If Any Man Be In Christ 2 Corinthians
“If Any Man Be In Christ…” 2 Corinthians 5: 14 -17
“If” – We have a choice! Mt. 11: 28; Rom. 6: 16 -18; Rev. 22: 17
“Any Man” -- The gospel is for all. Gen. 12: 3 Ø Great Commission: Mt. 28: 19; Mk. 16: 15 ff; Lk. 24: 47; Ø Who may call… Acts 2: 21; Rom. 10: 11 -13 Ø Calling on the Lord demands obedience. Acts 22: 16 ; Mt. 7: 21 ff; Lk. 6: 46 Ø Jews had a hard time accepting this. Acts 10: 34 -35; 11: 12; 15: 7 -9; Gal. 2: 11 -12
“Be In Christ” -All spiritual blessings… Eph. 1: 3 Salvation. 2 Tim. 2: 10 Ø Freedom from condemnation. Rom. 8: 1 Ø Redemption / Forgiveness. Eph. 1: 7 Ø Eternal life. 1 Jno. 5: 11 Ø “Blessed are the dead” Rev. 14: 13 Ø
n Baptism Puts One Into Christ (Gal. 3: 2627) n n “For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. ” cf. Rom. 6: 3 -4 Baptism Puts One Into The Body Of Christ. (1 Cor 12: 13) n “For in one Spirit were we all baptized into one body” n One Body. Eph. 4: 4 n Body = Church, Therefore, One Church. Eph. 1: 22 -23 5
Christ Adds To The Church (Singular) n n Acts 2: 47 “praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved. ” (NKJV) “Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them” (2: 41)
“There is ONE body” (Eph. 4: 4) Body = church (Eph. 1: 22 -23) Baptized into ONE body (1 Cor. 12: 13) Thus: Saved Added To ONE CHURCH Acts 2: 47
The Lord’s Church Is Not A Denomination “And I also say to thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. ” Mt. 16: 18 Church = Singular in number It = Singular in number
Methodist Baptist Catholic Lutheran Church of God Nazarene Denominationalism is wrong I. Jesus built Only One Church (Mt. 16: 18) II. Jesus is the Savior of One body. (Eph. 5: 23) III. Jesus prayed for unity. (Jno. 17: 20) IV. Division Is Wrong (1 Cor. 1: 10) V. Paul taught the same thing everywhere. (1 Cor. 4: 17) 9
“He Is A New Creature” n Occasion to rejoice. –Acts 2: 46; 8: 8, 39; 16: 34; Phil. 4: 4 Ø Presence of the Lord occasion to rejoice. “Lo I am with you always. ” Mt. 28: 20 “… I will in no wise fail thee, neither will I in any wise forsake thee. ” Heb. 13: 5
n “Old things … passed away… all things new” n New Covenant. Heb. 8: 7 ff n New Birth – Jno. 3: 3; 1 Pet. 1: 22 -23 n New Name – Isa. 62: 2; Acts 11: 26; 26: 28; 1 Pet. 4: 16 n New Life – Gal. 2: 20 n Different life – Eph. 4: 22 -24; Col. 3: 5 -10 n Renewed mind – Eph. 4: 23
The New Creature Has The Prospect Of A New Home… Note: Abraham. Heb. 11: 8 -10, 16 Paul. 2 Cor. 4: 16 -5: 1; 2 Tim. 4: 6 -8; 18 Peter. 1 Pet. 1: 4
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