Agreement With God
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Can two people walk together without agreeing on the direction?
Everything God instituted requires agreement from us
There is nothing God can do for us without us agreeing first
(try to put a snowsuit on a child who does not want it on)
Purpose of the Church
God will not join with us without our agreement/invitation
Blessing & finances
If we chose not to agree with what God said his plans are for us
We are called to
We will not fulfill those plans.
Purpose of the Church
How he sees us
How to handle finances
Sexuality
We need to be in agreement with God on these issues and others
Then Moses went down to the people and repeated all the instructions and regulations the Lord had given him. All the people answered with one voice, “We will do everything the Lord has commanded.”
The first area we need agreement on is how God sees us.
How does God see us?
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.
eter 2:9 NLT
God’s favor, love and grace is on us.
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.
.... May they experience such perfect unity that the world will know that you sent me and that you love them as much as you love me.
And a voice from heaven said, “This is my dearly loved Son, who brings me great joy.”
....26 I have revealed you to them, and I will continue to do so. Then your love for me will be in them, and I will be in them.”
Why can God see us and love us this way?
For in Christ lives all the fullness of God in a human body. So you also are complete through your union with Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.
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.
For in Christ lives all the fullness of God in a human body. So you also are complete through your union with Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.
Backstage Pass ( He is with me) (united with Christ)
God has united you with Christ Jesus. For our benefit God made him to be wisdom itself. Christ made us right with God; he made us pure and holy, and he freed us from sin.
“Freed us from sin”
From the consequence of sin- eternal seperation from God
and
Gives us the power and process to defeat sin in our life ( we will look at this in a moment)
But people are counted as righteous, not because of their work, but because of their faith in God who forgives sinners.
And when God counted him as righteous, it wasn’t just for Abraham’s benefit. It was recorded for our benefit, too, assuring us that God will also count us as righteous if we believe in him, the one who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.
We are counted as righteous
The Handbook to Bible Study Righteousness/Righteous
The standing before God in which the believer is viewed by God as meeting all His standards concerning holiness
Until we truly agree with God that this is how God sees us…we are limited in what WE think God can do through us
Because we will base God’s approval on how good we have or have not been
If we had a good week
God is happy and his favor is upon us and we can expect God’s favor
(remember God’s favor was on Job)
If we had a bad week
God is not happy, therefore his favor is not on us and we have to wait until…? (when)
The bad week is what we need to struggle with while on earth
How do we walk with our sinful humanity?
We need to look at sin as an addiction
The best addiction program is the 12 step program from AA
1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable.
2. Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
2. Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
2. Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
Learn more about Step 2.
6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
Learn more about Step 3.
9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
Learn more about Step 4.
What is most important about this process is what people say when they get up to speak
5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
Name and I am an alcoholic. (publicly)
Learn more about Step 5.
did not say
I am worthless ...... I am unlovable
6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
I am hopeless..........I am unforgivable
We need to be honest about ourselves
Learn more about Step 6.
7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
I am a saint, still struggling with sin
Confessions is the most important step in breaking the sin addiction
Learn more about Step 7.
But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness.
Because it gives permission for the Holy Spirit to provide supernatural power against sin
Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.
8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness.
....But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you;
1 john
In order to have the peace Christ brings we need to agree with these two scriptures
MEETINGS
MEETINGS
Learn more about Step 8.
One of the fundamental components of AA is ATTENDING MEETINGS
9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
We are addicted to sin…where are our meetings?
What often happens when alcoholics miss meetings
What often happens when alcoholics miss meetings
Learn more about Step 9.
10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
They relapse in drinking
Learn more about Step 10.
If you are struggling with a specific addiction and don’t know Jesus today
He can break that addiction
11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
confessing to him and asking him to come into your life will break sin’s power in your life.
If you are a Christian today, God wants to continue the process of freedom in your life
Learn more about Step 11.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.