11/2 Becoming Who You Are III

Philippians 2:12-15

¹² Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. ¹³ For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. ¹⁴ Do all things without murmurings and disputings: ¹⁵ That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world

I.       WHO WE WERE.

1.    Born in Sin. Psalm 51:5

2.    Dead by one mans sin. Romans 5:12

3.    In Bad SHAPE. Ephesians 2:1-3

4.    Cut off from God’s Life. Ephesians 4:17-19

5.    Cut off from Covenants and Promises.

Ephesians 2:12-13

6.    Blind Mind. 2 Corinthians 4:4

7.    Under Power’s of Darkness. Colossians 1:13      

8.    Enemies of God. Romans 5:10

9.    Deserving Death. Romans 6:23

 

II.   WHAT JESUS DID.

1.    Became Sin for us. 2 Corinthians 5:21

2.    Became our Substitute. Galatians 3:13

3.    Became our Mediator. 1 Timothy 2:5

4.    Shed His Blood. 1 Peter 1:1-19

5.    Took His Blood before the Father. Hebrews 9:11-14

6.    Gave us All things for Life and godliness. 2 Peter 1:3-4

7.    Did it ALL for us. Isaiah 53:4-6

8.    Changed our Heart. Ezekiel 36:25-27

9.    Broke the Power of Sin. Romans 6:14

10.                        Works in us both desire and ability. Philippians 2:13

 

III.      WHO WE ARE.

1.    Born Again. 1 Peter 1:23

2.    Justified.  Romans 5:1

3.    Sanctified. 1 Corinthians1: 2

4.    Children of God.  Romans 8:16

5.    Infused with Seed of God. 1 John 3:9

6.    Temple’s of the Holy Spirit and The Living God

1 Corinthians 6:19, 1 Corinthians 3:16-17

7.    Blameless Before Him in Love. Ephesians 1:3-4

8.    Righteousness of God in Christ.  2 Corinthians 5:21

9.    Royal Priesthood.  1 Peter 2:9-10

10.                        Aroma of Christ

2 Corinthians 2:15 KJV

¹⁵ For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish.

 

2 Corinthians 2:15 NIV

¹⁵ For we are to God the pleasing aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.

 

 

11.                        Bride of Christ.

John 3:29-30

²⁹ He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled. ³⁰ He must increase, but I must decrease.

 

Bridal partnership is all about reproduction from like kind

 

Genesis 2:20-25

²⁰ And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him. ²¹ And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; ²² And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. ²³ And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. ²⁴ Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. ²⁵ And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

 

12.                        Heirs of God and Joint Heirs with Christ.  Romans 8:17; Galatians 3:29; 4:7

 

Romans 8:16-17

¹⁶ The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: ¹⁷ And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

 

13.                        Light of the World.

Matthew 5:14-16

¹⁴ Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. ¹⁵ Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. ¹⁶ Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

 

14.                        Salt of the Earth.

Matthew 5:13

¹³ Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

 

IV.  WHAT WE MUST DO.

1.    Keep your Position in Christ in Mind.

2 Corinthians 5:21

²¹ For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

 

2.    Work Out This Salvation.

Philippians 2:12

¹² Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

 

3.    Present our self as a Living Sacrifice.

Romans 12:1-2

 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. ² And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

 

4.    Do the Will of God.

Matthew 7:21

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10/19 Becoming Who You Are II - Recapturing the Beauty of Holiness

Becoming Who You Are II

Recapturing the Beauty of Holiness

Philippians 2:12-15

12　Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. ¹³　For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. ¹⁴　Do all things without murmurings and disputings: ¹⁵　That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world

WHO WE WERE

Born in Sin. Psalm 51:5


Dead by one mans sin. Romans 5:12


In Bad Shape. Ephesians 2:1-3




1. Cut off from God’s Life. Ephesians 4:17-19


Cut off from Covenants and Promises.


