Being Born Again

Monday: Deuteronomy 26, 2 Corinthians 12
Tuesday: Deuteronomy 27, 2 Corinthians 13
Wednesday: Galatians 1-2
Thursday: Deuteronomy 28:1-29:8, Galatians 3
Friday: Galatians 4
Saturday: Psalm 106, Proverbs 24
Sunday: Jeremiah 30-37

Key Passage: John 3:1-8
1 John 2:19
James 2:19
John 1:12
Ephesians 2:4-5
1 Peter 2:9
Romans 10:17
1 Peter 1:23
1 Corinthians 3:1-7
Romans 5:1
Romans 8:15-17
John 17:3
Romans 12:1-2
2 Corinthians 13:5
Philippians 2:12-13

Our Spiritual Condition Apart from the New Birth (Finally Alive, John Piper)
1. We are dead in trespasses and sins (Ephesians  2:1-2)
2. We are by nature children of wrath (Ephesians 2:3)
3. We love darkness and hate the light (John 3:19-20)
4. Our hearts are hard like stone (Ezekiel 36:26; Ephesians 4:18)
5. We are unable to submit to God or please God (Roman 8:7-8)
6. We are unable to accept the gospel (Ephesians 4:18, 1 Corinthians 2:14)
7. We are unable to come to Christ or embrace him as Lord (John 6:44, 65; 1 Corinthians 12:3)
8. We are slaves to sin (Romans 6:17)
9. We are slaves of Satan (Ephesians 2:1-2, 2 Timothy 2:24-26)
10. No good thing dwells in us (Romans 7:18)

Three Aspects of Salvation
We have been saved: Justified
We are being saved: Sanctified
We will be saved: Glorified

"Becoming a Christian is not just self renunciation but it’s also not self realization (it’s not a means to greater self esteem). It’s self transformation. You lose yourself to find yourself. You become who you really are -- who you were always made to be." - Tim Keller

3DQ - 3 discipleship questions to ask each other: What is God saying to you? What are you going to do about it? How can I help?