#343: Almost Persuaded - Choosing to Believe in an Age of Unbelief
Allen Jackson Ministries
Ben Hayes
4.9 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 16 August 2022
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
What does it mean to be a person of belief in a season when skepticism is more popular? In this sermon, Pastor Allen Jackson discusses the middle ground of being "almost persuaded" to believe in Jesus. He presents a series of statements, such as "I am persuaded; Jesus of Nazareth is the Way, the Truth, and the Life," and discusses why each proclamation is true. Belief is not static but is something that is constantly growing or diminishing. Pastor Allen invites us to personally reflect on each statement as a way to strengthen our convictions so we can serve the Lord with an undivided heart.
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| 0:00.0 | If Jesus isn't welcome, I don't want to go. |
| 0:05.0 | I don't want to go. |
| 0:10.0 | I don't intend to tone down my enthusiasm for him or dampen my efforts to share the good things |
| 0:19.1 | about him that I know. |
| 0:20.5 | If anything, I want to figure out how to turn up the volume on that. Yes it will |
| 0:25.1 | cost me some things. I'll forfeit some invitations there'll be some people who |
| 0:29.5 | be frustrated by it. There'll be those who will withdraw. I'll be eliminated from some settings. I got |
| 0:36.6 | that. Nevertheless, I'm persuaded. |
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| 1:00.0 | Now it's on to Pastor Allen. Be blessed. |
| 1:06.0 | Our title is almost persuaded. |
| 1:09.0 | And it's really going to be a discussion about what it means to be a person of belief in a season when unbelief is more chic. |
| 1:19.0 | It seems to me that skepticism is more highly valued in contemporary culture than saying |
| 1:24.8 | you're a devout person of faith. And I think that's probably even true within the |
| 1:30.7 | hearts of so many of us who gather in churches. Some of us are proud of |
| 1:35.0 | our skepticism. And fellows I think it's probably more true of us than it is the |
| 1:40.4 | women. I'm not, I maybe have some opinions around that, but I don't think it's helpful. |
| 1:46.9 | So we're going to do a little personal self-evaluation as we walk through this study. |
| 1:52.2 | And I'm going to ask you just to quietly do some reflection |
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