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change go with me to Ephesians 2 8-9 in
the
NLT Ephesians 2 in the NLT and then
Philippians 2 and2 I’m going to read
that in King James and NLT
I I I call this this
morning when will I be what God says I
am when will I
be what God says I am have you ever read
a scripture and he’s saying that’s you
but then you look at your
living and it’s not
you I mean you you believe by faith
that that’s
you but then when you get down to
looking at is that being expressed in my
life it doesn’t seem like that’s
you so we’re going to introduce to you
two terms
today the standing of a Believer a
believer’s stance in Christ your
standing in Christ we have to no this
and a
believer’s state the state of a Believer
or when I use the word state I’m talking
about the Walk of a
Believer so it’s the standard of
believing you’re believer your stance in
Christ I am the righteousness of God
that’s my stance in
Christ but my state my actual walk may
not look so
righteous there’s a contradiction here
you’re telling me I’m righteous on one
hand and then you’re telling me to do
something to become to be that you
saying you’re saying I am righteous and
then you’re saying do something
righteous now I know it’s important the
stance in Christ is by faith I got to
believe that I am who God says I am even
though I’m not expressing that
yet y’all with me
now
Hallelujah I am so I want to start off
with this to try to set up this
contradiction and try to answer this
question where will I when will I be
what God says I am because religion most
people only come to church to hear what
they already
know and I’m not trying to do that we’re
maturing so I want to dig deeper I want
to challenge what you say you know and
then what happens is once I challenge
what you say you know you’re so
traditional about what you know you’re
not hearing what I’m trying to show you
and then you get all upset say I don’t
know about that well that’s right cuz
you don’t know everything and I don’t
know everything but as God causes us
each to grow we can’t be afraid of
coming to church and hearing something
you hadn’t heard before church should
not be just coming to hear what you
already
know if if if I did that if I if I came
to church to hear what I already know
eventually I would like well well I
ain’t coming to church why cuz I already
know preacher ain’t growing I ain’t
growing so I’m stay
home okay so let’s dig into
this verse eight God saved you by his
grace when you believe so the only thing
you had to do to be saved past tense is
believe how many you believe Jesus one
day all right so now you’re
saved it’s his work you’re SA saved and
all you did is believed he says and you
can’t take credit for this see that so
you brought nothing to the table you are
saved by unmar favor and grace of God
you are you you didn’t get saved cuz you
deserved it you didn’t get saved because
you did something
awesome you are saved because you
believed in Jesus and you were saved and
he says and you can’t take credit for it
wow
I meet a lot of Christians who love to
take credit for their life I can’t take
credit for it I’m saved and I can’t take
credit for
it I believe Jesus and I’m now saved
that is my stance I am saved right now
and I can’t take credit for it so I get
to heaven because I’m saved and I can’t
take credit for it and I get there I’m
there and I can’t take credit for it so
why are you coming up there with a long
list look at all the stuff I deserve for
you to open this gate he said bro I’m
open the gate cuz you believed and I
saved
you because what happens is we think God
is like walking behind us to pick up our
crumbs and we like all right God I’m
going to do this and and you you you you
help me out God say no no no you can’t
do none of the work there’s nothing you
don’t bring nothing to the table I’m the
one that is doing the work in you the
difference between this New Covenant and
the old Covenant in the old Covenant we
work for God in the new New Covenant he
works for
us not in a demeaning type of way but
he’s doing the work you’re not doing the
work God’s already seen what happens
when you try to do the
work he is doing the work think of that
the creator of Heaven and Earth is
working in you woo Jesus so God Save You
by his grace when you believe and you
can’t take credit for this it is a gift
from God now here’s something that’s
going to come up
we have confused the
gift
with the payment or the
earnings you work and you earned
money when you get a gift you don’t work
for a
gift I don’t know what it is we just
can’t get out of the mentality of what
you have you didn’t work
for what you have you didn’t
earn what you have you didn’t didn’t
deserve and there’s always this part on
the inside of a human that says but I
got to do something to feel like I
deserve it we even get like that during
Christmas sometimes people give gifts to
you and now eventually you say well I
know they going to give me a gift so I’m
going to get them something so they
deserve something because you know they
they going to get you something well
it’s not a gift anymore a gift is
something that is free of charge you
didn’t earn it you didn’t work for it
you don’t deserve it it’s not anything
that you bought to the table or qualify
for it is something that was extended to
you that all you have to do is
receive I declare that the body of
Christ has a receiving issue there you
go they don’t know how to
receive they keep trying to work and
