The great expectation of salvation is transformation

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The great expectation of salvation
is transformation
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What has God done for those in Christ?

• If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation the
  old has gone, the new has come! - 2
  Corinthians 517
• Put off your old self, which is being corrupted
  by its deceitful desiresand to put on the new
  self, created to be like God in true
  righteousness and holiness. - Ephesians
  422-24
• I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit
  in you I will remove from you your heart of
  stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will
  put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my
  decrees and be careful to keep my laws. -
  Ezekiel 3626-27

Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this
world, but be transformed by the renewing of
your mind. - Romans 122
Our Standard Being a Christian means I am a
better version of myself
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What has God done for those in Christ?

• If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation the
  old has gone, the new has come! - 2
  Corinthians 517
• Put off your old self, which is being corrupted
  by its deceitful desiresand to put on the new
  self, created to be like God in true
  righteousness and holiness. - Ephesians
  422-24
• I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit
  in you I will remove from you your heart of
  stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will
  put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my
  decrees and be careful to keep my laws. -
  Ezekiel 3626-27

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2 Corinthians 45-9For we do not preach
ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and
ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake. For
God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness,"
made his light shine in our hearts to give us the
light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the
face of Christ. But we have this treasure in
jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing
power is from God and not from us. We are hard
pressed on every side, but not crushed
perplexed, but not in despair persecuted, but
not abandoned struck down, but not destroyed.
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2 Corinthians 45-9For we do not preach
ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and
ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake. For
God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness,"
made his light shine in our hearts to give us the
light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the
face of Christ. But we have this treasure in
jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing
power is from God and not from us. We are hard
pressed on every side, but not crushed
perplexed, but not in despair persecuted, but
not abandoned struck down, but not destroyed.
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2 Corinthians 45-9For we do not preach
ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and
ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake. For
God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness,"
made his light shine in our hearts to give us the
light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the
face of Christ. But we have this treasure in
jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing
power is from God and not from us. We are hard
pressed on every side, but not crushed
perplexed, but not in despair persecuted, but
not abandoned struck down, but not destroyed.
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1 Peter 29-12But you are a chosen people, a
royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people
belonging to God, that you may declare the
praises of him who called you out of darkness
into his wonderful light. Once you were not a
people, but now you are the people of God once
you had not received mercy, but now you have
received mercy. Dear friends, I urge you, as
aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain
from sinful desires, which war against your soul.
Live such good lives among the pagans that,
though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may
see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he
visits us.
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1 Peter 29-12But you are a chosen people, a
royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people
belonging to God, that you may declare the
praises of him who called you out of darkness
into his wonderful light. Once you were not a
people, but now you are the people of God once
you had not received mercy, but now you have
received mercy. Dear friends, I urge you, as
aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain
from sinful desires, which war against your soul.
Live such good lives among the pagans that,
though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may
see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he
visits us.
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1 Peter 29-12But you are a chosen people, a
royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people
belonging to God, that you may declare the
praises of him who called you out of darkness
into his wonderful light. Once you were not a
people, but now you are the people of God once
you had not received mercy, but now you have
received mercy. Dear friends, I urge you, as
aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain
from sinful desires, which war against your soul.
Live such good lives among the pagans that,
though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may
see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he
visits us.
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Ezekiel 3626-27 I will give you a new heart
and put a new spirit in you I will remove from
you your heart of stone and give you a heart of
flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move
you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep
my laws.
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Nehemiah 12-4Hanani, one of my brothers, came
from Judah with some other men, and I questioned
them about the Jewish remnant that survived the
exile, and also about Jerusalem. They said to
me, "Those who survived the exile and are back in
the province are in great trouble and disgrace.
The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its
gates have been burned with fire." When I heard
these things, I sat down and wept. For some days
I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of
heaven
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Nehemiah 21-3I had not been sad in his
presence before so the king asked me, "Why does
your face look so sad when you are not ill? This
can be nothing but sadness of heart."I was very
much afraid, but I said to the king,
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1 Samuel 178-32Goliath stood and shouted to
the ranks of Israel,On hearing the Philistine's
words, Saul and all the Israelites were dismayed
and terrified. David asked the men standing near
him, "What will be done for the man who kills
this Philistine and removes this disgrace from
Israel? Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that
he should defy the armies of the living God?"
David said to Saul, "Let no one lose heart on
account of this Philistine your servant will go
and fight him."
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Exodus 211-12One day, after Moses had grown
up, he went out to where his own people were and
watched them at their hard labor. He saw an
Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people.
Glancing this way and that and seeing no one, he
killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.
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Once that frustration and anger is understood as
being your holy discontentits as if an enormous
wave of positive energy gets released inside of
you.This energy causes you to act on the
dissatisfaction thats been brewing deep within
your soul and compels you to say yes to joining
forces with God so that the darkness and
depravity around you gets pushed back.And it is
this reality that what is enslaved can be set
free, what is broken can still be mended, what is
diseased can still be restored, what is hated can
still be loved, what is dirty can still be make
clean, and what is wrong can still be made
right. Bill Hybles Holy Discontent
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How do we develop this Holy Discontent?

• Pray that God will open your eyes to the needs
  of people around you
• Ask God to show you the specific discontent
  you should act on

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The reason why it is so critical for you to dig
in and figure out what it is that wrecks you is
because you may be the one person God is looking
for in order to reverse some ugly and destructive
trends I your generation. In factdont be
surprised if you hear God say, This is why I
made you and why I wired you up like I did! This
is hwy I allowed the mountain-top,
reason-for-rejoicing times in your life, as well
as why I let the pits of despair sneak in. None
of your tears of anguish will be wasted I plan
to use every ounce of what youve been through
for good in this specific area. I know you are
devastated by the same problem that grieves me,
and I just happen to have in mind someone exactly
like you to help me solve this!
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Let me say again, God is looking for someone just
like youso He can sign you up for service. I
assure you there is a holy discontent with your
name on it. There is something out there that God
is waiting for you to grab on to so that He can
use you to help solve it. It wrecks you, it
wrecks Him, and He is ready for you both to do
something about it.Perhaps your one thing
your foundation for holy discontent wont
affect other people in the same way, fut for you,
its devastating at a core level. Like my friend
Max Lucado says, its that inner music that no
one else hears precisely the way you hear it.
Bill Hybles Holy Discontent
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How do we develop this Holy Discontent?

• Pray that God will open your eyes to the needs
  of people around you
• Ask God to show you the specific discontent
  you should act on
• Move toward your discontent feed it
• Dont let discouragement stand in your way of
  living the transformed life God is calling you to

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1 Samuel 1728When Eliab, David's oldest
brother, heard him speaking with the men, he
burned with anger at him and asked, "Why have you
come down here? And with whom did you leave those
few sheep in the desert? I know how conceited you
are and how wicked your heart is you came down
only to watch the battle."
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How do we develop this Holy Discontent?

• Pray that God will open your eyes to the needs
  of people around you
• Ask God to show you the specific discontent
  you should act on
• Move toward your discontent feed it
• Dont let discouragement stand in your way of
  living the transformed life God is calling you
  to
• Discouragement from friends and family
• Discouragement from world/circumstances
• Discouragement because of delay

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