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change go with me to Ephesians 2 8-9 in

the

NLT Ephesians 2 in the NLT and then

Philippians 2 and2 I’m going to read

that in King James and NLT

I I I call this this

morning when will I be what God says I

am when will I

be what God says I am have you ever read

a scripture and he’s saying that’s you

but then you look at your

living and it’s not

you I mean you you believe by faith

that that’s

you but then when you get down to

looking at is that being expressed in my

life it doesn’t seem like that’s

you so we’re going to introduce to you

two terms

today the standing of a Believer a

believer’s stance in Christ your

standing in Christ we have to no this

and a

believer’s state the state of a Believer

or when I use the word state I’m talking

about the Walk of a

Believer so it’s the standard of

believing you’re believer your stance in

Christ I am the righteousness of God

that’s my stance in

Christ but my state my actual walk may

not look so

righteous there’s a contradiction here

you’re telling me I’m righteous on one

hand and then you’re telling me to do

something to become to be that you

saying you’re saying I am righteous and

then you’re saying do something

righteous now I know it’s important the

stance in Christ is by faith I got to

believe that I am who God says I am even

though I’m not expressing that

yet y’all with me

now

Hallelujah I am so I want to start off

with this to try to set up this

contradiction and try to answer this

question where will I when will I be

what God says I am because religion most

people only come to church to hear what

they already

know and I’m not trying to do that we’re

maturing so I want to dig deeper I want

to challenge what you say you know and

then what happens is once I challenge

what you say you know you’re so

traditional about what you know you’re

not hearing what I’m trying to show you

and then you get all upset say I don’t

know about that well that’s right cuz

you don’t know everything and I don’t

know everything but as God causes us

each to grow we can’t be afraid of

coming to church and hearing something

you hadn’t heard before church should

not be just coming to hear what you

already

know if if if I did that if I if I came

to church to hear what I already know

eventually I would like well well I

ain’t coming to church why cuz I already

know preacher ain’t growing I ain’t

growing so I’m stay

home okay so let’s dig into

this verse eight God saved you by his

grace when you believe so the only thing

you had to do to be saved past tense is

believe how many you believe Jesus one

day all right so now you’re

saved it’s his work you’re SA saved and

all you did is believed he says and you

can’t take credit for this see that so

you brought nothing to the table you are

saved by unmar favor and grace of God

you are you you didn’t get saved cuz you

deserved it you didn’t get saved because

you did something

awesome you are saved because you

believed in Jesus and you were saved and

he says and you can’t take credit for it

wow

I meet a lot of Christians who love to

take credit for their life I can’t take

credit for it I’m saved and I can’t take

credit for

it I believe Jesus and I’m now saved

that is my stance I am saved right now

and I can’t take credit for it so I get

to heaven because I’m saved and I can’t

take credit for it and I get there I’m

there and I can’t take credit for it so

why are you coming up there with a long

list look at all the stuff I deserve for

you to open this gate he said bro I’m

open the gate cuz you believed and I

saved

you because what happens is we think God

is like walking behind us to pick up our

crumbs and we like all right God I’m

going to do this and and you you you you

help me out God say no no no you can’t

do none of the work there’s nothing you

don’t bring nothing to the table I’m the

one that is doing the work in you the

difference between this New Covenant and

the old Covenant in the old Covenant we

work for God in the new New Covenant he

works for

us not in a demeaning type of way but

he’s doing the work you’re not doing the

work God’s already seen what happens

when you try to do the

work he is doing the work think of that

the creator of Heaven and Earth is

working in you woo Jesus so God Save You

by his grace when you believe and you

can’t take credit for this it is a gift

from God now here’s something that’s

going to come up

we have confused the

gift

with the payment or the

earnings you work and you earned

money when you get a gift you don’t work

for a

gift I don’t know what it is we just

can’t get out of the mentality of what

you have you didn’t work

for what you have you didn’t

earn what you have you didn’t didn’t

deserve and there’s always this part on

the inside of a human that says but I

got to do something to feel like I

deserve it we even get like that during

Christmas sometimes people give gifts to

you and now eventually you say well I

know they going to give me a gift so I’m

going to get them something so they

deserve something because you know they

they going to get you something well

it’s not a gift anymore a gift is

something that is free of charge you

didn’t earn it you didn’t work for it

you don’t deserve it it’s not anything

that you bought to the table or qualify

for it is something that was extended to

you that all you have to do is

receive I declare that the body of

Christ has a receiving issue there you

go they don’t know how to

receive they keep trying to work and

