The Essentials

Discipleship
Harvest Baptist Church
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05 May, 2013
Lesson Thirteen

Liberty: How Light Sets You Right

Ephesians 4:15-16
Point 3. The goal of discipleship is to call you back to ______________. DEFINITIONS Holiness means humanity perfected for a _________ mission Liberty in Christ doesnt look like ________________; it looks like Lordship A ________________ is wrongful conduct causing harm to another person

John 15:7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be That which is done unto you. Col 3:16 Let the word of Christ incomplete in us is dwell in you richly in all wisdom; divinely Jer 15:16 Thy words were found, _______________ in and I did eat them; and thy word Christ, and is directly was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: accessible in his Word Job 23:12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of by the assistance of his lips; I have esteemed the the Holy Spirit words of his mouth more than my necessary food. through discipleship John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, Rom 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. 2 Cor 8:2 How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.

Thesis

HEAVENLY GROWTH HORMONE

1. Absolute truth is always connected to infallible ________ 2. Gods goal for your life is not comfort, but ____________________ to the character of Christ 3. You have to learn how to surrender to the plan of God in the word of God, even if it is not ________ plan 4. God will use trespasses against you to teach you how to ______________ 5. Your greatest testimony as a believer is how you handle ________

Point 1. Discipleship, when it addresses Christian liberty, applies _____________ to the solving of all our loose living. Point 2. Christs ministry is complete, but we are not complete to do his ministry until he delivers his completed Bible to us through a correct ________________________.
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Discipleship: The Essentials for Life

HOW LIGHT MAKES US RIGHT

A. _______________when we learn to trust the Word as our sustenance B. ______________________when we learn to obey the Word and use it as our sword C. ____________________when we learn to forgive and use the Word as our shield D. ______________when we learn to overcome through the Word as our standpoint Psa 119:67 Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word. Psa 119:71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. Psa 94:12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law; Rom 5:3-4 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience; and experience, hope: 2 Cor 4:17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; Matt 6:12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. Matt 27:39 And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,

Luke 23:34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; 1 Pet 2:23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously: James 3:2 For in many things we offend all. Rom 8:17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. Phil 2:5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

Todays Challenges to Faith Evident coincidence Apparent absence Seeming silence

Fast Facts
Discipleship! We can't make cookie cutter Jesus copies. If we could, Christianity would be counterfeited by the Devil. Instead, Christianity has to come passed-down through human DNA in a one-on-one process called Discipleship. Want to learn the Bible? Sign up at the table in the lobby today, and we will pair you with someone to take you through our sixteen Discipleship Essentials one-on-one.

Point 4. We have to go through chastening and affliction as the __________________ to help us learn what God is teaching. Point 5. Forgiveness is a major ______________________ of your spiritual growth, ministry maturity, and Biblical balance.

EPHESIANS 4:14-15 OUTLINE I. HEAD CONTROLLING: THE LAW OF LOVE, 15 II. HEART CONSOLING: THE LAW OF LIFE, 16

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DISCIPLESHIP: THE ESSENTIALS

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Liberty!
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