Living a New Life
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Living a New Life
Living a New Life
But that is not how you learned about the Messiah, assuming you heard about Him and were taught by Him, because the truth is in Jesus. You took off your former way of life, the old self that is corrupted by deceitful desires; you are being renewed in the spirit of your minds; you put on the new self, the one created according to God’s likeness in righteousness and purity of the truth.
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There is the old
the corrupted
Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament based on Semantic Domains 88.266 φθείρω; διαφθείρω; καταφθείρω
to cause someone to become perverse or depraved, as a type of moral destruction—‘to deprave, to pervert, to ruin, to cause the moral ruin
That is the old
the former way of living
And you were dead in your trespasses and sins in which you previously walked according to the ways of this world, according to the ruler who exercises authority over the lower heavens, the spirit now working in the disobedient. We too all previously lived among them in our fleshly desires, carrying out the inclinations of our flesh and thoughts, and we were by nature children under wrath as the others were also. But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love that He had for us, made us alive with the Messiah even though we were dead in trespasses. You are saved by grace! Together with Christ Jesus He also raised us up and seated us in the heavens, so that in the coming ages He might display the immeasurable riches of His grace through His kindness to us in Christ Jesus. For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift—
The old
was dead
Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament based on Semantic Domains 74.28 νεκρός, ά, όν
pertaining to being unable to respond to any impulse or to perform some function—‘unable, ineffective, dead, powerless.’ ὄντας ἡμᾶς νεκροὺς τοῖς παραπτώμασιν συνεζωοποίησεν τῷ Χριστῷ ‘we who were dead because of our sins, (God) brought to life through Christ’ Eph 2:5. Since the reference in Eph 2:5 (see also Eph 2:1) is to matters relating to God, one may translate ‘we who were unable to respond to matters relating to God because of our sins …’ or ‘we who were spiritually dead …’
God has Called us out of the death and the corruption and into new
How Do we walk in new life?
How Do we walk in new life?
Phil 3:1-11
Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write to you again about this is no trouble for me and is a protection for you.
Watch out for “dogs,” watch out for evil workers, watch out for those who mutilate the flesh. For we are the circumcision, the ones who serve by the Spirit of God, boast in Christ Jesus, and do not put confidence in the flesh— although I once also had confidence in the flesh. If anyone else thinks he has grounds for confidence in the flesh, I have more: circumcised the eighth day; of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; regarding the law, a Pharisee; regarding zeal, persecuting the church; regarding the righteousness that is in the law, blameless.
But everything that was a gain to me, I have considered to be a loss because of Christ. More than that, I also consider everything to be a loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Because of Him I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them filth, so that I may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own from the law, but one that is through faith in Christ —the righteousness from God based on faith. My goal is to know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, assuming that I will somehow reach the resurrection from among the dead.
Rejoice in the Lord
to enjoy a state of happiness and well-being—‘to rejoice, to be glad
Rejoicing in God comes from an understanding that you have nothing without God
Without God there is no new life
there is no hope
there is no light
and it is a constant looking toward the cross
it is knowing your place
forgiven
redeemed
renew
It is to know that you have bought with a price
Don’t you know that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God in your body.
You were bought with a price; do not become bondservants of men.
You live with the understanding that God owes me nothing but I owe Him everything
He made the One who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
You watch out for “dogs”
What are the “dogs”?
friends
interent
apps
Movies
music
ourselves
you look out for the things that will make you fall
you don’t go down the same roads you used to travel
Be serious! Be alert! Your adversary the Devil is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for anyone he can devour.
who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
No one undergoing a trial should say, “I am being tempted by God.” For God is not tempted by evil, and He Himself doesn’t tempt anyone. But each person is tempted when he is drawn away and enticed by his own evil desires. Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin, and when sin is fully grown, it gives birth to death.
You avoid the things that are going to corrupt what God is doing in your life
We crucify the flesh
we put to death the old ways and make them obedient to God’s word
Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
Gal
We understand the surpassing value of knowing Jesus
acquaintance with, knowledge of (Lk 1:77); 2. LN 28.17 knowledge, the content of what is known
The value of knowing Christ-
by knowing who Christ is we understand who we are
What then are we to say about these things?
If God is for us, who is against us?
He did not even spare His own Son
but offered Him up for us all;
how will He not also with Him grant us everything?
Who can bring an accusation against God’s elect?
God is the One who justifies.
Who is the one who condemns?
Christ Jesus is the One who died,
but even more, has been raised;
He also is at the right hand of God
and intercedes for us.
Who can separate us from the love of Christ?
Can affliction or anguish or persecution
or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
As it is written:
Because of You
we are being put to death all day long;
we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered.
No, in all these things we are more than victorious
through Him who loved us.
For I am persuaded that not even death or life,
angels or rulers,
things present or things to come, hostile powers,
height or depth, or any other created thing
will have the power to separate us
from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord!
My goal is to know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death,
Romans 8:31-
To Know-
Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament based on Semantic Domains 28.1 γινώσκω; οἶδα; γνωρίζω; γνῶσις, εως
to possess information about—‘to know, to know about, to have knowledge of, to be acquainted with, acquaintance.’
It is a constant fellowship
it is pursuit
And because there is a value to it to
it is
you considered everything else loss
Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament based on Semantic Domains 57.69 ζημιόομαι; ζημία, ας
to suffer the loss of something which one has previously possessed, with the implication that the loss involves considerable hardship or suffering—‘to suffer loss, to forfeit.’
Every though there are hardship nothing else compares to Know Christ.
to possess information about—‘to know, to know about, to have knowledge of, to be acquainted with, acquaintance.’
Louw, J. P., & Nida, E. A. (1996). Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament: based on semantic domains (electronic ed. of the 2nd edition., Vol. 1, p. 333). New York: United Bible Societies.
Louw, J. P., & Nida, E. A. (1996). Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament: based on semantic domains (electronic ed. of the 2nd edition., Vol. 1, p. 333). New York: United Bible Societies.