sweat for something he says God saved

you by his grace when you believed and

you can’t take credit for it it is a

gift from God verse n salvation is not a

reward for the the good things we have

done most of us got

saved in the midst of all the bad stuff

we have

done salvation is not a reward you’re

not rewarded with

salvation it’s a gift salvation is not a

reward for good things we have done so

none of us can boast about it he says

it’s a gift so nobody can boast about it

you can’t talk about how you deserve to

be saved and how awesome you are it is a

gift that comes from God I am saved it

is settled because I

believed I am that’s my stance I’m saved

now my stance is not I’m saved if I’m

Flawless I’m saved if my conduct is good

I’m saved if I wear a church dress or a

church collar or I’m say see all you see

all these qualifications you get get

saved for free and then after you get

saved the church starts charging you to

maintain your

salvation

wow it starts charging you to maintain

your salvation and we stay we say acting

look at you supp to be

saved now I’m charging you to maintain

it it’s it’s kind of like you know

yesterday I had to call and I had to

renew my club membership for my car

insurance

well they didn’t give it to me as a

gift but this is a gift God gave you you

shouldn’t have to renew your

salvation that’s good and now it’s in

it’s in question

now because your

behavior did not line up with your

stance I am

saved not based on my behavior

I’m saved based on my belief in Jesus

and he gave me a gift and it’s my gift

it is my gift and I’m saved no matter

what I’m do I’m

saved and I’m not going to lose my

salvation unless I stop believing that

I’m saved I’m saved now as long as I

believe I’m saved if you give it time uh

my my state is going to catch up with my

stance come on now

woo all right let me stop everybody with

me all right cuz you you you going God

going to be able to do stuff he’s never

been able to do before as soon as he can

get you out of his

way you keep trying to do his

work

now interesting Philippians chap

2:12 Philippians 2:12 in the King James

he says wherefore I

beloved as you’ve always obeyed not as

in my presence

only but now much more in my

absence watch this work out your own

salvation with fear and

trembling wait wait a minute I thought I

was

saved well you are you’re saved by your

faith in Jesus Christ well why did he

just tell me to work out my own

salvation and do it with fear and

trembling see these are the

contradictions that cause splits in

churches and different denominations and

stuff like that you know I’m saved now

the Bible says you got to work out your

salvation you see and they think they

they think they got one up on

you I’m saved no you got to work out

your

salvation but basically what they’re

saying is you when when you’re saying my

stance is I’m saved in Christ and and

and no man has anything to do with that

what they’re saying is now you got to

work out your own salvation you better

watch out what you

doing and so you immediately go to work

because you see this scripture

now so you see one verse Ephesians 2

speaks of a thing has been fully

accomplished while another verse

Philippians 12 refers to it as in a

process of

completion one is in process the other

one’s

finished one is an uncompleted process

the other one is completely

finished and so what we’re going to see

here is is the power that’s

released when you believe in the

finished works of Jesus Christ to help

what’s not finished or

unfinished to eventually catch up what

with what is

finished now let me use some scriptures

to explain this there’s no way I can

explain this to you without scripture

you have to see that it’s in the Bible

and I’m not messing up I’m not making

some kind of a uh new doctrine Hebrews

10:10 in King James watch this let me

give you another illust illustration

here Hebrews chapter 10 and

10 now here he says by the which will we

are we are

Sanctified we are

Sanctified set aside

holy through the offering of the body of

Jesus Christ and it’s once and for all

so right here he says your

sanctification is fully accomplished

because of Jesus Christ and it’s fully

accomplished once and for all so I say

here’s my stance as a Believer I am

Sanctified

already I am Holy

already I am Sanctified by the body of

Jesus and what he sacrificed in that

body and I’m Sanctified once and for

all once and for all times I’m

Sanctified say out loud I’m Sanctified

I’m

Sanctified all right so Jesus is

responsible for you being Sanctified not

you Jesus is responsible for you being

Sanctified again look at 1 Thessalonians

523 here is sanctification now watch

this now watch this this is interesting

523 says and the Very God of Peace

sanctify you holy and I pray God your

whole Spirit soul body be blam to the

coming of the Lord and and he goes

Faithfully he do it look at vers the

first part of this the very God of Peace

sanctify you wait a minute I thought he

already

Sanctified past tense me why is he

sanctifying me right now here

sanctification is an uncomplete complete

process he’s praying that God of Peace

will will that he will sanctify you it

it is it is an

uncomplete

process one Hebrews 10:10 it’s a

finished process uh 1 Thessalonians 5:23

it’s an unaccomplished or unfinished

process look at Hebrews

10:14 he Hebrews 10:14 I read a couple

more scriptures and then add some more

talk to this

here again verse uh 14 for by one

offering he hath perfected forever them

are them that are

Sanctified all right so I’m Sanctified

