OPPOSITES TOP UP TRUE IN BOTTOM DOWN FALSE
OPPOSITES • TOP • UP • TRUE • IN • BOTTOM • DOWN • FALSE • OUT
OPPOSITES • FAITH • GRACE • SPIRIT WORKS LAW (MOSAIC) FLESH
• Ephesians 2: 8– 9 (NKJV) • 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.
• Ephesians 2: 8– 10 (NASB 95) • 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; • 9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. • 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.
• IT IS NOT FAITH OR WORKS • IT IS FAITH AND WORKS BUT WITH AN ACCURATE UNDERTANDING OF THE PART BOTH PLAY IN LIVING THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
OPPOSITES FLESH (CARNAL) THE BODY, SOUL, AND SPIRIT (HUMAN)OF MANKIND WITHOUT THE SPIRIT OF GOD. OUR THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS DONE ON OUR OWN SPIRIT ----- THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD
• THE TEN COMMANDANTS ARE ABOUT REGULATING OR CONTROLING THE FLESH. I WILL EXPLAIN THAT MORE LATER
• Romans 7: 14– 20 (NKJV) • 14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin. 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. 16 If, then, I do what I will not to do, I agree with the law that it is good. 17 But now, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me. 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. 19 For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice. 20 Now if I do what I will not to do, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.
• Romans 8: 3– 4 (NASB 95) • 3 For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, • 4 so that the requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
• Galatians 5: 17 (NASB 95) • 17 For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, so that you may not do the things that you please.
• Romans 8: 9 (NASB 95) • 9 However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him.
• 1 Corinthians 3: 1– 3 (NASB 95) • Foundations for Living • 1 And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual men, but as to men of flesh, as to infants in Christ. • 2 I gave you milk to drink, not solid food; for you were not yet able to receive it. Indeed, even now you are not yet able, • 3 for you are still fleshly. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking like mere men? •
• Romans 8: 13 (NASB 95) • 13 for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
• Galatians 2: 20 (NKJV) • 20 I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
• POSITIONAL TRUTH VS. CONDITIONAL TRUTH
• Galatians 2: 20 (NKJV) • 20 I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
• Ephesians 2: 3– 6 (NASB 95) • 3 Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest. • 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, • 5 even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), • 6 and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
• BE THE MAN OR WOMAN GOD SEES • LIVE A LIFE THAT LOOKS MORE AND MORE LIKE OUR POSITION IN CHRIST • SEE THAT OUR “CONDITION” IS MOVING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO OUR “POSITION”
5. BAD CHOICES. FEEDING THE FLESH, STARVING THE SPIRIT
5. BAD CHOICES. FEEDING THE FLESH, STARVING THE SPIRIT
• Galatians 5: 16– 17 (NKJV) • Walking in the Spirit • 16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. 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.
• Romans 8: 6 -7 (NASB 95) • 6 For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace, • because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so, • Colossians 3: 2 -3 (NASB 95) • 2 Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. • 3 For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
1 Corinthians 3: 12– 15 (NKJV) 12 Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, 13 each one’s work will become clear; for the Day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one’s work, of what sort it is. 14 If anyone’s work which he has built on it endures, he will receive a reward. 15 If anyone’s work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire.
• END OF FLESH VS SPIRIT MESSAGE
JUDGMENT OF BELIEVERS AND UNBELIEVERS Eternity Past Church Rev. 2 -3 Rapture Israel Resurrection Unbelievers Judged 1 Cor 3 2 Cor 5 Resurrection Believers Judged Millennium Tribulation Rev. 6 -19 GOD’S OUTLINE OF HISTORY 1000 Yrs Eternity (New Heavens & New Earth? )
WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE IS NO MILLENNIUM? Eternity Past Church Rev. 2 -3 Rapture Israel Resurrection Unbelievers Judged 1 Cor 3 2 Cor 5 Resurrection Believers Judged Millennium Tribulation Rev. 6 -19 GOD’S OUTLINE OF HISTORY 1000 Yrs Eternity (New Heavens & New Earth? )
SAME JUDGMENT SEAT FOR ALL MANKIND Unb elie Resurrection Rev 20 Resurrection rs Eternity Past Church Rev. 2 -3 ve Israel s lie Be Great White Throne ver Eternity (New Heavens & New Earth? ) GOD’S OUTLINE OF HISTORY
2 Corinthians 5: 10 (ESV) 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.
Philippians 1: 22– 24 (NKJV) 22 But if I live on in the flesh, this will mean fruit from my labor; yet what I shall choose I cannot tell. 23 For I am hard-pressed between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better. 24 Nevertheless to remain in the flesh is more needful for you.
1 John 3: 9 (NKJV) 9 Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.
• DON’T CLAIM TO BE LIVING A SPIRIT FILLED OR SPIRIT CONTROLED LIFE WITH KNOWN, UNCONFESSED SIN. • DON’T CLAIM TO BE IN FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD WHEN THERE IS SIN IN YOUR LIFE THAT IS NOT BEING RECOGNIZED AND DEALT WITH.
• REMEMBER: WE (BELIEVERS) WILL ALL STAND BEFORE THE JUDGEMENT SEAT OF CHRIST TO GIVE AN ACCOUNT OF WHAT WE HAVE DONE WITH THE GIFTS, RESOURCES, AND OPPORTUNITIES GOD HAS GIVEN US.
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