SF - Willard - 1
PRELUDE
TO BE LIKE CHRIST IN OUT TIME I NEED TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND HOW IT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED, OF THE INSTRUMENTS FOR THE REALIZATION OF THAT LIFE AND THE ORDER OF THEIR USE
SF IS AN ORDERLY PROCESS
MAT 11,28-30
WHAT JESUS IS CALLING ME
STEP INTO THE YOKE OF TRAINING WITH HIM
WAY OF GENTLENESS AND LOWLINESS
WAY OF SOUL REST
LIFE THAT IS EASY AND LIGHT
+ JOHN 4,14
SPRING OF WATER INSIDE OF ME GUSHIN TO ETERNAL LIFE
LOVE SPRINGING OUT OF ME
THE WAY IN DIVINE WORLD IS THE WAY OF PERVASIVE INNER TRANSFORMATION
FAITHFULNESS IS ALL THAT IS NEEDED IN THE PROCESS OF SF IN CHRISTLIKENESS, FAITHFULNESS TO WHAT IS EXPOSED IN SCRIPTURE AND IN THE LIVES OF HIS PEOPLE THROUGH THE AGES.
INTRO
HEART
OR SPIRIT/WILL
WE LIVE FROM IT
THE DEEPEST PART OF US
MOST OF WHICH DEPTHS DON'T EVEN KNOW
IT HAS BEEN FORMED
BY EXPERIENCES AND CHOICES
FROM THERE WE SEE OUR WORLD AND INTEREPRET REALITY
OUR LIFE IS THE RESULT OF WHAT WE HAVE BECOME IN THE DEPTHS OF OUR BEING
RENOVATION OF HEART
GREATEST NEED BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN FORMED BY THE WORLD AWAY FROM GOD
JESUS REVOLUTION
MT 28:18-20
PERPETUAL WORLD REVOLUTION
REVOLUTION OF CHARACTER
1. CHANGE PPL FROM INSIDE
2. THROUGH ONGOING PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN CHRIST
3. AND TO ONE ANOTHER
IT CHANGES PEOPLE TO THE DEEPEST PART OF THEIR SOUL
STREAMS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS CANNOT FLOW THROUGH CORRUPTED SOULS
HUMAN WITHIN
ARENA OF SF
WITHIN ARE OUR THOUGHTS, FEELINGS, INTENTIONS AND ELSE WHAT WE DON'T KNOW
COMPLEX AND SUBTLE
ONLY GOD KNOWS IT
PS 139 - SEARCH ME
ONCE IT IS FORMED I AM AT ITS MERCY
ONLY GOD CAN SAVE ME
PROFOUND TRANSFORMATION THERE IS THE ONLY THING THAT CAN CONQUER EVIL
SPIRITUAL
NOT AUTOMATICALLY GOOD
JESUS WALK IS A WALK AT THE INTERIOR LEVEL
HE SAVES US BY REALISTIC RESTORATION OF OUR HEART TO GOD AND THEN BY DWELLING THERE WITH HIS FATHER THROUGH DISTINCTIVELY DIVINE SPIRIT.
JESUS MOVES THROUGH THESE DEPTHS TO BRING US HOME TO GOD
SF
IS THE PROCESS BY WHICH THE HUMAN SPIRIT OR WILL IS GIVEN A DEFINITE FORM OR CHARACTER
XAN SF
SPIRIT DRIVEN PROCES OF FORMING THE INNER WORLD OF THE HUMAN SELF IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT BECOMES LIKE THE INNER BEING OF CHIRST HIMSELF
FOCUSED ENTIRELY ON JESUS
OBEDIENCE IS THE ESSENTIAL OUTCOME
EXTERNAL MANIFESTATION IS NOT THE FOCUS
DEAD END
GAL 4,19 - THAT CHRIST BE FORMED IN YOU
WATCHWORD
NO PASSIVE PROCESS
CHRISTLIKENESS OF THE INNER BEING IS A GIFT OF GRACE
RESOURCES EXTEND HUMAN
INTERACTIVE PRESENCE OF THE SPIRIT
SPIRITUAL TREASURES OVER THE AGES
IS THE WAY OF REST, EASY YOKE, LIGHT BURDEN, CLEANING THE INSIDE OF THE CUP, GOOD TREE
IS TEACHING TO DO ALL THINGS THAT I HAVE COMMANDED YOU
NOT A MYSTEROUS, IRRATIONAL, HYSTERICAL PROCESS
SPIRIT, INNER BEING AND THE PROCESS OF RENOVATION IN CHRIST IS AN ORDERLY REALM
THERE IS A METHODICAL PATH OF RECOVERY
BECOME
THOROUGHLY GOOD AND GODLY PERSONS, PURGED OF ARROGANCE, INSENSITIVITY AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY
CHHURCHES WILL BECOME SCHOOLS OF LIFE
CHILDREN OF LIGHT & WORLD
GOAL OF HISTORY
COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE, FROM EVERY NATION AND TRIBE AND TONGUE AND PEOPLE, WHO WIL BE A KINGDOM OF PRIESTS UNDER GOD, AND WHO WILL FOR A PERIOD GOVERN THE EARTH UNDER HIM. THEY WILL REIGN WITH HIM IN THE ETERNAL FUTURE OF THE COSMOS, FOREVER AND EVER.
