Sermon Notes

2 Corinthians 5:17 NLT

PROBLEM: The veil of guilt, shame, and condemnation is a barrier to spiritual transformation.

John 8:1-11 NLT

1. is the problem. is the answer.

John 3:17-18

2. Jesus doesn’t forgive your sins; He .

Romans 8:1

Colossians 2:13-15 NLT

3. Guilt, shame, and condemnation are tools of the to your relationship with God.

2 Corinthians 3:18 NLT

4. God’s forgiveness invites you into .

5. Jesus doesn’t fix your old life; He offers you a .

John 12:1-7

1. This perfume was very .

2. This perfume evoked .

3. This perfume had .

SACRIFICE: the act of giving up something valuable- such as time, possessions, or life- for a higher purpose or belief.

Perfume: stems from the Latin per fumum – Meaning- “through smoke.”

Ephesians 5:1-2 NIRV

For love of Him is .

Philippians 3:7 NLT

For love of Him evokes .

1 Peter 4:12-13 NLT

For love of Him has .

Acts 20:24

2 Corinthians 2:14-15 ESV

2 Corinthians 5:17 NLT

Ephesians 4:22-24

1 Peter 1:15-16

1. Holiness means to be for God’s .

Mark 11:15-18

1 Corinthians 6:19-20

2. You are called to be holy because God has a for you.

2 Timothy 1:9

3. Holiness will you.

4. Radical leads to radical .

Matthew 25:14-30

3 REASONS WHY CHRISTIANS AVOID INVESTING IN GOD’S KINGDOM

3 STEPS FROM KINGDOM ZERO TO KINGDOM HERO

1. Kingdom principles.

1 Corinthians 4:20

2 Corinthians 9:6-8

2. about the Kingdom.

Matthew 6:33 NLT

3. the King.

2 Corinthians 9:10-11

Matthew 23:27-28

Mark 7:14-15

Mark 7:21-23

1. God is not looking for religious performance; He’s looking for a .

2. You don’t change your through discipline; you change it through .

Psalm 139:23-24

Psalm 119:11

Psalm 51:10-12

3. is an process.

Galatians 5:16-18

Jeremiah 31:33

Luke 10:38-40

Luke 10:41-42

Matthew 6:31-33

Setting the .
1. Proverbs 4:25-27
Evaluate your life for things that take away from the “.”
Pray for in your priorities.

1. Most people keep God at a .

2. God has always wanted a relationship with people.

3. Jesus came to the between man and God.

John 1:1

John 1:14

Matthew 27:50-51

John 14:19-20

4. Jesus didn’t come to let God out, He came to you .

John 1:12 NLT

5. If you’re in Jesus, and He’s in you, you can experience His power.

1. This life goes by very quickly.

Psalm 90:12. “Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” NIV

NLT. “Teach us to realize the brevity of life.”

Change is a constant in life.
Knowing God is the most important issue in life.

“What were we made for? To know God. What aim should we have in life? To know God. What is the eternal life that Jesus gives? To know God. What is the best thing in life? To know God. What in humans gives God most pleasure? Knowledge of himself.” J. I. Packer

John 17:3. “Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.”

4. Heaven is going to be incredible!

Acts 1:8

Acts 4:1-22 NLT

1. Bold witness flows from personal .

Romans 12:2

2 Corinthians 3:18 NLT

2. Bold witness is bathed in .

Acts 4:29 NLT

3. Bold witness operates in the of the Holy Spirit.

Acts 4:30-31

4. Bold witness to be silenced.

Ephesians 6:13

Luke 23:13-25

Problem 1: The crowd is more concerned about their own than the .

Romans 1:21-25 NLT

Problem 2: The crowd their own “truth” to their lifestyle.

Problem 3: The crowd , but the truth .

Problem 4: Sometimes the crowd is very .

How Do We Stand Firm Against the Crowd?

1. Know the truth by knowing .

John 14:6

John 8:31-32

2. Allow Jesus (the Truth) to the way you .