How to have more of God’s life in you

—Becoming Filled with God pt.3

  • Andrew Fountain – Oct 7, 2018

 
 
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Outline

  1. Summary of the first two parts of this short series
  2. Two key ideas
  3. Some fun playing around with some metaphors for these ideas

John 17:21–23

  1. that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.
  2. The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one,
  3. I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me.

Quote

  • “We will always remain creatures, but we are destined to become creatures so filled with God that his very glory radiates from us.” —Carl Mosser
  • Our fear of overstating this must not make us shy away from talking about the extraordinary destiny that God has for us:
    • that we will be filled with the divine,
    • and as his children, show many of his characteristics.

Living “God-filled”

  • Switching to dependence on him        
  1. Working with his strength
  2. Sharing his throne
  3. Glowing with his glory

Outline

  1. Summary of the first two parts of this short series
  2. Two key ideas
  3. Some fun playing around with some metaphors for these ideas

2. Two T-shirt slogans

  • Your choices
    change you!
  • Your choices
    come out of
    what you believe
    is true.

John 14:23; 15:1–17

T-shirt #1

  • Your choices
    change you!
  • It is a constant choice
  • Choosing makes it stronger
  • This is not simply practice, but positioning ourselves to receive the Spirit
  • not choosing it makes it die

Our response

  • “I so need Jesus
    flowing into me through the Spirit
    that I’ll follow him with all my strength
    so as to get more of his strength and presence.”

T-shirt #2

  • Your choices
    change you!
  • Your choices
    come out of
    what you believe
    is true.

Choices flowing out of belief

  • Col 1:9–10 “be filled with the knowledge of his will... so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.”
  • Col 3:9–10 “you have put off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.”
  • Eph 3:17–18 “so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend…”
  • Eph 4:20–24 “But that is not the way you learned Christ!—assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus, to put off your old self… and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God”

Our response

  1. “I so need Jesus
    flowing into me through the Spirit
    that I’ll follow him with all my strength
    so as to get more of his strength and presence.”
  2. “I am so convinced of the truth of my new reality
    (my new identity and destiny)
    that I’ll encourage the new me
    to walk over the old me.”

Outline

  1. Summary of the first two parts of this short series
  2. Two key ideas
  3. Some fun playing around with some metaphors for these ideas

3. Fun with Metaphors

  1. Feed the good dog, starve the bad dog
  2. Put off the old Adam clothes, put on the “Jesus clothes”
  3. Be connected to the main trunk of the vine
  4. Learning to touch-type
  5. Learning Mandarin
  6. Awaking from sleep and getting up (see Eph 5)

Ephesians 5:14–15

  1. Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.
  2. Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,
  3. making the best use of the time…

How do I wear the T-shirts?

  • Your choices
    change you!
  • Your choices
    come out of
    what you believe
    is true.