From Rags to Riches: True Transformation in Christ
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1. "Independent of any and all of his mighty deeds, God deserves to be praised just because of who he is. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised. And his greatness is unsearchable. Let's sing. give Him praise. Hallelujah We give Him glory. Hallelujah We give Him honor. Hallelujah We give Him worship." [53:38] (60 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
2. "Over the last several years, we have sat in our homes and watched on the airways, what has become known because we've been inundated by it as reality, television. But the thing about it is reality TV is not anything that's brand new, so to speak. It's kind of television that even in the 1940s shows like Andy Funk's Candid Camera. And Ted Mack's original Amateur Hour made their debuts in the 1950s reality game shows such as Beat the Clock and Truth or Consequences hit the bandwaves. But then in the early 2000s, Big Brother and Survivor, along with The Amazing Race and The Weakest Link, captivated many from week to week." [01:01:13] (63 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
3. "But I'm so glad this morning that in this second epistle to the church at Corinth, Paul provides hope. But because of an internal, extraordinary spiritual makeover. The one that we receive when we accept Jesus as our personal savior, our lives will never be the same. And the icing on the cake is that my external appearance does not preempt my internal spiritual nature from connecting with God through Christ Jesus. It's about more than just an outward appearance. I've learned in the course of my life that you can't put new paint on rotten wood. Or better yet, as Medea would sometimes tell me, you can't judge a book by its cover. It matters what's on the inside." [01:05:19] (59 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
4. "My internal reflection has implications on my external representation. You may want to write that down. Somebody may want to tweet or share that. My internal reflection has implications on my external representation. So I asked the text this morning, what do you say about moving from rags to riches? And I'm so glad the text talked back to me. Do you want to know what it shared? It said this morning, the first thing you must recognize is you must be chosen. Where it says, Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creation." [01:06:40] (46 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
5. "Paul constantly struggled with those who would mislead God's people, and he poured his life into spreading the good news to the uttermost parts of the world. During three missionary trips and other travels, he proclaimed Christ. He made converts and he established churches. But often young believers prayed for false teachers who were a constant threat to the gospel of the early church. So Paul spent much time warning and correcting these new Christians. Who was better versed to talk about change on the inside with Paul? Whenever you listen to someone, it should be someone who can validate what they're talking about. You can't take financial advice from someone who's broke, busted, and disgusted. If they knew it, it probably would have worked for them. You just may need to press on. Because if the information is valid, it must come from a valid source." [01:08:18] (73 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
6. "The love of Christ constrains us. It compels us because we thus judge that if one died for all, then all were dead. It was this that sent Paul out to the ends of the earth with the message of the gospel. Mankind is under the sins of death, but there is a way to move from rags to riches. In the garden of Eden, he was the federal head. He had the head of all of the old creation. The old creation was on trial in Adam. God told him of every tree of the garden thou mayest eat freely. But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it. For in the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die." [01:11:22] (60 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
7. "Jesus Christ came to this world absolutely sinless. He was holy, he was harmless, he was undefiled and he was separated from sinners. He came down here to save sinners and lift them up. He came down from heaven but he didn't go to the mountaintop. There were no people there. Couldn't find any man on that plane of holiness because the people are in the valley. They're still all dead in their trespasses and sins. So what did he do? He came down into the valley. He came down into the death place where all men were and where all men are and there he died for all because men were dead. He went down into death and now he brings believers up to him in the resurrection of life." [01:13:04] (56 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
8. "Salvation does not mean we are exempt from troubles, trials and tribulations. It is those very things that God uses to challenges into whose image listeners like that to think that when a man — when a woman is saying that the whole habits even kos and last for looks off for every other way had and everything hoe be come new in a person's life. But there are some of us here, if you help me testify, that no, that's not the case. No, no, no, no, no. We still have to contend and deal with the things of the world, but the difference is we ought to respond in a different manner." [01:16:26] (58 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
9. "Before conversion, one might have judged others according to human standards, but now all that has changed. Old methods of judging have passed away. Why? Because we ought to see things a little differently. But the question may be today, how can someone who lived like Saul, whose name became Paul, be changed as the type of life lived before the Damascus Road experience? Before he was converted on the Damascus Road, those of us who are familiar with the story recognize that Paul lived a life that was contrary to God's will, to God's way, and to God's word." [01:17:46] (56 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
