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Less So much more Slide 2 1) Limitless 2) Fearless 3) Powerless 4) Imageless 5) Selfless Slide 3 Slide 4 Slide 5 Slide 6 Because of the cross of Christ It's OK to not be OK Slide 7 Because of the cross of Christ It's OK to not be OK It's not OK to stay that way Slide 8 Because of the cross of Christ It's OK to not be OK It's not OK to stay that way But we don't want to shine the outside We want to grow Slide 9 How do we measure growth? Slide 10 How do we measure growth? Just create an image? Do a lot of religious actions? Slide 11 The Measure: - Sweet and Nice and Good - - - - Slide 12 The Measure: - Sweet and Nice and Good - Knowledgeable - - - Slide 13 The Measure: - Sweet and Nice and Good - Knowledgeable - Memorization - - Slide 14 The Measure: - Sweet and Nice and Good - Knowledgeable - Memorization - Good Theology - Slide 15 The Measure: - Sweet and Nice and Good - Knowledgeable - Memorization - Good Theology - Long-time Believer Slide 16 If I don't have the right target I won't arrive at the right destination Slide 17 The Measure: - Sweet and Nice and Good - Knowledgeable - Memorization - Good Theology - Long-time Believer Slide 18 The Measure: - Sweet and Nice and Good - Knowledgeable - Memorization - Good Theology - Long-time Believer *Christ-likeness Slide 19 Jesus didn't die on a cross to make me a better person Slide 20 Jesus didn't die on a cross to make me a better person but to make me a new person through second birth Slide 21 Predestined to be conformed To the Image of Christ - Romans 8:29 Slide 22 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose - Romans 8:28 Slide 23 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose - Romans 8:28 In the absence of definitions, we create our own Slide 24 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose Definitions should come from: the original meaning and the immediate context Slide 25 Whose purposes are ultimate? Slide 26 Whose purposes are ultimate? Do I trust that Gods purposes for me are best? Slide 27 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. Slide 28 And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified - Romans 8:28-30 Slide 29 And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified God: Foreknew and predestined (Will) Called to himself (Action) Declared righteous (Legal Standing) Made sinless and perfect (Secure Future) Slide 30 God: Foreknew and predestined (Will) Called to himself (Action) Declared righteous (Legal Standing) Made sinless and perfect (Secure Future) *Made like Jesus Slide 31 In Christ, I have been (past tense): -Chosen -Called -Declared Righteous (approved by God) -Glorified = Made like Jesus Slide 32 So why am I trying to shine the outside Of what God has already declared clean? Slide 33 So why am I trying to shine the outside Of what God has already declared clean? Slide 34 The Clay Disagrees Slide 35 How much beauty (Christs image/righteousness and glory) I experience is contingent upon my cooperation with the Potter Slide 36 I am clean I am righteous I am loved I am perfect Slide 37 I am clean I am righteous I am loved I am perfect *in his sight Slide 38 Where we see God sees Slide 39 How much beauty (Christs image/righteousness and glory) I experience is contingent upon my cooperation with the Potter Slide 40 Tullian Tchividjian Slide 41 Tullian Tchividjian (is not a Greek cuss word) Slide 42 A Christian trying to get right with God Is like a leper trying to have a skin disease Slide 43 Obsess over your sin And you'll become a neurotic narcissist Slide 44 Obsess over your sin And you'll become a neurotic narcissist Obsess over your Savior And you'll become free Slide 45 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of Gods grace that he lavished on us - Ephesian 1:6 Slide 46 Why do we spend so much time Trying to get to where we already are? Slide 47 Growth in Christ does not come By behaving better But by believing better Slide 48 Growth in Christ does not come By behaving better But by believing better And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified Slide 49 A Christian trying to get right with God Is like a wife Trying to be married Slide 50 Sometimes obedience to God is bad Slide 51 Sometimes obedience to God is bad When it comes from the wrong motive Slide 52 The hard work of sanctification Is found in daily going back to The reality of our justification Slide 53 The Motive Changes from earning to living in from needing to walking in the power of from paying back to gratitude for the price that was paid Slide 54 God is greedy. Selfish, even. He wants more than obedience- he wants the right motives behind the obedience. "Dinner because I have to" God wants obedience born out of love, trust and childlike faith. Go figure... Slide 55 The only people who really get better Are those who know God will Love them if they never get better Slide 56 Because fear and guilt (religion) Will only motivate for so long Slide 57 Then why pray and repent? Slide 58 Cooperation with the Potter Slide 59 Then why pray and repent? Cooperation with the Potter Into the Image of Christ Slide 60 How much beauty (Christs image/righteousness and glory) I experience is contingent upon my cooperation with the Potter Slide 61 Life will happen- I have no control over it (all things work together for good) How much I grow from it is up to me Slide 62 So what do I do? Slide 63 Disciplines of Grace: - Pray - Spend time with God's Word - Fellowship - Worship * Not to earn Slide 64 Adjust my life to his desires for me "for I always do what pleases him Slide 65 Remember that: I'm already acceptable to God I'm already accepted by God I'm already clean and pure in his presence I'm called to cooperate in becoming what I already am by his grace Slide 66 "His"