BE RENEWED
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The centurion answered and said, “Lord, I am not worthy that You should come under my roof. But only speak a word, and my servant will be healed.
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Main Idea: God desires to clean the depths of our heart.
Main Idea: God desires to clean the depths of our heart.
Key Question: How clean are you?
Key Question: How clean are you?
Start big and work down.
Sins cleaned for salvation
Sins forgiven
bitterness and unforgiveness
motives and intentions
1. Our renewal comes with a cleansing from sin.
1. Our renewal comes with a cleansing from sin.
Sins of commission and omission
But there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city.
But outside are dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie.
“Come now, and let us reason together,” Says the Lord, “Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool.
2. Our renewal comes with a cleansing from baggage.
2. Our renewal comes with a cleansing from baggage.
Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart,
Can’t love Christlike and hold on to baggage
Now the purpose of the commandment is love from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from sincere faith,
This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.
3. Our renewal comes with a cleansing of motives.
3. Our renewal comes with a cleansing of motives.
Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord? Or who may stand in His holy place?
He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, Nor sworn deceitfully.
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Not just clean hands (outward actions) but pure heart (inward feelings and motives)
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.
Your feelings and thoughts really do matter.
Therefore strengthen the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees,
and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.
Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord:
looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled;
lest there be any fornicator or profane person like Esau, who for one morsel of food sold his birthright.
For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought it diligently with tears.