Ephesians 2:12-13
Blind Mind. 2 Corinthians 4:4


Under Power’s of Darkness. Colossians 1:13




2. Enemies of God. Romans 5:10


Deserving Death. Romans 6:23

WHAT JESUS DID

1. Became Sin for us. 2 Corinthians 5:21


Became our Substitute. Galatians 3:13


Became our Mediator. 1 Timothy 2:5


Shed His Blood. 1 Peter 1:1-19


Took His Blood before the Father.


Hebrews 9:11-14
Gave us All things for Life and godliness.


2 Peter 1:3-4
Did it ALL for us. Isaiah 53:4-6




2. Changed our Heart. Ezekiel 36:25-27


Broke the Power of Sin. Romans 6:14

10.Works in us both desire and ability.

Philippians 2:13

WHO WE ARE

Born Again.


1 Peter 1:23
23　Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.


　


1. Justified.


Romans 5:1
Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:


Sanctified.


1 Corinthians 1:2
2　Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:




2. Children of God.


Romans 8:16
16　The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God.


Infused with Seed of God.


1 John 3:9
9　Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.




3. Temple’s of the Holy Spirit and The Living God


1 Corinthians 6:19
19　What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?


1 Corinthians 3:16-17
16　Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? ¹⁷　If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.


　
Blameless Before Him in Love.


Ephesians 1:3-4
3　Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: ⁴　According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:




4. Righteousness of God in Christ.


2 Corinthians 5:21
21　For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.


Royal Priesthood.

1 Peter 2:9-10

9　But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: ¹⁰　Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

10/12 Before & After

Philippians 2:12-15

¹² Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. ¹³ For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. ¹⁴ Do all things without murmurings and disputings: ¹⁵ That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world.

Work Out - katergázomai; to work. To work out; trans. to bring about, accomplish, to carry out a task until it is finished.

Philippians 2:12-15 AMP

12  Therefore, my dear ones, as you have always obeyed [my suggestions], so now, not only [with the enthusiasm you would show] in my presence but much more because I am absent, work out (cultivate, carry out to the goal, and fully complete) your own salvation with reverence and awe and trembling (self-distrust, with serious caution, tenderness of conscience, watchfulness against temptation, timidly shrinking from whatever might offend God and discredit the name of Christ)

 

I.                   WHO WE WERE.

1.    Born in Sin.

Psalm 51:5

⁵ Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me.

 

2.    Dead by one mans sin.

Romans 5:12

¹² Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned.

 

3.    In Bad Shape.

Ephesians 2:1-3

And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, ² in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, ³ among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.

 

4.    Cut off from God’s Life.

Ephesians 4:17-19

¹⁷ This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind, ¹⁸ having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart.

 

5.    Cut off from Covenants and Promises.

Ephesians 2:12-13

¹² That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world.

 

6.    Blind Mind.

2 Corinthians 4:4

³ But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, ⁴ whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.

 

7.    Under Power’s of Darkness.

Colossians 1:13

        ¹³ Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

 

8.    Enemies of God.

Romans 5:10

¹⁰ For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.

 

9.    Deserving Death.

Romans 6:23

²³ For the wages of sin is death…

 

II.     WHAT JESUS DID.

 

 

1.    Became Sin for us.

2 Corinthians 5:21

²¹ For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

 

Hebrews  9:28

²⁸ So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

 

1 John 3:5

²⁸ So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

 

2. Became our Substitute.

Galatians 3:13

¹³ Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree.

 

1 Peter 3:18

¹⁸ For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit.

 

 

3. Became our Mediator.

1 Timothy 2:5

⁵ For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.

 

Hebrews 7:25

²⁵ Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

 

4.    Shed His Blood.

1 Peter 1:18

¹⁸ Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; ¹⁹ But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.

 

5.    Took His Blood before the Father.

Hebrews 9:11-14

¹¹ But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; ¹² Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. ¹³ For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: ¹⁴ How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

 

6.    Gave us All things for Life and godliness.

2 Peter 1:3-4

³ as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue.

 

7.    Changed our Heart.

Ezekiel 36:25-27

²⁵ Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. ²⁶ I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. ²⁷ I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them.

 

8.    Broke the Power of Sin.

Romans 6:14

¹⁴ For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.

 

9.    Works in us both desire and ability.

Philippians 2:13

¹³ for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure