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Soteriology (2nd aspect: Jesus' life in the believer via the Holy…

- - - - Benefits of being adoption:
        
        As believers we are considered his children and call him " Father' OR "Abba"
        
        As his children we have unhindered access to God
        
        never let your sin prevent you from talking to Jesus
        
        we are always able to call upon him for help
        
        As his children we are in a community with many other siblings
        
        As his children, God disciplines/trains us; we aren't abandoned
        
        the concept of "discipline" is closely related to the concept of training
        
        God trains his legitimate children
        
        God's discipline is for our own good
        
        Our parents do the best they can and we respect them
  - - - Slavery was very common
      - a person can become a slave by being born into it, prisoners of war , or self slave into slavery
      - classic illustration; is Israel crossing the Red Sea after Moses leads them out of Egypt
    - - the scripture portrays people who sin as slaves to sin
      - believers are said to be free from the authority of sin
      - our redemption means that sin, while still present in us, is not our master: we have a choice whether to walk in the flesh or the Spirit
  - - - it is NOT made righteous
      - It is to be pronounced righteous by God
      - Illustration: courtroom
        
        God is judge
        
        we are the defendant
        
        prosecuting attorney is God's law
        
        defense attorney is Jesus
      - Justification is available for all who believe
      - Justification is a free gift from God
      - Justification is by grace
        
        there is no "small print" or "strings attached"
        
        there is no boasting because it was undeserved.
      - Justified by faith and not by law
      - results of justification:
        
        Jesus has taken or condemnation, and we are legally righteous
        
        we have bold access to God's grace
        
        this should create humility before God and others
  - - - come from the greek meaning "to be holy or set apart"
      - the idea is to be set apart from sin and to be set apart TO God
    - - Past
        
        we are viewed as sanctified
        
        I cor. 1:2
      - Present
        
        we are viewed as a process of being sanctified
        
        1 Thess. 5:23
      - Future
        
        we hope for a future complete sanctification
        
        1 John 3:2
    - - Both are found in God's high priestly prayer
        
        Jesus is "in" the Father, and the Father is "in" Jesus
        
        Jesus prays that we might have the same relationship: Christ is "in us, and we are "in" Christ
      - Our identification with Jesus -- we are in the "in Christ club"
      - Jesus'' dwelling in us through the Holy Spirit
- - - - Neither the past, nor future
      - Neither angels nor powers
      - Why is sin not mentioned in Paul’s list? Because Jesus has already taken care of that
  - - - Our emotions: “I don’t feel saved.”
      - Just like our citizenship is not emotionally based, neither is our heavenly citizenship. (“I dont ’t feel like i’m an american citizen.”)
    - - Our good works are not a condition to being saved
      - Examining our good works, or lack thereof, is to look at the wrong person for our salvation:us and not Jesus
- - - - Jesus died for ur sins
      - Jesus was buried
      - Jesus rose from the dead 3 days later
      - He appeared to 500 witnesses
      - the gospel message is about a person.Jesus
    - - This information is needed to know the gospel
      - example: what is sin?
      - example: Jesus is divine and human
  - - - Praying the prayer
      - Let Jesus into your heart
      - giving it all to Jesus
      - Accepted Jesus as my savior
      - lay your burdens at the foot of the cross
    - - the greek word is pisteuo, which means to rely on, to believe, and to trust
      - the definition demands an object
        
        Faith that is valuable before God is faith in the person of God and his Word, i.e., truth
        
        Faith that is worthless or invaluable has as its object something other than God or his word
      - It is used almost 100x in just the Gospel of John in relation to salvation.
      - Faith is a simple, human response
      - Faith involves human will
      - Illustrations of faith:
        
        sitting in a chair
        
        asking for someone to move a desk for you
    - - Faith is not something supernatural given to us by God
        
        Everyone uses their faith every day
        
        The object of people’s faith is what is the problem
      - Faith is not a work
        
        llus: a bank withdraw slip
        
        Although exercising our faith in Jesus is “good” it is not a good work
      - Faith is not an emotion
        
        An emotional response can happen at the same time that we trust in God
        
        We should not confuse the emotion with our faith
- - - - Ephesians 1:3
    - - Ephesians 1:4
    - - 2 Peter 1:3