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Welcome to another broadcast of Unchained Table, where we look into the Word of God to bring to the table topics that to some may seem controversial.
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We do this in order to raise the awareness of truth.
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Truth that sometimes divides, but shouldn't be ignored either, because facing our differences in the light of truth will bring true biblical growth.
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Hi, I'm Jim Bell, and I am the host of Unchained Table.
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It's amazing to me that in just three and a half weeks this podcast has 111 downloads.
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There are even five international listeners, one in France, two in the Netherlands, and two in Tokyo, Japan.
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It greatly encourages me to continue.
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I'm still operating under a free subscription, but soon I will purchase a plan where I will have a website where all episodes can be accessed more easily.
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I have future plans to have guests on the broadcast so that we can have conversations that will give you even more inspiration in your Christian walk.
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So stay tuned.
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Today I want to talk to you about the difference between justification and sanctification.
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You might say, oh my goodness, those are big theological words.
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But listen, as we get into this broadcast, I think it will become a much more simpler concept for you to understand.
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Justification is defined as an act of God by which those who are unrighteous in themselves, that is to say, their flesh, are nevertheless declared righteous before God.
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Justification is a deliverance from the penalty of sin and is a past perfect action for all believers, accomplished by Christ on the cross.
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Let me explain that past perfect action a little better.
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It's the past perfect tense in the Greek.
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And it means this it's something that happened in the past that has continual results into the future.
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So in other words, Jesus Christ provided salvation for all the world on the cross in the past.
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And it has continual results into the future.
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And so it is for you that when you receive Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord, instantly you became one of his, you became a child of God, but it has continual results even into eternity.
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It's working in you.
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The Apostle Paul summarizes the concept of justification in Romans 5 18.
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Therefore as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men.
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Let me read that again with emphasis.
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Therefore, as one trespass, Adam's sin, led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness, Jesus' sacrifice on the cross, leads to justification and life for all men.
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So then sanctification is the continual process by which God actually is making a person righteous.
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Sanctification is the deliverance from the power of sin and is a present and continuous process of believers becoming Christ like, accomplished by the Holy Spirit's power and presence.
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Sanctification represents a believer's victory over the flesh.
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That's in the English Standard Version.
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So let me read that again in the New Living Translation.
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Chapter ten.
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We'll read it in context, verses eleven through eighteen.
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Under the old covenant, the priest stands and ministers before the altar day after day, offering the same sacrifices again and again, which can never take away sins.
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But our high priest offered himself to God as a single sacrifice for sins, good for all time.
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Then he sat down in the place of honor at God's right hand.
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There he waits until his enemies are humbled and made a footstool under his feet.
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And here's that verse 14.
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For by that one offering he forever made perfect those who are being made holy.
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You see, you read that and you might say to yourself, Well, how can I be made perfect?
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But then there's still a being made holy.
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That right there is the definition and the difference between justification and sanctification.
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Instantly, when you're born again, that one offering forever has makes you perfect.
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But then there's a process where you are being made holy or sanctified.
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And the Holy Spirit also testifies that this is so.
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For he says, This is the covenant I will make with my people on that day, says the Lord.
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I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them in their minds.
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Then he says, I will never again remember their sins and lawless deeds.
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And when sins have been forgiven, there is no need to offer any more sacrifices.
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Well, you might say, I have a friend who says they are saved, but they don't act very saved.
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If they are truly born again, it would depend on where they are in the sanctification process as to how much of the image of Christ you'll see in their life.
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Someone who is in Christ may be in a place where they have the desire to do what is right, because God's law is written on their heart, but they haven't yet yielded to the power of God working in them to overcome that sin.
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Philippians 2.13 says it this way.
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For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him.
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God is working in you.
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It's something that's happening in your spirit.
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He's giving you the desire.
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And then he will also give you the power to do what pleases him.
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You just need to yield to it.
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You see, there is this crazy, frustrating thing about us as human beings.
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We just can't seem to let go and trust God our Father, through the blood of Jesus Christ, has taken away our sin.
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We just keep falling back into the same old trap that we think we have to preserve and maintain our salvation through human effort.
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When what really needs to happen is for us to rest and rejoice in our justification, and then yield to the work of sanctification that God is doing in us.
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Yield to His will, agree with it, just let go.
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So you could say it this way I am saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, and God has declared me righteous.
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Now he is continually working in me, bringing forth his image to be seen in my life.
