DISCOVERING YOURSELF – THE EXPECTATIONS
INTRODUCTION:
New that you have, by the grace of God become a child of God, you must now learn to live and operate successful in your new home. This is necessary because the kind of life you were living before is a sharp contrast to your new life.
1. THE IMMEDIATE THINGS GOD EXPECT FROM YOU
a. Put off the old and put on the new man. Matt.9:16-17; Eph.4:22-24. What are the things to put off? (Discuss) Eph.4:25-35, Col.3:5-10
b. Break all diplomatic relations with the devil and his kingdom II Cor.6:14-18, Eph.5:11-
12.What kind of relationships are we to break? (Discuss) gal.4:4-9; Ps.1:1, Deut.7:3-
6, I Cor.15:33; Jose.23:12-13
c. Purify yourself, your thoughts and all you have on a daily basis, in order to retain God there. I Cor.3:16-17; Rom.12:1-2, Phil.4:8; Ex.32:29. How can these be achieved? (Discuss) I Pet.2:11; Jam.4:7; Jn.17:17; Prov.23:26. Thy word have I hid in my heart that I might not sin against thee. Ps.119:11.
d. Have regular fellowship and unbroken personal relationship with Him (Discuss) I Jn.1:1-
3;Jam.4:8a. “thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee.”
Isa.26:3 Jesus Christ gave us a good example in Lk.6:12b.
e. Fellowship with other brethren at all times. Heb.10:25; Acts2:42-47; Ps.133:1-3
Why is this type of fellowship very important?
Ecc.4:9-10; Matt.18:18-20; Deut.32:30
f. Do all things in FAITH in order to please God. Gal.3:11; Rom.1:17; Heb.11:6;
Mk.11:23-24. (Discuss) what is faith Hbe.11:1. How can we receive the victorious
kind of faith Rom.10:17. Example of victorious Faith Rom.4:19-22; Heb.11:17-19; Dan.3:17, I Sam.17:37
2. THE IMMEDIATE THINGS TO EXPECT FROM THE WORLD
a. The world will hate you. Discuss why? Jn.15:18-19, Jn.17:14; Matt.5:44-48
b. The world will persecute you, Jn.15:20-21; Jn.16:33; II Tim.3:12. Distinguish between persecution and accusation I Pet.4:12-16.
c. The world will want to lure you into doing things of old Jam.4:7 Prov.1:10-15; Jam.1:12-16; Tit.2:11-12.
MEMO
RY VERSE; Ephesians 5:11
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
