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LIFE BEYOND LIMITS
WE KNOW WHO HE IS, AND WE KNOW WHO WE ARE: FATHER AND CHILDREN. AND WE KNOW WE
ARE GOING TO GET WHAT’S COMING TO US—AN UNBELIEVABLE INHERITANCE! WE GO THROUGH EXACTLY WHAT CHRIST GOES THROUGH. IF WE GO
THROUGH THE HARD TIMES WITH HIM, THEN WE’RE CERTAINLY GOING TO GO THROUGH THE GOOD TIMES
WITH HIM! ROM 8:17(THE MSG)
“WE KNOW WHO HE IS, AND WE KNOW WHO WE ARE: FATHER AND
CHILDREN. AND WE KNOW”
BE SECURE
18 FOR YOU KNOW THAT GOD PAID A RANSOM TO SAVE YOU FROM THE EMPTY LIFE YOU
INHERITED FROM YOUR ANCESTORS. AND THE RANSOM HE PAID WAS NOT MERE GOLD OR SILVER. 19 IT WAS THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST, THE SINLESS, SPOTLESS LAMB OF
GOD.(1 PET 1:18-19)
OUR INSECURITY PROBLEMS
BE SECUREKNOW WHO YOU REALLY ARE
“…DO NOT THINK OF YOURSELF MORE HIGHLY THAN YOU OUGHT, BUT RATHER THINK OF
YOURSELF WITH SOBER JUDGMENT…” (ROM 12:3, NIV)
BE SECURE! – MOVE IN YOUR GRACE ZONE
• The Burberry Story
BE SECURE9 BUT YOU ARE NOT LIKE THAT, FOR YOU ARE A CHOSEN PEOPLE. YOU ARE ROYAL PRIESTS, A HOLY NATION, GOD’S VERY OWN POSSESSION. AS A RESULT, YOU CAN SHOW OTHERS THE GOODNESS OF GOD, FOR HE CALLED YOU OUT OF THE DARKNESS INTO HIS WONDERFUL LIGHT.(1 PET. 2:9)
“AND WE KNOW WE ARE GOING TO GET WHAT’S COMING TO US—AN UNBELIEVABLE INHERITANCE!”
WE ARE JOINT-HEIRS WITH CHRIST.
NOT 50%-50%SUGKLERONOMOS
1) A FELLOW HEIR, A JOINT HEIR2) ONE WHO OBTAINS SOMETHING ASSIGNED
TO HIMSELF WITH OTHERS, A JOINT PARTICIPANT
3) A CO-HEIR, I.E. (BY ANALOGY) PARTICIPANT IN COMMON:--FELLOW (JOINT)-HEIR, HEIR TOGETHER, HEIR WITH.
100% HEIR THROUGH GRACE
20 WHEN I AM RAISED TO LIFE AGAIN, YOU WILL KNOW THAT I AM IN MY FATHER, AND YOU ARE IN
ME, AND I AM IN YOU.(JOHN 14:20)
16 DON’T YOU REALIZE THAT ALL OF YOU TOGETHER ARE THE TEMPLE OF GOD AND THAT THE SPIRIT OF GOD LIVES IN YOU?
(1 COR 3:16)
WHAT IS THIS UNBELIEVEABLE INHERITANCE
ALL ABOUT?
1. THE WORLD
"THE PROMISE TO ABRAHAM OR TO HIS DESCENDANTS THAT HE WOULD BE
HEIR OF THE WORLD WAS NOT THROUGH THE LAW, BUT THROUGH
THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF FAITH.” ROM 4:13
2. GOD HIMSELF
BEHOLD, THE DWELLING PLACE OF GOD IS WITH MAN. HE WILL
DWELL WITH THEM, AND THEY WILL BE HIS PEOPLE, AND GOD
HIMSELF WILL BE WITH THEM AS THEIR GOD." REV 21:3
3. REDEEMED AND GLORIFIED BODIES
"FOR WE KNOW THAT THE WHOLE CREATION HAS BEEN GROANING TOGETHER IN THE PAINS
OF CHILDBIRTH UNTIL NOW. AND NOT ONLY THE CREATION, BUT WE OURSELVES, WHO
HAVE THE FIRSTFRUITS OF THE SPIRIT, GROAN INWARDLY AS WE WAIT EAGERLY FOR
ADOPTION AS SONS, THE REDEMPTION OF OUR BODIES.” ROM 8:22-23
WE KNOW WHO HE IS, AND WE KNOW WHO WE ARE: FATHER AND CHILDREN. AND WE KNOW WE
ARE GOING TO GET WHAT’S COMING TO US—AN UNBELIEVABLE INHERITANCE! WE GO THROUGH EXACTLY WHAT CHRIST GOES THROUGH. IF WE GO
THROUGH THE HARD TIMES WITH HIM, THEN WE’RE CERTAINLY GOING TO GO THROUGH THE GOOD TIMES
WITH HIM! ROM 8:17(THE MSG)