Sanctification: becoming like Jesus

Text:

Philippians 2:12 - Not to work for your salvation, we must work out your own salvation.
Ephesians 2 - Stages 2:8-10 (Salvation workmanship, salvation broken life)
John 3 - You've condemned already, Jesus did the work by dying on the cross, sanctification I am what I am.

1. Our Standard - wherefore v.12
• His Humiliation 2:5, 8 (humbled himself, attacking anyone brings you backward.
• His Exaltation 2:9 (to get exaltation you must humble yourself)
2. Our Sentiment - Be Loved v.12
• Love others to be like Jesus - Matt 22:9
• 1 John 2:20-21 - love them both
• love thy enemy - Matt 5:44
3. Our Submission - Always Obeyed v.12 - Acts 10:13-15
• Some things must go! you must OBEY - - - We Must Submit - - -
4. Our Stimulus - In my Absence v.12
• - - WE CAN FAIL with sin - - John 17:17
5. Our Striving - - work out - - are we putting the efforts - -
• a work of adoration -"with fear"
• a work of anxiety - "and trembling" - - due the work through us...

Is Jesus are role model

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Book Review-A Woman after Gods own Heart

A Woman after Gods own Heart (Elizabeth George)

Become the woman of excellence God designed you to be, experience real peace and joy as you follow God in every area of your life and become a woman after HIS heart. With excitement and from personal experience, Elizabeth George shares practical, biblical insights on how you can pursue God's priorities when it comes to, your husband, your children, your home, your walk with the Lord, your ministry.

I gave this book a rating of * * * * *

Bible Study-Psalms 23 (The Shepherd Psalms) PART 3

Text: Psalms 23:3

The Shepherd's Leading

• As a Shepherd always goes ahead of his flock, so also does Jesus stay in front of those who trust and love them.
• We must be willing to be led. (John 10:14)
• We procure special blessings for believing although we see him not.
• We need the grace to wait to be led. God is all-powerful but he does not overrule our will. We can know the will of God for our lives. (Lam 3:25, Psal 37:7, Psal 59:9, Isa 30:18, Isa 40:31, Psal 62:5)

-Leading us in Gods business: (Psa 32:8, Deut 32:11-12, Psa 139:9-10)

-Jesus can lead us by still waters but sometimes also through foaming torrent, up the stony mountain track through the valley of the shadow of death, etc. (Isa 43:2)

-God has a purpose for us: Det 8:2, Jer 29:11, Psa 40:5

-We must trust God because he leads us through the right paths.

-Christ's ways are along "Paths of righteousness" when we despair as we go through rough times, let's remember: Psal 103:14

-Path's through which God leads us: Psal 16:11, 119:35, 25:10, 31:3, 66:11, Prov 2:8-9, 4:11, Isa 2:3, 26:7, Jer 42:3

-We do not need to plead with God to lead us. He pledged to do so for his "namesake" God's name denotes his character so he guarantees to lead us in the right way.

He is:

WONDERFUL: his power will overrule everything for our highest good.

COUNSELOR: his wisdom will work all things out.

THE MIGHTY GOD: he will do nothing inconsistent with his divine integrity.

THE EVERLASTING FATHER: he loves his children.

THE PRINCE OF PEACE: he became peace for us.

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Blood Atonement every sin washed away

Text: Hebrew 9:22-27, Rom 5:8, Joh 15:13

• God loves us
• Check last week Sunday service "Justified"-Rom 4
• You get to heaven by your faith, not your good deeds.
• Atonement-to cover, to purge, reconcile, cover over with pitch. "Noah ARC covered"
• Lev 17:11 (Life=Blood)
• Gen 4:7 (Shredding)
• 1 John 1:7 (cleanse)
• Understanding how the Lord sheed his blood-Gen 4:1-5

1. The Penalty for Adam's sin-Gen 4:1-5
2. The Process of Old Testament bloodshed-Heb 9:7, Lev 16:29-30
3. The Purpose of Old Testament Bloodshed-Heb 9:13
• Purified to the future
• Super points back to the cross a sample
• Pointed to the future.
4. The power of Christ blood-9:14, Jesus was the final sacrifice.
• Purifies the soul, Dirty heart needs to clean to get heaven, God can clean our heart.
• Prepares for service, to serve, serve him more. . . what are you giving back to him? Jesus pushed us out of Hell.
5. The plea of Christ's blood, 12:24, Rev 1:5.
• Faith take away our sins.
• How to serve in my time? My quiet time with Jesus, Family, Work share my faith.

