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MESSAGE NOTES “Practical Teaching for Everyday Living” LIFE MADE  NEW A New Life, A New Identity Brent Kall • December 27, 2020 Chris·tian | ˈkrisCHən | adjective relating to or professing Christianity or its teachings Jesus isn’t interested in people who merely believe ________________________________. James 2:19 (NIV) You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder. Romans 12:1-2a (MSG/NIV) So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering, as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. 1. Jesus offers us a ____________________________________ . 2 Corinthians 5:13-17 (NIV) If we are “out of our mind,” as some say, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you. 14 For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. 15 And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again. 16 So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, that person is a new creation: The old has gone, the new is here! 1. We offer our lives to Christ because his __________________________________ us to. 2. We offer our lives because we’re convinced Jesus __________________________________. John 10:10 (NIV) The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

3. We no longer live for ___________________________, but for __________________. 4. In Christ, we are a _______________________________. Luke 5:1-11 (NIV) Peter, Andrew, James, John become first disciples Key Verses: Luke 5:10b-11 Then Jesus said to Simon, “Don’t be afraid; from now on you will fish for people.” 11 So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him. 2. Jesus offers a ____________________________________ . dis·ci·ple | dəˈsīpəl | noun a personal follower and student of Jesus Disciple is a personal ____________________________________. 3. To receive a new life, we must ___________________________________________ behind. 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV) Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, that person is a new creation: The old has gone, the new is here! Luke 5:11. (NIV) So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him.

Application & Reflection Question: What do you need to lay down and leave behind in order to follow Jesus this next year?

Want to read ahead for next week? Life Made New: A New Direction, A New Purpose, New Results Key Verses: Luke 5:1-11, Galatians 5:22-23