An Authentic Calling: Representing Christ and His Kingdom through the Church

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An Authent i c Ca l l i ng: Represent i ng Chr i s t and Hi s Ki ngdom through the Chur ch

4. We are to declare and display the freedom of the New Covenant in the Spirit of God.

5. Our freedom in Christ should lead us to a new level of self-discipline and godliness.

B. Connections to your life

1. Do I understand the nature of the call of God to freedom (from the law of sin and death to new life and holiness in Christ?) Do I understand that freedom from sin is not a license to sin but an invitation to live as Christ’s own slave, living to please him and not myself? 2 Cor. 5.9 (ESV) – So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him.

2. How do I allow in my own personal life the legalism, judgmentalism, and fleshliness to interfere with my freedom in Jesus Christ?

3. Do I sense a need to use my freedom in Christ to win others, to cross barriers of culture, class, and color to share the Good News with those different from me? Do I long to commit myself to another level of freedom for the sake of ministering to others?

4. Have I shared with my friends and leaders this unction and desire to penetrate other cultures with the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

5. What is God calling me to do right here, right now, in light of my freedom in Jesus Christ?