GB

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Bible Study-Psalms 23 (The Shepherd Psalms) PART 2

Text: Psalms 23:3

He Restoreth my Soul:

• To restore the soul is to revive or quicken.
• These are more precious words, we would have no need for restoration.

Causes:

1. Negligence in reading the word of God and private communion. We skim his word and barely pray. (Revelation 1:3, Psalms 119:176, 1 The 5:17)
2. Unconfessed sin, we tend to imitate Adam  & Eve by hiding our sins. There can be no fellowship between God and us when we don't confess our sins. (Prov 28:13, Jer 3:22, Joh 2:16, Jer 30:17, Isa 57:18, Hos 14:4, Psa 51:12, Mic 7:20)
3. The influence of the world. It's impossible for us to spend so much time in the world without losing something. However, the Lord can protect our hearts and souls if we are in tune with him. (Joh 17:15)
4. Neglect of some known command. (Eph 4:30, 1 The 5:19, Jam 4:17)

• Ways we can be restored: The world (nature) around us is full of restoration processes. Likewise, God uses many ways to restore u. Jesus our good shepherd restored the soul of Peter through various stages: praying for him warning him, turning and looking at him, sending him a message by the angel on the resurrection day and lastly restoring him. (Luk 22:32, Joh 21:15-17)
• Restoration is ours to appropriate, let us not wait for days or weeks to pass before we turn to our savior for restoration. (Joel 2:25, Psal 40:5, Psal 139:17)

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The Need for an "Every Word"

Text: Psalms 12:6-7

1. The Preserver - Job 7:20
• He Preserves . . .
• The sanctity of life - Gen 45:5; 2 Sam 8:6
• Our spirit - Job 10:12
• The saints -  Psa 37:28; Jude 1
• The soul of mankind - Psa 121:7
• Our steps - Psa 121:8
• His scripture - Psa 138:2
2. The Process of Biblical Preservation
• 2 King 10:10; Psa 100:5; 1 Pet 1:25
• The canonization of scripture-How did the know? Luke 24:44 (old testament) endured by Jesus (new testament) the churches & the counsels excepted the new testament Jn 14:26.
• The Holy Spirit helped in remembering.
• The Copies of the Scriptures-All originals are gone. (God could have preserved it if he wanted too)
3. The Practice of Preservation
• Our Fear of God - Deut 6:24
• Our Character - Psa 25:21
• Godly Wisdom - Prov 2:11; 4:6; 20:28
• Our Daily Sacrifice - Luke 17:33

GB

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Book Review - Quitter

Quitter (Jon Acuff)

Do not quit your job to follow your dream. But Jon Acuff is smarter than that. Quitter is about going from cubicle-bound to Outward Bound without committing financial and marital hara-kiri along the way-and actually succeeding in the end. This book is wise, personal, funny and loaded with practical, real-world insights from Mr. Acuff's own ongoing odyssey. If you're torn between living your dream and putting food on the table for the wife and kids, don't make a move till you read Quitter.

I gave this book a rating of * * *

Bible Study-Psalms 23 (The Shepherd Psalms) PART 1

Text: Psalms 23

• Psalms have sometimes been called the Psalms of the crook.
• Psalms 23 is between Psalms 22 the Psalms of the cross & Psalms 24 the Psalms of the crown.
• Psalms 22 tells us about the Good Shepherd who died.
• Psalms 24 tells us about the chief shepherd who is coming again.
• Psalms 23 Tells us about the great shepherd who is completely devoted to his flock.
• Psalms 80:1
• John 10:11
• Phil 4:19
• Psalms 34:10
• Psalms 34:9
• Psalms23:2-Pastures of tender grass and water of rest
• Rest is all we want (need)
• Isaiah 57:20
• We all need rest
• God commanded the Israelites to rest (exodus 20:8-11; 23:12; Lev 23:3; Mark 6:31)
• We also need Spiritual rest
• We need 3 things for our human Spirit
• 1.A consciousness of safety, how can we rest when our eternal destinies are uncertain? 1 Pet 5:8, Isaiah 31:4,  Psalms 55:6
• Jesus gave his life to break the power of Satan.
• He lives to Guarantee our safety, Heb 13:20, Rom 8:34, John 8:28, Psalms 121:5, 1 John 5:18.
• Sufficiency of food
• feed us with the word!
• Just as a hungry sheep cannot lie down, so also we can never rest when our souls are hungry and thirsty. This unrest of the Soul leads humans to try religion, addictions, good deeds, to fill the void. John 6:35. We need rest; he beckons us to take it.
• Obedience to Shepherd's lead the most loving shepherd cannot bring his flock to rest unless they follow him. (John 10:27, Matt 11:29, Psalm 116:7)
• Lead us to him!
• He shows us still waters so we are not afraid, to bring calmness.

