MESSAGE - 1/18-19/2020
2020 VISION:  “How I See Myself” - Ephesians 4:23
 
THEME:   Learn who you truly are through the grace of Jesus Christ.
 
INTRODUCTION: 

1. Ephesians 4:23  Be renewed in the spirit of your minds..
   
2. Romans 12:2  Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

 
I.   CONFORMING OR TRANSFORMING?

1. Conform:  Fit the MOLD.
   
2. Transform:  To change in NATURE.
   Romans 2:4  Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance? 

 
II.  LET GO OF THE  OLD TO EXPERIENCE THE NEW.

1. Romans 8:1   There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
   2 Corinthians 5:17  Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
   
2. Hebrews 4:12  For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

 
III. WHO IS IN CHARGE?                              

1. Don’t make a promise YOU can’t keep
   
2. Receive a promise only GOD can keep.

 
CONCLUSION:  Who am I in Christ?
I am one for who Jesus died and rose.  (1 Corinthians 15:3-4)
I am a new creation in Christ.  (2 Corinthians 5:17)
I am free in Christ.  (John 8:36)
I am no longer condemned.  (Romans 8:1)
I know a faithful God when I am tempted to sin.  ((! Corinthians 10:13)
I am secure in God’s love.  (Romans 8:38-39)
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.  (Philippians 4:13)
God is for me.  Who can be against me?  (Romans 8:31)
 
WORDS:  God, mold, nature, new, old, you.