JOURNEY TO

“A Better Life”

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Journey to “A better life”

TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THIS “JOURNEY”

“U” MUST BE SPIRITUALLY PREPARED

For A Better LifeOh, do not pray for easy lives! Pray to be stronger Vessels! Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers; pray for powers equal to your tasks! Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle. But you shall be a miracle. Every day you shall wonder at yourself, at the richness of life which has come in you by the grace of God.

TRIVIA QUESTIONWho prophesied the abolition of

witchcraft?

TRIVIA answerWhat Bible verse commands the

execution of witches?

“Exodus 22:18” “Thou shalt not suffer a witch” “to

live”

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Family Ties…A Newness of Life!!

Renewing our relationships with one another

God is Race, color & Gender blind!!!

Why…Gal. 3:28 “There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus”

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I. All Are One In HimA. The Alienation (Eph. 2:11,12)

Eph. 2:11 “Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called ‘uncircumcised’ by those who call themselves ‘the circumcision’”

1. How dare this sinner…1 Sam. 17:26 “David asked the men standing near him,

‘What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God”Most of the onlookers saw only a giant. David, however, saw a mortal man defying almighty God. He knew he would not be alone when he faced Goliath; God would fight with him

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I. All Are One In HimA. The Alienation

2. Cutting away from the inside…Rom. 2:29a “No, a man is a Jew if he is one inward- ly;

and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code ….”To be a Jew meant you were in God’s family, an heir to all His promises. Yet Paul made it clear that membership in God’s family is based on internal not external qualities

Remember what we used to be: Eph. 2:12 “Remember that we were separate from Christ,

excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world”

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I. All Are One In HimB. The Reconciliation (Eph. 2:13-18)

Eph. 2:13 “But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ”

1. Making it possible despite the hostilityEph. 2:14 “He Himself is our peace; He has made the

two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility”

a) Getting the “Legalisms” out…Eph. 2:15“By abolishing in His flesh the law with its commandments and regulations; His pur- pose was to create in Himself one new man out of two, thus making peace”

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I. All Are One In HimB. The Reconciliation

1. Making it possible despite the hostility b) The Meat of the Law still Stands…

Matt. 5:17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them”

c) You’re known by your love of each other…

Jn. 13:35 “By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another”

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I. All Are One In HimB. The Reconciliation

2. Peace Reigns…Justifocation…Rom. 5:1“Therefore, since we have been justifi- ed through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ”We now have peace with God, which may differ from peaceful feelings such as calmness and tranquility. Peace with God means we have been reconciled with Him. There is no more hostility bet- ween us, no sin blocking our relation- ship with Him

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I. All Are One In HimC. The illustration (Eph. 2:19-22)

Eph. 2:19 “You are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God’s people, members of God’s house- hold”

1. The right to call Him…Father (Abba)Matt. 6:9 “This, then, is how you should pray:

‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name’”

a) The Family Structure…1 Tim. 5:1,2

Older men_______________ Younger men__________

Older women_________ younger women________

Exhort as your father As a brother

As mothers As sisters

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I. All Are One In HimC. The illustration

2. The Living Church…Eph. 2:20“Built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets with Jesus Christ as the chief cornerstone”more than just once a week gather- ings, after regular worship evening programs; gospel explosions, auxili- ary anniversaries. We are relation- ships, we have privileges, and respon- sibilities as a family!!!!!!!!!!

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I. All Are One In HimC. The illustration

3. Woven together as one…Eph. 2:21 “In Him the whole building is joined to-

gether and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord”

a) Remember “To Do Good Works”Eph. 2:10 “For we are God’s workmanship, creat- ed in

Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do”

4. Something special living within1 Corin. 6:19 “Do you not know that your body is a

temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own”

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I. All Are One In HimC. The illustration

4. Something special living within a) Present your bodies…

1 Corin. 6:20 “You were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body”

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An awarenessknowing “who you are” and “whose you are” is to be apparent in all that we are and do. So the visual that people should see is that of holiness, and by that color is not to matter; culture is not to matter, race is not to matter. A coming together is what should be seen by all that is “the Church”...

—I’m enjoying my new family—

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THE PHRASE THAT PAYS!!!!!!!!!!

MY FAITH WILL NEVER RISE ABOVETHE LEVEL OF MY

CONFESSION

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B.elievers I.nformation

B.efore L.eaving

E.arth

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WHAT IT SAYSThis is my Bible, I am who my Bible say I am, I can do what my Bible say I can do. I have what my Bible say I have, my Bible teaches my spirit, my spirit teaches my mind, and my mind teaches my body. My Bible is full of promises and command- ments, my Bible has good and bad examp- les. How do I know my Bible is true? By comparing scripture with scripture and spiritual things with spiritual things. I study my Bible to show myself approved, rightly dividing the Word of God.

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