“The Gospel of Freedom and the Things That Hinder”
Ne New
“The Gospel of Freedom and the Things That Hinder”
“Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly....”
“The Gospel of Freedom and the Things That Hinder”
“…let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus ,…” Hebrews 12:1
Hindrances – Highways – Obstacles which keep us from Christ’s solutions which the freedom God offers empower us to live in freedom The Performance Trap The Justification Antidote The Approval Trap The Reconciliation Antidote The Blame Trap The Propitiation Antidote The Shame Trap The Regeneration Antidote
The Performance Trap
“The Gospel of Freedom and the Things That Hinder: The Justification Antidote”
1) How important is justification in the Gospel?
1) How important is justification in the Gospel? • Justification = the Gospel?
1) How important is justification in the Gospel? • Justification = the Gospel? Romans 3:28; 8:33 “For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.” “Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies .”
1) How important is justification in the Gospel? • Justification = the Gospel? Romans 4:5 “However, to the one who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness.”
1) How important is justification in the Gospel? • Justification = the Gospel? Galatians 2:16 “[We] know that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified .”
1) How important is justification in the Gospel? • Justification = the Gospel? Galatians 5:4 “You who are trying to be justified by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.”
1) How important is justification in the Gospel? • Justification = the Gospel? Titus 3:7 “…so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.”
1) How important is justification in the Gospel? • Justification = the Gospel? • Justification is God’s antidote to the performance trap because it is (part of) the performance of Jesus.
2) What does justification mean? Being…
2) What does justification mean? Being… • Forgiven for past, present and future sin. Psalm 103:11-12
“[God] does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us .”
2) What does justification mean? Being… • Forgiven for past, present and future sin. • Declared righteous before God. 2 Corinthians 5:21 “God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in [Jesus] we might become the righteousness of God .”
2) What does justification mean? Being… • Forgiven for past, present and future sin. • Declared righteous before God. • Adopted as sons and daughters of God. John 1:12 “Yet to all who did receive [Jesus], to those who believed in his name, [Jesus] gave the right to become children of God ...”
2) What does justification mean? Being… • Forgiven for past, present and future sin. • Declared righteous before God. • Adopted as sons and daughters of God. • Seated with Christ in a position of authority over the dark kingdom. Ephesians 2:6 “And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus...”
2) What does justification mean? Being… • Forgiven for past, present and future sin. • Declared righteous before God. • Adopted as sons and daughters of God. • Seated with Christ in a position of authority over the dark kingdom. • Given the Holy Spirit as a guarantee of God’s acceptance. 2 Corinthians 1:22 “[God] set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.”
2) What does justification mean? Being… • Forgiven for past, present and future sin. • Declared righteous before God. • Adopted as sons and daughters of God. • Seated with Christ in a position of authority over the dark kingdom. • Given the Holy Spirit as a guarantee of God’s acceptance. Ephesians 1:14 “…the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession— to the praise of his glory.”
2) What does justification mean? Being… • Forgiven for past, present and future sin. • Declared righteous before God. • Adopted as sons and daughters of God. • Seated with Christ in a position of authority over the dark kingdom. • Given the Holy Spirit as a guarantee of God’s acceptance. • Assured of the removal of our sin nature forever. 1 John 3:1-3; Philippians 3:20-21
“See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known.
“But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. All who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure.”
“But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body .”
3) How does justification counter the lies of the performance trap?
3) How does justification counter the lies of the performance trap? • It replaces our inconsistent achievements with Christ’s perfect record.
3) How does justification counter the lies of the performance trap? • It replaces our inconsistent achievements with Christ’s perfect record. o Imputed righteousness – bearing Jesus’ record and a sinful nature.
3) How does justification counter the lies of the performance trap? • It replaces our inconsistent achievements with Christ’s perfect record. o Imputed righteousness – bearing Jesus’ record and a sinful nature. o Imparted righteousness – bearing Jesus’ record and no sinful nature.
3) How does justification counter the lies of the performance trap? • It replaces our inconsistent achievements with Christ’s perfect record. • Success and failure are worthless as measurements of identity / value to God.
3) How does justification counter the lies of the performance trap? • It replaces our inconsistent achievements with Christ’s perfect record. • Success and failure are worthless as measurements of identity / value to God. • Justification allows us to deal with successes and failures in healthful ways.
3) How does justification counter the lies of the performance trap? • It replaces our inconsistent achievements with Christ’s perfect record. • Success and failure are worthless as measurements of identity / value to God. • Justification allows us to deal with successes and failures in healthful ways. o Success and failure matter , but they cannot and must never define us.
3) How does justification counter the lies of the performance trap? • It replaces our inconsistent achievements with Christ’s perfect record. • Success and failure are worthless as measurements of identity / value to God. • Justification allows us to deal with successes and failures in healthful ways. Success and failure matter, but they cannot and must never define us. o o Successes can be seen in the light of Christ’s death and resurrection.
3) How does justification counter the lies of the performance trap? • It replaces our inconsistent achievements with Christ’s perfect record. • Success and failure are worthless as measurements of identity / value to God. • Justification allows us to deal with successes and failures in healthful ways. Success and failure matter, but they cannot and must never define us. o Successes can be seen in the light of Christ’s death and resurrection. o o Failures (and criticism for failures) can be faced as a tool submitted to God.
4) How do we live out this truth? How do we run unhindered? “The justified shall live by faith.” Romans 1:17; Galatians 3:11; Hebrews 10:38
4) How do we live out this truth? “The justified shall live by faith.” Romans 1:17; Galatians 3:11; Hebrews 10:38 • Identify the areas where the performance trap exists.
4) How do we live out this truth? “The justified shall live by faith.” Romans 1:17; Galatians 3:11; Hebrews 10:38 • Identify the areas where the performance trap exists. • Renounce the lies as a regular discipline.
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