Sermon Text: 1 Thess. HOME; ABOUT US; DAILY THOUGHTS; NOTES ; SERMONS; BLOG; DONATE & SUPPORT; SUBSCRIBE; CONTACT US; WHATSAPP/TELEGRAM; POLICIES; STATEMENT OF FAITH; Sermons. We must grow in the grace and knowledge of God as He reveals His will through His Word. He talks about the ‘new man’ who, after Christ, is created in righteousness and true holiness: Ephesians 4:21-24 If indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness. That describes so well what Paul was trying to communicate. 5,7,9,11). This is absolutely vital, because the first thing that it leads to is regeneration. Romans 6:4 Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. It is our union with Christ that makes us true Christians. Death no longer has dominion over Him. We certainly will not develop it just sitting around doing nothing, or not making any effort to live God’s way of life. Consequently, we are under the wrath of God, subject to lusts, and under the control and dominion of sin and of Satan, exactly as Adam was. We are not yet raised in a literal resurrection of the dead, but in a spiritual sense, by a change of mind and heart, by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. But to think seriously about eternity, and that it is more than limitless time—it is a superior quality of life. Let us go on to the next step, because Paul’s epistle to the Ephesians not only tells us that we have been given life together with Christ, but also that He ‘has raised us up together.’ This is a curious statement, considering that us “being raised up with Christ” was always thought of as being the first resurrection. ‘Delivered up because of our offenses, and raised because of our justification’!So we are no longer under the wrath of God. Psalm 146:1-10. In what sense then, is it true to say of a Christian that he is dead to sin? But, when the husband dies she is free and is able to marry again. It’s easy to see the first aim in the words of verse 3 where Peter explicitly praises God “who has caused us to be born again.” We can set this off in two statements: God … We think and see differently. And, as the Father has life inherent within Himself, He has given this life to His Son to have immortal life inherent within Him. We are still in the flesh, but we are members of a new spiritual body. But that is no longer the case with those who are baptized, and have received God’s Holy Spirit. Not all of life is a battle. The law executed its full punishment in full measure upon Jesus Christ, and if we are in Him the law has no further demands upon us in that sense. Of course if a father is a good father, he will see to it that his child is disciplined and that he has to obey certain laws, but the relationship has changed. "Lord, you gave me one talent, … God becomes our Father. They tell us something about His nature and character. I love the way the southerners in the USA actually use that phrase, because they talk about things being pitiful. Of course, we are the same personality that we were before, and yet we know that we are individually reclassified as a new man, a different man or woman. Sometimes we give because of a sense of duty. It says, "If Jesus be not raised from the dead ... we are of all men most to be pitied." We no longer want to know what kind of thrill we will get out of something, at least not in the same way as the world does, or what kind of pleasure it will bring us; but rather, does it impinge on our relationship with God and with Jesus Christ? It is an essential change. Daniel 11:32 ..the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits. You remember the contrast. INTRODUCTION:. Please pray for those on our Prayer Page. We are no longer the slaves of sin; we have been taken right out of that. It is easy to praise God when we get from God what we want, but what about when … The word regeneration occurs only twice in the New Testament, in Matthew 19:28 and in Titus 3:5, but the concept or idea is common throughout the Bible. 4. Eternal life is a gift no human has until he receives it as God’s gift. Christ was raised for our justification! As long as we walk in the spirit, leaving the realm of sin, the sacrifice of Christ is in force. There was this complete change in the realm in which Jesus Christ was existing—dead in the grave, and then alive. We are dead to the penalty of the law, the realm of sin, and the power of sin to take our lives. We must grow in love, faith, and understanding. Once Christ was raised from the dead there were certain things that were no longer true of Him. Some will joyfully give those praises because of the salvation they have received, while some will give those praises as conquered enemies headed for eternal punishment for their rejection of God. Paul says to the Ephesians that we were ‘aliens and enemies in our minds through wicked works.’ But it is no longer true of the Christian. Just as an example, you take the mainstream Christians and they base more of their religion on tradition than they do the Scripture. We are completely opposite of the world. For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. This could be produced only by the power of God. And because of our union with Him, what happened to Him happens to us—not in the human body changed to spirit body sense (which is to come at the resurrection of the saints), but by the renewing of our minds spiritually during the process of conversion. I am simply saying that as an entity that was in Adam, we are no longer there; we are entities in Christ now. That is his breath. Subscribe to Our E-Newsletter. That is why he spends little or no time on his knees before God; and that is why he does not read the Bible. He was no longer dead, but He was alive. To grow spiritually, we have to overcome the downward pull of our human nature and achieve self-discipline, with the help of God’s Holy Spirit. What would it be like if God looked down on us and viewed us as spiritually dead? If you're having trouble putting on the garment of praise today, these words will get you focused on the names and attributes of your Creator. 