Preached at the Merritt Island church of Christ 6/11/2017 Morning Lesson. http://MIchurchOfChrist.org

2. 26 “And He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all
the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the
boundaries of their habitation.”
30 “Therefore having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now
declaring to men that all people everywhere should repent, 31 because
He has fixed a day in which He will judge the world in righteousness
through a Man whom He has appointed, having furnished proof to all
men by raising Him from the dead.”
- Acts 17:26, 30-31 NASB
THE TWO NATURES: Paul at Athens
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3. 18 So then as through one transgression there resulted condemnation
to all men, even so through one act of righteousness there resulted
justification of life to all men. 19 For as through the one man’s
disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the
obedience of the One the many will be made righteous.
- Romans 5:18-19 NASB
THE TWO NATURES: The Life of Adam vs The Life of Jesus
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4. And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your
seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, And you shall
bruise him on the heel.
- Genesis 3:15 NASB
THE TWO NATURES: The 1st Prophecy of Redemption
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5. 20 But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of
those who are asleep. 21 For since by a man came death, by a man
also came the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, so
also in Christ all will be made alive.
- 1 Corinthians 15:20-22 NASB
THE TWO NATURES: Through Adam Came Death Through Christ Came
Life
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6. 23 And Jesus answered them, saying, “The hour has come for the Son
of Man to be glorified. 24 “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of
wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it
bears much fruit. 25 “He who loves his life loses it, and he who hates
his life in this world will keep it to life eternal. 26 “If anyone serves Me,
he must follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also; if
anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
- John 12:23-26 NASB
THE TWO NATURES: Jesus Bore Much Fruit
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7. The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, And he who is wise wins
souls.
- Proverbs 11:30 NASB
THE TWO NATURES: The Fruit of the Righteous
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8. 21 For you have been called for this purpose, since Christ also
suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps,
22 WHO COMMITTED NO SIN, NOR WAS ANY DECEIT FOUND IN
HIS MOUTH; 23 and while being reviled, He did not revile in return;
while suffering, He uttered no threats, but kept entrusting Himself to
Him who judges righteously; 24 and He Himself bore our sins in His
body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to
righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed. 25 For you were
continually straying like sheep, but now you have returned to the
Shepherd and Guardian of your souls.
- 1 Peter 2:21-25 NASB
THE TWO NATURES: Christ Left Us An Example to Follow
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9. 37 “He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me;
and he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.
38 “And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not
worthy of Me. 39 “He who has found his life will lose it, and he who has
lost his life for My sake will find it.
- Matthew 10:37-39 NASB
THE TWO NATURES: We Are to Take Up Our Cross and Follow Christ
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10. 14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom
every family in heaven and on earth derives its name, 16 that He would
grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with
power through His Spirit in the inner man, 17 so that Christ may dwell
in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded
in love, 18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the
breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of
Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the
fullness of God.
- Ephesians 3:14-19 NASB
THE TWO NATURES: We Are to Strengthen the Inner Man in Christ
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11. 3 Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh,
indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature
children of wrath, even as the rest. 4 But God, being rich in mercy,
because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we
were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ
(by grace you have been saved).
10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good
works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.
- Ephesians 2:3-5,10 NASB
THE TWO NATURES: We Are His Workmanship
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12. 60 But Peter said, “Man, I do not know what you are talking about.”
Immediately, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed. 61 The
Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the word of
the Lord, how He had told him, “Before a rooster crows today, you will
deny Me three times.” 62 And he went out and wept bitterly.
- Luke 22:60-62 NASB
THE TWO NATURES: The Change in Peter
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13. 13 Now as they observed the confidence of Peter and John and
understood that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were
amazed, and began to recognize them as having been with Jesus.
14And seeing the man who had been healed standing with them, they
had nothing to say in reply.
- Acts 4:13-14 NASB
THE TWO NATURES: The Change in Peter
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14. "I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but
Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith
in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
- Galatians 2:20 NASB
THE TWO NATURES: Saul vs. Paul
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15. My children, with whom I am again in labor until Christ is formed in
you.
- Galatians 4:19 NASB
THE TWO NATURES: Forming Christ in Us
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16. 1 And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual men, but as to
men of flesh, as to infants in Christ. 2 I gave you milk to drink, not solid
food; for you were not yet able to receive it. Indeed, even now you are
not yet able, 3 for you are still fleshly. For since there is jealousy and
strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking like mere
men?
- 1 Corinthians 3:1-3 NASB
THE TWO NATURES: Spiritual Infants
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17. 11 Concerning him we have much to say, and it is hard to explain,
since you have become dull of hearing. 12 For though by this time you
ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you
the elementary principles of the oracles of God, and you have come to
need milk and not solid food. 13 For everyone who partakes only of
milk is not accustomed to the word of righteousness, for he is an infant.
14 But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their
senses trained to discern good and evil.
- Hebrews 5:11-14 NASB
THE TWO NATURES: Infants vs The Mature
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18. Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying,
yet our inner man is being renewed day by day.
- 2 Corinthians 4:16 NASB
THE TWO NATURES: Our Inner Man is Renewed
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19. 24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I do my
share on behalf of His body, which is the church, in filling up what is
lacking in Christ’s afflictions. 25 Of this church I was made a minister
according to the stewardship from God bestowed on me for your
benefit, so that I might fully carry out the preaching of the word of God,
26 that is, the mystery which has been hidden from the past ages and
generations, but has now been manifested to His saints, 27 to whom
God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this
mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
28 We proclaim Him, admonishing every man and teaching every man
with all wisdom, so that we may present every man complete in Christ.
29 For this purpose also I labor, striving according to His power, which
mightily works within me.
- Colossians 1:24-29 NASB
THE TWO NATURES: Why We Preach
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