my stance is I’m Sanctified by Jesus

Christ and then he says I’ve been

perfected

forever because I’m Sanctified I’ve been

perfected forever so in Christ I’m

Sanctified right now in Christ I am

perfect I I am perfect right now in

Christ in

Christ but now watch this 2 Corinthians

1311 he says finally Brethren farewell

be

perfect what be perfect well I just read

that I’m already

perfect he said be

perfect so why should those who have

been perfected

forever be told be

perfect

I just read it we just read it you’re

perfected forever and he turns around

and says be perfect my stance is I’m

perfected forever my walk or my state is

in

process not there yet in

process so this contradiction it’ll

leave when you understand that one

refers to the believer standing in

Christ or his position before God

he is for example positionally

Sanctified or set apart for God’s

Eternal purpose he’s perfect in God’s

sight because he’s in Christ so all of

who you are and all that has been

settled about who you are is only

because you’re in

Christ period it’s because you’re in

Christ now

in the other case it refers to

believer’s life on the earth which is

called his walk or his

State his Earthly life should be holy

set apart for God’s use he should live

perfectly before God he’s not doing it

right

now he should he should he

should but wait a minute I’m already

perfect yeah you’re in Christ but what’s

your state right now you ain’t perfect

now you just cussed somebody out last

night but see look look what I’m saying

but you’re perfect in your stance you’re

perfect when you curse them

out you’re

holy when you did something

Unholy you’re

righteous when you did something

unrighteous your state won’t change your

stance but your stance is working to

change your

state don’t get like some of y’all

looking at me confused you know you

ain’t

perfect it that’s why it amazes me

whenever you point at somebody else’s

issue you have to to be subconscious or

consciously saying you don’t have

one that’s why I don’t know why

Christian folks judgment folks it’s like

you already know you are not there where

your stance is you already know that how

is it that you’re going to be critical

or judgmental about somebody else’s

State when your state ain’t where your

stance is there’s State might look

raggedy but the stance is intact and if

they keep believing that listen you

remember that time I told you I I was

counseling this guy and he had a problem

with smoking weed and he said I tried

everything I said here’s what I want you

to do I said every time you think about

smoking weed I want you to say I’m the

righteousness of God he fell out

laughing he’s like what I said I want

you to say you’re right even if you get

it up there you start smoking I want you

to say you’re the righteousness of God

he was like what and he did it he he L

it lit it and put it on his mouth he on

righteousness of God he’s L it I’m the

righteous of

God he he put it on his mouth he says

and then it dawned on him wait a minute

I’m I’m the righteousness of

God what happened the day there’s coming

a day that you’re going to believe your

stance watch this and what you have to

recognize is you’re not responsible for

this

progression God

is now now now now hold let me show it

let me show it to you let you see I got

to I got to preach this on over again

but if you when you get this oo all all

that struggling you trying to do to be

what you can’t be without him he started

it off he started you at the Finish

Line yes sir and not at the starting

line he went and brought you all the way

up to the finish and said you’re

righteous you’re holy you’re

perfect all right that’s where you are

he called the things that be not as

though they were he called the end at

the

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beginning look at these three scriptures

with me real

quick uh Philippians 1 6 in the NLT

these are fascinating scriptures

Philippians 1:6 and NLT look what he

says and I am certain that God who began

the good work within

you you didn’t start

it will continue his work whose work his

work he will he will continue his work

until it is finally finished when is it

going to be finished on the day when

Jesus Christ returns that’s all he can

tell you he he he can tell you this I

it’s my work I started it I’m gonna

finish it and I’ll be done when Jesus

returns oh my goodness man I like what

who does that who does that do you

understand what’s happening here God

says I’m going start a good work in you

the day you believed and got saved he

says I done started the work and he says

now watch this he says it’s my work but

what have we been doing we’ve been

trying to make it our work and then

we’ve been trying to work and sweat and

I and then we

with that we tried to make a lot more

rules so we can have a lot more

work and we we were not that’s why I

said to share the scripture with this

morning we’ve not been aware of

him God is working in

you is there a difference between who

God says you are and what you see in

yourself every day don’t worry God’s not

done with you yet Klo dollar uncovers

how God works to line up up your stance

and your state in his series when will I

be what God says I am I am the

righteousness of God that’s my stance in

Christ but my state my actual walk may

not look so righteous your state won’t

change your

stance but your stance is working to

change your state CU you’re not

responsible for this

progression God is all four messages of

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