1 00:00:05,773 --> 00:00:07,714 Christianity is radical. 2 00:00:07,714 --> 00:00:09,750 It is not an add-on to your life. 3 00:00:09,750 --> 00:00:11,432 It changes your entire life. 4 00:00:11,432 --> 00:00:13,607 It is a new pair of glasses 5 00:00:13,607 --> 00:00:15,719 where you see everything new. 6 00:00:15,719 --> 00:00:17,385 When I was saved, I went outside 7 00:00:17,385 --> 00:00:19,412 and I saw the trees and I saw the flowers 8 00:00:19,412 --> 00:00:20,875 and I broke down weeping, 9 00:00:20,875 --> 00:00:22,925 because for the first time I realized 10 00:00:22,925 --> 00:00:27,222 that those were creations from our God. 11 00:00:27,222 --> 00:00:34,268 How do I say this without being impolite? 12 00:00:34,268 --> 00:00:36,621 How many of you are playing church? 13 00:00:36,621 --> 00:00:38,755 You need to wake up. 14 00:00:38,755 --> 00:00:40,070 Before it's too late. 15 00:00:40,070 --> 00:00:44,527 And you need to be shaken awake. 16 00:00:44,527 --> 00:00:46,591 Many people are doing church. 17 00:00:46,591 --> 00:00:48,521 Many people think that their 18 00:00:48,521 --> 00:00:50,805 church attendance merits them something. 19 00:00:50,805 --> 00:00:52,223 Many people are just 20 00:00:52,223 --> 00:00:54,645 adding on this Sunday service begrudgingly 21 00:00:54,645 --> 00:00:56,377 for the sake of their reputation 22 00:00:56,377 --> 00:00:58,387 or because their parents say that they should, 23 00:00:58,387 --> 00:01:01,724 or because polite company says that they should. 24 00:01:01,724 --> 00:01:03,804 But many people in these churches, 25 00:01:03,804 --> 00:01:06,401 I have appealed for missionaries 26 00:01:06,401 --> 00:01:08,227 from many people that don't need 27 00:01:08,227 --> 00:01:10,036 to think about becoming missionaries. 28 00:01:10,036 --> 00:01:11,479 You need to think about 29 00:01:11,479 --> 00:01:13,296 repenting and believing. 30 00:01:13,296 --> 00:01:15,089 And when that happens, 31 00:01:15,089 --> 00:01:16,680 when the Lord grabs you, 32 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:18,539 He grabs you drastically. 33 00:01:18,539 --> 00:01:20,705 And I don't know any other salvation 34 00:01:20,705 --> 00:01:22,960 besides a radical salvation. 35 00:01:22,960 --> 00:01:24,984 So I was going this way, 36 00:01:24,984 --> 00:01:28,616 and the Lord made me go this way. 37 00:01:28,616 --> 00:01:33,621 When I was younger, I talked to a preacher 38 00:01:33,621 --> 00:01:36,516 and he said, "you just need to choose heaven or hell." 39 00:01:36,516 --> 00:01:37,787 And that's not it at all. 40 00:01:37,787 --> 00:01:41,679 What idiot would make the wrong choice then? 41 00:01:41,679 --> 00:01:44,904 You need to see that Christ is the most beautiful thing 42 00:01:44,904 --> 00:01:46,021 in the universe. 43 00:01:46,021 --> 00:01:47,779 You need to see the attractiveness, 44 00:01:47,779 --> 00:01:49,577 the beauty of Christ. 45 00:01:49,577 --> 00:01:51,173 In everything you do, 46 00:01:51,173 --> 00:01:57,127 you should try to make Christ glorious. 47 00:01:57,127 --> 00:02:00,723 And you should love Him closer than a brother. 48 00:02:00,723 --> 00:02:03,338 And when that happens... 49 00:02:03,338 --> 00:02:07,464 David Livingston, the missionary to Africa, 50 00:02:07,464 --> 00:02:10,813 he said if the commission of an earthly king 51 00:02:10,813 --> 00:02:12,688 is to be considered an honor, 52 00:02:12,688 --> 00:02:14,397 why would we consider the commission of 53 00:02:14,397 --> 00:02:17,882 our heavenly King to be considered a sacrifice? 54 00:02:17,882 --> 00:02:21,373 And so this, it sounds crazy, 55 00:02:21,373 --> 00:02:26,720 but my life is the logical outcome of the Christian faith. 56 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:30,611 So I'm not a wild-eyed zealot. 57 00:02:30,611 --> 00:02:32,602 I'm not a wild-eyed fanatic. 58 00:02:32,602 --> 00:02:35,434 I'm living logical Christianity. 59 00:02:35,434 --> 00:02:37,323 I'm not a second tier Christian. 60 00:02:37,323 --> 00:02:39,540 I am a very average person, 61 00:02:39,540 --> 00:02:42,143 but I serve an extraordinary God. 62 00:02:42,143 --> 00:02:45,511 And I'm living out just what the faith 63 00:02:45,511 --> 00:02:48,313 should logically have us do. 64 00:02:48,313 --> 00:02:51,227 In Acts 13, you had the church fasting and praying 65 00:02:51,227 --> 00:02:52,468 deliberately to send out people 66 00:02:52,468 --> 00:02:53,864 to the Gentiles. 67 00:02:53,864 --> 00:02:55,962 They sold their property and divided it among the church. 68 00:02:55,962 --> 00:02:57,969 How many of you have done that? 69 00:02:57,969 --> 00:03:00,433 The Moravians sent out 1 out of every 12 of their people. 70 00:03:00,433 --> 00:03:02,836 How many people are here? 71 00:03:02,836 --> 00:03:06,233 You owe me a few people. 72 00:03:06,233 --> 00:03:09,317 So, let's get zealous. 73 00:03:09,317 --> 00:03:13,005 Let's pray for a holy ambition. 74 00:03:13,005 --> 00:03:16,540 Let's pray that the Lord would make us 75 00:03:16,540 --> 00:03:21,421 wide-eyed zealots for His cause. 76 00:03:21,421 --> 00:03:26,139 Maybe I ought to end on that.