Climbing the Christian Construct, Step 06-Godliness

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Text: 2 Peter 1:5-8

Topic: Growth in Christian Virtue.

Thesis: Believers must work outtheir own salvation.

Title: Climbingthe Christian Construct,

Step Six-Godliness


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Kingdom Points:

Faith-April 3, 2005

Whether good or evil, right orwrong, saintly or sinful, we arewe are responsible for ourbehavior.
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Kingdom Points:

Goodness-April 10, 2005

Goodness is not a mere passivequality, but the deliberate preference ofright to wrong, the firm and persistentresistance of all moral evil, and the

choosing and following of all moralgood.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge


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Kingdom Points:

Knowledge-April 24, 2005

For now we see in a mirror,dimly, but then we will see face toface. Now I know only in part; then Iwill know fully, even as I have beenfully known.

(1Co 13:12 NRSV)


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Kingdom Points:

Self Control-May 15, 2005

Through self control, we sayno to temptation.


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Kingdom Points:

Patience-May 22, 2005

Problems produce patience.


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And without controversy great is the

mystery of _________

(1 Ti. 3:16 AV)


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And without controversy great is the

mystery ofgodliness

(1 Ti. 3:16 AV)

Our imitation of God in this

lifemust be an imitation of Godincarnate C. S. Lewis


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Godliness

1. ?


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Godliness

1. What is It?

The devil tempted Eve

for God knows that when you eat of

it your eyes will be opened, and youwill be like God, _______

___________."

(Genesis 3:5 NRSV)


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Godliness

1. What is It?

The devil tempted Eve

for God knows that when you eat of

it your eyes will be opened, and youwill be like God, knowing

good and evil."

(Genesis 3:5 NRSV)


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To be godly is to be like God

not only in knowledge, but also in

consistently acting in

____________.


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To be godly is to be like God

not only in knowledge, but also in

consistently acting in

righteousness.


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Godliness

2. ?


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Godliness

2. Why Do We Need It?

For _______________ is the man that walks

not in the counsel of the _______, nor

stands in the way of ______, nor sitsin the seat of the _______.

(Psalm 1:1 AV)


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Godliness

2. Why Do We Need It?

For OurselvesBlessed is the man that walks

not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor

stands in the way ofsinners, nor sitsin the seat of the scornful.

(Psalm 1:1 AV)


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For ______He told them another parable:

"The kingdom of heaven is like yeast

that a woman took and mixed in withthree measures of flour until

_________________."(Mt. 13:33 NRSV)


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For OthersHe told them another parable:

"The kingdom of heaven is like yeast

that a woman took and mixed in withthree measures of flour until

all of it was leavened."(Mt. 13:33 NRSV)


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Kingdom Point:

To become godly is to become ____

_____.


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Kingdom Point:

To become godly is to become like

Christ.

"Whoever has seen ___ has seenthe _____.

(John 14:9 NRSV)


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Kingdom Point:

To become godly is to become like

Christ.

"Whoever has seen Me has seenthe Father.

(John 14:9 NRSV)


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Godliness

3. ?


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Godliness

3. How Do We Get It?

We become like what we love.


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Godliness


The New Testament Greekspeaks of godliness as the result of

____________.


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Godliness


The New Testament Greekspeaks of godliness as the result of

well worshiping.


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So

We ____ for it

looking to _____ the pioneer and

perfecter of our faith, who for the

sake of the joy that was set beforehim endured the ____, disregarding

its shame, and has taken his seat at

the right hand of the throne of God.(He. 12:2 NRSV)


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So

We pray for it

looking to Jesus the pioneer and

perfecter of our faith, who for the

sake of the joy that was set beforehim endured the cross, disregarding

its shame, and has taken his seat at

the right hand of the throne of God.(He. 12:2 NRSV)


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and

We ____ for it.

training us to renounce ______ and

_______________ and in the present

age to live lives that are ____________, upright, and godly, while

we wait for the blessed hope and the

manifestation of the glory of our greatGod and Savior, Jesus Christ.

(Titus 2:12-13 NRSV)


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and

We work for it.

training us to renounce impiety

and worldly passions and in the

present age to live lives that are selfcontrolled, upright, and godly, while

we wait for the blessed hope and the

manifestation of the glory of our greatGod and Savior, Jesus Christ.

(Titus 2:12-13 NRSV)


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our model is the Jesus, not only of

Calvary, but of the workshop, the roads,the crowds, the clamorous demands and

surly oppositions, the lack of all peace and

privacy, the interruptions. For this, sostrangely unlike anything we can attribute

to the Divine life in itself, is apparently no

only like, but is, the Divine ________________________________.

C. S. Lewis


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our model is the Jesus, not only of

Calvary, but of the workshop, the roads,the crowds, the clamorous demands and

surly oppositions, the lack of all peace and

privacy, the interruptions. For this, sostrangely unlike anything we can attribute

to the Divine life in itself, is apparently no

only like, but is, the Divine life operatingunder human conditions.

C. S. Lewis

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