POURING OUT OUR LIVES Text Matthew 26 6

POURING OUT OUR LIVES Text: Matthew 26: 6 -13

ERIC LIDDELL Olympic Champion and Missionary Chariots of Fire (1902 -1945)

What Are You Willing to Pour out to Extend the Kingdom of God?

I. MARY POURED OUT HER EXPENSIVE PERFUME (John 12: 1 -8) Matthew 26: 6 -13; Mark 14: 3 -9; Luke 7: 37 -39; John 12: 1 -8

I. MARY POURED OUT HER EXPENSIVE PERFUME (John 12: 1 -8) “Truly I tell you, wherever this gospel in preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her. ” Matthew 26: 13; cf. Mark 14: 9

II. PAUL POURED OUT THE REMAINDER OF HIS LIFE (II Timothy 4: 6) ““For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time for my departure is near. ” II Timothy 4: 6

II. PAUL POURED OUT THE REMAINDER OF HIS LIFE (II Timothy 4: 6) “ Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God. ” Romans 1: 1; cf. Titus 1: 1

II. PAUL POURED OUT THE REMAINDER OF HIS LIFE (II Timothy 4: 6) “. . . he loved God, loved the church, and loved all the believers, and therefore he emptied himself, humbled himself, and lived out the sacrificing life of Christ to serve God and man. ” Stefan Misaras (from London, UK) “Learning to Be Slaves of God”

III. JESUS POURED OUT HIS BLOOD POURED FOR MANY (Matthew 26: 27) “then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, ‘ drink from it, all of you. 28. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for (in place of) many for the forgiveness of sins. ” Matthew 26: 27, 28; cf. Mark 14: 23: 24