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God Makes Righteous

God Makes Righteous. Live in It!. Silly Question: If sin were accidents on the carpet How many times would Jesus Have had to rub your nose in it this week?. Where do you feel You are with God this morning?.

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God Makes Righteous

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  1. God Makes Righteous Live in It!

  2. Silly Question:If sin were accidents on the carpetHow many times would JesusHave had to rub your nose in it this week?

  3. Where do you feelYou are with God this morning?

  4. Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the endLove is never just wordsGod demonstrates his love for us…

  5. During supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him, Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going back to God, rose from supper.

  6. He's gonna serve who?!?

  7. He's gonna serve who?!?Knowing… 3 Things:- All things- Come from- Going to

  8. "Torch the joint!"

  9. "Torch the joint!"You don't know what spirit you are of- Luke 9

  10. When dealing with my enemies…

  11. The Foundation is:Our standing in ChristOur relationship with GodOur home in heavenNot whether or not they deserve it

  12. Kingdom Issues are handled inKingdom Ways byKingdom People

  13. Kingdom Issues are handled inKingdom Ways byKingdom PeopleSo Judas will be served in love…

  14. Jesus…rose from supper. He laid aside his outer garments, and taking a towel, tied it around his waist

  15. Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him

  16. He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, do you wash my feet?” Jesus answered him, “What I am doing you do not understand now, but afterward you will understand”

  17. From last week:We don't always understandWhat God is doing while he's doing itBut we gain understandingAs we obey in faith

  18. Peter said to him, “You shall never wash my feet”

  19. Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you have no share with me”

  20. Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!”

  21. Jesus said to him, “The one who has bathed does not need to wash, except for his feet, but is completely clean. And you are clean… but not every one of you.” For he knew who was to betray him; that was why he said, “Not all of you are clean”

  22. Clean?Sweaty, dirty guysWalking in a desert climate?

  23. Clean= Katharos- Pruned to produce fruit- Free from sin and guilt- Blameless, innocent, pure

  24. Clean= Katharos- Pruned to produce fruit- Free from sin and guilt- Blameless, innocent, pureSpiritually/Positionally

  25. Clean= Katharos- Pruned to produce fruit- Free from sin and guilt- Blameless, innocent, pureSpiritually/PositionallyCompletely forgiven now."Feet washed…"

  26. How? You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you- John 15:3

  27. Hearing Christ's Wordsvs.Receiving the Word

  28. Hearing Christ's Wordsvs.Receiving the WordReceive= accept it as truthAnd adjust our lives accordingly

  29. You are clean…but not every one of youAll: Of them sinHave been around JesusHave heard his wordsHave a knowledge of truthBut Judas hasn't submitted to it

  30. What if he decided to do better?To change his ways?To live more like a disciple?

  31. What if he decided to do better?To change his ways?To live more like a disciple?(He already is!)

  32. It's not about changing the outsideBut letting Jesus ruleon the inside

  33. Put another way:What if Peter sins and betrays Jesus?What if the disciples abandon Christ?What if they waiver in their faith?

  34. Put another way:What if Peter sins and betrays Jesus?What if the disciples abandon Christ?What if they waiver in their faith?You are clean…- Free from sin and guilt- Blameless, innocent, pure

  35. “The one who has bathed does not need to wash, except for his feet, but is completely clean. And you are clean……because of the wordI have spoken to you- John 13, 15

  36. Completely clean…now

  37. The Great Depression Lady

  38. "Let us live up to what we have already attained"- Phil. 3:16

  39. Do I believe I amWhat God says I am?God never blessesAn unexercised Faith

  40. Changes everything- Not about how well you perform- Not about atoning for your sin by reading scripture and praying more- You are blameless…right now

  41. Implications:What did you do this week?Christ's nose was alreadyRubbed in itYou are freeSpotless, sinless, blamelessIn Christ's sight

  42. Implications:God's not angry with youEven if you're in willful sinYou are his childNo wrath- poured out on JesusJust discipline out of love"His kindness leads us to repentance"

  43. Implications:No guilt and condemnationYou are his- the price was paidThere is therefore now no condemnationFor those who are in Christ Jesus…- Romans 8

  44. You are clean…(Get your feet washed)

  45. A Christian trying to get right with GodIs like a lepertrying to have a skin disease

  46. “[Religion] says God will love us if we change. The gospel says God will change us because He loves us”- Tullian Tchividjian

  47. Should we sinThat grace may abound?

  48. Why follow Jesus?- Because you want experienceThe fullness of all he has for you- Because you are grateful for hisDeath on the cross that makes you clean- Because it's the path to joy and peace

  49. Why do you want to follow Jesus?- You are grateful for his DeathOn the cross that makes you clean

  50. Why do you want to follow Jesus?- Because you want experienceThe fullness of all he has for you

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