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Listen, my prayer for you today is that you will fully come to the realization that God has ordained this salvation through the blood of his Son Jesus Christ.
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Jesus was obedient to do all that was required to produce it, and the Holy Spirit has been sent into this earth to testify of that finished work of Christ on the cross, and that he has fully conquered death, hell, and the grave by his resurrection from the dead.
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Then by the Holy Spirit you were made able to hear and see that this salvation was for you.
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Then when you said yes to the invitation, you received this salvation, so that by the Holy Spirit you were made alive in Christ Jesus.
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You were resurrected from the death of your sin, and all these things I just read in Hebrews 10 happened to you.
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Let's look at that again in verse 14.
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It says, For by one offering he forever made perfect those who are being made holy.
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He wrote his laws on your heart.
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He wrote them in your minds.
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Your sins have been forgiven.
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There's no need for any more sacrifices.
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So let's take a quick break right now, and when we come back, we will dive into this deeper.
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Okay, so you see, Jesus said in John chapter 10, verse 10, that the thief would come to steal, kill, and destroy.
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He does that using many different weapons.
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One of them is agreements.
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When we agree with something that is a lie, it can lead us down a path of destruction to steal and kill the truth that the Holy Spirit is using to produce life.
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For Jesus went on to say in that verse that he has come to give us life and that more abundant.
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The enemy is a master at twisting the truth.
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That is what he did in the garden with Eve, and he's still doing it today.
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Let's take Jeremiah 17 9 for an example.
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Oh my goodness, I'm starting to tread on thin ice with some of you people with Jeremiah 17.9.
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This is what it says.
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The human heart is the most deceitful of all things and desperately wicked.
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Who really knows how bad it is?
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This is true.
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But who is this word spoken to?
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This is the condition of the human heart without Christ.
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We know this because it was spoken by Jeremiah to Israel centuries before Christ came to redeem mankind from an evil heart.
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They were a rebellious people who did not want to follow God.
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Even Jesus said when he was on earth in Mark chapter 7, verse 21.
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For from within, out of the human heart of man come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, and adultery.
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Today there is a popular message in the world.
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Follow your heart.
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You follow your heart, honey.
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You just do you.
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But that's a horrible advice if your heart is unregenerated with the blood of Christ, and still in the condition that Jeremiah and Jesus were speaking of.
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But God can change the condition of a heart that is repentant and desires Him.
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David cried out in Psalm 51, verse 10, Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
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And if you are in Christ and the Holy Spirit has resurrected you from the death of sin, then Ezekiel chapter 36, verse 26 now applies to you.
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Ezekiel 36, 26 says, And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you.
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I will take out your stony, stubborn heart, and give you a tender, responsive heart.
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So the day if you are in Christ, you have a new heart, you have a new spirit, and your new heart is tender and responsive to the voice of the Holy Spirit.
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Proverbs 4, verse 23 says, Guard your heart above all else, for it is the source of life.
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Why would you guard a wicked heart?
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And why would the word say it was the source of life?
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So if you had been born again in Christ and hear spoken to you that your heart is wicked, and you agree with it and believe it applies to your heart, you are believing a lie.
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Because it's no longer true for you.
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You now have a new heart.
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The Holy Spirit is doing a work of sanctification in your life, and he is doing it out of a new heart and a new spirit.
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But if you agree with the lie that your heart is wicked, you will shut off the voice of God from within, and it will steal, kill, and destroy what he is trying to do.
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That's why 1 Thessalonians 5 19, Paul said, quench not the Spirit.
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We need to listen to the Holy Spirit.
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But let me stop right here and say this.
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The Holy Spirit will never lead you to do something that disagrees with the written word of God.
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He will always bring it to light and help us understand what has been written in Scripture.
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Remember in John 14, 26, Jesus said, But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and will bring all things to your remembrance whatsoever I have said unto you.
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So again, what we've been talking about today is the difference between justification and sanctification.
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Justification is what happened to you instantly when you were saved, as God declares you righteous by the blood of Jesus Christ.
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Sanctification is the process of the Holy Spirit working in you to make you like Christ.
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This is what motivates me to do what I do and say what I say.
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I pray every day that God would help me break the yoke of bondage and set the captive free.
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I'm speaking primarily to believers, to make disciples, but even then an unbeliever can hear it and know they need what I am saying and ask, how can I be saved?
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Let's look at another way of describing the sanctification process from Romans twelve verse two.
