Hope of Lasting Change 10

Location: West Seattle Campus
Preacher: James Noreiga
Date:11/03/10
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Hope of lasting change - 10
I am worse than I think - But God is better than I know

God's responce is to say that he will remember his covenant
God asks who will be on my side?
Moses takes the idol and powders it and makes th people drink it
idolatry = shit
God fully rejects the people's idolatry
God actively crushes our idols
He does so with Love and Grace
This still makes it about you
Where do you find lasting hope?
Techniques to fight sin
denial
hyperintrospection
Accountability - using people to manage my sin
hope in a new season in life
Success against insecurities - I am doing better
relationships
New job, child, friend
The myth of rock bottom
All this is garbage...
Do I rely on miracles as my hope for lasting change?
My chage is eternal - God leads us to who we already are
Cross is my redemption initiated - A MIRACLE
this seems foolishness to those who are perishing
Redemption accomplished - justified/made perfecet yet I still sin
Redemption means my good or bad behavior doesn't make me more or less a christian
The only needed evidence that I am a christian (not a good work or lack of sin) is my belief in Christ 1John4
Redemption Applied - My only hope
The Ghost embodies Jesus Christ John 14 -
The father will reveal the Ghosts work in us
We have hope and confidence because of Love and Grace
Miracles means that God has interveened to change my heart
This means that I have love even for my enemies