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A working gospel

A working gospel. Peter Ng.

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A working gospel

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  1. A working gospel Peter Ng

  2. Philippians 2:12-13 12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, 13 for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.

  3. Commendation • 12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence They have been already doing it…work harder even now more as you have been Like father encouraging his son on home work Message for all of us Christians who have begun walk

  4. Therefore • Philippians 2:5-11 5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. This is what God brought to the table ..put in Motivating force behind our work of salvation is His work

  5. Because He gave Himself for us • work out your own salvation • katergozomai To bring about or produce, create Imperative – -command Middle voice- emphasize the subject

  6. Manner • work out your own salvation with fear and trembling • “With reverence and awe” • Context of accountability on the last day • Appropiate response to God’s mighty acts..see 13

  7. Present tense –continuous sense God is continually working in you • 13 for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure. Inward persisting resolve No wishful thinking

  8. The divine pleasure • His good pleasure • The salvation of His people brings God pleasure • God energises our will and our activity so that we please Him in our salvation

  9. Contradiction "Nowhere is the paradox of divine omnipotence and human freedom in the New Testament more strikingly formulated than in these verses."

  10. 1. Grace or Works What is the role of work in my salvation?

  11. Can we work for salvation? • Romans 3:20 20 For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin. • Romans 7:5 5 For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death. • Romans 6:20 20 When you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. Thermometer, rating agency

  12. Salvation by righteousness • Romans 3:21-25 21 But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it- 22 the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith.

  13. God’s wrath • Romans 1:18 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.

  14. Propitiation

  15. KumbhMela

  16. Romans 3:24-25 24 and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith

  17. Ephesians 2:8-10 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

  18. 2. How can it be grace if at the same time I work? work out your own salvation

  19. John 6

  20. Our work? • John 6:27-28 27 Do not labor for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal." 28 Then they said to him, "What must we do, to be doing the works of God?" • 29 Jesus answered them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent."

  21. Our work is to believe • Romans 3:24-25 24 and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith This is our work

  22. Faith= coming to the light • NAB John 3:21 But whoever lives the truth comes to the light, so that his works may be clearly seen as done in God. Living according to the truth = works done in God

  23. BELIEF IS MORE THAN MENTAL ASSENT James 2:19 19 You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe- and shudder!

  24. Works evidence of faith • James 2:17-18 17 So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. 18 But someone will say, "You have faith and I have works." Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. Example of hiring secretary

  25. Martin luther “We are saved by faith alone but faith that saves is never alone”

  26. Working out our salvation • The work that we do as the result of our belief or as evidence of our belief Shoring up the banks of river Boarding up house in anticiaption of hurricaine H1N1 –wear mask

  27. Who believes H1N1 Virus contagious?

  28. 3. What do I do to work out my salvation?

  29. A. DISCOVER YOUR DESTINY

  30. His MASTER PIECE • Ephesians 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. • Not other people’s projects..boss,credit card co ,doc ,health club, • Not our project

  31. B. Listening to His Spirit

  32. Joshua Bell

  33. Desire • Romans 12:2 2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. Passive tense

  34. Colossians 1:9-10 9 And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, 10 so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God. Be careful of impressions

  35. Mary Jones Thomas Charles in 1800 .
* 4,500 languages still wait for even one book of the Bible.
* One billion people are illiterate - but only 3% of languages have the Bible in audio.
* Someone goes blind every five seconds

  36. C. Surrender to His Spirit

  37. Cannot really hit the ball

  38. Trying makes it worse • Romans 7:8 8 But sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness. Apart from the law, sin lies dead. DVD pirated exact copy Naturally self disciplined person can straighten out his life so wonders why others cannot do the same Exchange one sin for another..exchange lust for pride and self righteousness

  39. Surrendering to the Spirit

  40. The average length of sobriety for all members is over 8 years,

  41. Alcoholic anonymous • “We admitted we were powerless over alcohol— that our lives had become unmanageable.” • “Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.” • “Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. • “Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. • “Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.”

  42. “Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.” • “Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcom- ings. • “Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.” • “Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.” • “Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.”

  43. What is missing? • “Sought through prayer and meditation to im- prove our conscious contact with God as we un- derstood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.” • “Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.”

  44. TASKS REQUIRE THE WILL • Making decisions • Self presentation • Resisting temptation • Persisting at a difficult task • Breaking a habit • Surrender Which one does not deplete your energy?

  45. How did Jesus pray?

  46. He surrendered his will • Matthew 26:39 9 And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, "My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.” • Lead us not into temptation but deliver us Depended on God’s action

  47. Father I place my life in Your hands • When I wake up • When I face a decision • When I am in a relational conflict • When I am tempted • When I want to give up • When bad habits reappear There is a God and it is not me

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