LifeFlow: Becoming Like Christ

LifeFlow: Becoming Like Christ
Pastor Miles
February 23, 2014

1. God's plan for you is to make you more like Jesus.

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. (Romans 8:28, 29 ESV)

The only way that the Life of Jesus can flow through you is when it develops within you.

2. The goal of discipleship is to make you more like Jesus.

my little children, for whom I am again in the anguish of childbirth until Christ is formed in you! (Galatians 4:19 ESV)

3. God puts together the Body of Christ to make you more like Jesus.

And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, (Ephesians 4:11-13 ESV)

Analogy of Camelback and water flow:
- is Jesus lifted up in your life that will enable Him to flow through you (gravity)?
- perhaps there is some pressure in your life right now. God may be allowing this to occur so that His life may be demonstrated through you (squeezing the bag)