Preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ
About this sermon
Pastor Dean Odle’s “Preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ” is a practical call for every believer to speak the gospel clearly and courageously. From Mark 16 and 2 Corinthians 4, he argues that Christians are not commissioned merely to behave well in public or offer vague encouragement. They must proclaim Jesus Christ: who He is, His fulfillment of Scripture, His death for sins, His burial and resurrection, and the necessity of repentance, faith, and surrender to His lordship.
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Worship and prayer lead into a call for hearers to become disciples and witnesses.
Mark 16 establishes that preaching the gospel is a direct responsibility, requiring preparation and willingness to go.
From 2 Corinthians 4 and Matthew 5, Odle says a godly life supports witness but does not replace explicit proclamation.
The gospel must identify the biblical Jesus—God manifest in the flesh and the promised Messiah—not a vague or counterfeit figure.
Old Testament prophecy, including the suffering Messiah, is presented as the apostolic foundation for identifying Christ.
Odle explains the saving events and insists that biblical faith includes repentance and surrender to Christ’s lordship.
The sermon addresses alternate religious claims and urges believers to reason from the preserved Scriptures.
Reliance on the Holy Spirit produces courage and clarity rather than fear or self-promotion.
The congregation is sent out to preach Christ’s death, burial, resurrection, and call to repentance.
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Thank you Jesus. [music] Thank you Jesus. Thank you that you take the foolish things [music] to confound the wise. Lord God, yes. Thank you that you can you can use a donkey, Lord [music] God. to speak to Balam. Thank you, Lord Jesus. [music] Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Lord Jesus. You can [singing] take what's broken, [music] make [singing] it whole again. Here's [music and singing] the piecees of my heart. Can you deal [singing] with it? [music] I can't hold it together anymore. [singing and music] So [singing] I let them fall [music] surrendered to the [singing] flow. You make [singing and music] all things new. [music] You make [singing] all things [singing and music] new. Lord God of mercy and [singing and music] love do what only you can [music] do and make all [singing] things new. Thank you [music] Jesus. Only [singing] you can bring such [music] beauty from [singing] the depths of all my pain. Only [singing and music] you can take this shattered heart and make it beat again. [music] Oh, you hold it all [singing] together in your hands. I surrender [singing and music] all I have and all I am. [music] You make [singing] all things [music] new. Lord, you make [music and singing] all things new.
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[singing] Lord God of mercy and [singing] love, [music] you are only you can do [singing and music] and make all things [singing] [music] new. Yes. From the [music] ashes, from the dust [singing] we rise up. I'll rise up [singing] out of darkness into light. I [singing] will rise up. I'll rise up from the ashes. From the [singing] dust [music] I will rise up. I'll out of darkness into [singing] light. I will rise up. I'll rise on [singing] you. You make all [music] things new, Lord. You make [singing and music] all things [music] new. [singing] God, God of mercy [music] and love, you are only you can [singing and music] do and make all things [singing and music] all things. [singing] Lord, you make [music] all things [singing] new. [music] Thank you Jesus. [singing] Thank you Jesus. [music] Blessed [singing] be the Lord our God. The Lord our God. Thank you Jesus. [singing and music] We will bless you Lord. Thank you Jesus. Lord [singing] our God. [music] Thank you. God who was and is [singing] and is to come. Holy [singing and music] Lord, blessed be your holy name. [singing] [music] Blessed be your holy name, Lord. We love you, Lord Jesus. Just tell him, Lord, I love you this morning. Thank you, Jesus. I love you, Lord. In the name of Jesus, I just bind every hinder in spirit. I bind every principality and power and ruler of darkness, throne and dominion that would come against this meeting. And I bind you in Jesus name. Thank you, Jesus. Command you to stop your maneuverings in Jesus name. No weapon formed against the child of God shall prosper in the name of Jesus. And I thank you Lord God. I thank you Lord that you make all things new. I thank you Lord God that you are the greatest of great in Jesus name.
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Thank you Lord. [music] The spirit of [singing and music] my Jesus is upon me. [music] For he has [music and singing] anointed me to bring good tidings to the lost, [singing] to bind [singing] the brokenhearted and to [singing and music] proclaim help to the captives. [music] And he opened [singing] up the prisons to those [music and singing] who are bound. Thank you, Jesus. Yes. Thank you, Lord. It's [singing] the [music] anointing [music] that makes the difference. [music] Once you know [singing] it, you will never be the [singing] same. [music] Hey, you can't live [singing] without him. [music] Once [singing] he's rested on you, he [singing and music] will teach you how to walk in Jesus name. [singing] In Jesus [singing and music] name. In Jesus [music and singing] name. [music] You [singing] will cast out demons. Praise God. [music] In [singing] Jesus name. [music] You will speak [singing] with new tongues. You'll lay [singing] your hands upon the sick [music] and they [singing] shall recover. [music] And all these things you [music] shall do in Jesus [singing] name. It's the anointing [singing and music] that [singing] makes the difference.
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[music] Once you know [singing] him, [music] you will never [singing] ever be the same. [music] You can't live [singing] without him [music] once [singing] he's rested on you [music] and he will teach you how to walk [singing] in Jesus [music] name. Yes. In Jesus [music and singing] name. [music] In [singing] Jesus name. [music] In [singing] Jesus name. [music] Oh, I love you, [music] Jesus. Thank [singing] you, Jesus. I love you Jesus. [music] [singing] Once [music] you know him, you [singing] will never have be the same. [music] Oh, and you can't [singing] live without [music] him. Once he's [singing] rested on you, [music] [singing] he will teach you how [music] to walk in Jesus [singing] name. Yes. In Jesus [singing and music] name. [music] In Jesus [singing] name. Jesus name. [music] Praise God. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you for your mercies that endure forever. Thank you, Lord, for your grace that's sufficient. Thank you, Lord. Blessed be your holy name. Thank you, Jesus. We're going to do break every chain. Who needs [music] a chain broke in here? Somebody need a chain broke. Well, we're worshiping [music] the God who can break chains. We're worshiping the God whose voice is upon many waters, the God of our glory thunders. Amen. You can thunder louder than Satan. Amen. Praise God. [music] So, so we just need to lift up our voices to the Lord this morning because he's worthy. Yes.
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