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RADICAL DEVOTION: Part 2

Key Points & Quotes

Speaker: Pastor Perry Noble

Date: 2-9-2010

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Foundational Scripture: Acts 26:12-18

 ¹² “One day I was on such a mission to Damascus, armed with the authority and commission of the leading priests. ¹³ About noon, Your Majesty, as I was on the road, a light from heaven brighter than the sun shone down on me and my companions. ¹⁴ We all fell down, and I heard a voice saying to me in Aramaic, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is useless for you to fight against my will’

 ¹⁵ “‘Who are you, lord?’ I asked.

   “And the Lord replied, ‘I am Jesus, the one you are persecuting. ¹⁶ Now get to your feet! For I have appeared to you to appoint you as my servant and witness. You are to tell the world what you have seen and what I will show you in the future. ¹⁷ And I will rescue you from both your own people and the Gentiles. Yes, I am sending you to the Gentiles ¹⁸ to open their eyes, so they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God. Then they will receive forgiveness for their sins and be given a place among God’s people, who are set apart by faith in me.’

1)      Radical devotion begins with an accurate view of Jesus (vs. 15)

a.       We wouldn’t speak to Jesus like we do if we truly understood who He is

b.      Before we can discover what God wants, we need to know who He is

c.       We don’t have a “stuffing” problem, we have a Jesus problem

d.      If we truly understood who Jesus was, we would treat everyone in such a way that they can see they are interacting with Him. He said “no matter where we eat, my server has a SOUL – so tip well!”

2)      Radical devotion calls us to action (vs. 16)

a.       When the alarm (any alarm - house, car, internal, etc…) goes off, we can’t pretend it’s not going off! We can’t pray it away! We must act.

b.      If it is God’s will, it’s God’s bill – let’s stop telling God what He can’t do

c.       Vision calls us to action – sometimes that action is uncomfortable

d.      Let’s seek comfort LESS and Christ MORE

e.       Don’t worry about closing the back door of the church. If people aren’t leaving then we aren’t leading

3)      Radical devotion will impact me personally

a.       There are very few pastors who are willing to fight for their flock because it produces too much personal cost

b.      Jesus basically said to Paul – you’re going to witness for me, serve me, and it’s going to hurt

c.       Vision – got to see it – got to feel it – lead out of revelation and not imitation

d.      Radical devotion impacts us personally and it does cost but we will NEVER pay the price that Jesus paid – so it doesn’t cost enough to quit

4)      Radical devotion will lead to the supernatural (vs. 17-18)

a.       Jesus is supernatural! He told Paul that he would

                                                               i.      Deliver him from his people

                                                             ii.      Open their eyes

                                                            iii.      Turn darkness to light

                                                           iv.      Have them receive forgiveness

                                                             v.      And be sanctified by faith

b.      Don’t create a strategy – beg God for intervention

c.       What politicians talk about will one day fade – what Pastors talk about will never fade