THEOSIS - SPIRITUAL UNION part1

-the moment we believe in Jesus, eternal life will spring out of us

-the more we know God, the more eternal life

we will be swallowed up by the ocean of life, ocean of love

-we may be converted, but may not be fully surrendered

-when we are in heaven, we will be filled with joy

-flush out the impurities of our life... so that we can see God

-dont be shock of temptation it is normal...

   -its normal to worry, nervous, anger, upset... but important to not hold on for too long!!

      -dont let them infect us

-the greatest tiredness is not physical, but mental and emotional

-ppl may offend us, but when we hold on to it, its draining us!

-when we forgive, we are not doing them a favor, but a decision not to suffer further

our life cannot be lived without a moment of forgiveness

-let God be the judge... we make the point to forgive, forget the pain

THEOSIS - SWALLOWED BY LIFE

God wants to be one with us

salvation will bring us into this dance

-with our own flesh, we always grieve the Holy Spirit.. temptations

-when we die, our soul will stand before God naked, without bodies

   -we cant fully express ourselves

   -only at the resurrection of the dead, we will have a new body

Jesus salvation is not completed at the cross... but only after the resurrection

to have eternal life, we need to know God.. we need to grow in God's love

KINGDOM OF GOD - LIFE OF THE KINGDOM

eternal life and kingdom and is the same thing

salvation = kingdom of of God = kingdom of heaven = eternal life

-blessed are the righteous

-kingdom of God is a future reality... righteous inherited at the end of 2nd coming

we can experience the kingdom of God, eternal life

we can have eternal life now, but not in full now

what is eternal life 

1. knowledge of God

-we can start knowing God

-knowledge is not having information... is abt experience (personal encounters, entering into relationship, becoming God's friend, entering into fellowship and communion with God)

-to know a person means to have experience (knowing facts is easy.. google, facebook but doesnt mean knowing the person)

2. life of the Holy Spirit

-we need to be born again

-water, not abt baptism, but in the new covenant, the Holy Spirit will cleanse us

we need to be spiritual

born again person within us

spirit = our heart, inner-man

3 things about spirituality

1. result = Christ is being formed in us

-personality is who are externally, how we present ourselves to the world

   -easily changed via coaching

-character is internal (the real us) - fruit of the spirit

   -formed through transformation over time

      -through thoughts

-character is what God is focusing on

2. desire to integrate all aspects of all our lives

-if our spiritual life is not integrated with our life, our soul breaks down

   -dont do exactly what we say... having a divided heart

-integrity = character

3. process = place our "real self" in the presence of God

-spirituality makes us aware of our true self

   -bring it before God's presence so that He can change us

-when we overwork, we be stress / pressured.. become irritable/easily angry

-only 1 thing is needed... spirituality

-sometimes we allow ourselves to being so busy

-the true self maybe more angry, not be so pure, honest, kind

-ppl are afraid to come before God, surrender to God... things may not turn out how we want it to be...we are not willing to accept it

-weary = overworked, tired, burnout

-burdened = worried, stressed

-its a promise! but we must first come to God

-silent all our mind, come before the presence of God, focus our whole heart on Jesus

-our spirituality is more important than all other world accomplishments

-Mary chose the most important thing... that is to spirituality