KIDS OF LIGHT
THE LIGHT IS THEIR PARENT, AND HAS PASSED ON TO THEM ITS NATURE
1. THOUGHT LIFE
THEY THINK ABOUT GOD
ALL THE TIME
THEY LOVE HIM, ADORE HIM
THEY DO NOT DWELL UPON EVIL, SURE OF ITS DEFEAT
STRONG SENSE OF REALITY AND PRACTICALITY
2. FEELINGS
THEY LOVE THEIR LIFE AND WHO THEY ARE
THEY ARE THANKFUL FOR THEIR LIFE , EVEN WITH DIFFICULTIES
3. WILL (SPIRIT, HEART)
DEVOTED TO WHAT IS GOOD AND RIGHT
WILL HABITUALLY ATTUNED TO GOOD
4. BODY
THE SPIRIT HAS TAKEN OVER THE MEMBERS
CONSECRATED TO SERVE GOD AND ARE HABITUATED TO BE HIS HOLY INSTRUMENTS
LOOK DIFFERENT
FRESHNESS, QUIET STRENGTH, TRANSPARENCY
RESTED AND PLAYFUL
5. SOCIAL RELATIONS
TRANSPARENT
DO NOT CONCEAL THEIR THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS
DO NOT TRY TO MANIPULATE OR MANAGE OTHERS
NONCONDEMNING
DON'T PARTICIPATE IN EVIL
6. SOUL
THE SOUL IS WHOLE AND RESTORED
EFFECTIVELY INTETRFACES GOD AND THE FULL PERSON AND ENABLES EVERY ASPECT OF THE SELF TO FUNCTION AS GOD INTENDED
KIDS OF DARKNESS
GAL 5, ROM 1
2TIM 3,2-5
LOVERS OF SELF, OF MONEY, BOASTFUL, ARROGANT, REVILERS, DISOBEDIENT TO PARENTS, UNGRATEFUL, UNHOLY, UNLOVING, IRRECONCILABLE, MALICIOUS GOSSIPS, WITHOUT SELF-CONTROL, BRUTAL, DESPISERS OF GOOD, RECKLESS, CONCEITED, LOVERS OF PLEASURES RATHER THAN GOD
ALL THESE COME FROM A SICK AND REBELLIOUS HEART
TRANSFORMATION
THE WAY TO A LIFE FILLED AND FRUITFUL WITH GOODNESS IS THE TRANSFORMATION OF EVERY DIMENSION OF THE INNER OR SPIRITUAL SIDE OF THE SELF
NO WAY TO BYPASS THAT FOR A REAL TRANSFORMATION
EACH INNER DIMENSION OF THE HUMAN SELF MUST BE ESTABLISHED IN RIGHTEOUSNESS AND RECEIVE GRACE
PROGRESS
2 PET 1,3-11
PUT EVERY EFFORT TO
1. VIRTUE
TRAIN TO DO WHAT IS GOOD AND RIGHT
2. UNDERSTANDING
KNOW WHY
3. SELF-CONTROL
NOT BE TURN OFF BY ANY TURN OF EVENTS
4. PERSEVERANCE
STICK WITH THE COURSE NO MATTER HOW I FEEL
5. GODLINESS
DEPTH
6. KINDNESS AND GENTLENESS OF CARE
FAMILY FEELING AND ACTION
7. AGAPE LOVE
LOVE LIKE HE LOVED US
SANCTIFICATION
CONDITION OF SOUL IN THE MATURE KIDS OF LIGHT
GOAL FOR EVERY APPRENTICE
SOUNDNESS, CHRISTIANIZING OF THE CHRISTIAN
FRUIT
ALWAYS A MATTER OF DEGREE, FROM HOT TO BOILING
CONSCIOUSLY CHOSEN AND SUSTAINED RELATIONSHIP OF INTERACTION BETWEEN THE LORD AND HIS APPRENTICE
MARKS OF LIGHT
1. WHEN WRONG OR NOT, THEY DON'T DEFEND IT
2. THANKFUL TO BE FOUND OUT AND CORRECTED
JUST FIED BY GRACE HAS PENETREATRED DEEP INTO THEIR BEING
3. DO NOT FEEL THEY ARE MISSING SOMETHING GOOD BY NOT SINNING
NOT DISAPPINTED OR DEPRIVED, DON'T FRET BECAUSE EVILDOERS PROSPER
4. GOVERENED BY THE PULL OF THE GOOD
MATURE KIDS ARE LIKE THEIR MASTER. THEY KNOW GOD AND HIS WORD, THEY THINK STRAIGHT, LIVE IN TRUTH, BECAUSE EVERY ESSENTIAL DIMENSION OF THEIR BEING HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED TO SERVE GOD.