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We are talking about having an expectant Christian Lifestyle
Taking God at his Word - Expecting him to do what he said and promised
It’s what we are calling this year, “Living Expectantly.
Peter in his second letter, says this in chapter 3:14
Or - while you are waiting for these things to happen, make every effort to be found living peaceful lives that are pure and blameless in His sight.
We said that the first thing that we are Live Expectantly in is our Glorious Inheritance
Living Expectantly in our Glorious Inheritance
We have a living hope
It is sure
It is Eternal
and it is Enduring
We have a Genuine Faith
It’s the real thing.
It’s founded in the real One
It’s proven by the fires of life
and it’s found in Christ.
All because we have an Awesome Salvation
You cannot have salvation without faith
and you cannot know hope outside of salvation
Salvation is a commitment that God has made to us
It is a process of renewal and restoration
It is a future that we would have never known
A change that we could have never made
and an eternity that we would never have seen
So my brothers and sisters - we are rich beyond compare
Let’s live in it every day and make sure that we sharing it with all around us.
My brothers and sister, REJOICE, Because we have been given GRACE
A couple of weeks ago, I told you that we were living, much like the church of the New Testament, in a time of GRACE.
In that message, I gave you the dictionary meaning of grace, but today I want to give you the biblical meaning of the word.
grace is favor, "unmerited favor."
It is God's unmerited favor - His goodness toward those who have no claim on, nor reason to expect, divine favor.
(that’s me and you.)
So God’s amazing grace says to each of us, and praise God - We get something Awesome, that we never deserved.
Paul says it this way to the church in Ephesus
So, my brothers and sisters, last week we said that we have this awesome salvation that we should be expectantly living in
That’s because we have been shown amazing grace from the glorious God above that should excite every part of our lives.
As the title of the sermon says, “It’s not what I deserved, but I sure am glad I’ve got it.
So in your living this week -
Expect to Be Sober!!!
I’m not talking about a drunk sobering up and coming to reality - though that could be a part of it
I’m not talking about a drug addict getting clean - though that’s not a stretch
I’m talking about a view and a thought on life that takes on a whole different meaning
I think Paul says it best in
So being sober is a growing up and a maturing in life.
That can only happen as we begin to see what life is really about.
- It’s all affected by the spiritual
It’s the ten commandments - right with God = right with man
It’s the commandments that Jesus taught - Love the Lord with all your heart, mind and soul and then love your neighbor as you love yourself
We begin to live life according to different rules and regulations
We begin to see ourselves in a different light
Paul goes on in
Spiritual sobriety wakes us up from the junk of this world, the illusions and facades to who we really are in Christ.
Read Romans 6
Sober people make better judgments - they drive better, they treat people around them better.
The drunk doesn’t care who they hit, or what they say (until the next day)
Spiritual Sober people make better judgments.
Because now they live with an eternal mindset
They understand that what they do impacts their testimony
Where they are seen affects their integrity
Who they are seen with speaks volumes to whom they serve
How they act, either brings glory to their God or belittles him
Sober people are better workers - a drunk may not get out of bed, and will definitely make the work place dangerous for themselves and others they work with
Spiritually sober people are about the Kingdoms work.
They know their mandate and they make it first in their lives.
Sober people know the dangers of life - They see the guardrails.
They stay away from situations that might kill or maim.
A drunk will stumble and fall into anything
Spiritually sober people know who the real enemy is
So when we live expectantly of this grace that God has showered down upon us, we live life in a different light
It’s different than that of the world
It’s different than that we used to live
It’s a life that lives daily, wide open to the grace, accountability and power of the Word of God.
Let’s live expectantly of God’s grace
Let’s live spiritually sober lives - eyes wide open and seeing life for what it really is
When we think about God’s grace -
Expect to be Holy!!!
Peter goes on in verses 14-16 to tell us that we are no longer ignorant.
Why?
Because we are sober.
Our eyes have been opened
We are no longer conformed to those former lusts, but we are now Holy
Holy = Websters tells us that it is to be exalted or worthy of complete devotion as one perfect in goodness and righteousness.
But that’s not ours to have.
Only God is Holy.
But verse 15 tells us, BUT he has called you holy
Peter and the sheet lowered from heaven - Don’t call unclean that which I have called clean - or made clean
So Christ makes us holy
The definition of being holy at relates to what God has done for each of us is dedicated or consecrated to God or a religious purpose; sacred
Much like the parts of the old tabernacle
Except we are not things.
god doesn’t see us as things
He see’s us as holy people
My brothers and sister, live expectantly this week of being holy.
Because God has called us Holy, Peter says to be holy in your conduct.
Is that what it says there? verse 15?
No - not just your conduct, but ALL of your conduct
It’s what causes us to live soberly
So how do we live holy in all of our conduct?
Allow the HOLY Spirit to live through us
Die to our spirit and allow his to live in us
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