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Result of

Reception of God9

[Gal 6 : 7]

 

/ Ephphatha Church

Discipleship Training

(Basic Course)

 

 

 

/ By Pastor Priscilla

 

 

 

'A believer is a person

who accepts God's words

 of love and his deeds.'

 

 

Today, we are going

to see our identities

 

 

as believers after receiving

Jesus and the changed

 futures in four parts.

 

 

1. Change of our identities. 

             

 

 1) God has given the right

to become his

children to us.

(Jn 1 : 12)

 

 

(Ex : 1)  An orphan

 

 

This is a true story

that happened after

 an orphan was adopted.

 

 

A girl was adopted

and brought to her

 adoptive parents' home.

 

 

That night, when

she was about to sleep

on the floor without

sleeping in a prepared bed,

 

 

her adoptive parents

asked her why she

 was doing that.

 

 

And she replied,

“I don't know how to

thank you for receiving

me as your child...

 

 

I’m happy I'm able to

sleep on the floor.

  That's enough for me. 

 

 

Likewise, God adopted

us, sinners, made us

his children,

and saved us.

 

 

Nevertheless, we are

trying to continue

to live our old life

without knowing our

changed identities.

 

 

So what is the authority?

 

 

(Ex : 2)

Female Police officer

 

 

When a woman

police officer, who

manages traffic

 

 

in the middle

of the street

during a rush hour,

 

 

blows a whistle

and signs to stop,

 

 

no matter how big

you drive a vehicle,

 

 

you have to obey

and stop according to

her instructions.

 

 

As a traffic police officer,

she has such authority

to command the safety

of traffic in uniform,

blowing a whistle.

 

 

Therefore, there's

something we

should  remember :

 

 

God has given us the

right and authority

to become his children

 

 

in order to guide us

into the path of salvation.

 

 

2) We have become

God's family. 

(Eph 2 : 19)

 

 

Above all, it's the

change of our identities

to be recovered

from the relationship

 

 

between man who

was a sinner and God.

 

 

Consequently,

we are no longer

foreigners

and strangers,

 

 

but fellow citizens

with God's people,

and members of God's

household who will inherit.

 

 

3) We have been justified.

(Rom 5 : 1 , Rom 5 : 9)

 

 

We are saved in return

for Jesus' sacrifice. 

 

 

After believing

in the Lord and

receiving him

as our Savior,

 

 

we, who were sinners,

have been justified

because of the blood

of Christ. 

 

 

So, keep in mind

that we are no longer

children of wrath.

 

 

Since we have been

justified through faith

in the blood of Jesus Christ.

 

 

Now we can rejoice

in peace that God

has given us, and

enjoy the peace

with God.

 

 

4) Our names have

been written in the

book of life. 

(Lk 10 : 20)

 

 

Now, we have had

proud identities and

become new beings

to enjoy peace

with Christ.

 

 

Besides, our names

have been written

in heaven!

 

 

How amazing is

the love of God

who has made this

work of salvation!

 

 

2. What happened

to our sins?

 

 

As the psalmist David

has defined 'the blessed'

in Psalms, (Psa 1 : 1-6)

 

 

God acknowledges

those who do not walk

in the counsel of

the wicked

 

 

but those who walk

in the counsel of

the righteous.  

 

 

The first human

being, Adam,

disobeyed God,

 

 

and after the sin,

original sin and

self-crime were given

to his descendants. 

 

 

But, God has promised

that if sinners repent

 

 

and turn to the Lord,

their sins will become

whiter than wool.

 

 

Therefore,

God says that

'the blessed,' who

no longer accept

 

 

or commit sins but

depart from

transgressions,

 

 

have been delivered 

from destruction and

become righteous.

 

 

That's because

God says that he

has swept away

their all sins

 

 

and they

have no more sins. 

(Isa 38 : 17, Isa 44 : 22,

Isa 43 : 25)

           

 

3. What path is open

 between us and God?

 

 

To those who repent,  

the path to heaven will open,

 

 

and they will be given

an opportunity to

meet God

 

 

in the Holy Place

where God enters.

 

 

(Ex: 3)

'The Pilgrim’s Progress'

written by John Bunyan. 

 

 

In prison,

John Bunyun wrote

the famous book called

-'Pilgrim’s Progress,'

 

 

which means

'the way of Christianity.'

 

 

It shows that

Christian life is by

no means smooth

on this earth.

 

 

As he wrote in his

inspired book,

 

 

 

we God's chilren

are likely to be tempted

 

 

and dangerous,

and in difficulties

in the way of the world,

 

 

since there

are many accidents,

all kinds of problems,

temptations and trials

in the world.

 

 

However, if

we stand firm

in the way of God,

 

 

and endure to the end,

we can possess heaven

even on earth,

 

 

and eventually

we will have eternal

life in heaven.

  

 

1) We will meet God

who gives us the grace

to help us in our time

of need.

