Give God What He Wants! He Wants To Steer You!
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17 Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
18 And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit,
19 speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,
20 giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
21 submitting to one another in the fear of God.
Title: Give God What He Wants, To Steer You!
Introduction: Congratulations! You have allowed the Lord to Rescue you! Christ has BAIL you OUT of the kingdom of darkness and translated you into His kingdom (Col 1:13)
I am Ecstatic! You have allowed the Lord to Redeem you! Christ has BOUGHT you with His own blood.
Congratulations! You have allowed the Lord to Regenerate you! Christ has Built you INTO A NEW CREATURE.
Congratulations! You have allowed the Lord to Reconcile you! Christ has made it possible for you to BOND with the God of the Universe.
You are saved, born-again, redeemed, delivered, you have according to Luke 9:23
Denied yourself
Taken up the cross (God’s instruction for you) daily
So according to Eph 5:8 you cross is now a
NEW WALK
NEW WALK
8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light
You were in darkness but now you are CALLED into the light to WALK or live as children of light.
YOUR Cross involves
NEW WAYS
NEW WAYS
9 (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth),
Your Ways producing all types of goodness, to stand for righteousness, and testify to the truth.
You cross also involves
NEW WORKS
NEW WORKS
11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them.
12 For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret.
13 But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light.
New work is to EXPOSE evil in your life, in other saints’ lives, and those in society.
You are a now in the light and your actions, attitudes, ambitions should shine light on or expose the shameful practices, the evil ways, the works of darkness.
NOW YOUR
LOVING OTHERS SHOULD CONVICT THOSE WHO HATE
JOYOUS DISPOSITION SHOULD CONVICT THOSE WHO ARE ENVIOUS
PEACE SHOULD CONVICT THOSE WHO CAUSE STRIFE
PATIENCE SHOULD CONVICT IMPATIENCE
KINDNESS SHOULD CONVICT FILLED WITH ANGER
FAITHFULNESS SHOULD CONVICT THOSE WHO ARE UNFAITHFUL
GENTLENESS SHOULD CONVICT THOSE WHO ARE ARROGANT
SELF-CONTROL SHOULD CONVICT THOSE WHO LOSE THEIR TEMPER
TRUTHFULNESS SHOULD CONVICT LIARS
RIGHTEOUS LIVING SHOULD CONVICT THOSE WHO ARE IMPURE SEXUALLY OR WITH IDOLATRY OR WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
NEW WATCH
NEW WATCH
15 See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise,
16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Pay attention or look carefully at how you walk or live. taking advantage of every moment, making the best use of time because the days are evil.
and are following HIm.
Something is wrong. I don’t understand what is going on. What I desire to do, I’m not practicing. The stuff I now hate I find myself doing. What’s wrong with me? Don’t I suppose to be over this sinning stuff now? I thought I was VICTORIOUS! I thought I was MORE THAN A CONQUEROR!
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.
GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS LIST AND RETELL FROM A NEGATIVE PROSPECTIVE
NEW WISDOM
NEW WISDOM
17 Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
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.
SAVED
The state of our living (born again)
The state of our living (born again)
19 These are sensual persons, who cause divisions, not having the Spirit.
9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His.
Sealed by the Spirit
Sealed by the Spirit
for the Holy Spirit is the seal and pledge of citizenship in the kingdom of God,
22 who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.
13 In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,
Indwelt by the Spirit
Indwelt by the Spirit
10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.
14 That good thing which was committed to you, keep by the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.
EVERY CHRISTIAN IS SEALED AND INDWELT AT THE TIME OF SALVATION BUT THE PRESENCE OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD DOES NOT GUARANTEE HOLY LIVING.
The manifest presence of the LORD was with the children of Israel in the wilderness as a cloud by day and as fire by night. Yet God’s presence did not stop them from complaining and desiring the food from Egypt, and not trusting God to provide.
This is why the Bible says in Gal 5:25
25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
SPIRIT-FILLED
NEW WINE
NEW WINE
18 And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit,
Explain the comparison of drunkenness and filled with the Spirit
EVERY CHRISTIAN NEEDS THE SPIRIT BECAUSE
17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish.
YOU STRUGGLE BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT ALLOWING THE SPIRIT TO SHEPHERD YOU
TO Influence you, TO INSPIRE YOU, TO direct YOU, TO LEAD YOU
WHEN YOU ARE BEING LED THE SPIRIT IT PROVES THAT YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN.
14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
DON’T GRIEVE THE SPIRIT
EXPLAIN
DON’T QUENCH THE SPIRIT
EXPLAIN
LET THE SPIRIT FILL, INFLUENCE, INSPIRE, LEAD YOU. LET THE SPIRIT
STEER YOU TOWARDS HIS DEMEANOR
STEER YOU TOWARDS HIS DEMEANOR
16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
4 that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.
STEER YOU TO MAKE HIS DECISIONS
STEER YOU TO MAKE HIS DECISIONS
9 But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”
10 But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.
THE SPIRIT KNOWS THE PLAN OF GOD FOR YOU AS A CHRISTIAN
YOU DON’T KNOW IT. YOUR EYES HAVE NOT SEEN. YOUR EARS HAVE NOT HEARD IT. NEITHER IS IT IN YOUR HEART, YOUR DESIRES OR YOUR INTELLECT
THE SPIRIT REVEALS THEM TO US BY HIS SPIRIT.
Community (Speaking to one another)
Community (Speaking to one another)
19 speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,
Communion (Worship with your heart to the Lord)
Communion (Worship with your heart to the Lord)
19 speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,
Cheerfulness (Satisfied, Always giving thanks to God)
Cheerfulness (Satisfied, Always giving thanks to God)
20 giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Compliance (Submitting)
Compliance (Submitting)
21 submitting to one another in the fear of God.