who i am in christ
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Who I Am In ChristPart 1
• Bible Readings:
• Genesis 2:19-3:13 (Page 2)
• John 1:19-28 (page 750)1
Thursday, 9 July 2015
• If someone asks you to pray for them, do you feel unsure about praying?
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Thursday, 9 July 2015
• If someone asks you to pray for them, do you feel unsure about praying?
• If you sense that there is some sort evil spirit in your house, do you feel you lack the confidence to command it to go?
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Thursday, 9 July 2015
• If someone asks you to pray for them, do you feel unsure about praying?
• If you sense that there is some sort evil spirit in your house, do you feel you lack the confidence to command it to go?
• Do you feel as though you are unworthy to ask God for something?
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Thursday, 9 July 2015
• Do you find it hard to accept that God has forgiven you?
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Thursday, 9 July 2015
• Do you find it hard to accept that God has forgiven you?
• Do you think of yourself as a sinner who is always falling short of the sort of person God expects you to be?
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Thursday, 9 July 2015
• Do you find it hard to accept that God has forgiven you?
• Do you think of yourself as a sinner who is always falling short of the sort of person God expects you to be?
• Do you find it hard to think of yourself as a holy person, a saint?
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Thursday, 9 July 2015
Two things the devil does not want you to know:
• Who God is
• who you are in Christ
If you know Who God is you know the devil has no power over you.
If you know who you are in Christ you are a threat to the devil’s power.
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Thursday, 9 July 2015
Being a Christian is not just getting something; it is being someone.
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Thursday, 9 July 2015
Being a Christian is not just getting something; it is being someone.
• “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” (2 Corinthians 5:17, NIV84)
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Thursday, 9 July 2015
Being a Christian is not just getting something; it is being someone.
• “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” (2 Corinthians 5:17, NIV84)
• A Christian is not someone who just - receives forgiveness, - goes to heaven, - receives the Holy Spirit.
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Thursday, 9 July 2015
Being a Christian is not just getting something; it is being someone.
• “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” (2 Corinthians 5:17, NIV84)
• A Christian is not someone who just - receives forgiveness, - goes to heaven, - receives the Holy Spirit.
• A Christian is a child of God
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Thursday, 9 July 2015
Being a Christian is not just getting something; it is being someone.
• “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” (2 Corinthians 5:17, NIV84)
• A Christian is not someone who just - receives forgiveness, - goes to heaven, - receives the Holy Spirit.
• A Christian is a child of God “See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are.” (1 John 3:1, ESV)
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Thursday, 9 July 2015
As A Believer:
• You are a divine masterpiece, “For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things He planned for us long ago.” (Ephesians 2:10, NLT)
• You are a citizen of heaven and a saint (one who is holy).
• “So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God.” (Ephesians 2:19, ESV)
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Thursday, 9 July 2015
“Now may the God of peace make you holy in every way, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ comes again.” (1 Thessalonians 5:23, NLT)
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spirit
soul
body
Man has three parts to his nature: Body, Soul and Spirit
Thursday, 9 July 2015
• “For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires.” (Hebrews 4:12, NLT)
• The spirit is what God breathed into man to make him spiritually alive
• “And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.” (Genesis 2:7, NKJV)
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spirit
body
Will
Emotion
Mind
Thursday, 9 July 2015
Before the Fall
• Perfect harmony within themselves• With each other• With God• All needs were satisfied• No fears• No insecurities
After the Fall
• Spiritually dead
• Lost the knowledge of God
• Needs were met only with effort
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Thursday, 9 July 2015
• Underlying feelings of rejection and failure. Therefore we have a strong underlying desire and need to belong and be successful.
• Underlying sense of guilt and unworthiness. Therefore we are filled with a lack of self-worth.
• Underlying feeling of not being able control what happens to us. Therefore we want strength and self-control.
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What the fall means for us
Thursday, 9 July 2015
• The essence of sin is living independently of God and doing things "my way".
• “All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.” (Isaiah 53:6, NKJV)
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Thursday, 9 July 2015
• Jesus is the Giver of life.
• “ I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” (John 10:10, NKJV)
• “And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall any one snatch them out of My hand.” (John 10:28, NKJV)
• “Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.” (John 11:25, NKJV)
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What happens when you become a believer?
Thursday, 9 July 2015
• We become a "new creation" in Christ.
• “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” (2 Corinthians 5:17, NIV84)
• All the things that were lost at the fall begin to be restored.
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What happens when you become a believer?
Thursday, 9 July 2015
•“For He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son He loves,” (Colossians 1:13, NIV84)
•Nothing can push you "out" of Christ.
•“And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.” (John 10:28, NKJV)
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We are a "New Creation" - in Christ.
Thursday, 9 July 2015
•In Christ - all that the Bible says you are in Christ is true.
•You are a child of God - because you are in Christ.
•You are God's masterpiece -because you are in Christ.
•You are a saint, you are holy - because you are in Christ.
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We are a "New Creation" - in Christ.
Thursday, 9 July 2015