Who Are You?

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We are to remember who we are now and what God has brought us out of

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Introduction: I am not who I want to be yet, but I am not who I once was! For a saved child of the King, this is a true statement. For some of you here today, you are still the same…lost, separated from God because you haven’t put your trust and faith in His Son! You may be saying today, I’m not lost, I don’t think I’m lost, really I’m not sure. If you aren’t sure about being saved, then you can be sure you are lost. That is not God’s intention for your life.
Ephesians 2:1–10 NKJV
1 And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, 2 in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, 3 among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others. 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

You Are Alive

You WERE dead
Not physically dead but spiritually dead
What’s the difference between a body that’s been dead 3 years and a body that’s been dead 3 minutes. Nothing they are both dead. There is an absence of life
You WERE under control of Satan
acted like a lost person- of the world
sons of disobedience instead of sons of God
give into the flesh instead of crucifying the flesh
All these were who you were, not who you are now
Why then do we continue to try and return to the person we were before?
Paul says it best in his letter to the Romans when he says
Romans 7:15–25 NKJV
15 For what I am doing, I do not understand. For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do. 16 If, then, I do what I will not to do, I agree with the law that it is good. 17 But now, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me. 18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find. 19 For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice. 20 Now if I do what I will not to do, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me. 21 I find then a law, that evil is present with me, the one who wills to do good. 22 For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man. 23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. 24 O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? 25 I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.
Transition: You see you were dead but now alive, buried with Him in baptism raised in newness of life. Quit going back to the corpse and start being the new creation. You are not where you want to be, but you aren’t what you once were. You are alive! Not only are you alive but...

You Are Forgiven

But God- Most absolute statement in this passage. Even when you were at your worst, the Bible says “BUT GOD”
Merciful
Loving
Because Jesus lives, so can we
raise up, dusted off, made clean
eksozo means bring safely to
forever and ever not until you mess up again: you have been saved means in the language that Paul writes in is the perfect tense meaning an ongoing everlasting.
he has given you a seat at His table
to be invited into the king’s palace was an honor
This age and the next to come but it takes Faith!
Faith on our part and of the finished work of His part

You Are His

His creation- he made you special, unique, even twins are different
he made you for a reason- you have a special purpose on this earth
he made you to worship, to love, to lead, and to follow
he created you to be more than you are today.
He made a path for you to follow
the path he has laid down for you from the beginning of time
he’s just waiting on you to get on board
So who are you today? Have you put your eternity in the hands of the Creator? Have you slidden off the path that he has planned for you? Maybe you don’t know what your path is. Maybe your here today looking for a home, a place you can start your journey with God. Whatever the case may be you car believe that when you call on Jesus and ask for his forgiveness and put your faith in Him, you will be saved and you can know that you are alive, you are forgiven and you are His.
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