He delivered us from sin so that He could give us new life

Pastor-Teacher
John Farley
Wednesday,
May 26, 2010

He delivered us from sin so that He could give us new life

Point 7. The third type of repentance in the Church age believer’s life is the turning away from human viewpoint (lies, evil) and turning toward divine viewpoint (grace and truth), resulting in living a new life of fellowship with the Trinity.

Repentance - metanoia - in the New Testament means a change of mind for the better.

Salvation repentance is an open door that leads to the way.

Rebound repentance is an open door that leads to the truth.

Maturity repentance is an open door that leads to the life.

Repentance is all about stopping whatever it was you were doing to follow Christ.

Phi 1:21
For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.

Then there are seven times in the Gospel of John where the Lord uses “I am” with a noun identifying another part of His position or work on behalf of sinners.

Joh 6:35

“I AM the bread of life.”

Joh 8:12, 9:5

“I AM the Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life ”

Joh 10:7
“I AM the door of the sheep.”

Joh 10:10b, Joh 10:11
I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. “I AM the good shepherd.”

Joh 11:25
“I AM the resurrection and the life.”

Joh 14:6
“I AM the way, and the truth, and the life.”

John 15:1, 15:5

“I AM the true vine.”
I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.

Over and over again He emphasizes one word.

That word is.... LIFE.

The key is to keep on embracing more and more of the truth about who Christ is, and who God the Father is, and who the Holy Spirit is - and who you, as a believer in Christ, are
in union with Christ.

We humans are always focused on what to do about our problems. We are always focused on getting rid of the negative. We always want to avoid pain.

God on the other hand is all about attracting our wills to the glory of who He is. He is all about leading us on to His joy. Attracting us to new life. Craving and desiring righteousness.

The result is the life that we share with our Lord, His Father, and the Spirit, growing in grace and truth.

Repentance - metanoia - in the New Testament means a change of mind for the better.

“Without Me you can do nothing”

As believers in Christ we not only “have” Him - we are IN Him, we can never lose Him, He is in us...

...and He wants to have a permanent mansion in our souls...
so He and His Father can take up residence in a heart full of doctrine.

A baby swan has the genes of a swan. But it takes growing up to see the evidence of that. Until then, there are a lot of dark feathers to shed.

And over there, swimming magnificently next to papa swan is your older Brother swan named Jesus. He is the proof, the prototype, the One you keep your eyes on.

In salvation repentance, the central question is, “What do you think of Christ?”

In rebound repentance, the central question is, “What do you think of forgiveness?”

In maturity repentance, the central question is, “What do you think of the truth?”

He has delivered us from the sin problem SO THAT (for His own sake) He would freely give us all things, freely do everything necessary to enable us to live a new life with Him.