Challenge: Hand over to God anything that breaks the stillness of your spirit.

GB

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Understanding the Ministry of Reconciliation

Text: 2 Cor 5:19-21

1. The Estrangement in our relationships-vs 21
• The Offender-Rom 5:10
• The Offended-Rom 5:10 (free will, choose God over the tree)
2. The Explanation of reconciliation-vs 18
• Rom 5:18-20, 5x in 3 verses
• To compound a difference-"admit you have a problem" to fix a problem
• To change mutually-"we make mistakes, not God"
• To reconcile-"we must agree to make changes"
3. The Elements of reconciliation-vs 19
• Offender: Rebellion through selfishness
• Offended: Redemption through selfishness
• Offended: Remission through suffering
• Offender: Repentance through submission.
• In the beginning when eve eat them from the tree (downward spiral of sin)
• Gen 3:15-24 the redemption plan our punishment
• Jesus dying on the cross for our sin, Luke 22-24.
• accepting God in our hearts, John 3:16, Luke 23:39-43, 23:34.
4. The Enemies of reconciliation
• Lust of the flesh (unrighteousness) Jam 4:1, 2 Tim 2:22, Jam 3:18, Isa 2:23, Psa 85:10.
• Lack of understanding-1 Pet 2:24
• Lost of perspective-vs 14, 18
5. The Effort of reconciliation vs 21
• The exchange of equivalent values.
• The adjustment of difference, it is finished teldestidie.
• The restoration to favor.

GB

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A Perfect Book from a Perfect God

Text: Jeremiah 36:1-2

• Perfect & Accurate
• Live by it

1. The author of the Bible
• 2 Tim 3:16-17; Psalms 12:6; Jeremiah 36:21; Jeremiah 36:27, 32.
• All words were from God
• Psalms 119:89 (forever) eternal book
• God omnipresent (today, tomorrow, yesterday)
2. The authenticity of the Bible
• 39:40 (people wrote the bible)
• they didn't know each other.
• 1500 years
• king, Shepards, scientist, attorney, fisherman, different classes, different background
• 0 contradiction
• 2 Pet 1:21
3. The axis of the Bible
4. The authority of the Bible
• 2 Timothy 3:16-17
• Let the Bible be your authority - Phil 1:6

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Bible Study-The Whole Armor of God

Text: Ephesians 6:11-17

1. Loins: Stand, Therefore, Having your Loins girl about with truth. . .
• -the seed of strength
• John 14:6, John 8:32, Phil 4:8
• -Do your own study to find more scriptures about truth: Jesus word is aout truth, we need are LOINS to have the truth.
2. Breastplate of Righteousness: And Having on the Breastplate of Righteousness.
• -protection
• Romans 3:10, 2 Cor 5:21, Phil 3:9
• -We don't have our own righteousness, because we have Jesus righteousness. See how many other references to righteousness you can find: we need to be saved (we have put on our breastplate protection)
3. Having your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace:
• -sharing the word.
• Proverbs 24:11-12, Romans 10:15, Isaiah 52:7
• -We are commanded to spread the gospel: giving the gospel, staying with his word.
4. The Shield of Faith: Above all taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery dart of the wicked.
• -protection to bounce back
• Eph 2:8-9, 2 Cor 5:7, 1 The 3:7
• -There are countless references to faith! way too many to quote in this study: staying & believing the word, open to understanding.
5. The Helmet of salvation and the sword of the spirit: And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the spirit, which is the word of God.
• -protection of our head
• Psalm 27:1, Romans 8:1, John 10:27-30, John 14:26, John 3:34
• Think of the verses about salvation, the Spirit and the Holy Spirit. There are numerous references in the Bible. If we can meditate on these verses, we will most certainly have our sword in good working order.
• Keep studying the word, where we have all the knowledge
• We need to make more time the word.
• Go to prayer gives us the full armor of God. Rev 20:10

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