105, “Oh that Men Would Praise the Lord”, we do not find a Spurgeon-wrought hymn, but rather an oratory that functions in a similar way — a call to worship God for his great attributes. There is, however, a qualification to remaining justified: Romans 8:4-6 That the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. We realize that this is the only Book that brings us to God and to an increasing participation in the life of God. In lost sermon no. He gave His only begotten Son to reconcile us to Him and make the joys of His character and everlasting life possible for us. We are dead to the realm of sin, we are no longer there, and we have been taken out of it. You are merely repeating the command to praise the Lord. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US IN OUR WORSHIP SERVICE TODAY! Check out these helpful resources Biblical Commentary Sermons Children's Sermons Hymn Lists Psalm 148 Everybody Praise God! He is by nature dead in sin, and unless he has come out of that state, he ‘remains’ in it. It is like a man moving from one country to another, and he takes out naturalization papers; there is a complete change in his status, in his relationship to the state. In contrast to the hopeless state of the non-believer, Christians rejoice in hope because of God’s incredible grace and gift of salvation. Now that is just another way of saying that this whole process of regeneration and salvation is the most profound change possible; and to become a Christian is the most profound experience in the whole universe. We are being saved by grace, not by anything we have done. When we become converted the questions that we ask ourselves are far more deep and important than what the people in the world ask themselves, because they do not have the spirit of God to assist them in asking the correct questions. And, how does it affect our relationship to eternity? He wants them to know the exceeding greatness of God’s power to us who believe; and so he expounds on that point. The real spiritual test surfaces between what God has already accomplished and the responsibility of His people to obey. But we have died with Christ, and when we died with Christ the old man died also. You remember the comparison. Christ tells us that we will be blessed and satisfied if our desires are for doing what is right. He wants to get away from God. Well, that is the condition of every human being on earth who has not received God’s Holy Spirit. kata; vv. By Dr. Carol J Miller Let’s see if anyone can say what the word “Praise” He is no longer in a spiritual grave. By being raised with Christ, we are ‘alive to God.’ We are in tune with the Sovereign Father, and have been awakened to something infinite and absolute. When we repent and turn from the wrong ways of this world, begin to resist it, and turn to Him through faith in Christ as our personal Savior, He puts within us His divine nature. The whole life is to be a psalm of praise to God, the whole man and woman is to praise God: spirit, soul and body. He knows it is true, and hates it. He was dead; He literally died for our sins. That was his hope, that was his anticipation, that was his desire, and this is what he wanted with all of his being. (Part Eleven). Now, of course, we have not yet risen in the first resurrection. As to the nature of the change, it consists of the implanting of a new principle or priority in the heart; the impartation of spiritual life to those who are by nature "dead in trespasses and sins.". Matthew 5:6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled. We realize now that sin is not merely an offense against law, but an offense against God, who so loved us that He sent His only begotten Son to die for us. sermon: Are You Alive to God? We are grieved on account of sin. We must all admit, as we read the first seven verses of this chapter, that most of our troubles are due to the fact that we are guilty of a double failure; on the one hand, we fail to realize the depth of sin, and on the other hand, we fail to realize the greatness, the stature, and the glory of our salvation. We no longer have enmity against God. He lives with his mind and heart according to the will of God. It may take 1-5 minutes to open.] In Matthew 19:28, the word is equivalent to the "restitution of all things.” The literal meaning of regeneration is “spiritual renewal.” Every biblical command to us to undergo a radical change of character from self-centeredness to God-centeredness is, in effect, a call to be regenerated. ‘Even so we must walk in newness of life’, we must live God’s way of life. So David pleaded with God to renew in him an established righteous spirit. The apostle Paul says it again in Ephesians 4. And because of this we are different in mind, in heart, and in will. We were controlled by the lusts of the flesh, showing themselves as desires of the flesh and of the mind. It is true that we may still, in our foolishness, listen to Satan’s enticements; we may still yield to temptation; we may still respond to a sinful impulse. We are ‘not under law, but under grace.’ In Romans 7, he explains it with a comparison. We have been called out and brought out; we are in this new life with God and Christ. David recognizes that it requires divine power that is given by God alone. Only God has eternal life to give. This… In demanding our praise… We have come to know God, and to know that God is love, and that God is mercy and kindness and compassion, but He also had standards of righteousness that are required by everyone. Text: 2 Corinthians 1:3-11 Title: Praise be to the Father of Compassion and the God of all comfort. What does it mean? We know that is not true, and we know that we are not perfect. Paul says that is exactly our relationship as Christians to the law. We are reminded of it by our daily eating of unleavened bread during these seven days. B. We look at everything in a different way. And that is the thing that is true of the Christian—our citizenship is in heaven. We are fundamentally and essentially different, but in what respects? Paul puts this in a very interesting way, in Romans 4. The world (including mainstream Christianity) puts more value on humanly-devised tradition than it does on the inspired written Word of God. Hebrews 13:20-21 Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Browse these sermons to find fresh ideas. But that is no longer true of us. Regeneration is the first thing that our union with Christ leads us to. Psalm 42:1-2 As the deer pants for the water brooks, so pants my soul for You, O God. We must develop righteous character to choose right—to discipline the self in the way that we should go. Each day we must give ourselves anew to God. The Word of God has the power to build us up, make us into proper servants so that when the King comes back, we can go to meet Him unashamed because we will be proper servants of His. II Corinthians 5:9-10 Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him. Before, we belonged to the realm of sin, to the dominion of sin, and we were under the power of sin. We also see the symbolism in the fact that ancient Israel left Egypt. In regeneration our sinful nature is changed, and we are enabled to respond to God in faith. We have entirely new desires. But they are not, if they are true Christians. Of course, they all point to the Jesus and what He has done for us. We are being raised from the spiritually dead, we have come out of the grave, and we have finished with spiritual death; ‘There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus.’. Please help keep this … Psalm 51:7-11 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. John 8:12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. That we are no longer dead, and no longer in the grave, is proof positive that we are no longer under the wrath of God, and we are no longer under condemnation. Our will is now focused on conforming to the will of our God and Father, and Jesus Christ. He is not interested in eternity. Like muscle, character is developed, and grows by exercise. But if the husband dies, she is released from the law of her husband. He is living as if there is no God, and he has no living relationship with God. Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. Once the first slide appears you can follow along with the message and use the arrow keys to advance the slides. The Bereans "received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so" (Acts 17:10-11). What were we? Sometimes we just relax on our beds and rejoice in the good life of being a child of God, and an object of His delight. The phrase translated “well pleasing,” in verse 9, not only means to be well pleasing; but it also means to be acceptable, or approved, or worthy. That was David’s attitude before God. This is the most amazing thing of all. Every Christian should know the truth, and every Christian should enjoy that assurance. Now our sins have been forgiven. Ps 149:5-6 Let the saints be joyful in glory; Let them sing aloud on their beds. His plea is for God to clean his heart; to make his heart pure; and to set his mind right. Our whole position, our whole status, and standing are absolutely different. We have to go through the process of conversion. It focuses on the compound Divine names and can be used to teach people about praise, prayer, and the nature of God all in one sermon. Yes, we do still have to fight our human nature that remains in us, but hopefully slowly, we wish that it was more quickly; the Spirit of God is replacing that nature in us, that spirit in man, or changing it. For he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ 38 He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to Him all are alive.” 39 Some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, You have spoken well!”… 1. We still must overcome our own human nature that is within, but it remains a foreign entity within us. Though there are many people who choose not to praise God right now, there is coming a day in which every knee will bow and every tongue will confess the praises of God (Philippians 2:10-11). It is nothing less than the difference between death and life, between being in a grave and walking at liberty and in freedom on earth. Duty is good; I don't want to discourage duty. And the result that is produced shows itself in his decisions, his convictions and his actions. We must have the will to enforce self-discipline to do the right and resist the wrong. We have a new mind that shows itself in these ways. How does a man who is not a Christian think? Ephesians 2:1-7 says that we all have been dead spiritually. Romans 6:2-5 Certainly not! Our desires are no longer desires of the flesh and of the sinful mind; they are the desires of Jesus Christ Himself, to be well pleasing in the Father’s sight. Or, to use the apostle Paul’s illustration again, we are no longer the servants of sin. Alive to God sends out Daily Thoughts of encouragement via e-mail to inspire believers in their walk of faith with God. If an electric microphone is not switched on, it is dead. 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