Being led by a sovereign God resulting in unquenchable optimism Finding promised victory in Jesus resulting in unvarying success Having influence for Jesus resulting in unforgettable impact Pleasing God in Jesus resulting in unimpeachable integrity ID: 565687
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Do You Bear the Marks of the Real Deal?
Being led by a sovereign God, resulting in unquenchable optimism
Finding promised victory in Jesus, resulting in unvarying success
Having influence for Jesus, resulting in unforgettable impact
Pleasing God in Jesus, resulting in unimpeachable integrity
Empowered in Jesus, resulting in undeniable realitySlide2
Do
Y
ou Bear the
V
ital Signs of the New Covenant?
The purposeful pulse of life marked by love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, and self-control
A heart written on by the Spirit, producing a spiritual concern for people
A righteousness from God alone that frees us from guilt and shame
The permanence of eternal values not the pressure and performance of the temporalSlide3
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2 Corinthians 3:12-18
Boldness in the Spirit
Veils of the Flesh
Unveiling of the SpiritSlide4
Boldness in the Spirit
Boldness is the inevitable result of total trust in the New Covenant (everything comes from God).
Boldness is the sure hope that is the result of the conviction that God is ready to work in you.
Boldness is
the freedom that comes from recognizing that God is doing everything and not you.
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2 Corinthians 3:12-18Slide5
Veils of the Flesh
Moses hid his fading glory behind a façade, a veil that kept the truth of his soul from being seen.
The veil was a symbolic activity of the flesh.
The same veil was active in Paul’s day.
In fact, it is still active today!
“all that God says we will do”
Unveiled
2 Corinthians 3:12-18Slide6
There is one vice in which no man in the world is free; which every one on the world loathes when he sees it in someone else; and of which hardly any people, except Christians, ever imagine that they are guilty themselves. There is no fault which makes a man more unpopular, and no fault which we are more unconscious of in ourselves. And the more we have it ourselves, the more we dislike it in others. The vice I am talking of is Pride or Self-Conceit; and the virtue opposite to it, in Christian morals, is called Humility.
(Mere Christianity p.106) Slide7
Veils of the Flesh
Why the Veil (our fading glory)?
A deceitful heart – Jeremiah 17:9
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2 Corinthians 3:12-18Slide8
Jeremiah
17:9
(NASB)9 “The heart is more deceitful than all else
And is desperately sick;
Who can understand it?Slide9
Veils of the Flesh
Why the Veil (our fading glory)?
A deceitful heart – Jeremiah 17:9
Covering the shame that others will see us for who we really are
Wearing the veil so long that we actually believe it
Ego support
Excuses – double meanings
Fear of rejection
The flesh loves to hide and disguise itself!
Unveiled
2 Corinthians 3:12-18Slide10
Veils of the Flesh
The many veils of Pride
Self-righteousness
False humility
Sensitivity – self-pity, selfishness
Self-importance – busyness, center of universe
Self-justifying – perfectionism
Remoteness – motivated by fear
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2 Corinthians 3:12-18Slide11
Unveiling of the Spirit
How can these veils be removed?
Only through Jesus Christ – 2x
The key to moving from the old covenant to the new covenant is the Spirit.
The Spirit gives us freedom when we recognize His indwelling and we submit.
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2 Corinthians 3:12-18Slide12
Unveiling of the Spirit
How do we operate in the Spirit?
We must recognize the veil for what it really is through prayer, self-examination, and others.
Then, we must put the veil to death so the old life no longer reigns over us – Rom. 6:6; 8:13.
Unveiled
2 Corinthians 3:12-18Slide13
Romans
6:6
(NASB) 6 knowing
this, that our old self was crucified with
Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin;
Romans 8:13
(NASB)
13
for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live. Slide14
Unveiling of the Spirit
How do we operate in the Spirit?
We must recognize the veil for what it really is through prayer, self-examination, and others.
Then, we must put the veil to death so the old life no longer reigns over us – Rom. 6:6; 8:13.
Next, we must apply the power of the Spirit through the resurrection of Jesus to overcome, moving from the old to the new.
Jesus’ resurrection has already won the victory over sin in the power of the Spirit!
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2 Corinthians 3:12-18Slide15
Unveiling of the Spirit
This process, repeated over and over again, begins the dying to self and becoming alive in Christ.
As this death occurs and newness of life takes over, we begin to reflect Christ in areas of our lives.
Others, then, begin to see Jesus in us!
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2 Corinthians 3:12-18Slide16
Application
What are some veils that you are wearing?
How are you going to put them to death?
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2 Corinthians 3:12-18Slide17Slide18
Application
What are some veils that you are wearing?
How are you going to put them to death?
In what areas of your life are you reflecting Jesus to others?
Unveiled
2 Corinthians 3:12-18