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Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
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Let's talk about that phrase transformed by the renewing of your mind.
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The word tells you, don't be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
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That word transformed in the Greek is the word metamorpho, from two Greek words meta, which means to change after being with, and morpho, changing form in keeping with an inner reality.
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So you have this word metamorpho, which means changed after being with, but that change is a is keeping in line with an inner reality, changing form in keeping with an inner reality, something that's already happened inside of you.
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Let's look at the example of a caterpillar.
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When a caterpillar is born, all the DNA for being a beautiful butterfly is within its ugly frame.
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You don't see it, but all the while it is eating and growing bigger, that inner reality is working within until one day it spins a cocoon and rests in the process.
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A light bulb just came over.
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Some of you, I know it did.
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The results of this inner beauty we actually see when the day comes and that process is complete.
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When you were first made alive in Christ, you instantly have all the DNA of Christ within your ugly frame, and he is working in you as he renews your mind to all that you are in Christ to transform you into something new and beautiful.
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And it has not yet been revealed what we shall be.
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But we know that when he is revealed, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.
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When we see Jesus, we'll see him in all his glory.
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But we will also be seen in all our glory when all of that is revealed.
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Listen, this gospel is not a gospel of behavior modification.
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That is a cheap imitation.
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It is not a bunch of principles to help you do better.
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Renewing our minds to who we are in Christ is only difficult because we keep looking in the mirror and see the ugly caterpillar.
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Renewing our minds to who we are in Christ requires continual looking inward and looking into the Word of God, both believing and yielding to who we are in Christ.
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Renewing our mind is much like that caterpillar in the cocoon.
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We just need to rest in Him and trust the process and what He's really doing within us.
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The more we yield to it, the more we will be seen for who we really are.
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Until next time, rest in your justification through the blood of Jesus Christ.
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Let the Holy Spirit guide you into all truth.
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Yield to His working and stay unchained.
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Welcome to another broadcast of Unchained Table, where we look into the Word of God to bring to the table topics that to some may seem controversial.
00:00:21.869 --> 00:00:25.070
We do this in order to raise the awareness of truth.
00:00:25.309 --> 00:00:36.349
Truth that sometimes divides, but shouldn't be ignored either, because facing our differences in the light of truth will bring true biblical growth.
00:00:36.590 --> 00:00:41.549
Hi, I'm Jim Bell, and I am the host of Unchained Table.
00:00:41.950 --> 00:00:48.750
It's amazing to me that in just three and a half weeks this podcast has 111 downloads.
00:00:49.070 --> 00:00:57.149
There are even five international listeners, one in France, two in the Netherlands, and two in Tokyo, Japan.
00:00:57.549 --> 00:01:00.350
It greatly encourages me to continue.
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I'm still operating under a free subscription, but soon I will purchase a plan where I will have a website where all episodes can be accessed more easily.
00:01:11.069 --> 00:01:20.349
I have future plans to have guests on the broadcast so that we can have conversations that will give you even more inspiration in your Christian walk.
00:01:20.590 --> 00:01:22.109
So stay tuned.
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Today I want to talk to you about the difference between justification and sanctification.
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You might say, oh my goodness, those are big theological words.
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But listen, as we get into this broadcast, I think it will become a much more simpler concept for you to understand.
00:01:42.909 --> 00:01:57.230
Justification is defined as an act of God by which those who are unrighteous in themselves, that is to say, their flesh, are nevertheless declared righteous before God.
00:01:58.030 --> 00:02:11.870
Justification is a deliverance from the penalty of sin and is a past perfect action for all believers, accomplished by Christ on the cross.
00:02:12.990 --> 00:02:17.230
Let me explain that past perfect action a little better.
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It's the past perfect tense in the Greek.
00:02:21.790 --> 00:02:28.829
And it means this it's something that happened in the past that has continual results into the future.
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So in other words, Jesus Christ provided salvation for all the world on the cross in the past.
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And it has continual results into the future.
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And so it is for you that when you receive Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord, instantly you became one of his, you became a child of God, but it has continual results even into eternity.
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It's working in you.
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The Apostle Paul summarizes the concept of justification in Romans 5 18.
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Therefore as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men.
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Let me read that again with emphasis.
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Therefore, as one trespass, Adam's sin, led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness, Jesus' sacrifice on the cross, leads to justification and life for all men.
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So then sanctification is the continual process by which God actually is making a person righteous.
