Chapter Five

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Chapter Five LESSON 10
JESUS, WHAT A SANCTIFIER
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THE NEW BIRTH

• In the New Birth, a
  person
• recognizes his sins
• and repents, responding to
• the love of Jesus.
• Motivated by the wooing of the Holy Spirit, he
  makes a fundamental paradigm change, turns his
  life around, leaves his sins behind, and heads
  toward God. The experience is so life changing
  the analogy of a New Birth is appropriate.

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SANCTIFICATION

• The idea of separation, or of being set-apart,
  expresses the central meaning of this term, and
  is the master key that unlocks the Scriptures on
  the subject.
• The test that a person is sanctified is not is he
  living in sinless perfection, but is he actually
  set apart unto Jesus Christ, heart soul, mind,
  and strength.

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THE VOCABULARY OF SET APART LIVING

• Old self, old man, sin nature, inbred sin
• Slave to sin slave to righteousness
• Symptoms vs. condition
• The path of death, as the road to life
• crucified and resurrected with Christ
• Separation self emptying death
• Crisis and process
• Love that compels and decrees
• Identification principle
• Coexistence thinking
• Sinless perfection angelic perfection,
  glorification

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SINFUL NATURE OLD SELF

• To settle successfully the Lordship question in
  all areas of an individuals complex life, a
  believer must confront his sinful nature.
• Jesus described it in these terms "I tell you
  the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.

Have you faced up to your sinful nature?
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Some of Your Many Thrones

• Money
• Sex
• Devotional life
• Family life
• Church life
• Work life
• Recreational life
• Possessions
• Generational
• curses
• Sinful habits

Is Jesus Lord of the many thrones like these in
your life?
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Every inclination of the thoughts of his heart
was only evil all the time.

• We do not normally think of ourselves in this
  way. In fact, to ourselves, we look innocent. So
• Do you agree with God that this verse describes
  all mankind?
• Does it describe you?

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All People Have the same Problem!

• How does the story of Uncle Bens chest cold
  illustrate mans heart problem and
• the need for sanctification?

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Is a cure possible? Jesus said, Yes.

• What does John 834-36 say about the cure?

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The authors term, the path of death -- what
does this phrase mean for a couple like this?
Is it possible to have it all put together with
the world, but not with God?
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What does the testimony of Hudson Taylor say to
you about set apart living?
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Narcissism
My time, treasure, possessions, entertainment,
diet, and sexuality belong to me the gospel
merely spices enjoyment of them at my discretion.
In what way does the message of the cross differ?
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Chapter Five Lesson 11
JESUS, WHAT A SANCTIFIER
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Genesis 156
Why is Genesis 156 THE GOLDEN KEY TO THE
BIBLE?
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CREDITED RIGHTEOUSNESS

• Abraham believed the Lord and he credited it to
  him as righteousness (Genesis 156 Psalm 322).
  
• This righteousness came to Abraham because He
  believed God and looked forward to the coming
  Messiah (John 856 Acts 1043).

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Abraham took the steps necessary to move into the
center of Gods will for his life.
Have you done the same?
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ISHMAEL AND SURROGATE MOTHERHOOD

• Abraham had no way to realize just how far off
  course his strategy was. His agenda would have
  never birthed the worlds Messiah instead, it
  would have made sure the Messiah would not be
  born.
• Mans goodness does not even come close to the
  just requirements of a holy God. Mans works of
  righteousness are always off course.

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Double-minded Struggle
The great struggle between the perfect walk in
Gods agenda by faith and the walk in mans own
agenda presupposes futile negotiating with God
and double minded struggle. For Abraham, the
timeline continued until Isaacs weaning party,
at least another three years.
Where is your blueprint taking you?
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The moment of truth came at three-year-old
Isaacs weaning party.
So young so important!
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SARAHS CONCLUSION

• is one of the greatest lessons of the walk of
  faith Get rid of that slave woman and her son,
  for that slave womans son will never share in
  the inheritance with my son Isaac (Genesis
  2110).
• What are you willing to give up and die to in
  order to live a set-apart life in Gods perfect
  will?

