Our New life

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1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless.
2 And I will make My covenant between Me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.”
16 The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, And upon those who sat in the region and shadow of death Light has dawned.”
17 From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
16 Therefore, from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him thus no longer.
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
Everyone has a life
Everyone has a life
Life is built on
++Choices and Decisions
++Successes and failures
++Dreams and hopes
From our first breath
++We were named
++Given an Identity
++We are unique different
++21,760 days has passed
Abram had a full life
Abram had a full life
1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless.
The last hundred years
++Sept 21, 1920 _Women gained rights_
++Jan 30, 1940 _The Holocaust_
++Dec 7, 1941 _Pearl Habor_
++Nov 1, 1955 _Vietnam War_
Never Too Old
Never Too Old
At ninety-nine years old
++God Calls Him
++God Chose Him
++God makes a Covenant with Him
An introduction like no other
An introduction like no other
I am Almighty God
++Not a almighty God _One of many_
++Not The almighty God _The best of many_
++I am _El Shaddai_
He was provided in a voice.
++The identity of God
++The benefit of walking before Him
To be “blameless”
++Complete
++Unscathed
++Without fault
++We walk before Him
9 For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily;
10 and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.
9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Sealed with a Promise
Sealed with a Promise
2 And I will make My covenant between Me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.”
It was a personal Covenant
++Between God and Abram
++A New Beginning
Sermon on the mount
Sermon on the mount
Our New Life
Our New Life
16 The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, And upon those who sat in the region and shadow of death Light has dawned.”
God is not limited by darkness
God is not limited by darkness
The People sat
++In darkness
++In the shadow of death
In Jesus the great light
++Is Revealed
++Is Come
Jesus did not wait for the light
Jesus did not wait for the light
17 From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
In the darkness
++He began to preach
++He began to say
++Repent the kingdom of heaven is at hand
This was just the beginning
This was just the beginning
16 Therefore, from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him thus no longer.
18 And Abraham said to God, “Oh, that Ishmael might live before You!”
19 Then God said: “No, Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his descendants after him.
The son of Abram _Ishmael_
++Was not the son of Promise
++Was not the seed of Abraham
God gave Abram
++A new start
++A new beginning
++A new name
++A new future
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
Don’t Just sit there
Don’t Just sit there
16 The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, And upon those who sat in the region and shadow of death Light has dawned.”
1 Arise, shine; For your light has come! And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you.
2 For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, And deep darkness the people; But the Lord will arise over you, And His glory will be seen upon you.
1 If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.
2 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.
3 For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
The New Life is not defined
++By what we have
++By what we can do
++By who we are
Our new life is defined
++By who has us
++By what He has done
++By who He is
And God Said
++I am Almighty God
++Walk before me
++And be blameless
28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.