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… Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps.

I Peter 2:21

May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it. I Thess. 5:23-24

Sanctification is how you

become a _____

kind of person

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Legalism is our attempt

to please God by

_____________ our own efforts

All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags. Isaiah 64:6

We give believers an ever expanding “to-do” list,

________from the _______________to do it.

Christianity’s Big Mistake:

“…having a form of godliness but denying its power.” II Timothy 3:5

uncoupledsupernatural

power

do righteousness

The “Fine Print”…

love those difficult people

be a better husbandbe a better wife

be a better steward

nurture your marriagebe a witness

watch your language

don’t gossip

dress modestly

conquer your addictions

follow God’s lawssupport missions

prayread your Bible

end hunger

avoid worldly entanglements

help the homeless

and on and on and on …

The problem is that we have

uncoupled the “Fine Print”

from the power of God

Sanctification is a supernatural

__________ by the indwelling Christ

through the Spirit of God

renovation

And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you. Romans 8:11

“Sanctification is not the perfection of human character, but the importation of the divine nature, and the union of

the human soul with the person of Christ, the new Head of redeemed

humanity. Our sanctification has been purchased for us through the redemption of Christ… Our

sanctification, therefore… is one of our redemption rights in Christ, and we

may claim it by faith as freely as our forgiveness.”

Dr. A.B. Simpson, founder of the C&MA

The deHavilland “Comet”

The spiritual life of every Christian has been _____________

and ________The test pilot was

______

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Jesus

Jesus proved that the life he calls us

to live is ______

Unfortunately, many of His

followers think He _______

doable

cheated

The heresy - When faced with temptation, a test or a trial, Jesus

reached through a trap door and grabbed a

hand full of _________________ and

hurled it at the problem

His own omnipotence

Jesus ________ the use of His

own divine powers

laid aside

Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made Himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death – even death on a cross! Phil. 2:5-8

For this reason he had to be made like his brothers in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people. Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted. Hebrews 2:17-18

Jesus ___________________Himself

to the same powers

available to every believer

voluntarilyrestricte

d

And the child grew and became strong; he was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him. Luke 2:40

And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men. Luke 2:52

Jesus lived, loved, served,

and worked His miracles by the

power of the ___________ Holy Spirit

The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” Luke 4:18

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are – yet was without sin. Hebrews

4:15

Jesus ______________life in the

Spirit, and proved the Holy

Spirit could handle every trial of life

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