Made New in Christ - Ps. Steve Fleming



God is not obligated to do anything, but if we are with Him and we align ourselves with His word, then all things are possible.
Out of revelation comes thankfulness.

Jesus lived His life doing ministry - commanded us to love one another just as He has loved us.

Life is a mission - to fulfill the great commission

John 3:1-8
Made New in Christ
V8: Its not enough to be born as a person, but you have to be born again (made new in Christ)

2 Corinthians 5:17-21 
Truth is parallel – natural and spiritual

Good marriages happen when we work hard and constantly lay down our lives for one another.

Conceived
Born / Born Again - everything doesn't change overnight when we get born again.

Child/ Adolescence
Maturity - just like a child grows up, we need to mature in Christ (feed on solid food), have Christ formed in us

*** Only Jesus' sacrifice on the cross can give us a new identity as a new creation in Christ

EPHESIANS 1
He has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ – Ephesians 1:3

When a child is conceived, God has a destiny for that child regardless of the parents' intent. We are not an afterthought to God.

He has chosen us in Him before the foundations of the world – v4
He has made us accepted in the beloved – v6
He has given us His resurrection power – v19
He has made us sit together in Christ – v20

The same power that raised Christ from the dead lives in us! Its not ours, but its IN us!

He has given us dominion in Christ – v21


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