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The one who is righteous will live by faith for those who have heard the good news for those who know that we are saved by grace through faith. No matter how many times he confessed his sins no matter how many good deeds he did no matter how many times he prayed he still found himself swirling in the chaos of his own human nature, the nature of sin, until by God's grace God opened that verse for Him and God through his word revealed to Martin Luther that indeed the the one who is righteous will live by faith but we are righteous in Christ we are righteous in what Christ has done for us and so all the deeds that we do are not building for our righteousness, all the prayers that we pray are not building for us a righteousness for those who have heard the good news that Jesus died for their sins and they are saved those who believe their righteous because their righteous increased and they know that he has done for them what they cannot do for themselves. All of you sitting here today all of you are righteous not because of who you are but because of who you are in Christ in Christ you have been made righteous and the one who is righteous will live by faith. I love the Him that we teach to kids I don't know if we'd consider it a hammer a song that song that says I've got the joy joy joy down in my heart and then there's a verse that says I've got the love of Jesus love of Jesus down in my heart. Oftentimes people are reluctant to share the gospel because they're fearful of saying something wrong and it's scary we don't want to turn anyone down the wrong path but is telling someone that they are saved by grace through faith wrong absolutely not. Jesus did not give a caveat when he called to his disciples and said you are to go out and to proclaim you are to be my witnesses there were no seminaries they knew Jesus they knew the truth of who he was and who he was in their lives that's the experience that they brought to their witness you know who Jesus is you know who he is in your life that is the experience that you bring to your witness as you proclaim of all that he has done but what if we're not sales people what if we're just not born for sales we're gonna cut that one short really quick when we are evangelizing when we are proclaiming the good news we are not selling anything because when we're selling goods there's a chance that that good will fault her fail erode the good news of salvation in Christ and Christ alone it will never fail the good news that you are righteous because of Christ will never erode or rust or fade it is a promise eternally golden resting in the richness of God's own love and mercy for you now we're gonna get to the conviction part for those of us who like to talk and think that evangelism or neglect of evangelism may not apply to us I was on a plane once I had been in Omaha for a week and I was tired it was a short plane ride I just wanted to get home and I sat down and there were two women that were sitting next to me and I found out they were and soon enough they started chatting and they were talking about the Bible and I said to myself nope nope we are not gonna intervene we are not gonna say anything and they continue to talk and I couldn't help it by God's grace while I wanted to neglect evangelism while I wanted to neglect these two saints that sat next to me the Lord did not allow me he opened my lips and it was the most fruitful conversation they were just coming to know the Lord and it was such an honor and privilege to be able to share in that conversation I have other times other stories in my life where I know that as a talker I have chosen to not speak I have chosen to neglect the opportunity to share the good news I confess that to you as I confess it before the Lord because neglecting evangelism we are all guilty of that regardless if we like to talk or if we like to keep to ourselves we are all guilty of neglecting sharing the good news I want to encourage you this week encourage you to keep your eyes open to those around you who may not have heard the good news they may be in your own household they may be in your workplace your school room they may be in the grocery store we have heard many times about God's saying divine appointments for us what is evangelism but meeting that divine appointment to share the good news the good news that Christ has died Christ is risen and Christ will come again my brothers and sisters you are the disciples of Christ you are the witnesses of what he has done for you I encourage you I encourage you to go forth go forth this week seeking the people that God is sending you to seeking the people that God has placed in your lives to share the good news and just as Paul says go forth not ashamed of the gospel because it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who has to the Jew first and also to the Greek for in it the righteousness of God is revealed through faith for faith as it is written the one who is righteous will live by faith go forth knowing that you are righteous in Christ

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