Fit for Use // GROW – Part 2 Of 3

“When someone becomes a Christian, he becomes a brand new person inside. He is not the same anymore. A new life has begun!” 2 Corinthians 5:17 (TLB)

“Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind’…” Matthew 22:37 (NIV)

BODY OF DEATH…

“…for I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do-this I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.”   Romans 7:18-20 (NIV)

“What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God–through Jesus Christ our Lord!” Romans 7:24-25 (NIV)

‘FIT FOR USE’…

 “But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honor, and some to dishonor. If a man therefore purge himself from these he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, and FIT for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work.” 2 Timothy 2:20-21 (KJV)

Spiritual principles Questions;

1. Am I daily?

 “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.” Romans 12:1 (NIV)

2. Am I weekly?

“‘If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath and from doing as you please on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight and the LORD’s holy day honorable, and if you honor it by not going your own way…then you will find your joy in the LORD, and I will cause you to ride on the heights of the land and to feast on the inheritance of your father Jacob.’ The mouth of the LORD has spoken.” Isaiah 58:13-14 (NIV)

3. Am I purposefully?

“But you are the ones chosen by God, chosen for the high calling of priestly work, chosen to be a holy people, God’s instruments to do his work and speak out for him, to tell others of the night and day difference he made for you.”  1 Peter 2:9 (MSG)

4. Am I fully?

“Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore, honor God with YOUR BODY.” 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (NIV)