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We become Christians by faith in Jesus,
we stay Christians by faith in Jesus, and
we grow as Christians by faith in Jesus.
Tim Chester, You Can Change
Renovation Project:
How the Gospel Changes Us
2 Corinthians 3:18
And 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 2:12-13
12 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
Differences between
Justification and Sanctification
Legal Standing
Internal Condition
Differences between
Justification and Sanctification
Legal Standing
Once for all time
Internal Condition
Continuous through life
Differences between
Justification and Sanctification
Legal Standing
Once for all time
Entirely God’s work
Internal Condition
Continuous through life
God and Us
Differences between
Justification and Sanctification
Legal Standing
Once for all time
Entirely God’s work
Perfect in this life
Internal Condition
Continuous through life
God and Us
Not perfect in this life
Differences between
Justification and Sanctification
Legal Standing
Once for all time
Entirely God’s work
Perfect in this life
Same in all Christians
Internal Condition
Continuous through life
God and Us
Not perfect in this life
Greater in some than others
Barriers to Renovation
#1 – Good truth misapplied
Barriers to Renovation
#1 – Good truth misapplied
1 John 1:8,10
8 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.
Barriers to Renovation
#1 – Good truth misapplied
1 John 2:1-2
1 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
Barriers to Renovation
#2 – Temptation is everywhere
1 John 2:15-16
15 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.
Barriers to Renovation
#2 – Temptation is everywhere
James 1:14-15
14 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 4:22-25
22 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
Barriers to Renovation
#4 – Fear of the unknown
Jeremiah 2:13
My 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
Barriers to Renovation
#5 – Choosing gospel substitutes
I want to have a closer relationship with God.
Barriers to Renovation
#5 – Choosing gospel substitutes
Leviticus 19:1-2
1 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 84:10
Better 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.
The key to continual and deeper
spiritual renewal and revival
is the continual rediscovery of the gospel.
Tim Keller
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?
Barriers to Renovation
#7 – Is it worth it?
Luke 14:26-30
26 “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.
Barriers to Renovation
#7 – Is it worth it?
Luke 14:26-30
28 “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…
Barriers to Renovation
#9 – Does it work?
Romans 6:14
For sin shall no longer be your master,
because you are not under the law, but under grace.
Barriers to Renovation
#9 – Does it work?
Matthew 7:24-27
24 “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…
Barriers to Renovation
#9 – Does it work?
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?