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Sanctification is the deliverance from the power of sin and is a present and continuous process of believers becoming Christ like, accomplished by the Holy Spirit's power and presence.
00:04:01.870 --> 00:04:07.069
Sanctification represents a believer's victory over the flesh.
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That's in the English Standard Version.
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So let me read that again in the New Living Translation.
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Chapter ten.
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We'll read it in context, verses eleven through eighteen.
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Under the old covenant, the priest stands and ministers before the altar day after day, offering the same sacrifices again and again, which can never take away sins.
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But our high priest offered himself to God as a single sacrifice for sins, good for all time.
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Then he sat down in the place of honor at God's right hand.
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There he waits until his enemies are humbled and made a footstool under his feet.
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And here's that verse 14.
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For by that one offering he forever made perfect those who are being made holy.
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You see, you read that and you might say to yourself, Well, how can I be made perfect?
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But then there's still a being made holy.
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That right there is the definition and the difference between justification and sanctification.
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Instantly, when you're born again, that one offering forever has makes you perfect.
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But then there's a process where you are being made holy or sanctified.
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And the Holy Spirit also testifies that this is so.
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For he says, This is the covenant I will make with my people on that day, says the Lord.
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I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them in their minds.
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Then he says, I will never again remember their sins and lawless deeds.
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And when sins have been forgiven, there is no need to offer any more sacrifices.
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Well, you might say, I have a friend who says they are saved, but they don't act very saved.
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If they are truly born again, it would depend on where they are in the sanctification process as to how much of the image of Christ you'll see in their life.
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Someone who is in Christ may be in a place where they have the desire to do what is right, because God's law is written on their heart, but they haven't yet yielded to the power of God working in them to overcome that sin.
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Philippians 2.13 says it this way.
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For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him.
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God is working in you.
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It's something that's happening in your spirit.
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He's giving you the desire.
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And then he will also give you the power to do what pleases him.
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You just need to yield to it.
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You see, there is this crazy, frustrating thing about us as human beings.
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We just can't seem to let go and trust God our Father, through the blood of Jesus Christ, has taken away our sin.
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We just keep falling back into the same old trap that we think we have to preserve and maintain our salvation through human effort.
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When what really needs to happen is for us to rest and rejoice in our justification, and then yield to the work of sanctification that God is doing in us.
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Yield to His will, agree with it, just let go.
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So you could say it this way I am saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, and God has declared me righteous.
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Now he is continually working in me, bringing forth his image to be seen in my life.
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Listen, my prayer for you today is that you will fully come to the realization that God has ordained this salvation through the blood of his Son Jesus Christ.
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Jesus was obedient to do all that was required to produce it, and the Holy Spirit has been sent into this earth to testify of that finished work of Christ on the cross, and that he has fully conquered death, hell, and the grave by his resurrection from the dead.
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Then by the Holy Spirit you were made able to hear and see that this salvation was for you.
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Then when you said yes to the invitation, you received this salvation, so that by the Holy Spirit you were made alive in Christ Jesus.
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You were resurrected from the death of your sin, and all these things I just read in Hebrews 10 happened to you.
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Let's look at that again in verse 14.
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It says, For by one offering he forever made perfect those who are being made holy.
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He wrote his laws on your heart.
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He wrote them in your minds.
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Your sins have been forgiven.
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There's no need for any more sacrifices.
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So let's take a quick break right now, and when we come back, we will dive into this deeper.
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Okay, so you see, Jesus said in John chapter 10, verse 10, that the thief would come to steal, kill, and destroy.
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He does that using many different weapons.
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One of them is agreements.
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When we agree with something that is a lie, it can lead us down a path of destruction to steal and kill the truth that the Holy Spirit is using to produce life.
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For Jesus went on to say in that verse that he has come to give us life and that more abundant.
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The enemy is a master at twisting the truth.
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That is what he did in the garden with Eve, and he's still doing it today.
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Let's take Jeremiah 17 9 for an example.
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Oh my goodness, I'm starting to tread on thin ice with some of you people with Jeremiah 17.9.
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This is what it says.
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The human heart is the most deceitful of all things and desperately wicked.
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Who really knows how bad it is?
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This is true.
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But who is this word spoken to?
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This is the condition of the human heart without Christ.
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We know this because it was spoken by Jeremiah to Israel centuries before Christ came to redeem mankind from an evil heart.
