Summer Body: Growing Pains pt 3

SLIDE: SALVATION IS ABOUT DELIVERANCE AND RESTORATION

SLIDE: BAPTISM IS ABOUT BELONGING

SLIDE: SANCTIFICATION IS ABOUT USEFULNESS

READ: 1 PETER 1:15 ESV

English Standard Version Chapter 1

15 but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct

GOD IS HOLY.

JESUS MAKES US HOLY AS WE ARE JOINED TO HIM IN FAITH.

THE JOINING HAPPENED THROUGH SALVATION AND BAPTISM.

THE CONTINUED WORK OF THE SPIRIT REFINES AND SHAPES US TO BE USEFUL IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD.

THIS IS SANCTIFICATION.

UNDERSTAND HOLINESS FROM THE OT TO HELP UNDERSTAND SANCTIFICATION IN LIGHT OF JESUS’ DEATH, BURIAL, AND RESURRECTION.

HOLINESS

TYPICALLY THINK OF THE MEANING OF HOLY- SET APART

PRACTICALLY, IT MEANS SPECIAL USE OR PURPOSE

SOMETHING IS HOLY IF ITS SET APART FOR SPECIAL USE

SACRED SPACE

GOD IS MOST HOLY- NOTHING COMPARES TO GOD

IN THE GARDEN, ADAM AND EVE WALKED IN SACRED SPACE WITH GOD

AFTER THE FALL, GOD MADE WAYS FOR HUMANS TO BE FIT FOR SACRED SPACE

READ: LEVITICUS 22:32

Leviticus 22:32 ESV

And you shall not profane my holy name, that I may be sanctified among the people of Israel. I am the Lord who sanctifies you,

THE RIGHT MAN FOR THE JOB

THE BOOK OF LEVITICUS IS THE MEANS FOR THE PRIESTS AND LEVITES TO REMAIN RITUALLY PURE.

LEVITICUS IS GOD MAKING A WAY FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE IN HIS PRESENCE

GOD MADE US TO BE IN HIS PRESENCE

WHO WORKED CLOSEST TO GOD’S PRESENCE IN THE TABERNACLE AND TEMPLE? THE PRIESTS

Exodus 19:5–6 ESV

Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine; and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel.”

RECAP THE OT STORY

GOD MADE US TO BE IN HIS PRESENCE

WE REJECTED THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN

GOD MADE MORE WAYS FOR US TO BE IN HIS PRESENCE AND WE TURNED TO THE WAYS OF OTHERS TO TRY AND CONNECT WITH OTHER GODS

GOD CONTINUALLY PROMISES TO SEND A PERSON WHO WOULD FINALLY LEAD US BACK INTO LIVING IN GOD’S PRESENCE.

THE OT CONCLUDES WITHOUT THE ARRIVAL OF THAT PERSON AND THE PEOPLE ARE LEFT IN EXILE.

EXILE WAS OUTSIDE OF SACRED SPACE.

GOD SENDS HIS SON

THERE ARE TWO PARTS TO SANCTIFICATION IN THE BIBLE

THE FIRST MAKES WAY FOR THE SECOND

SOMETHING HAS TO BE GIVEN THE PURPOSE AND MADE FIT FOR THE JOB THE SECOND PART IS THAT IT HAS TO BE USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS PURPOSE AND MAINTAINED

READ: 2 PETER 1:3-9 ESV

SUPPLIMENTS ARE FOR YOU; NOT THEM

YOUR CHARACTER

YOUR KNOWLEDGE/UNDERSTANDING

YOUR SELF-CONTROL

YOUR COMMITMENT

YOUR RELIGIOUS REVERENCE

YOUR BROTHERLY LOVE

YOUR UNCONDITIONAL LOVE

SLIDE: SANCTIFICATION IS NOT THE PROCESS OF POINTING OUT THE FLAWS OF THE WORLD. IT IS THE PROCESS OF GOD REMOVING YOUR FLAWS.

READ: ROMANS 12:1 ESV

English Standard Version Chapter 12

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. 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.

RESPONSE

SLIDE: WHAT AREA OF YOUR LIFE IS KEEPING YOU FROM CLOSENESS WITH GOD?

SLIDE: WHAT WILL YOU SUPPLEMENT YOUR FAITH WITH THIS WEEK?

PRAY