Ep 56: Eastbound and Down

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Well, good morning, I'm Daniel
Dalp and this is for your Sunday

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mind on those spiritual things

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Let's go ahead and get the show

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on the road this morning.
This is episode 56, eastbound

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and down.
Let's go to church.

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Are we there yet?
Early last month I saw a news

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story come across my
notifications about an

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overturned semi truck causing
traffic issues in Henderson, KY.

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Now those of you who are
familiar with Henderson know

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that that is hardly news and
certainly isn't a surprise.

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And seeing a semi truck
certainly isn't out of the

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ordinary.
It's pretty mundane actually, as

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a quick Google search told me
that there are about 2.9 million

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of those trucks on the road at
any given point within the good

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old US of A.
But what was interesting about

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this story is what the truck was
carrying.

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It was full of Bibles, precious
cargo.

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Indeed, a truck chock full of
the Word of God had jackknifed

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and overturned and was expected
to back up traffic in the area

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for at least six hours.
The Word of God was causing a

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disruption.
And that got me to thinking

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about us as Christians,
specifically about the imagery

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used by Paul in Second
Corinthians chapter 4.

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In verses 5 through 7 he says,
for we do not preach ourselves,

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but Christ Jesus the Lord and
ourselves your bond servants for

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Jesus sake.
For it is the God who commanded

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light to shine out of the
darkness, who has shown in our

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hearts to give the light of the
knowledge of the glory of God in

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the face of Jesus Christ.
But we have this treasure in

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earthen vessels.
Some versions are going to read

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clay jars that the excellence of
the power may be of God and not

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of us.
You see Paul is saying here, hey

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Christians, how awesome is it
that the glory of God, the good

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news, the gospel of Christ,
something so precious, so

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valuable, something with such
disruptive life changing

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potential is entrusted and sent
out into the world in something

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that's fragile, flawed,
commonplace and easily broken as

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us, his imperfect human
servants.

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What's more is that right after
this, Paul pins my absolute

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favorite verses in the Bible,
Second Corinthians chapter 4,

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eight through 10.
We are hard pressed on every

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side, yet not crushed.
We are perplexed, but not in

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despair, persecuted but not
forsaken and struck down but not

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destroyed, always carrying about
in the body the dying of the

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Lord Jesus.
That the life of Jesus also may

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be manifested in our body, those
jars, those mundane fragile

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earthen vessels, us.
The gospel within also sustains

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us.
Not so easily broken after all,

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it would seem.
But it's important to remember

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that we are sustained for a
purpose.

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We got to let what is in us out
the gospel.

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And just like that tractor
trailer dumping Bibles on a busy

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Rd. backing up traffic, when we
let His light shine, it should

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cause a disruption.
Now not an annoying holier than

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thou tirade or a cringe worthy
social influencer bit, but the

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kind that is genuine, heartfelt
and full of the simple truth

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that Jesus Christ came to save
sinners and Christians.

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When we do that, it's going to
be like when Paul and Silas and

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the other Christians in
Thessalonica were accused in

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Acts 17 verse 6 of quote.
Having turned the world upside

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down, you know each of us is
capable of doing that with the

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message of God.
And my encouragement to you

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today is to simply do it.
And if you see a fellow

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Christian out there doing the
same, encourage them also. 10

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four good buddy.
Keep up the good work.

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Well, those are my thoughts for
your Sunday morning drive.

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Now it's time to hear yours.
Our discussion questions for

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this week are what keeps us from
causing a disruption with the

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Gospel?
What would help you feel

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equipped in sharing the message
of Christ and what steps are you

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going to take to equip yourself?
How can you encourage others

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that are out doing the Lord's
work?

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And who can you tell about Jesus
this week?