Jesus is Lord! Jerry D. Porter

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Jesus is Lord!Jerry D. Porter

• Intermountain District
• Ministry Team Retreat
• Trinity Pines Conf. Center
• September 25, 2013

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Gods highest goal for me

• To be like Jesus

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Core ValuesChristian peopleHoliness
peopleMissional people

• Mission
• To make Christlike disciples in the nations

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To be like Jesus . . . In the
fullness of the Spirit

• Now Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the
  Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wild.
  For forty wilderness days and nights he was
  tested by the Devil. (Luke 41-2)

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In the fullness of the Spirit

• Jesus was tempted
• Spirit-filled pastors, leaders, and students are
  tempted
• Temptation is not sin

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Sex

• He ate nothing during those days, and when the
  time was up he was hungry. The Devil, playing on
  his hunger, gave the first test Since youre
  Gods Son, command this stone to turn into a loaf
  of bread. Jesus answered by quoting Deuteronomy
  It takes more than bread to really live. (Luke
  43-4)

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Sex

• God-given appetites are good
• Satisfying appetites Gods way gives life
• Satisfying appetites mans way destroys life
• Appetite-driven life can become addictive slavery

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Power

• For the second test he led him up and spread out
  all the kingdoms of the earth on display at once.
  Then the Devil said, Theyre yours in all their
  splendor to serve your pleasure. Im in charge of
  them all and can turn them over to whomever I
  wish.

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Power

• Worship me and theyre yours, the whole works.
  Jesus refused, again backing his refusal with
  Deuteronomy Worship the Lord your God and only
  the Lord your God. Serve him with absolute
  single-heartedness. (Luke 45-8)

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Power

• We all have influence and power
• Abusive self-seeking power kills and wounds
• Christ-centered influence empowers others
• Jesus is Lord!

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Herd

• For the third test the Devil took him to
  Jerusalem and put him on top of the Temple. He
  said, If you are Gods Son, jump. Its written,
  isn't it, that he has placed you in the care of
  angels to protect you they will catch you you
  wont so much as stub your toe on a stone.

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Herd

• Yes, said Jesus, and its also written,
  Dont you dare tempt the Lord your God. That
  completed the testing. The Devil retreated
  temporarily, lying in wait for another
  opportunity. (Lk 49-13)

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Herd

• We all belong to various groups or tribes that
  provide identity and community
• Peer pressure can govern or curse us
• In living for Gods pleasure I find my true
  identity
• I am free from the HERD
• I am free to serve the HERD

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In the power of the Spirit

• Jesus returned to Galilee powerful in the Spirit.
  (Luke 414 MSG)
• Victory through radical surrender of
• sex, power, and herd
• A daily surrender of
• sex, power, and herd

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Jesus is Lord!

• Holiness is a crisis love experience of radical
  surrender and heart cleansing.

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Jesus is Lord!

• Holiness is a crisis love experience of radical
  surrender and heart cleansing.
• Holiness is a life-long love relationship with
  God and with each other as we grow in
  Christlikeness.

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There is no single act of faith that answers
for all time. If we could get spiritual supplies
for an extended period, perhaps we . . . would
forget to come to our Heavenly Father for that
companionship which is of greater consequence
than any detached blessing which could possibly
come to us. J. B . Chapman
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Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.
Put on the full armor of God so that you can take
your stand against the devil's schemes. For our
struggle is not against flesh and blood, but
against the rulers, against the authorities,
against the powers of this dark world and against
the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly
realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God,
so that when the day of evil comes, you may be
able to stand your ground, and after you have
done everything, to stand.
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Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled
around your waist, with the breastplate of
righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted
with the readiness that comes from the gospel of
peace. In addition to all this, take up the
shield of faith, with which you can extinguish
all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the
helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit,
which is the word of God. (Eph 610-17 NIV)
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Overcoming temptations in the power of the Spirit

• The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of
  the world. On the contrary, they have divine
  power to demolish strongholds. We demolish
  arguments and every pretension that sets itself
  up against the knowledge of God, and we take
  captive every thought to make it obedient to
  Christ. (2 Cor. 104-5 NIV)

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Overcoming temptationsJUST SAY NO!

• Word of our testimony
• Spiritual accountability partners

• Spiritual Weapons
• Name of Jesus
• Blood of Jesus
• Word of God
• Prayer
• Praise

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Overcoming temptationsJUST SAY NO!

• No temptation has seized you except what is
  common to man. And God is faithful he will not
  let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But
  when you are tempted, he will also provide a way
  out so that you can stand up under it. (1 Cor.
  1013 NIV)

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Overcoming temptationsJUST SAY NO!

• You have taken off your old self with its
  practices and have put on the new self, which is
  being renewed in knowledge in the image of its
  Creator. (Col 39-10)

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• His divine power has given us everything we need
  for life and godliness through our knowledge of
  him who called us by his own glory and goodness.
  Through these he has given us his very great and
  precious promises, so that through them you may
  participate in the divine nature and escape the
  corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
  (2 Peter 13-4 NIV)

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Jesus is Lord!

• We really do need significant others to live
  the holy life!
• Disciplers and disciples who will lovingly hold
  me accountable.
• Others who will walk with me as I follow Christ!

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• Make this your common practice Confess your
  sins to each other and pray for each other so
  that you can live together whole and healed. The
  prayer of a person living right with God is
  something powerful to be reckoned with.
  (James 515-16 MSG)

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• Which temptation do you struggle with the most?
• SEX
• POWER
• HERD

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• Jesus is Lord!

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