10. "Children of God, every one of us ought to have a Damascus road experience. The Lord grabbed Paul by the nap of his neck. Knocked him to the ground. Seized him into surrender. And when he got off the ground, he had been changed. It was at that moment that Paul was changed from persecuting and purging saints to pursuing and persuading sinners. They all had passed away. So in order to move from rags to riches, you must be chosen. You must be chiseled. But lastly, family, right here, it says. Yes. Yes. You must be changed. In the last part of that 17th verse, it says, behold, the new has come." [01:22:14] (49 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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2. "Over the last several years, we have sat in our homes and watched on the airways, what has become known because we've been inundated by it as reality, television. But the thing about it is reality TV is not anything that's brand new, so to speak. It's kind of television that even in the 1940s shows like Andy Funk's Candid Camera. And Ted Mack's original Amateur Hour made their debuts in the 1950s reality game shows such as Beat the Clock and Truth or Consequences hit the bandwaves. But then in the early 2000s, Big Brother and Survivor, along with The Amazing Race and The Weakest Link, captivated many from week to week." [01:01:13] (63 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
3. "But I'm so glad this morning that in this second epistle to the church at Corinth, Paul provides hope. But because of an internal, extraordinary spiritual makeover. The one that we receive when we accept Jesus as our personal savior, our lives will never be the same. And the icing on the cake is that my external appearance does not preempt my internal spiritual nature from connecting with God through Christ Jesus. It's about more than just an outward appearance. I've learned in the course of my life that you can't put new paint on rotten wood. Or better yet, as Medea would sometimes tell me, you can't judge a book by its cover. It matters what's on the inside." [01:05:19] (59 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
4. "My internal reflection has implications on my external representation. You may want to write that down. Somebody may want to tweet or share that. My internal reflection has implications on my external representation. So I asked the text this morning, what do you say about moving from rags to riches? And I'm so glad the text talked back to me. Do you want to know what it shared? It said this morning, the first thing you must recognize is you must be chosen. Where it says, Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creation." [01:06:40] (46 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
5. "Paul constantly struggled with those who would mislead God's people, and he poured his life into spreading the good news to the uttermost parts of the world. During three missionary trips and other travels, he proclaimed Christ. He made converts and he established churches. But often young believers prayed for false teachers who were a constant threat to the gospel of the early church. So Paul spent much time warning and correcting these new Christians. Who was better versed to talk about change on the inside with Paul? Whenever you listen to someone, it should be someone who can validate what they're talking about. You can't take financial advice from someone who's broke, busted, and disgusted. If they knew it, it probably would have worked for them. You just may need to press on. Because if the information is valid, it must come from a valid source." [01:08:18] (73 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
6. "The love of Christ constrains us. It compels us because we thus judge that if one died for all, then all were dead. It was this that sent Paul out to the ends of the earth with the message of the gospel. Mankind is under the sins of death, but there is a way to move from rags to riches. In the garden of Eden, he was the federal head. He had the head of all of the old creation. The old creation was on trial in Adam. God told him of every tree of the garden thou mayest eat freely. But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it. For in the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die." [01:11:22] (60 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
7. "Jesus Christ came to this world absolutely sinless. He was holy, he was harmless, he was undefiled and he was separated from sinners. He came down here to save sinners and lift them up. He came down from heaven but he didn't go to the mountaintop. There were no people there. Couldn't find any man on that plane of holiness because the people are in the valley. They're still all dead in their trespasses and sins. So what did he do? He came down into the valley. He came down into the death place where all men were and where all men are and there he died for all because men were dead. He went down into death and now he brings believers up to him in the resurrection of life." [01:13:04] (56 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
8. "Salvation does not mean we are exempt from troubles, trials and tribulations. It is those very things that God uses to challenges into whose image listeners like that to think that when a man — when a woman is saying that the whole habits even kos and last for looks off for every other way had and everything hoe be come new in a person's life. But there are some of us here, if you help me testify, that no, that's not the case. No, no, no, no, no. We still have to contend and deal with the things of the world, but the difference is we ought to respond in a different manner." [01:16:26] (58 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
9. "Before conversion, one might have judged others according to human standards, but now all that has changed. Old methods of judging have passed away. Why? Because we ought to see things a little differently. But the question may be today, how can someone who lived like Saul, whose name became Paul, be changed as the type of life lived before the Damascus Road experience? Before he was converted on the Damascus Road, those of us who are familiar with the story recognize that Paul lived a life that was contrary to God's will, to God's way, and to God's word." [01:17:46] (56 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
10. "Children of God, every one of us ought to have a Damascus road experience. The Lord grabbed Paul by the nap of his neck. Knocked him to the ground. Seized him into surrender. And when he got off the ground, he had been changed. It was at that moment that Paul was changed from persecuting and purging saints to pursuing and persuading sinners. They all had passed away. So in order to move from rags to riches, you must be chosen. You must be chiseled. But lastly, family, right here, it says. Yes. Yes. You must be changed. In the last part of that 17th verse, it says, behold, the new has come." [01:22:14] (49 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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