8. WITH GOD… I AM A NEW CREATION
WITH GOD… I AM BLESSED IN MY BATTLES
WITH GOD… I CAN LIVE A LIFE THAT PLEASES GOD
WITH GOD… I GO THROUGH TRIALS AND TEMPTATIONS
10. 2 CORINTHIANS 5:14-17 (NLT)
FOR CHRIST’S LOVE COMPELS US, BECAUSE WE ARE CONVINCED THAT ONE DIED FOR
ALL, AND THEREFORE ALL DIED. 15 AND HE DIED FOR ALL, THAT THOSE WHO LIVE
SHOULD NO LONGER LIVE FOR THEMSELVES BUT FOR HIM WHO DIED FOR THEM AND
WAS RAISED AGAIN.
16 SO FROM NOW ON WE REGARD NO ONE FROM A WORLDLY POINT OF VIEW.
THOUGH WE ONCE REGARDED CHRIST IN THIS WAY, WE DO SO NO
LONGER. 17 THEREFORE, IF ANYONE IS IN CHRIST, THE NEW CREATION HAS
COME:[A] THE OLD HAS GONE, THE NEW IS HERE!
11. WITH GOD… CHRIST’S LOVE COMPELS US
SERVANTS TO LOVE
Love like Christ
BECAUSE OF THE WEAKNESS OF YOUR HUMAN NATURE, I AM USING THE ILLUSTRATION OF
SLAVERY TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND ALL THIS. PREVIOUSLY, YOU LET YOURSELVES BE SLAVES TO
IMPURITY AND LAWLESSNESS, WHICH LED EVER DEEPER INTO SIN. NOW YOU MUST GIVE
YOURSELVES TO BE SLAVES TO RIGHTEOUS LIVING SO THAT YOU WILL BECOME HOLY.
ROMANS 6:19
WHAT DOES CHRIST’S LOVE LOOK LIKE?
13. WITH GOD… WE HAVE DIED TO OUR OLD LIFE
SIN HAS NO HOLD ON US
SIN IS NO LONGER YOUR MASTER, FOR YOU NO LONGER LIVE UNDER THE
REQUIREMENTS OF THE LAW. INSTEAD, YOU LIVE UNDER THE FREEDOM OF GOD’S
GRACE.
ROMANS 6:14
ROMANS 6:20-21
WHEN YOU WERE SLAVES TO SIN, YOU WERE FREE FROM THE OBLIGATION TO DO
RIGHT. AND WHAT WAS THE RESULT? YOU ARE NOW ASHAMED OF THE THINGS
YOU USED TO DO, THINGS THAT END IN ETERNAL DOOM.
IF WE HAVE FREEDOM, DOES THIS MEAN WE ARE
FREE TO SIN?
14. Galatians 5:13
FOR YOU HAVE BEEN CALLED TO LIVE IN FREEDOM, MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
BUT DON’T USE YOUR FREEDOM TO SATISFY YOUR SINFUL NATURE. INSTEAD, USE
YOUR FREEDOM TO SERVE ONE ANOTHER IN LOVE.
The problem with living life on the edge is that
there are no margins to stop you from falling off
17. FOR WE ARE NOT FIGHTING AGAINST FLESH-AND-BLOOD ENEMIES, BUT AGAINST
EVIL RULERS AND AUTHORITIES OF THE UNSEEN WORLD, AGAINST MIGHTY
POWERS IN THIS DARK WORLD, AND AGAINST EVIL SPIRITS IN THE HEAVENLY
PLACES.
Ephesians 6:12
James 2:19 Romans 8:31
THE DEVIL KNOWS HOW POWERFUL YOU ARE.
20. God is pleased when we love him
JESUS REPLIED, “‘YOU MUST LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR
HEART, ALL YOUR SOUL, AND ALL YOUR MIND.’ THIS IS THE FIRST AND
GREATEST COMMANDMENT. A SECOND IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT: ‘LOVE YOUR
NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.’ (Matt. 22:37-39)
God is pleased we trust him
BY FAITH, NOAH BUILT A SHIP IN THE MIDDLE OF DRY LAND. HE WAS
WARNED ABOUT SOMETHING HE COULDN’T SEE, AND ACTED ON WHAT HE
WAS TOLD. .. AS A RESULT, NOAH BECAME INTIMATE WITH GOD
God is pleased we obey him
SO YOU SEE, WE ARE SHOWN TO BE RIGHT WITH GOD BY WHAT WE DO, NOT
BY FAITH ALONE. (James 2:24)
God is pleased when we use our
abilities
THE LORD DIRECTS THE STEPS OF THE GODLY.
HE DELIGHTS IN EVERY DETAIL OF THEIR LIVES (Psalms 37:23)
God is pleased when we praise
THEN I WILL PRAISE GOD’S NAME WITH SINGING,
AND I WILL HONOR HIM WITH THANKSGIVING. (Psalms 69:30)
21. IN OUR OWN STREGNTH, WE
CAN DO NOTHING.
I AM THE VINE; YOU ARE THE BRANCHES. IF YOU REMAIN IN ME AND I IN YOU, YOU
WILL BEAR MUCH FRUIT; APART FROM ME YOU CAN DO NOTHING.
John 15:5
THEREFORE, THERE IS NOW NO CONDEMNATION FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN CHRIST
JESUS
Romans 8:1
Where there is distance, there is
space for the devil
We should live a life of worship
23. HERE ON EARTH YOU WILL HAVE MANY TRIALS AND SORROWS. BUT TAKE HEART,
BECAUSE I HAVE OVERCOME THE WORLD.
John 16:33
AND REMEMBER, WHEN YOU ARE BEING
TEMPTED, DO NOT SAY, “GOD IS TEMPTING ME.”
GOD IS NEVER TEMPTED TO DO WRONG, AND
HE NEVER TEMPTS ANYONE ELSE.
James 1:13
FIRE TESTS THE PURITY OF SILVER AND GOLD,
BUT THE LORD TESTS THE HEART.
Proverbs 17:3
When faced with temptation, we can be: (1) led astray or (2) Experience God’s grace.
24. I am A NEW CREATION
I am BLESSED IN MY BATTLES
I live A LIFE THAT PLEASES GOD
God is WITH ME WHEN I HAVE TRIALS AND TEMPTATIONS