2 cor 5:17: therefore, if anyone is in christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has...

2 Cor 5:17: Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!

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This is Our part of our story

Romans 8:30 And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.

But there is God’s part of our story

Ephesians 1:5 he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will.

Ephesians 1:11 In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will.

New Life (Rom 6:11) Redemption (Rom 3:24)

Sonship (Rom 8:15) No Condemnation (Rom 8:1)

Freedom (Gal 5:1) Love of God (Rom 8:39)

Justified (Rom 3:24) Abrahamic blessing (Gal 3:14)

Sanctified (1 Corin 1:2) Eternal glory (2 Tim 2:10)

Eternal life (Rom 6:23) Reconciliation (2 Corin 5:19)

Holiness (1 Corin 1:30) Riches of his grace (Eph 2:7)

Forgiveness (Eph 1:7) Righteousness (1 Corin 1:30)

Blessings we have inherited in Christ

2 Cor 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!

Ephesians 2: 4-7: But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. 6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, 7 in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.

We tend to forget

Acting like You’re in bondage to: You’ve forgotten your:

What God says about you:

A slave? People’s ‘rules’- your own & others

Freedom in Christ Gal 4: 6-9

An orphan? Fear of rejection, failure, punishment

Adoption in Christ 1 John 3: 1-3

A Pharisee? Appearances, pretence, criticism

Justification in Christ Philip 3: 8-11

A POW? A particular sin Sanctification in Christ

Rom 6:12-22

A hermit? Self-interest, invidualism Union with others in Christ

Rom 12:4-10

Pessimist / Depressed?

Death Resurrection in Christ

Rom 6:3-11

Miser? Material possessions Inheritance in Christ Eph 2: 6-7

A tyrant? Manipulation, anger, power

Submission to Christ 1 peter 5:1-7