1. FROM THE INSIDE OUT

2. 2 Corinthians 5:17 – “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!”

3. Exactly what does it mean to be “in Christ?”

4. To be in Christ is to have a close, intimate relationship with Him through a faith decision.

5. Think of a corked bottle under a water fall.

6. Christ is the only one who can give us a fresh start from the inside out. Definition of hope:

7. This is not available on the DIY network.

8. It is like a heart transplant.

9. No matter what you were before you found Christ as your Savior, He will change you so much that you will not be the same person.

10. You will have new views

11. You will have new motives

12. You will have new principles

13. You will have new plans

14. You will have new purpose

15. You must have a new heart from Jesus if you would be a new creature.

16. This is what Jesus talked to Nicodemus about.

17. Ezekiel 36:26-27: “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh

18. and give you a heart of flesh. I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes,

19. and you will keep My judgments and do them.”

20. Are you a new creation of Jesus?

21. You can have a brand new start today.

22. Jesus is here and is waiting to make the heart transplant.

23. ...."but I know this is life and death for me and I need to settle dying for Jesus if necessary before I step up publicly."