LifeFlow Review: Becoming more like Christ
8/16/15
Pastor Miles
"The life of Jesus in me, flowing through me, to others, wherever I go."
"But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body."
2 Corinthians 4:7-11 NIV
1. We have difficulties in this life so that the life of Jesus will be revealed through us.
"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters."
Romans 8:28-29 NIV
2. God's plan for you is to make you more like Jesus.
Our life events are all part of God's curriculum to confirm us to the image of Christ.
"My dear children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,"
Galatians 4:19 NIV
"This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin. If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us."
1 John 1:5-10 NIV
3. Because God is light, to become like Jesus, you must learn to live in the light.
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