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“Tim Chester, You Can Change

We become Christians by faith in Jesus, we stay Christians by faith in Jesus, and we grow as Christians by faith in Jesus.

Renovation Project: How the Gospel Changes Us

2 Corinthians 3:18And we all, who with unveiled faces

contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing

glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

Renovation Project: How the Gospel Changes Us

Philippians 2:12-1312 Continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, 13 for it is God who works in you

to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.

Differences between Justification and

Sanctification


SanctificationLegal Standing Internal Condition


SanctificationLegal StandingOnce for all time

Internal ConditionContinuous through life



Entirely God’s work


God and Us



Entirely God’s workPerfect in this life


God and UsNot perfect in this life



Entirely God’s workPerfect in this life

Same in all Christians


God and UsNot perfect in this lifeGreater in some than

others

Barriers to Renovation#1 – Good truth misapplied


1 John 1:8,108 If we claim to be without sin, we deceive

ourselves and the truth is not in us…If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a

liar and his word is not in us.


1 John 2:1-21 My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we

have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. 2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for

the sins of the whole world.

“The more the Bible gets into us,

the harder it is to ‘sin comfortably.’

Barriers to Renovation#2 – Temptation is everywhere


1 John 2:15-1615 Do not love the world or anything in the

world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. 16 For everything in the

world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father

but from the world.


James 1:14-1514 Each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and

enticed. 15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown,

gives birth to death.

“Tired of feeling like I’m in a battle for my life.

Barriers to Renovation#3 – Keep up appearances

Barriers to Renovation#3 – Keep up appearances

Ephesians 4:22-2522 You were taught, with regard to your former

way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; 23 to be made new in the attitude of your minds;

24 and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

25 Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor.

“To establish healthy, intimate relationships with

other people – not afraid to be vulnerable.

Barriers to Renovation#4 – Fear of the unknown

Barriers to Renovation#4 – Fear of the unknown

Jeremiah 2:13My people have committed two sins:They have forsaken me, the spring of living water,and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns

that cannot hold water.

Barriers to Renovation#5 – Choosing gospel substitutes

“I want to have a closer relationship with God.

Barriers to Renovation#5 – Choosing gospel substitutes

Leviticus 19:1-21 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Speak to the entire

assembly of Israel and say to them: ‘Be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy.

“For Jesus, holiness means being set apart from,

or different from, our sinful ways. It didn’t mean being set apart from the world, but being consecrated to God in the world. He was God’s

glory in and for the world.

Tim Chester, You Can Change

Barriers to Renovation#6 – Gospel Amnesia

“Prayers for our relationship to grow stronger every day as we seek to place God first and

everything else second.

Barriers to Renovation#6 – Gospel Amnesia

Psalm 84:10Better is one day in your courts than a thousand

elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of

the wicked.

“Tim Keller

The key to continual and deeper spiritual renewal and revival

is the continual rediscovery of the gospel.

Thou hast promised to forgive

All who in thy Son believe;

Lord, I know Thou cannot lie;

Give me Christ, or else I die…

I die

Barriers to Renovation#7 – Is it worth it?


Luke 14:26-3026 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a

person cannot be my disciple. 27 And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot

be my disciple.


Luke 14:26-3028 “Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it? 29 For if you lay the foundation and are not

able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule you, 30 saying, ‘This person began to

build and wasn’t able to finish.’

“Worship is an affirmation, not just that God is

good,but that God is better.

Barriers to Renovation#8 – Life happens

“I’m doing a lot.

But I’m not succeeding at anything.

“Endurance.

Barriers to Renovation#8 – Life happens

Matthew 28:19…going…

“For us, holiness consists not in heroic acts but

in a thousand small decisions. God gives us the opportunity to fill the mundane and the

ordinary with his glory.

Tim Chester, You Can Change

Barriers to Renovation#9 – Does it work?

“I’ve tried it and…


Romans 6:14For sin shall no longer be your master,

because you are not under the law, but under grace.


Matthew 7:24-2724 “Therefore everyone who hears these words

of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on

the rock…


Matthew 7:24-27“26 But everyone who hears these words of

mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

27 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house,

and it fell with a great crash.”

Barriers to Renovation#10 – How do I renovate?

Barriers to Renovation

#1 – Good truth misapplied#2 – Temptation is everywhere#3 – Keep up appearances#4 – Fear of the unknown#5 – Choosing gospel substitutes

#6 – Gospel Amnesia#7 – Is it worth it?#8 – Life happens#9 – Does it work?#10 – How do I renovate?

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