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WHAT IS THE VICTORIOUS CHRISTIAN LIFE?

I Corinthians 2:14 The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

I Corinthians 2:15-16 The spiritual man makes judgments about all things, but he himself is not subject to any man’s judgment: “For who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ.

I Corinthians 3:1-3 Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual but as worldly — mere infants in Christ. I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready. You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere men?

I. The Non Spiritual Person The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. - v14

A. Who is this type of person? I. The Non Spiritual Person.

A. Who is this type of person? 1. You can’t understand spiritual things. Why? I. The Non Spiritual Person.

A. Who is this type of person? 1. You can’t understand spiritual things. a. To understand you need the help of the Holy Spirit. I. The Non Spiritual Person.

A. Who is this type of person? 1. You can’t understand spiritual things. a. To understand you need the help of the Holy Spirit. Galatians 5:17 - For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want. I. The Non Spiritual Person.

A. Who is this type of person? 1. You can’t understand spiritual things. a. To understand you need the help of the Holy Spirit. Romans 6:6 - For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin. I. The Non Spiritual Person.

B. What comes from this person’s heart? Mark 7:20 - What comes out of a man is what makes him ‘unclean.’ For from within, out of men’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All these evils come from inside and make a man ‘unclean’. I. The Non Spiritual Person.

C. What characteristics do they have? Ephesians 2:1-3 - As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature objects of wrath. I. The Non Spiritual Person.

C. What characteristics do they have? Ephesians 2:1-3 - As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature objects of wrath. I. The Non Spiritual Person.

C. What characteristics do they have? Ephesians 2:1-3 - As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature objects of wrath. I. The Non Spiritual Person.

C. What characteristics do they have? Ephesians 2:1-3 - As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature objects of wrath. I. The Non Spiritual Person.

C. What characteristics do they have? Jeremiah 17:9 - The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? I. The Non Spiritual Person.

D. What is your fate? I. The Non Spiritual Person.

D. What is your fate? Ephesians 2:3 - Like the rest, we were by nature objects of wrath. I. The Non Spiritual Person.

D. What is your fate? John 3:36 - Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on him. I. The Non Spiritual Person.

I. The Non Spiritual Person II. The Spiritual Person The spiritual man makes judgments about all things, but he himself is not subject to any man’s judgment: “For who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ. - v15-16

A. Who is this type of person? This is what you want to be! II. The Spiritual Person.

A. Who is this type of person? 1. Your life has been exchanged for a new one. Galatians 2:20 - I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. II. The Spiritual Person.

A. Who is this type of person? 1. Your life has been exchanged for a new one. a. How is it recognized? Galatians 5: But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control. Against such things there is no law. II. The Spiritual Person.

A. Who is this type of person? 1. Your life has been exchanged for a new one. b. How is it received? Philippians 4:13 - I can do everything through him who gives me strength. II. The Spiritual Person.

A. Who is this type of person? 2. What is the result? I Corinthians 2:16 - For who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. II. The Spiritual Person.

B. This life is not only hard to live – it’s impossible! II. The Spiritual Person.

B. This life is not only hard to live – it’s impossible! 1. His promise: He will live His post resurrection life in & through you! II. The Spiritual Person.

B. This life is not only hard to live – it’s impossible! 2. How does He do it? Through His Holy Spirit! Romans 8:9 - You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. II. The Spiritual Person.

I. The Non Spiritual Person II. The Spiritual Person III. The World Oriented Christian Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual but as worldly — mere infants in Christ. I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready. You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere men?

A. Who is this type of person? III. The World Oriented Christian.

A. Who is this type of person? 1. More world oriented than Christ oriented. III. The World Oriented Christian.

A. Who is this type of person? 1. More world oriented than Christ oriented. 2. You live an inconsistent life because you try to live it on your own efforts. III. The World Oriented Christian.

A. Who is this type of person? Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual but as worldly — mere infants in Christ. - 3:1 III. The World Oriented Christian.

A. Who is this type of person? Brothers, You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere men? - 3:3 III. The World Oriented Christian.

B. Why is this the most dangerous type of person to be? 1. Because many are in this position much of the time. III. The World Oriented Christian.

B. Why is this the most dangerous type of person to be? 1. Because many are in this position much of the time. 2. Because you think you’ve already arrived! III. The World Oriented Christian.

C. You have a poor relationship with God. Romans 8:7-8 - The sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God. III. The World Oriented Christian.

C. You have a poor relationship with God. 1. Your mind is against God’s will. Romans 8:7-8 - The sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God. III. The World Oriented Christian.

C. You have a poor relationship with God. 2. Your mind is disobedient. Romans 8:7-8 - The sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God. III. The World Oriented Christian.

C. You have a poor relationship with God. 3. Your mind doesn’t please God. Romans 8:7-8 - The sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God. III. The World Oriented Christian.

D. How can you change from being a world oriented Christian to being a spiritual person? III. The World Oriented Christian.

D. How can you change from being a world oriented Christian to being a spiritual person? Practice Spiritual Breathing! III. The World Oriented Christian.

1. How do you take yourself off the throne of your life? Confess your sins! Proverbs 28:13 - He who conceals his sins does not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy. III. The World Oriented Christian.

1. How do you take yourself off the throne of your life? Confess your sins! I John 1:9 - If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. III. The World Oriented Christian.

2. Who goes on the throne? Lord Jesus! Romans 12:1-2 - Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God — this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is — his good, pleasing and perfect will. III. The World Oriented Christian.

2. Who goes on the throne? Lord Jesus! a. How? Ask! Luke 11:13 - If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him. III. The World Oriented Christian.

2. Who goes on the throne? Lord Jesus! b. Then what? Trust! I John 5: This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us — whatever we ask — we know that we have what we asked of him. III. The World Oriented Christian.

3. When you’re back on the path, what do you do? Continue to walk with the Lord by faith as a way of life! III. The World Oriented Christian.

Colossians 2:6-7 - So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. That’s the picture of a victorious Christian life!