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\u201cIn my view, people are never closer to living out the teachings of\nChrist than when they are adding value to someone else\u2019s life.\xa0 And\npeople who are far from God are rarely more impacted than when they see\n21st-Century Christ-followers behaving as Christ behaved.\u201d
\n~Bill Hybels

Title of my Message:\xa0 The Power of Doing Good

(Titus\n3:8)\xa0 \u201cI want you to stress these things, so that those who have\ntrusted in God may be careful to devote themselves to doing what is\ngood. These things are excellent and profitable for everyone.\u201d
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(Titus 3:1)\xa0 \u201cRemind the people to be ready to do whatever is good.\u201d

(Titus\n3:14)\xa0 \u201c(Christ-followers) must learn to devote themselves to doing\nwhat is good, in order that they may not live unproductive lives.\u201d
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Three Important Questions

1.\xa0\xa0\xa0 Why should I do good?

\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Doing good is God\u2019s destiny for me.

(Ephesians\n2:10)\xa0 \u201cFor we are God\u2019s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do\ngood works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.\u201d
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2.\xa0\xa0\xa0 Where should I do good?

\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Do good wherever I am.

(Luke\n10:25-37)\xa0 On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus.\n\u201cTeacher,\u201d he asked, \u201cwhat must I do to inherit eternal life?\u201d
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\u201cWhat is written in the Law?\u201d he replied. \u201cHow do you read it?\u201d\xa0 He\nanswered: \u201c \u2018Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all\nyour soul and with all your strength and with all your mind\u2019 ; and,\n\u2018Love your neighbor as yourself.\u2019 "
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\u201cYou have answered correctly,\u201d Jesus replied. \u201cDo this and you will live.\u201d

But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, \u201cAnd who is my neighbor?\u201d

In\nreply Jesus said: \u201cA man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when\nhe fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him of his clothes,\nbeat him and went away, leaving him half dead.\xa0 A priest happened to be\ngoing down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the\nother side.\xa0 So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him,\npassed by on the other side.\xa0 But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came\nwhere the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him.\xa0 He went\nto him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine.
\nThen he put the man on his own donkey, took him to an inn and took care\nof him.\xa0 The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the\ninnkeeper. \u2018Look after him,\u2019 he said, \u2018and when I return, I will\nreimburse you for any extra expense you may have.\u2019\u201d
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\u201cWhich of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who\nfell into the hands of robbers?\u201d\xa0 The expert in the law replied, \u201cThe\none who had mercy on him.\u201d\xa0 Jesus told him, \u201cGo and do likewise.\u201d

3.\xa0\xa0\xa0 How should I do good?
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\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Do good however the Spirit leads me.

(Matthew\n9:35-38)\xa0 Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in\ntheir synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom and healing\nevery disease and sickness.\xa0 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion\non them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a\nshepherd.\xa0 Then he said to his disciples, \u201cThe harvest is plentiful but\nthe workers are few.\xa0 Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send\nout workers into his harvest field.\u201d
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