DISCOVERING THE ABUNDANT LIFE

11/04/21 • 20 min

Jesus came to give life and to give it more abundantly. But this abundant life is not the American Dream or our personal success story.

Jesus said that He was the way the truth and the LIFE! Life and its abundance come from an abundant relationship with Jesus Christ!

We are unable to hold onto the world and its promises and along with our pursuit of the abundant life with Jesus Christ.

Let's open up the gospel and discover what this abundant life is all about and how we live out our lives from the middle of it.

Jesus came to give life and to give it more abundantly. But this abundant life is not the American Dream or our personal success story.

Jesus said that He was the way the truth and the LIFE! Life and its abundance come from an abundant relationship with Jesus Christ!

We are unable to hold onto the world and its promises and along with our pursuit of the abundant life with Jesus Christ.

Let's open up the gospel and discover what this abundant life is all about and how we live out our lives from the middle of it.

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WHAT DO YOU THINK

What are you thinking? And, how does what you think determine how you live?
We have several thoughts every single day, many of which have little to no major determining factors for our lives. What color socks you wear or which earrings you put on will not change the world order in your life.
Scripture tells us to take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ! How we live out our faith in the world we live in does depend on how we think on the issues that matter. How the world defines value and how God does are becoming further and further apart.
If our minds are set on the flesh it will lead to death or separation. The mindset on the Spirit is life and peace. We can either be conformed to the world in how we think or we can be transformed by the renewing of our mind and become more like Christ!
What do you think about these 20 topics:
Life
Love
Hope
Faith
Gospel
God
Jesus
Holy Spirit
Success
Sin
Identity
Freedom
Work
Family
Marriage
Sex
Homosexuality
Fornication
Eternity
Hell
What you think about them and how you define them will determine how you live your life out and what will define your worldview. Write what you think about each one of them and then search the Scriptures to see how God has defined them, for His thoughts are not our thoughts and His ways are not our ways.

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THE MANIFESTATION OF CHRIST

The word "manifestation" means to make visible. Many things about our lives can be seen by the watching world we live in. When we are angry, happy, joyful, or grieving our body language can reveal so much about what we are feeling without saying a word.
But Scriptures tell us that we are to manifest the presence of Christ to a watching world. We are a new creation in Christ, the old things are passed away, and behold new things have come. We are to be continually transformed into the image of Christ from faith to faith. God is working out the fullness of His presence in our lives if we are truly followers of Him.
This manifestation of Christ is not accomplished by human effort but by human surrender to the Holy Spirit in us. He must increase and we must decrease. We are not to seek self-exaltation but die to ourselves that Christ may be exalted in us and through us.
We are not to seek our kingdom but the Kingdom of God in which Christ rules and reigns in our hearts and manifest Himself as a sweet aroma to God!