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God’s Great Resume

Example #1: Moses (Exodus)

Example #2: The Samaritan Woman at the Well (John 4:7-26)

No matter how tragic or filled with failure our past may

be ~ God can forever change us

Example #3: Saul of Tarsus/Paul (Acts 7-9)

Example #4: Amy Carmichael

Salvation is just the beginning

God wants to add your

greatest areas of

defeat/frustration to the

record

God’s Plan for Change…

…involves a crisis and a process (Matthew 18:3)

‘Unless you are converted…you will by no means

enter the kingdom of heaven.’ Matthew 18:3

‘Unless you change.’ NIV

‘Born again’

Saved…justified…redeemed…converted

God’s Plan for Change…

A Crisis Called Conversion

You must believe that the only way to heaven is by

confessing Jesus Christ as your personal Savior

It requires two things: repentance and faith

God’s Plan for Change…

A Process Called Sanctification

2 Corinthians 5:17

1 Thessalonians 4:1 ‘More and more…’

Growing in our walk with Jesus

God is not trying to make you happy ~ He’s trying to

make you holy

Faulty Notions

…about what God is doing in this world

1) God is just loving everybody

2) God is trying to make us healthy, wealthy and

prosperous

‘So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do

it all for the glory of God.’ 1 Corinthians 10:31

The reason why you exist is

because God wants to display

His power and splendor

through your life.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20

1 Thessalonians 4:3-4,5,7 2 Corinthians 3:18

Hebrews 12:11,14 Philippians 1:6