Stronger Together

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Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. ”

b. Point: Turn from your old life of sin and death, and join Christ and his kingdom through repentance, faith, and baptism. Christ gives us his Holy Spirit which makes us part of his body.

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Connect

i. Count the cost of discipleship. Christ’s victory comes by the way of the cross. Our old selves must die so that a new creation can begin.

ii. Pledge your allegiance to Jesus the Lord.

d. Illustrations

i. Wearing an old uniform to a new job (or an old uniform in a new army) – If you showed up to a new job wearing your old uniform from a previous employer, they would ask you to change. You have to put off your former uniform, and take on the new uniform. ii. Moving – If you want to live in a new residence, you have to turn off the utilities at your old place and turn them on at your new place.

3. Join the people of Christ’s kingdom .

a. Acts 2.39 (ESV) “ For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.”