Religion & Spirituality
SURRENDER 3 Main points You’re dead until you die You rest on a finished work You have an incorruptible inheritance Ephesians 2:1-7 Surrender your life Romans 6 6 You’re dead until you die Colossians 2 13 When you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions, 14 having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. You rest on a finished work As christians we want to be busy being “about our Father’s business” Sometimes we also struggle with the old sinful man We all want to be sanctified and live a holy life The key to this is not effort, or conviction, or willpower… but surrender It is finished! Heb 1:3 When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high Colossians 3 Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Ephesians 2:4-9 It is finished! Surrender your works! Galatians 3 2 This is the only thing I want to find out from you: did you receive the Spirit by the works of the Law, or by hearing with faith? 3 Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh? John 19 30 Therefore when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And He bowed His head and gave up His spirit. You have an incorruptible inheritance In this life we have needs, we have fears and worries about those needs. Just meeting the basic demands of life can be a challenge. I think everyone faces trials in general, but as christians we also face specific trials relating to our spiritual adversaries: The flesh, the world and the devil. Galatians 4 - 4-7 Romands 8 15- 18 1 Peter 1:3-6 Surrender to the riches of God’s glory Ultimately our greatest need is met in Christ God is able to meet our daily needs… all the earth is the Lord’s We need to surrender our worries to God and trust Him to take care of us. Our natural temptation is to Take on all the load of life ourselves Moan and groan about it Review You’re dead until you die You rest on a finished work You have an incorruptible inheritance