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When we are born again...we BECOME....something else for eternity.
We become a "new CREATION">. "In Christ".
This is not your mind, or your body.
This is your born again Spirit.
This born again Spirit, is "ONE WITH GOD"....... "In Christ"
See that?
Now.....Where is God?
He is in you, and He...
Sometimes a believer has issues with feeling not worthy to be helped by God.
Well, how to resolve this wrong mind?
Its by understanding that you are made worthy to receive from God, because Christ is in you and this makes you ETERNALLY worthy and keeps you ETERNALLY worthy.
See, the reason...
If you are reading this, then .....
You are a new believer, or you are not, and you are here because you want to serve God, with power, and you want to know how.
You want to be an influence, and you want to do this, for GOD's Glory.
You want to go to bed at night knowing that your words, your...
Many who are confused about their salvation, see it as...
1.) God started it, now its on me to do the rest till i die.
See that?
See that, "its ON ME now"....>"its MY RESPONSIBILITY Now"...'Its something i have to do for myself now"..
Well, reader, if God's salvation is started by the Cross...
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How do you become "Sanctified".
Its like this.... 1 Corinthians 1:30
= Jesus is our entire Sanctification.
Do you have Him in you?
Are you born again and not just water baptized??
So, when we are "In Christ", we are as sanctified as God Himself.
And why?
Because our born again Spirit is...
The best place to start your discipleship, subsequent to being born again, is to do 3 things.
1. Keep your mind on Christ, and learn to praise God and study Paul's epistles.
Start your morning prayers like this........and do this every day.
"Good morning Father, Good morning Jesus, Good...
Grace.
Grace
Grace.
God's Grace is amazing. !!
Its interesting that believers always hear this word.."Grace" but they are not taught how to understand God's MERCY, as God's Grace.
So, we now turn to Paul, and we find our understanding of HOW to see Grace, and HOW to understand Grace, as...
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Lets look at a few verses that deal with growing in Grace as = how to effectively "work out your salvation">
1.)""" leaving the first principles"""
Reader....The bible is a progressive reveal.
Its God revealing Himself, and its God's showing you how He deals with mankind from beginning...
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God didnt give the new birth so that you can now go and try not to sin anymore, as the reason.
So, when that is your wrong idea of Christianity, all you'll do is sin and confess.
Here is the revelation.
The New Creation, is the Born Again Spirit, and it can't sin.
1 John 3:9
It exist...
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Some of you that enjoy taking things apart, or refinishing things or making things "look new", will probably enjoy knowing where salvation started.
Others who just love to talk about the Things of the Lord, will enjoy knowing.
Now, if we really want to drill it down, then we surely...
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God once told Moses... "you have found Grace in my sight, so i will do what you asked".
And this presents THE interesting distinction, between the OT and the NT.
And i'll show you more as we take a closer look at the distinction.
And its a WONDERFUL distinction.
its a THANK YOU JESUS...
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Paul tells us that he was always this...once he learned to submit to the Grace of God. = "Christ always Gives me the VICTORY".
=Submitting to God's Grace.
And, the powerless Christian, the legalist, the one who is worried about losing salvation, who is trying to keep themselves saved, has...
Did you ever wonder why God gave the LAW first, and much later Jesus was given as God's Grace?
Its because the Law is necessary to be in place to REVEAL us, as we are, in relation to God's Holiness.
This is the actual purpose of the Law, the specific purpose.
Its to reveal you, as UNRIGHTEOUS...
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One of the members here, and I, have been having a discussion about "the law" for a few days.
This person, along with many believers, has been taught, this...
"the reason we are born again , is ...so that we can go now and keep the law perfectly".
So, this particular theology, where...
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First, let me tell you that if you want to stay single, then go right ahead.
Are you happier single? OR would you be happiest being with someone who loves Jesus?
So....
If you want to find a good Christian and build a new married life, then God says...>"anytime you want to start"..
He'll bring...
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Being a real disciple, .........
So, lets qualify "real".
Everyone who is born again, has become a disciple.
This is like, everyone who has joined the army, gets a uniform, and learns how to march.
A disciple of God and Christ, "works out their salvation", not to stay saved, but because you...
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What part of you is born again?
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WHAT PART ????
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Its the eternally redeemed part that God has already redeemed and made perfect =(Righteous).
Not your body. Not your mind.
"born again", is a SPIRITUAL Birth of ONLY the Spirit part of you.
Adam, in the Garden was told...>"the day you...
Lets open some great verses, starting here.
1 Peter 2:24
""" (Jesus) Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed." ...
1. Jesus is GOD.
So, God his own self bore your sins.
Which?
All...
The New Testament tells us to "renew our minds".
Well, as what?
Renew it as what?
See, if you dont know the answer, then how can you know what to do?
So, you are to renew your mind, into this...
A "renewed mind".
And what is that mind?
What does that mean?
It simply means you are to align...