Will you walk the path of death with Jesus?
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ABRAHAMS GUT-WRENCHING CHOICE RELEASE ISHMAEL

• It was Abrahams path of death give up his
  firstborn, whom he loved.
• Only the grace of God could provide him the
  strength to release Ishmael from the family. Many
  centuries later the apostle Paul expressed it,
  Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to
  your earthly nature" (Colossians 35).

DO YOU HAVE AN ISHMAEL THE HOLY SPIRIT IS
TELLING YOU TO RELEASE?
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Gods Love Gives Encouragement on the Path of
Death

• God said to him, Do not be so distressed about
  the boy and your maidservant. Listen to whatever
  Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that
  your offspring will be reckoned. I will make the
  son of the maidservant into a nation also,
  because he is your offspring" (Genesis 2112-13).

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• Are there situations today where parents, in
  order to do the will of God in their own lives,
  must release a child to find his destiny in God?
• The author says that Abraham did not die just one
  death when he sent Ishmael and Hagar away, but
  many. Is he right?

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Unless you forsake all - Jesus

• The author says that Abraham did not die just one
  death when he sent Ishmael and Hagar away, but
  many. Is he right?

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Three Questions AboutSET-APART LIVING

• How is set-apart living both a crisis and a
  process?
• Was God fair to Hagar, Sarahs Egyptian servant?
• How did Ruth the Moabite make a far wiser
  separation, when she left her homeland, never to
  return?

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Chapter Five LESSON 12
JESUS, WHAT A SANCTIFIER
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SET APART LIVING AMONG THE ISRAELITES

• It surely follows today that a believer's own
  separation from sin unto the Lord is the divine
  expectation.
• Should not this spiritual separation include our
  homes, fields, bank accounts, jobs, clothes, as
  well as our relationships, vehicles,
  entertainment, diet and sexuality?
• Can a person have experienced this set-apart
  condition unto the Lord without that separation
  affecting all that he is, including all that is
  his?

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SET-APART LIVING ISRAELS DNA

• This call for a moral and social separation from
  the nations around them permeated the total
  Israelite lifestyle.
• It characterized all of their feast days, wedded
  them inseparably to their sacred Scriptures,
  overshadowed their military ventures, and shaped
  their daily routine in their homes and villages.
• Separation became their DNA as a people.

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ARE YOU THE MAN?

• David begged God for a two-fold blessing. He
  asked for his transgressions to be blotted out,
  and to be washed from the iniquity that motivated
  him to sin.

What about you?
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Rendering of Solomons Temple
Isaiah went to the temple to pray. That day he
met his Messiah in a temple vision, and set
himself apart for the remainder of his life to
write about His Lord.
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SELF-EMPTYING SACRIFICE
Jesus calls His followers to a demanding
discipleship. It requires a funda-mental
self-emptying of the values and ways of the old
self. A person then takes up his own cross, as a
servant, to follow Jesus in a new life-style of
self-denial.
WILL YOU ANSWER HIS CALL?
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THE ESSENCE OF SANCTIFYING GRACE

• is for a believer to embrace the mind of Christ
  as his own (Galatians 419). With Jesus Christ,
  implicit trust in His Father framed His mindset
  and lifestyle (Philippians 25-6).
• Sanctifying grace always breaks the domination of
  the old self and produces dedication to the
  same trust, in a life set-apart unto Gods
  character and agenda.

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PAULS JOB DESCRIPTION

• to open the eyes of people everywhere, turning
  "them from darkness to light and from the power
  of Satan to God.
• The Lords goal through Paul was for them to
  receive forgiveness of sins, and a place among
  those who are sanctified by faith in Christ"
  (Acts 2618).

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THE APOSTLE PETER

• taught his readers in their hearts to set-apart
  Christ as Lord (1 Peter 315). This is an
  explicit call for them to make a determined
  decision to walk away from the old habits of
  worldly living. It results in a separation that
  increasingly duplicates the Lord's own lifestyle
  that was totally dedicated to His Fathers
  agenda.

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• In sanctification, you work out your
  salvation with fear and trembling, and walking
  the path of death is a vital part of doing it
  (Phil. 212). When Jesus becomes the Lord of your
  life, the old self loses control, including each
  of the many thrones or seats of power in your
  life.