Break the Cycle

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Break the Cycle
Freedom

• Part 3 of 3

Pastor Dave Martin Cross Creek Community Church
Nov 6, 2005
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The Cycle...
Blessing
Backsliding
Repentance
Bondage
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You are BLESSED!

• Ephesians 13 Praise be to the God and Father of
  our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the
  heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in
  Christ.

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Key Verse...

• Ephesians 118-21 18 I pray also that the eyes of
  your heart may be enlightened in order that you
  may know the hope to which he has called you, the
  riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,
  19 and his incomparably great power for us who
  believe.

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That You May Know...

• 1. YOUR HOPE... God Saved You!
• God Chose You!
• Ephesians 14-5 For he chose us in him before the
  creation of the world to be holy and blameless in
  his sight. In love 5 he predestined us to be
  adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in
  accordance with his pleasure and will--

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God Sanctified You!

• Ephesians 17 In him we have redemption through
  his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance
  with the riches of God's grace
• 2 Thessalonians 213 But we ought always to thank
  God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because
  from the beginning God chose you to be saved
  through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and
  through belief in the truth.

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God Sealed You!

• Ephesians 113b-14 ... Having believed, you were
  marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy
  Spirit, 14 who is a deposit guaranteeing our
  inheritance until the redemption of those who are
  God's possession--to the praise of his glory.

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God the Holy Spirit...

• Regenerates, sanctifies, baptizes, seals, leads,
  intercedes, comforts, equips, teaches, empowers,
  bears witness, protects, fills, imparts spiritual
  gifts, produces fruit, convicts, assures of
  salvation, reveals truth, anoints, strengthens,
  etc.

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Your New Identity in Christ...

• Ambassador 2Co. 520
• Disciple Jn 1335
• Priest 1Pet 25
• Chosen Rev. 1714
• Elect 1Pet 11
• Saint (60X) Col 126
• Brother Heb 211
• Follower Rev 1714
• Slave Rom 622

• Believer 1Pet 217
• Soldier Phil 225
• Son Eph 15
• Children 1Jn 521
• Friend Jn 1514
• Worshiper Jn 423-24
• Christian Acts 1126
• Heir Rom 817
• 150 Names/Metaphors

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Know that you are Secure in Christ!

• 2 Corinthians 517 Therefore, if anyone is in
  Christ, he is a new creation the old has gone,
  the new has come!

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That You May Know...

• 2. YOUR RICHES... God has Plans for You!
• Ephesians 26-7 And God raised us up with Christ
  and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in
  Christ Jesus, 7 in order that in the coming ages
  he might show the incomparable riches of his
  grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ
  Jesus.

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That You May Know...

• 3. YOUR POWER... God Empowers You!
• Eph 119-21 That power is like the working of his
  mighty strength, 20 which he exerted in Christ
  when he raised him from the dead and seated him
  at his right hand in the heavenly realms, 21 far
  above all rule and authority, power and dominion,
  and every title that can be given, not only in
  the present age but also in the one to come.

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That power is like the working of his mighty
strength, which he exerted in Christ when he
raised him from the dead...

• Power
• dunamis dynamite all of Gods power
• Working
• energia energizing force of the Spirit of
  God
• Mighty
• kratos dominion, mighty vigor
• Strength
• ischus endowed power or ability

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Gods Power...

• Saves!
• Keeps!
• Raises!
• Exalts!

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• Ephesians 320-21 Now to him who is able to do
  immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine,
  according to his power that is at work within us,
  21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ
  Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and
  ever! Amen.
• Immeasurably more - doubly compounded
  Super-Superabundantly

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Once You know... You will be set Free

• John 832 Then you will know the truth, and the
  truth will set you free."

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Spiritual Breakthrough...

• Personal Victory over sin!
• Heightened Sense of Confidence!
• Spirit-energized Service for Christ!
• Fruitfulness now with Eternal Rewards!

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• See you Friday Night at 7pm
• Spiritual Breakthrough!
• With
• Dave Earley
• Ice Cream Fellowship will Follow
• Nursery Jr. Church provided