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*Last Time:*
* We defined God’s people as those who have faith in Him.
* As a result, they have /chosen/ to act differently.
* And, we ended by saying that many ppl don’t feel the need to live differently and rely on God b~/c:
* They are content with their current lives, or
* They don’t feel a need to be forgiven.
* Our response: but there is so much more.
So, Today, We’re Going to Address:
* What is that “something more?”
* I know it’s out there.
* What is it that many people on the outside fail to understand about what God wants to give them?
* Let’s see what Paul has to say:
* Rom 7.14-24
* Sound familiar?
* God knows and cares about this problem
* So, what does He do about it?
*He saves you*
* But, possibly, not in a way you totally expected.
* What follows will be a biblical explanation of salvation…the gift God gives to all of His people.
* We all need to know this and constantly review it.
* Remember our [w3] objective –to show that God answers questions the same in both testaments.
* “Gentleman, this is a football.”
* To be saved implies that there is /something/ from which we have to be rescued~/saved.
* What is it?
* Hell?
Sin?
Yes.
* Unresolved sin leads to hell.
* But, it leads to something else as well.
Something that we often overlook.
* And, in doing so, cheapen the gift God gives us.
*A convicted criminal faces two dilemmas:*
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1. Legal debt (jail time, fine, etc.)
2. Moral debt (emotional implications)
a. guilt, remorse, sorrow, shame
* Obviously, the more crimes you commit, the less you notice this second problem.
* You’ve become /cauterized/ to sin (1 Tim 4.1-2).
Sinners have the same two problems:
1.
We legally owe God something (Rom 6.23)
o God took care of this by sending His Son to die in our place and pay this debt…
o In case you’re worrying, we’ll assume most people here understand how this works.
§ “Paid your debt to society.”
· Jail~/Prison~/Fine…Judge now lets you go
o [funny story about person in audience committing a crime]
§ So, we’ll throw a $5 word at it and then move on—justification.
–[define.]
· Remember this word.
· Justified = “Just as if I’d…”
o Later I’ll explain why I don’t totally like that illustration, but you can use it for now.
2. We continue to suffer with the emotional leftovers.
o We feel guilty.
Down.
Depressed.
Upset.
Troubled…as a result of our sin.
§ Doesn’t God care about this?
o What have we to offer our friends if~/when they ask about emotions?
§ “Ok, great.
I’m going to Heaven in 100 yrs or 1000 yrs…20 min.
But, what about the fact that I feel like trash /today/?
What about the problems I have /tomorrow/?
Does your God care about /those/ problems?...the emotional leftovers?”
· Yes.
He does.
*Sanctification – Another $5 Word.*
* Sanctification addresses this problem.
* It works to consume the moral & emotional leftovers.
* But not at the speed or in the same way that justification consumes our legal problem.
* This is what Paul meant by “fear and trembling” (Phil 2.12)
* It also molds us and shapes us into the people God wants us to be.
* It is the power behind God’s “self-help book”
* The difference—pop psychology books provide only suggestions and methods.
* God gives us those.
/And/, he gives us the power to accomplish them.
* Breakdown in the judge~/criminal scenario being “Just as if I’d…”
* The judge does not now declare that the crimes were never committed.
* They’re still there.
* But, the debt has been paid.
* But, it’s not truly “Just as if I’d…”
* b~/c the memory & the emotional leftovers are still there
* So, how does a convict rehabilitate himself?
* How do we—as spiritually freed convicts—rehabilitate into happy, functional creatures?
* Through sanctification.
*Becoming Who You (and God) Wants You To Be*
* OT
* Jer 29.11 (NLT)
* Speaking to (God’s people) held captive by Babylon
* Ps 40.1-3 (NLT)
* Isa 41.10 (NIV)
* Isa 40.29-31 (NLT)
* NT
* Eph 4.24 (NIV) [butterfly: 2 Cor 5.17]
* In Colossians 3, Paul instructs his readers to put on an entirely “new self”
* In order to become more like God
* Col 3.10 (NLT)
* Notice “renewal” –meaning, back to the original intent
* This is how God’s designed us to live
* This is what He wants for His people
* When we sin, we are doing “that which is unnatural” [Rom 1.26-27]
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*Sanctification & Justification Are Not Co-dependant.*
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