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Who Are You, What Do You See?

Don Calvert ~ October 13, 2024
2 Corinthians 4:16-18 & 5:1-5
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σάρξ [flesh] sárx: Outward

point of view, that which covers the .

Question: Is who you are determined by what you do, or is what you do determined by

?

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False Belief: We have been

into believing that what we do ( failures) or what has been done to us, determines we are.

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Identity Truth: Jesus Gospel brings me dangerous world

news; my search for is over, in Christ Jesus I already have all the I will ever need.

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πιστεύω [believe] pisteúō: To believe in Jesus, to have in Jesus, to in Jesus as revealed in the .

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1st Reason Why – Without

, the outer person and this present life is all we have; to lose them is to lose .

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ἀνακαινόω [renewed] anakainóō: To cause a change to a

state, to bring back, to .

2nd Reason Why – If we could stack up all of the experiences that make our present lives

and then compare them to our coming , they would all into insignificance.

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3rd Reason Why – Painful troubles help us to understand that there is no

for us here in this dying world; so we increasingly focus on the because it is .

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4th Reason Why – Our present temporary body is a constant reminder of our

hope; because God is eternal, the new body has nothing , it’s .

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5th Reason Why – We groan both physically and spiritually because we long to be

with what was in the .

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Answer: The only

answer that works in God’s kingdom is your of Jesus as Savior; from this, He gives you His .
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Implication #1 – The Holy Spirit is the

, the guarantee from God of our future ; we do not yet have the fullness of what He has promised.

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Implication #2 – If you have heard and believed Jesus Gospel message of salvation, and responded by being

, then you are no longer , you have been .

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Implication #3 – As a Church, let us

God’s face in :

This is our time in history, what God has made us for. We were bought at a great price (Jesus blood and sacrifice) and for a purpose, to share Christ with a dying world, by making disciples as Jesus did.

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(Monday) Pray for our families:

a. For God to build His church through families at New Beginnings.
b. Spiritual leadership and spiritual growth within our families.
c. The marriages and parenting of each of those in your group.

(Tuesday) Pray for deeper discipleship:

a. Discipleship that serves within the church.
b. Discipleship: spiritual growth and multiplication in our home groups, women’s and men’s groups, youth groups and seniors groups.

(Wednesday) Pray for outreach:

a. Service / Evangelism (where we work, neighbors, and family).
b. Weekly invitations to worship service, home groups, and outreach events.

(Thursday) Pray for faith:

a. Faith and deeds that are surrendered to His Word and will.
b. Faithfulness to where and when He calls us.

(Friday) Pray for God’s call for New Beginnings as we build in Eagle Point:

a. To build a new place of ministry, by faith that will honor God, impact our community for Christ, and be debt free by the time we are finished.
b. That God help us grow in financial generosity.

(Saturday) Pray for unity:

a. To be unified in prayer, quiet time, fellowship and reading daily.
b. To be unified in building His kingdom.
c. To be unified in prayer for those leading in the Church.