Blood & Fire
BRINGING THE GOOD NEWS TO LIFE
SANCTIFICATION: �HOW DO WE BECOME BETTER PEOPLE?
COLOSSIAN 1:21-23 (NIV)
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KOLOSSENZEN 1:21-23 (NBV21)
LET’S PRAY
OUR STARTING POINT
OUR FINISHING POINT
THE BIT IN THE MIDDLE
“SANCTIFIED”
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OUR STARTING POINT
BEFORE JESUS, WE ARE SEPARATED AND NOT IN RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
Colossians 1:21a: Once you were alienated from God…
OUR STARTING POINT
BEFORE JESUS, WE ARE SEPARATED AND NOT IN RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
Colossians 1:21a: Once you were alienated from God…
OUR THINKING IS HOSTILE TO GOD.
Colossians 1:21b: …and were enemies in your minds…
OUR STARTING POINT
BEFORE JESUS, WE ARE SEPARATED AND NOT IN RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
Colossians 1:21a: Once you were alienated from God…
AND THIS MANIFESTS IN EVIL BEHAVIOUR.
Colossians 1:21c: …because [shown by] of your evil behaviour.
OUR THINKING IS HOSTILE TO GOD.
Colossians 1:21b: …and were enemies in your minds…
OUR GREATEST NEED IS TO THINK DIFFERENTLY
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OUR FINISHING POINT
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OUR FINISHING POINT
GOD’S PURPOSE IS TO MAKE YOU HOLY
Colossians 1:22: But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation—
HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE A GOOD PERSON?
OUR FINISHING POINT
GOD’S PURPOSE IS TO MAKE YOU HOLY
Colossians 1:22: But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation—
OUR PURPOSE IS TO “IMAGE” GOD.
Genesis 1:27: So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
A CAMERA IMAGES THE WORLD
OUR FINISHING POINT
GOD’S PURPOSE IS TO MAKE YOU HOLY
Colossians 1:22: But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation—
THIS MEANS WE LOVE MORE.
1 John 4:8: God is love.
OUR PURPOSE IS TO “IMAGE” GOD.
Genesis 1:27: So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
HOLY = LIKE JESUS
GOD IS LOVE. WHAT IS LOVE?
1 Corinthians 13:4-7: Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Kinder
More patient
More thankful and content
Humbler
More honourable
More selfless
More forgiving
More truthful
Braver
More trusting
More hopeful
More resilient
OUR STARTING POINT
OUR FINISHING POINT
THE BIT IN THE MIDDLE
“SANCTIFIED”
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THE GOOD
THE BAD
THE UGLY
MORE HOLY
JUSTIFICATION
SANCTIFICATION
THE ACORN HAS EVERYTHING FOR THE WHOLE TREE.
“STAY!”
FAILURES TO GROW
MARRIAGE
COHABITATION
CAREER
CHURCH
SPIRITUAL
DISCIPLINES
REBEL AGAINST THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE
RESPONSE TIME