 

 

(Ex : 4)

Gift packages

 

 

When hearing the

testimonies of people

who have been

to heaven,

 

 

it is said that in heaven,

there are many

returned packages

 

 

because there is no

address or no one

to receive those

packages. 

 

 

It means that

while praying there

are so many people

who gave up

 

 

the packages of answers

halfway and left God.

 

 

In other words,

it means that they

haven't waited for God t

o answer to the end.

 

 

Every good and

perfect gift is from above,

coming down from the

Father of the

heavenly lights. 

(James 1 : 7) 

 

 

Therefore, we should

approach the throne

of grace with confidence,

 

 

so that we may receive

mercy and find grace

to help us in our

time of need.

(Heb 4 : 16)

 

 

(Ex :  5)

 

Around the battlefield,

a soldier gave a ride

to a woman.

 

 

During a war,

a soldier was

 driving a jeep,

 

 

and met a woman

carrying a heavy

basket on her head,

 

 

and he gave her a ride.

But how ridiculous

for her to have kept

 

 

the heavy basket

on her head even

in his car!

 

 

She said,

“Thank you for the ride,

but it's my job to

 carry this basket.”

 

 

Probably the

same goes to us,

the children of God.

 

 

For six days we carry

the heavy burdens

of life we obtain

from the world

 

 

and head to church

on Sunday with

concerns and

anxieties.

 

 

And we come to

the throne of grace,

feeling shrunk.

In God's temple,

 

 

we repent to God

in the weakness

of sinners.

 

 

Also, after we

put the  prayers

  on the altar,

 

 

at the moment

we are about to

return home after

worship and prayer,

 

 

just as we get back

the baggage we

leave to someone,

 

 

we get back the

concerns

 

 

and anxieties

we leave to God,

 

 

and we carry the

heavy burden of life

on our heads

and return home.

 

 

Probably this is

our routine life and

every Sunday this may

happen to us

repeatedly.

 

 

However,

Jesus said,

 

 

"Come to me,

all you who are

weary and burdened

 and I will give you rest." 

 

 

 

In this way,

Jesus has become

the Lamb of God,

who takes away our

sins of the world.

 

 

 

4. What will happen

to us in the future?

 

 

On this earth,

God allows us,

 

 

who are his beloved

children, to enjoy

good health,

 

 

and everything to

go well with us,

 

 

and our souls to get

along well.

(3 John 1 : 2)

 

 

In the future,

we will share, as a bride,

in the wedding supper

of the Lamb,

 

 

and in the future

we will be the heirs

of Jesus in Heaven,

 

 

and we may have

the right to the

tree of life and may

go through the gates

into the city.

 

 

(Rev 22 : 14) 

 

 

And we will enjoy

eternal life and

blessings from God.

 

 

Therefore, we

should realize that

those who believe

in God will have

new identities

 

 

: we will not be

condemned any longer

; we have crossed ove

r from death to life.

(Jn 5 : 24)

 

 

 

"We are no longer slaves,

but by faith, we have

become sons,

 

 

God sent the Spirit

of his Son into our hearts,

the Spirit who calls out,

"Abba , Father."

(Gal 4 : 6-7)

 

 

That's because

the Spirit himself

testifies with our spirit

 

 

that we are God's

children, heirs--heirs of God

 

 

and co-heirs with Christ,

that is, we will inherit

with Christ. 

(Rom 8 : 16-17)

 

 

So, Christians should

not be discouraged

in suffering on earth.

 

 

This is because we have

become co-heirs with

Christ

 

 

and we can

share in Christ's glor

y and sufferings.

 

 

God is the one who

will give to everyone

according to what

he has done.

(Rev 22 : 12)

 

 

Whether God will

reward or punish depends

on the authority of

Almighty God.

 

 

5. Conclusion 

 

 

Now, we are God's

children. Our sins have

been forgiven

 

 

and we have

crossed over from

death to life.

 

 

We have become heirs

to the eternal kingdom

of God, not hell.

 

 

In addition, we should

remember that we have

become new identities

 

 

to possess the faithful

grace of God that we

can enjoy on this earth.

 

 

 

6. Summary

 

 

 1) (As whom) did you

  receive Jesus Christ ?

 

 

2) What will happen

to your identities?

 

 

-God's children, 

-The righteous, 

 

 

-Those who are written

in the book of life

in heaven.

 

 

3) What will happen

to your sins?

 

 

Our sins will be forgiven,

and will blot out, and

won't be remembered

by God.

 

 

4) What path is open

between you and God?

 

 

-We can come boldly to God.

-We are qualified to

enter God's Holy Place.

 

 

5) What will happen

to you in the future?

 

 

-We have crossed over

from death to life.

 

 

-We are God's children.

- We can enter heaven.

- We are heirs of God,

 

 

- We are co-heirs to

receive an inheritance

with Christ.

 

 

- We will receive our

rewards from the Lord.

 

 

 

 

2021/07/01 

 

 

/ By Pastor Priscilla