Power in Weakness

THE POWER OF THE NEW SEED

July 16, 2023

Main Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:16-21

Additional Scriptures: Galatians 5:17, 19-21, 1 Peter 1:23, Romans 8:18-19, 28, 37-39, James 1:21-22, Acts 17:24-28

POINTS:

• We all struggle with a distorted self-image.

• Scripture calls the corrupted seed of sin the “Flesh”

• The corrupted seed wants to grow, therefore, it listens to the lies of the world and the devil.

• The corrupted seed bears fruit.

• When we give our lives to Christ we are given a new seed and enter into the stage of BECOMING.

• For a Christian, the external is no longer our point of evaluation.

• The world's language, values, customs, and expectations should feel increasingly foreign to Christians who are “becoming”.

• “Christianity is not out to make nicer people but to make new people” - CS Lewis

• Nice people don’t grow, new people do..Nice people have no hope for failure, new people do.

• Our identity determines our future.

• We are in a battle of “BECOMING” and we persevere in the battle by coming under the word of God.

• As we know God, we come to know ourselves.

• As a New Creation, we are not just BECOMING we are BELONGING.

• “If I get to be me, I belong. If I have to be like you, I fit in” - Brene Brown

***NO D2, COMMUNITY DINNER INSTEAD***