The Transformed Life Renewed From Worry To Peace

The Transformed Life: Renewed From Worry To Peace

The Transformed Life: Renewed From Worry To Peace

The Transformed Life • “Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. ” • Romans 12: 1 -2

The Transformed Life • Renewed From Worry to Peace • Numbers 13 -14 • Renewed From Confusion to Clarity • Acts 10 -11 • Renewed From Hidden to Revealed • Ephesians 3: 1 -7 • Renewed From Faithful to Fruitful • Titus 3: 14

Peter’s Confusion • Multiple Occasions Show Peter’s Good-Hearted Confusion: • When Fishing (Luke 5: 4 -5) • When Jesus Explained His Death (Matthew 16: 23) • When Jesus Washed The Apostles’ Feet (John 13: 8 -10) • Acts 10 Fits With This Characteristic: • “Now while Peter was greatly perplexed in mind as to what the vision which he had seen might be…” (17) • “While Peter was reflecting on the vision…” (19) • God Clears Things Up for Both Peter & Us: • 3 Times Jesus Tells Peter To Feed My Sheep. (John 21) • 3 Times Jesus Shows Peter This Vision. (Acts 10)

When I Am Confused, Obedience Brings Greater Clarity. • When faced with the choice to object or to obey, I choose to obey, because I know I can trust Jesus.

I See Clearly…That God Knows Me. • He Knows Simon the Tanner: • He knows my name, my city, my job, my home, even my guests. • He Knows Cornelius: • He knows my heart, my worship, my reputation, my household, my prayers. • He Knows Peter: • He knows my hunger, my background, my confusion.

I See Clearly…The Scope of the Gospel. • “ 28 And he said to them, “You yourselves know how unlawful it is for a man who is a Jew to associate with a foreigner or to visit him; and yet God has shown me that I should not call any man unholy or unclean. ” 10: 28 • “ 34 Opening his mouth, Peter said: “I most certainly understand now that God is not one to show partiality, 35 but in every nation the man who fears Him and does what is right is welcome to Him. ” 10: 34 -35 • “ 44 While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who were listening to the message. 45 All the circumcised believers who came with Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles also. ” 10: 44 -45

When God Is Building A Bridge, I Want To Do My Part. • “But get up, go downstairs and accompany them without misgivings, for I have sent them Myself. ” • Acts 10: 24

I See Clearly…So, I Will Do My Part! • With Obedience To The Gospel (vs. 36) • With Hospitality (vs. 23, 29) • With Including Others (vs. 23 b-24) • With Learning New Principles (vs. 28) • With Listening To Each Other (vs. 29 -32) • With Kindness (vs. 33) • With Personal Response (vs. 41 -42, 48) • With Community Response (11: 2 -4)

I See Clearly…The Power of the Gospel • It is the Gospel of Christ That Must Be Shared. • Acts 10: 36 -37 • It is the Gospel of Christ That Saves Souls. • Acts 10: 38 -43 • It is the Gospel of Christ That Must Be Obeyed. • Peter Has An “Immediate Anticipation of Baptism” • Peter knew where his preaching was leading. He knew that God was not just reconciling two ethnic groups. He was saving souls!

I See Clearly…My Need To Be Saved. • “And He ordered us to preach to the people, and solemnly to testify that this is the One who has been appointed by God as Judge of the living and the dead. 43 Of Him all the prophets bear witness that through His name everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins. ” (Acts 10: 42 -43) • We Are Saved By Jesus Christ, Not Our Works. • Titus 3: 5

The Transformed Life: Renewed From Worry To Peace