…Growing In God’s Purpose!”
KEY VERSE:
v. 6 “There has
never been the slightest doubt in my mind that the God who started this great
work in you would keep at it and bring it to a flourishing finish on the very
day Christ Jesus appears.”
FOCUS:
God’s dream for you is that you look just like Jesus to others.
INTRODUCTION:
“Sometimes we describe a man by comparing him to a rough diamond.
And that surely implies that his character needs a great deal of cutting
and grinding and polishing. But it
means also that God the Owner sees something in that man which is worth taking
infinite pains over – something which He will never ‘cast as rubbish to the
void,’ but will go on to discipline through much tribulation until He has made
it at last what He means it to be.”
~ James Hastings
I.
THE BELIEVER’S DELIGHT: Relating
to Other Believers
II.
THE BELIEVER’S CONFIDENCE: Trusting
the Continuing Work of Christ
III.
THE BELIEVER’S COMMITMENT: Persevering
in Personal Growth
IV.
THE BELIEVER’S HOPE: Readiness
for Christ’s Return
CONCLUSION: “Let
us purpose in our hearts to ‘change’ in His direction and see Him do
incredible things to the praise of the glory of His grace.”
~ Jim Cymbala
PREACHING: Pastor Holland Lewis