Sunday, February 7, 2021

GROWING IN GRACE (MORTIFICATION)

-it will be a tragedy if there's no growth
-we will not grow if we do nothing
grow in grace = sanctification
-more sanctified, deeper the relationship
-sanctification is the new growth
-renewed in the whole man.. spirit, soul, body
-die unto sin = mortification
-live unto righteous = vivification
-sanctification = mortification + vivification
-healed = physical wholeness
-mortify = put to death
-a virus kills physical body, sin kills the soul!

-God is not against us having money but against money having us
   -God gives us power to have money but not the desire for money
-spitefulness: revengeful, vindictive, malicious
-if we can control our mouth, then we are perfect man
-modification
-vivification
-Christlikeness
a spiritual war
4 steps mortification
1. know your enemy
-sins = evil deeds
-sin = principle power to resist God, to disobey God
-sin factory = we keep sinning, unless we put it to a stop






2. know our objectives
3. know our superiority
-if we think tt we going to lose, what's the point of fighting
-God wants us to be very assured of our victory
-sin is no longer our nature after we are born again
-with the born again nature in us, we can't sin with all our heart
4. know our resources
-we got to grow
   -the more we grow spiritually, sins will have to go one by one
-when light is on, darkness have to go
-do the opposite of our problem
   -in greed, bless others
   -in pride, serve 
   -materialism, live as simple a life
   -gossip, don't find out
   -in anger, be patient, be quick to forgive, slow down
-we got to be international in growing the fruit of the spirit
-watch our behavior
-test God is to ask God to do something tt we don't want to do
-pray, and miracles will happen

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