Sermon Tone Analysis

IN CHRIST REALITIES PART 2

(NKJV) Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a NEW creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a NEW creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

OK -- LETS REVIEW A LITTLE ....

Jesus did not go through the agony of the crucifixion, death, burial, and resurrection just to help us a little bit.

What happened from the cross to the throne in those three days changed everything.

1ST -- SO A MAN IN CHRIST IS A NEW CREATURE

The Greek word translated “NEW” means unheard of before.

It means new in quality or kind.

2ND SO -- WE HAVE RECEIVED THE GOD-KIND OF LIFE

3RD SO -- WE CAN WALK IN THIS LIFE AS GOD HAS IT

God has given us a new quality of life in Christ.

He has given us His own life — the very same life that RAISED Jesus from the dead

The Greek word in the New Testament for life or eternal life is ZOE.

This life is GOD’S KIND OF LIFE & the primary purpose Jesus came.

(PassionNTPsa) But when the truth-giving Spirit comes, he will unveil the reality of every truth WITHIN YOU.

He won’t speak his own message, but only what he hears from the Father, and he will reveal prophetically to you what is to come.

He will glorify me on the earth, for he will receive from me what is mine and reveal it to you.

Everything that belongs to the Father belongs to me — that’s why I say that the Divine Encourager will receive what is mine and reveal it to you.

But when the truth-giving Spirit comes, he will unveil the reality of every truth WITHIN YOU.

He won’t speak his own message, but only what he hears from the Father, and he will reveal prophetically to you what is to come.

He will glorify me on the earth, for he will receive from me what is mine and reveal it to you.

Everything that belongs to the Father belongs to me — that’s why I say that the Divine Encourager will receive what is mine and reveal it to you.

THE HOLY SPIRIT is able to project the image of Christ from the Word to the screen of our minds -- so we can live in the reality of our REDEMPTION & RIGHTEOUSNESS

MARK HANKINS SAYS;

If you are not impressed with who you are and what you have in Christ, you have not seen Him lately.

The Epistles are the letters written to the church today.

They contain the thoughts that Jesus is thinking NOW.

THAT’S WHY -- We Must Study The Epistles To Grow Up In Christ.

WE CAN’T GO THRU LIFE JUST WAITING ON THE NEXT SERMON OR INSPIRING QUOTE

4TH SO -- WE HAVE TO ACT LIKE THE BIBLE IS TRUE

(NKJV) if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, and be RENEWED in the spirit of your mind, and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.

if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, and be RENEWED in the spirit of your mind, and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.

(MSG) My assumption is that you have paid careful attention to him, been well instructed in the truth precisely as we have it in Jesus.

Since, then, we do not have the excuse of ignorance, everything — and I do mean everything — connected with that old way of life has to go.

It’s rotten through and through.

Get rid of it!

And then take on an entirely new way of life — a God-fashioned life, a life renewed from the inside and working itself into your conduct as God accurately reproduces his character in you.

My assumption is that you have paid careful attention to him, been well instructed in the truth precisely as we have it in Jesus.

Since, then, we do not have the excuse of ignorance, everything — and I do mean everything — connected with that old way of life has to go.

It’s rotten through and through.

Get rid of it!

And then take on an entirely new way of life — a God-fashioned life, a life renewed from the inside and working itself into your conduct as God accurately reproduces his character in you.

You Can Know That The Bible Says These Things About You -- But They May Not Seem Real To You.

We Have A Part To Play.

We Must Put On The New Man.

We Did Not Make The New Man.

God Did That.

We Must Put On The New Man.

That Is Our Part.

One translation says,

“...put on the new person that you are.”

(PassionNTPsa) Beloved friends, what should be our proper response to God’s marvelous mercies?

I encourage you to surrender yourselves to God to be his sacred, living sacrifices.

And live in holiness, experiencing all that delights his heart.

For this becomes your genuine expression of worship.

Stop imitating the ideals and opinions of the culture around you, BUT BE INWARDLY TRANSFORMED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT THROUGH A TOTAL REFORMATION OF HOW YOU THINK.

This will empower you to discern God’s will as you live a beautiful life, satisfying and perfect in his eyes.

Beloved friends, what should be our proper response to God’s marvelous mercies?

I encourage you to surrender yourselves to God to be his sacred, living sacrifices.

And live in holiness, experiencing all that delights his heart.

For this becomes your genuine expression of worship.

Stop imitating the ideals and opinions of the culture around you, BUT BE INWARDLY TRANSFORMED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT THROUGH A TOTAL REFORMATION OF HOW YOU THINK.

This will empower you to discern God’s will as you live a beautiful life, satisfying and perfect in his eyes.

(PassionNTPsa) FOR YOU HAVE ACQUIRED NEW CREATION LIFE WHICH IS CONTINUALLY BEING RENEWED INTO THE LIKENESS OF THE ONE WHO CREATED YOU; giving you the full revelation of God.

In this new creation life, your nationality makes no difference, or your ethnicity, education, or economic status—they matter nothing.

FOR IT IS CHRIST THAT MEANS EVERYTHING AS HE LIVES IN EVERY ONE OF US!

FOR YOU HAVE ACQUIRED NEW CREATION LIFE WHICH IS CONTINUALLY BEING RENEWED INTO THE LIKENESS OF THE ONE WHO CREATED YOU; giving you the full revelation of God.

In this new creation life, your nationality makes no difference, or your ethnicity, education, or economic status—they matter nothing.

FOR IT IS CHRIST THAT MEANS EVERYTHING AS HE LIVES IN EVERY ONE OF US!

ILLUSTRATION

If you have studied psychology, you know three factors have determined what kind of person you are: GENETIC DETERMINISM, PSYCHIC DETERMINISM, AND ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINISM.

The reason it is called DETERMINISM is because there is no escape.

There is some truth to all these things, but God brings another factor, which I call in Christ determinism.

(NKJV) Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a NEW creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a NEW creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

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Once You are in Christ and in the body of Christ, there are supernatural connections all around you.

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ILLUSTRATION

GENETIC DETERMINISM means you are what you are because of your genes.

-- You are what you are because of your parents or what runs in your family.

Being in Christ has given you a gene change.

That means you have been regenerated or regened.

God has done some genetic engineering in Christ.

You have been born of God.

God is your Father, Jesus is your older brother, and some new things run in your family.

PSYCHIC DETERMINISM means that your identity, your behavior, and your potential are produced by your thinking.

Although there is some truth to that, you have some new thoughts now.

God said, “I will give you My thoughts now, so have another determinism.”

I like what a friend of mine said,

“I carry my brains in my hand.

When someone asks me what I think, I say, ‘Hold it just a second.

Let me look in my brains.’”

Then he would open his Bible.

When someone asks you what you think about something, say,

“Hold it just a minute.

I have my brains right here.

Let me see what I think.

I think I am healed.

I think I am happy.

I think I am prosperous.