.
Speaker 2:Ephesians 2.10 says for we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works that God preordained that he should walk in them. You know what that means. As a Christian, you will live long enough to walk out all the good works that God has planned for your life. You don't have time to waste. You got to be busy doing what the Lord would have you to do, but the text is saying you can do so with confidence.
Speaker 2:This is his promise to Paul while he did his work no one will attack you to harm you. Notice how carefully this promise is worded. He didn't say that Paul wouldn't be attacked. He just said when they attack, I'll make sure they don't harm you. Isaiah 54 says this way. Isaiah 54, 17,. No weapon that is fashioned against you shall prosper and you shall confute every tongue that rises up against you in judgment. It doesn't mean the enemy won't fashion weapons, but is there a witness? God is able to keep you when you can't keep yourself. There is assurance of God's presence, assurance of God's protection. Finally, assurance of God's purpose, of God's protection. Finally, assurance of God's purpose. I am with you. No one will attack you to harm you, for because I have many in this city who are my people.
Speaker 2:James Montgomery Boyce comments here that of all the things the Lord said to Paul in this vision, undoubtedly this is the most important. I don't know if you catch the tension of the text, but what the Lord is saying here is that what he was doing in and for and through Paul was not about Paul. It was about the glory of God, the salvation of the lost and the edification of the church In God's eternal purpose. He chose to save many people in Corinth and in his sovereign grace he chose Paul to be his messenger and promises I'll protect you while you own assignment. Here's the point. I don't know if you're getting it. Here's the point. It's not about you, it's not about me. You got to hang in there for Christ's sake. This final assurance is encouragement for the church as we carry out the Great Commission. I have many people in this city who are my people. What city, corinth?
Speaker 2:Corinth was one of the most wicked cities in Asia Minor of the ancient world. To call a woman a Corinthian woman was slang for calling her a prostitute. That's how debased and corrupt and wicked the city was. Yet the Lord said I got many people in this city Church. This is why, if you are a Christian, you can't get all preoccupied with the election stuff. It may look like the devil is winning, but God knows how to infiltrate his people in places you can't imagine.
Speaker 2:Now let me be quick to say that this assurance refutes the heresy of universalism. The Lord had many in Corinth, but they would not be saved automatically. Someone had to preach the gospel to them. Someone had to tell them that we are sinners who are in rebellion against God and will give an account to him for our lives. We cannot save ourselves or make ourselves right with God, but God sent his son Jesus, who lived a righteous life, died at the cross for our sins and rose from the dead. And if you turn from your sin and trust in Christ, you will be saved. Someone had to tell them that, and and the Lord assigned Paul to be his messenger to the lost people in Corinth and he promised to be with them and to protect him for the sake of the people who needed to hear the gospel. Romans 10, 13 is one of the greatest promises in the Bible Whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. But then verses 14 and 15 of Romans 10 gives a series of dilemmas that prevent lost people from calling on the Lord for salvation. How can you call on somebody you don't believe in? And how can you believe in somebody you've never heard of? And how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach unless they be sent? The Lord sent Paul to preach in Corinth and gives him this assurance as he preaches, and gives him this assurance as he preaches. I have many people in this city who are my people. This is a subtle but powerful confirmation of the doctrine of election.
Speaker 2:Ephesians, chapter 1, verse 4, says we are saved, believer, because we are chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world. We don't say it that way. When we testify, we're saying I was down and I was looking for an answer and I didn't have any hope in my life, and then one day I found the Lord. You didn't find the Lord. The Lord wasn't lost, you were, and any of us that are saved. Ultimately, we are not saved because we chose the Lord. We are saved because his grace chose us when we hated him, when we didn't know who he was, when we could not find ourselves. We were gripped by his amazing grace and this is why we proclaim the gospel with boldness. This is why, friend, you don't have to be discouraged. You don't have to manipulate people, you don't have to pervert the message. You can just proclaim Christ with confidence that God will draw to himself those who should be saved.
Speaker 2:I got one more paragraph hanging there. I got one more paragraph hanging there. I imagine Paul is laying there, fearful, discouraged, wanting to quit, and the Lord says since Paul's up, we might as well talk. Paul, I know what you're going through, don't be afraid. Yes, lord, keep on speaking, don't be silent. I will, lord, for I am with you, praise you, lord, no one will attack you to harm you. I thank you, lord, for I have many in this city who are my people. Huh, lord, I don't mean any disrespect, disrespect, but have you been outside lately? It's just wickedness. On parade in the streets, the lord says I've been outside, I've seen, but I also see, not just what you see. I see what you can't see and what I see. You see the wicked and the unbelievers and the prostitute and the hateful and the racist and the unbelievers and the prostitutes and the hateful and the racist and the corrupt. But I see that there are many in this city who are my people. Here's a devotional thought I want to close with. That I hope will be good news to somebody here. Hang in there, friend.
Speaker 2:Things are not always what they seem. It may seem like your work is not making a difference. It may seem that the word is not being received. It may seem there is no fruit from your labor. It may seem like no lives are being changed. It may seem like you keep running into closed doors, but what they see, god is at work behind the scenes and God has many in your place that belong to him. And Romans 8, 28 is still true, and we know that all things work together for good to those who love God and are the called according to his purpose. I'm finished. God be praised for his.
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