sweat for something he says God saved
you by his grace when you believed and
you can’t take credit for it it is a
gift from God verse n salvation is not a
reward for the the good things we have
done most of us got
saved in the midst of all the bad stuff
we have
done salvation is not a reward you’re
not rewarded with
salvation it’s a gift salvation is not a
reward for good things we have done so
none of us can boast about it he says
it’s a gift so nobody can boast about it
you can’t talk about how you deserve to
be saved and how awesome you are it is a
gift that comes from God I am saved it
is settled because I
believed I am that’s my stance I’m saved
now my stance is not I’m saved if I’m
Flawless I’m saved if my conduct is good
I’m saved if I wear a church dress or a
church collar or I’m say see all you see
all these qualifications you get get
saved for free and then after you get
saved the church starts charging you to
maintain your
salvation
wow it starts charging you to maintain
your salvation and we stay we say acting
look at you supp to be
saved now I’m charging you to maintain
it it’s it’s kind of like you know
yesterday I had to call and I had to
renew my club membership for my car
insurance
well they didn’t give it to me as a
gift but this is a gift God gave you you
shouldn’t have to renew your
salvation that’s good and now it’s in
it’s in question
now because your
behavior did not line up with your
stance I am
saved not based on my behavior
I’m saved based on my belief in Jesus
and he gave me a gift and it’s my gift
it is my gift and I’m saved no matter
what I’m do I’m
saved and I’m not going to lose my
salvation unless I stop believing that
I’m saved I’m saved now as long as I
believe I’m saved if you give it time uh
my my state is going to catch up with my
stance come on now
woo all right let me stop everybody with
me all right cuz you you you going God
going to be able to do stuff he’s never
been able to do before as soon as he can
get you out of his
way you keep trying to do his
work
now interesting Philippians chap
2:12 Philippians 2:12 in the King James
he says wherefore I
beloved as you’ve always obeyed not as
in my presence
only but now much more in my
absence watch this work out your own
salvation with fear and
trembling wait wait a minute I thought I
was
saved well you are you’re saved by your
faith in Jesus Christ well why did he
just tell me to work out my own
salvation and do it with fear and
trembling see these are the
contradictions that cause splits in
churches and different denominations and
stuff like that you know I’m saved now
the Bible says you got to work out your
salvation you see and they think they
they think they got one up on
you I’m saved no you got to work out
your
salvation but basically what they’re
saying is you when when you’re saying my
stance is I’m saved in Christ and and
and no man has anything to do with that
what they’re saying is now you got to
work out your own salvation you better
watch out what you
doing and so you immediately go to work
because you see this scripture
now so you see one verse Ephesians 2
speaks of a thing has been fully
accomplished while another verse
Philippians 12 refers to it as in a
process of
completion one is in process the other
one’s
finished one is an uncompleted process
the other one is completely
finished and so what we’re going to see
here is is the power that’s
released when you believe in the
finished works of Jesus Christ to help
what’s not finished or
unfinished to eventually catch up what
with what is
finished now let me use some scriptures
to explain this there’s no way I can
explain this to you without scripture
you have to see that it’s in the Bible
and I’m not messing up I’m not making
some kind of a uh new doctrine Hebrews
10:10 in King James watch this let me
give you another illust illustration
here Hebrews chapter 10 and
10 now here he says by the which will we
are we are
Sanctified we are
Sanctified set aside
holy through the offering of the body of
Jesus Christ and it’s once and for all
so right here he says your
sanctification is fully accomplished
because of Jesus Christ and it’s fully
accomplished once and for all so I say
here’s my stance as a Believer I am
Sanctified
already I am Holy
already I am Sanctified by the body of
Jesus and what he sacrificed in that
body and I’m Sanctified once and for
all once and for all times I’m
Sanctified say out loud I’m Sanctified
I’m
Sanctified all right so Jesus is
responsible for you being Sanctified not
you Jesus is responsible for you being
Sanctified again look at 1 Thessalonians
523 here is sanctification now watch
this now watch this this is interesting
523 says and the Very God of Peace
sanctify you holy and I pray God your
whole Spirit soul body be blam to the
coming of the Lord and and he goes
Faithfully he do it look at vers the
first part of this the very God of Peace
sanctify you wait a minute I thought he
already
Sanctified past tense me why is he
sanctifying me right now here
sanctification is an uncomplete complete
process he’s praying that God of Peace
will will that he will sanctify you it
it is it is an
uncomplete
process one Hebrews 10:10 it’s a
finished process uh 1 Thessalonians 5:23
it’s an unaccomplished or unfinished
process look at Hebrews
10:14 he Hebrews 10:14 I read a couple
more scriptures and then add some more
talk to this
here again verse uh 14 for by one
offering he hath perfected forever them
are them that are
Sanctified all right so I’m Sanctified