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They were a rebellious people who did not want to follow God.
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Even Jesus said when he was on earth in Mark chapter 7, verse 21.
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For from within, out of the human heart of man come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, and adultery.
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Today there is a popular message in the world.
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Follow your heart.
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You follow your heart, honey.
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You just do you.
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But that's a horrible advice if your heart is unregenerated with the blood of Christ, and still in the condition that Jeremiah and Jesus were speaking of.
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But God can change the condition of a heart that is repentant and desires Him.
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David cried out in Psalm 51, verse 10, Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
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And if you are in Christ and the Holy Spirit has resurrected you from the death of sin, then Ezekiel chapter 36, verse 26 now applies to you.
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Ezekiel 36, 26 says, And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you.
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I will take out your stony, stubborn heart, and give you a tender, responsive heart.
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So the day if you are in Christ, you have a new heart, you have a new spirit, and your new heart is tender and responsive to the voice of the Holy Spirit.
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Proverbs 4, verse 23 says, Guard your heart above all else, for it is the source of life.
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Why would you guard a wicked heart?
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And why would the word say it was the source of life?
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So if you had been born again in Christ and hear spoken to you that your heart is wicked, and you agree with it and believe it applies to your heart, you are believing a lie.
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Because it's no longer true for you.
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You now have a new heart.
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The Holy Spirit is doing a work of sanctification in your life, and he is doing it out of a new heart and a new spirit.
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But if you agree with the lie that your heart is wicked, you will shut off the voice of God from within, and it will steal, kill, and destroy what he is trying to do.
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That's why 1 Thessalonians 5 19, Paul said, quench not the Spirit.
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We need to listen to the Holy Spirit.
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But let me stop right here and say this.
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The Holy Spirit will never lead you to do something that disagrees with the written word of God.
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He will always bring it to light and help us understand what has been written in Scripture.
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Remember in John 14, 26, Jesus said, But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and will bring all things to your remembrance whatsoever I have said unto you.
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So again, what we've been talking about today is the difference between justification and sanctification.
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Justification is what happened to you instantly when you were saved, as God declares you righteous by the blood of Jesus Christ.
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Sanctification is the process of the Holy Spirit working in you to make you like Christ.
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This is what motivates me to do what I do and say what I say.
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I pray every day that God would help me break the yoke of bondage and set the captive free.
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I'm speaking primarily to believers, to make disciples, but even then an unbeliever can hear it and know they need what I am saying and ask, how can I be saved?
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Let's look at another way of describing the sanctification process from Romans twelve verse two.
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Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
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Let's talk about that phrase transformed by the renewing of your mind.
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The word tells you, don't be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
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That word transformed in the Greek is the word metamorpho, from two Greek words meta, which means to change after being with, and morpho, changing form in keeping with an inner reality.
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So you have this word metamorpho, which means changed after being with, but that change is a is keeping in line with an inner reality, changing form in keeping with an inner reality, something that's already happened inside of you.
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Let's look at the example of a caterpillar.
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When a caterpillar is born, all the DNA for being a beautiful butterfly is within its ugly frame.
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You don't see it, but all the while it is eating and growing bigger, that inner reality is working within until one day it spins a cocoon and rests in the process.
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A light bulb just came over.
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Some of you, I know it did.
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The results of this inner beauty we actually see when the day comes and that process is complete.
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When you were first made alive in Christ, you instantly have all the DNA of Christ within your ugly frame, and he is working in you as he renews your mind to all that you are in Christ to transform you into something new and beautiful.
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And it has not yet been revealed what we shall be.
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But we know that when he is revealed, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.
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When we see Jesus, we'll see him in all his glory.
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But we will also be seen in all our glory when all of that is revealed.
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Listen, this gospel is not a gospel of behavior modification.
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That is a cheap imitation.
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It is not a bunch of principles to help you do better.
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Renewing our minds to who we are in Christ is only difficult because we keep looking in the mirror and see the ugly caterpillar.
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Renewing our minds to who we are in Christ requires continual looking inward and looking into the Word of God, both believing and yielding to who we are in Christ.
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Renewing our mind is much like that caterpillar in the cocoon.
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We just need to rest in Him and trust the process and what He's really doing within us.
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The more we yield to it, the more we will be seen for who we really are.
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Until next time, rest in your justification through the blood of Jesus Christ.
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Let the Holy Spirit guide you into all truth.
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Yield to His working and stay unchained.
