*** notes from church this morning – awesome message by our youth pastor Caleb Hall – @ The River
Eph 5:25-27 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.
Last days
Glorious church, spotless bride
Matchless One is looking for a match, for a bride
Jesus isn’t going to be unequally yoked with His bride
Colossians 1:27 To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
Mystery
Christ in you, the hope of glory
Not just a Christ for us, or near us, or around us but Christ is IN us
Salvation
Healing
Ministry
Not living for him but as him
God raises up people and then works THROUGH US
Matt 13:17 For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it. (about the Kingdom of God)
Gal 2:20- I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Crucified with Christ, no longer I that live but Christ who lives in me
Die in Christ
Resurrected in Christ, he lives on me
How do I make that real in my life?
Faith has to grow
How do I determine if I’m making a decision by faith or by self?
What is the aim of this?
How do we live by faith vs flesh?
Our minds are conditioned by the world to feed self and flesh
Gal 6:8 Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
sow into the spirit
Romans 12:1-2 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God – this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is – his good, pleasing and perfect will.
renew your mind
Battlefield of the mind to let Christ rule in us
Be intentional
Going your own way is the path of least resistance
You’re either sowing into one or the other
Not necessarily an excess thing re sowing into flesh, but more often subtle
Called to be in the world, not of the world
Arrange your life to be a living sacrifice
1. hearing the voice of God
Matt 4:4 man should not live by bread alone but by every word that comes from God
If we’re not sowing into the spirit we develop wisdom
2. col 3:2 set your minds on things above
Intention
Your times of prayer matter
Your times in the. Word matter
Submitting to leadership matters
Listening to teaching matters
Speaking in tongues matters
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July 15, 2013 at 5:35 am
wordprocessor
Very good word! Thank you for sharing. God is speaking to me (and teaching me by His Spirit, I pray) on similar topics this week (posts “crucify me” and “stillness, submission & surrender” if you want to check them out :))
Blessings to you IN CHRIST~
Natalie
July 15, 2013 at 11:02 am
fireball3316
thanks – i t was a great message by Caleb – some really good insight! and good challenges on that aspect of surrender and sowing into our spirit and not our flesh!