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Living Above Life’s Circumstances:
The Awesome Value of Divine Relationship
INTRODUCTION:
As long as our focus is upon this life, you and I will constantly find ourselves living beneath our circumstances.
The only way that we will ever be able to change our focus is to fully understand the awesomeness of our divine relationship.
In our text, the apostle Paul spells out the dramatic impact upon his life that came about from understanding the awesomeness of his relationship with Christ.
Paul continually faced some of the most negative circumstances imaginable for any human being.
In spite of the circumstances, Paul’s life was filled with joy and fulfillment.
He constantly lived above his circumstances.
Let us take a look at some of the facts that Paul stated about his understanding concerning the awesome value of our divine relationship.
I- THE AWESOME VALUE OF OUR DIVINE RELATIONSHIP MAKES EVERYTHING ELSE SEEM WORTHLESS.
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A- The awesome value of our divine relationship demonstrates that empty religion is worthless.
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B- The awesome value of our divine relationship reveals that confidence in the flesh is worthless.
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C- The awesome value of our divine relationship illuminates the fact that misdirected zeal is worthless.
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II- THE AWESOME VALUE OF OUR DIVINE RELATIONSHIP IS DERIVED FROM THE SOURCE OF OUR SALVATION.
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“...and become one with him.”
A- Salvation is a possible only through union with Christ.
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“...and become one with him.”
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B- The 1st step to finding righteousness is rejecting self-righteousness.
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“...I no longer count on my own righteousness through obeying the law;”
C- True righteousness is only found through faith in Christ.
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“...rather, I become righteous through faith in Christ.
For God’s way of making us right with himself depends on faith.”
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III- THE AWESOME VALUE OF OUR DIVINE RELATIONSHIP IS EXPERIENCED BY LIVING A YIELDED LIFE TO CHRIST.
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A- When we live a yielded life, we will experience his resurrection power.
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1- We will come to know Christ personally, which is the very definition of eternal life.
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2- Experiencing his resurrection power restores spiritual life.
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3- The resurrection power of Christ continually enables us to live missionally.
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B- The resurrection power of Christ is manifested most powerfully in the midst of trials.
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1- Paul knew that the resurrection power of Christ is demonstrated when we are at our weakest and most vulnerable circumstance.
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C- When we live yielded lives in difficult circumstances, we can do so with absolute confidence.
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1- No matter what the world throws at us, we can live with the assurance of our resurrected life with Jesus.
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We have his resurrection power in this life.
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We will be raised to enjoy our relationship with Christ throughout eternity!
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