my stance is I’m Sanctified by Jesus
Christ and then he says I’ve been
perfected
forever because I’m Sanctified I’ve been
perfected forever so in Christ I’m
Sanctified right now in Christ I am
perfect I I am perfect right now in
Christ in
Christ but now watch this 2 Corinthians
1311 he says finally Brethren farewell
be
perfect what be perfect well I just read
that I’m already
perfect he said be
perfect so why should those who have
been perfected
forever be told be
perfect
I just read it we just read it you’re
perfected forever and he turns around
and says be perfect my stance is I’m
perfected forever my walk or my state is
in
process not there yet in
process so this contradiction it’ll
leave when you understand that one
refers to the believer standing in
Christ or his position before God
he is for example positionally
Sanctified or set apart for God’s
Eternal purpose he’s perfect in God’s
sight because he’s in Christ so all of
who you are and all that has been
settled about who you are is only
because you’re in
Christ period it’s because you’re in
Christ now
in the other case it refers to
believer’s life on the earth which is
called his walk or his
State his Earthly life should be holy
set apart for God’s use he should live
perfectly before God he’s not doing it
right
now he should he should he
should but wait a minute I’m already
perfect yeah you’re in Christ but what’s
your state right now you ain’t perfect
now you just cussed somebody out last
night but see look look what I’m saying
but you’re perfect in your stance you’re
perfect when you curse them
out you’re
holy when you did something
Unholy you’re
righteous when you did something
unrighteous your state won’t change your
stance but your stance is working to
change your
state don’t get like some of y’all
looking at me confused you know you
ain’t
perfect it that’s why it amazes me
whenever you point at somebody else’s
issue you have to to be subconscious or
consciously saying you don’t have
one that’s why I don’t know why
Christian folks judgment folks it’s like
you already know you are not there where
your stance is you already know that how
is it that you’re going to be critical
or judgmental about somebody else’s
State when your state ain’t where your
stance is there’s State might look
raggedy but the stance is intact and if
they keep believing that listen you
remember that time I told you I I was
counseling this guy and he had a problem
with smoking weed and he said I tried
everything I said here’s what I want you
to do I said every time you think about
smoking weed I want you to say I’m the
righteousness of God he fell out
laughing he’s like what I said I want
you to say you’re right even if you get
it up there you start smoking I want you
to say you’re the righteousness of God
he was like what and he did it he he L
it lit it and put it on his mouth he on
righteousness of God he’s L it I’m the
righteous of
God he he put it on his mouth he says
and then it dawned on him wait a minute
I’m I’m the righteousness of
God what happened the day there’s coming
a day that you’re going to believe your
stance watch this and what you have to
recognize is you’re not responsible for
this
progression God
is now now now now hold let me show it
let me show it to you let you see I got
to I got to preach this on over again
but if you when you get this oo all all
that struggling you trying to do to be
what you can’t be without him he started
it off he started you at the Finish
Line yes sir and not at the starting
line he went and brought you all the way
up to the finish and said you’re
righteous you’re holy you’re
perfect all right that’s where you are
he called the things that be not as
though they were he called the end at
the
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beginning look at these three scriptures
with me real
quick uh Philippians 1 6 in the NLT
these are fascinating scriptures
Philippians 1:6 and NLT look what he
says and I am certain that God who began
the good work within
you you didn’t start
it will continue his work whose work his
work he will he will continue his work
until it is finally finished when is it
going to be finished on the day when
Jesus Christ returns that’s all he can
tell you he he he can tell you this I
it’s my work I started it I’m gonna
finish it and I’ll be done when Jesus
returns oh my goodness man I like what
who does that who does that do you
understand what’s happening here God
says I’m going start a good work in you
the day you believed and got saved he
says I done started the work and he says
now watch this he says it’s my work but
what have we been doing we’ve been
trying to make it our work and then
we’ve been trying to work and sweat and
I and then we
with that we tried to make a lot more
rules so we can have a lot more
work and we we were not that’s why I
said to share the scripture with this
morning we’ve not been aware of
him God is working in
you is there a difference between who
God says you are and what you see in
yourself every day don’t worry God’s not
done with you yet Klo dollar uncovers
how God works to line up up your stance
and your state in his series when will I
be what God says I am I am the
righteousness of God that’s my stance in
Christ but my state my actual walk may
not look so righteous your state won’t
change your
stance but your stance is working to
change your state CU you’re not
responsible for this
progression God is all four messages of
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