the transformed life part iii pastor joe pursch chinese grace bible church august 21, 2011
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The Transformed LifePart III
Pastor Joe Pursch
Chinese Grace Bible Church
August 21, 2011
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Introduction
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Romans 10:8-10 (ESV)
8 But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart" (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim);
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Romans 10:8-10 (ESV)
9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
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Romans 10:8-10 (ESV)
10 For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.
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John 3:1-21 (ESV)
1 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
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John 3:1-21 (ESV)
2 This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him."
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John 3:1-21 (ESV)
3 Jesus answered him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God."
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John 3:1-21 (ESV)
4 Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?"
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John 3:1-21 (ESV)
5 Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
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John 3:1-21 (ESV)
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
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John 3:1-21 (ESV)
7 Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born again.'
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John 3:1-21 (ESV)
8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit."
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John 3:1-21 (ESV)
9 Nicodemus said to him, "How can these things be?"
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John 3:1-21 (ESV)
10 Jesus answered him, "Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you do not understand these things?
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John 3:1-21 (ESV)
11 Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen, but you do not receive our testimony.
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John 3:1-21 (ESV)
12 If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things?
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John 3:1-21 (ESV)
13 No one has ascended into heaven except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.
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John 3:1-21 (ESV)
14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
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John 3:1-21 (ESV)
15 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
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John 3:1-21 (ESV)
16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
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John 3:1-21 (ESV)
17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
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John 3:1-21 (ESV)
18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
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John 3:1-21 (ESV)
19 And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.
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John 3:1-21 (ESV)
20 For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed.
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John 3:1-21 (ESV)
21 But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God."
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1. The Transformed Life: It Qualifies You For ______________
Heaven
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John 3:1-6 (ESV)
1 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
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John 3:1-6 (ESV)
2 This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him."
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John 3:1-6 (ESV)
3 Jesus answered him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God."
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John 3:1-6 (ESV)
4 Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?"
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John 3:1-6 (ESV)
5 Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
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John 3:1-6 (ESV)
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
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2. The Transformed Life: It Is Powerful Evidence For The
_____________ Of GodExistence
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John 3:7-8 (ESV)
7 Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born again.'
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John 3:7-8 (ESV)
8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit."
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3. The Transformed Life: You’ve Got To Believe It To
Receive It
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John 3:9-12 (ESV)
9 Nicodemus said to him, "How can these things be?"
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John 3:9-12 (ESV)
10 Jesus answered him, "Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you do not understand these things?
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John 3:9-12 (ESV)
11 Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen, but you do not receive our testimony.
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John 3:9-12 (ESV)
12 If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things?
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4. The Transformed Life: It’s When You Step From Death
Into __________.Life
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John 3:13-16 (ESV)
13 No one has ascended into heaven except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.
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John 3:13-16 (ESV)
14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
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John 3:13-16 (ESV)
15 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
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John 3:13-16 (ESV)
16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
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John 1:1, 14 (ESV)
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
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John 1:1, 14 (ESV)
14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
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John 12:32 (ESV)
32 And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself."
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Numbers 21:4-9 (ESV)
4 From Mount Hor they set out by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom. And the people became impatient on the way.
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Numbers 21:4-9 (ESV)
5 And the people spoke against God and against Moses, "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we loathe this worthless food."
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Numbers 21:4-9 (ESV)
6 Then the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died.
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Numbers 21:4-9 (ESV)
7 And the people came to Moses and said, "We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD and against you. Pray to the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us." So Moses prayed for the people.
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Numbers 21:4-9 (ESV)
8 And the LORD said to Moses, "Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole, and everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live."
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Numbers 21:4-9 (ESV)
9 So Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a pole. And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live.
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2 Corinthians 5:21 (ESV)
21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
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5. The Transformed Life: It’s When You Step From
Judgment Into __________.Joy
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John 3:17-18 (ESV)
17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
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John 3:17-18 (ESV)
18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
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John 5:24 (ESV)
24 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.
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1 Timothy 2:3-6 (ESV)
3 This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior,
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1 Timothy 2:3-6 (ESV)
4 who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
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1 Timothy 2:3-6 (ESV)
5 For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
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1 Timothy 2:3-6 (ESV)
6 who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.
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Romans 8:1 (ESV)
1 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
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6. The Transformed Life: It’s When You Step From
Darkness Into __________.Light
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John 3:19-21 (ESV)
19 And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.
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John 3:19-21 (ESV)
20 For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed.
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John 3:19-21 (ESV)
21 But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God."
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1 John 4:9-10 (ESV)
9 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.
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1 John 4:9-10 (ESV)
10 In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
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Luke 23:39-43 (ESV)
39 One of the criminals who were hanged railed at him, saying, “Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!”
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Luke 23:39-43 (ESV)
40 But the other rebuked him, saying, “Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?
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Luke 23:39-43 (ESV)
41 And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong.”
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Luke 23:39-43 (ESV)
42 And he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.”
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Luke 23:39-43 (ESV)
43 And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”
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Conclusion