Not of This World – Part 3

Review

• You’re not from here. You are from the one who sent you (John 17:16-18).
• The one who sent us is . The one who sent Him is the .
• The sent us the Holy Spirit at Jesus’ request (John 14:15-17).
• The Holy Spirit tells everyone that you belong to and that you have God’s stamp of approval (Mark 1:9-11).
• This is a both a and a problem. Why?
• The world hates (John 15:18-19).
• Because the world hates Jesus, the world hates the of Jesus.
• The world hates anyone it cannot claim as its .
• When the world expresses its hate of Jesus and His followers, it is actually Satan’s hate being expressed them.
• Just as God has His , Satan has his ambassadors (Matthew 24:4-5, Matthew 24:23-24).

Notes

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• Saul (who became the apostle Paul) was also once a new convert who the church did not (Acts 9:19-30).
• Paul spent years in isolation and consulted with leaders of the church before launching a ministry (Galatians 1:15-23).
• Paul’s reputation had to precede him before he was received—and that took !
• Even after Paul was received as an , he battled with the shame of his past life (I Corinthians 15:3-10).
• There are criteria for people who oversee spiritual (I Timothy 3:2-7).
• These are qualities that can only be cultivated over .
• Hence, people who oversee spiritual sheep should not be new .
• Because of God’s , time is a great way to measure whether something is of (Psalm 37:25).
• If it’s of God, it (Acts 5:33-39)
• Beware of people who attach themselves to (Acts 16:16-19).
• However, regardless of the motive, we can rejoice whenever the is preached (Philippians 1:15-18).

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