personal results of a renewed lordship. i. it all starts with a purity of heart
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1 Peter 1:22-23 “Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from theTRANSCRIPT
PERSONAL RESULTS OF A RENEWED
LORDSHIP
I. IT ALL STARTS WITH A PURITY OF HEART.
1 Peter 1:22-23 “Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that
you have sincere love for your brothers, love one
another deeply, from the
heart. For you have been born again, not of
perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word
of God.”
II. CHANGES THAT JESUS MAKES IN YOUR PERSON.
1. Jesus wants to make your life beautiful
through simplicity.
John 3:16: “For God so loved the world that he
gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but
have eternal life.”
2. Jesus wants to make your life beautiful through genuine love.
1 Peter 1:22-“Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from the heart.”
Imagine if your thoughts, actions and
words-ALL of them-were controlled by a sincere, deep love for others.
John 13:34-35-“A new command I give you:
Love one another. As I have loved you, so you
must love one another.
By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
3. Jesus wants to make your life beautiful through humble
reverence for God.
Psalm 111:10-“ The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow his precepts have good understanding. To him
belongs eternal praise.”
4. Jesus wants to make your life beautiful
through inner joy.
“From time to time throughout history, the
church needs revival. We know how easy it is as
individuals and congregations and
denominations to get stuck in a rut.
We get into the routine of what we are doing and we
get comfortable with it-and since all of us like to
be comfortable-our comfort can become the main focus of our lives
and of the church. We fall into survival
mode instead of revival mode. In short, the
history of the church has shown us that
periodically we need to
be revived because theonly difference between a
rut and a grave is its length, its depth, and how
long we are in there.” (Allan Bevere)