Romans 7:21-24 NLT
I have discovered this principle of life—that when I want to do what is right, I inevitably do what is wrong. I love God’s law with all my heart.
But there is another power within me that is at war with my mind.
This power makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me. Oh, what a miserable person I am!
Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death?
THE BIG IDEA:
Lasting change is _________________
not ____________!
The ______________________ that saved me is the ________________________ that will change me!
Romans 6:23 NLT
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.
1 Corinthians 15:57 NLT
But thank God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Spiritual transformation isn’t God ____________ or God _____________, it’s God ________________!
1 Corinthians 15:9-10 NLT
For I am the least of all the apostles. In fact, I’m not even worthy to be called an apostle after the way I persecuted God’s church. But whatever I am now, it is all because God poured out his special favor on me—and not without results. For I have worked harder than any of the other apostles; yet it was not I but God who was working through me by his grace.
The first step to spiritual transformation is defining your __________________“___________”!