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First Corinthians chapter 9 verses 22 and 23.

To the week I became week that I might win the week. I have become all things to all people

that by all means I might save some. I do it all for the sake of the gospel that I may share with them in its blessings.

Oh, what a great picture, and particularly when you compare it to what we saw in 1st Corinthians chapter 8,

when we prayed through there. So the whole picture in the previous chapter, 1st

Corinthians chapter 8, was laying aside your rights for the good of other brothers

and sisters in Christ.

But now in 1st Corinthians chapter 9,

Paul takes that to a whole other level

because he starts talking about laying aside his rights

for the spread of the gospel of those who don't believe in Christ, for those who are lost,

who are apart from God, who have not believed in Christ.

And Paul says, I lay down my rights for them to the week I become weak that I might win the

week I become all things to all people that by all means I might save some in

other words he is laying down his life for people who are apart from God around him saying

how can I lead them to Christ? What can I do? I don't want to hold on to my rights and he even talks about like his right to earn money

in this way or that way for proclaiming the gospel.

He says I'll put that aside if that's going to compromise in any way the gospel.

I want to lay down my rights to lead people to Jesus. I do

it all, Paul says, for the sake of the gospel that I may share with them in its

blessings.

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