Satisfaction Guaranteed Series

Legally before God our righteousness is not based on what we do, it is based on our faith in Him.

Because of what Christ did, in taking our sins on the cross-when we accept that we are declared righteous and receive the righteousness of Christ.

Our right standing before God, not based on what we do-based on what Christ has done.

Legal righteousness

Second aspect-moral righteousness is sanctification-this flows out of that first aspect of righteousness-because of who we are through Christ our lives are changed and we live lives of righteous character and conduct

This type of righteousness is not the stuff we do to try and earn God’s favor-we have that

This comes as the result of being in a right relationship with Him.

Because of who we are in Christ, and the work of the Holy Spirit in us, we are in the process of becoming more like Christ. In our lives we begin to demonstrate more and more of God’s righteousness through our actions, that is the evidence of our faith.

Third aspect-social righteousness, this is when we look at the world around us and see the injustice and oppression and long to see those things made right, work to fight hunger, slavery, seek justice in the courts.

Justice project/Compassion/World Vision/Samaritins Purse, etc.

2)how do we hunger and thirst for this righteousness that God has called us to?

I really like what J. Dwight Pentecost had to say about this. He said “The secret of spiritual growth is a spiritual appetite.”

A spiritual appetite for the things of God, to know Him, to be like Him. But that can’t happen if the only spiritual food you get is when you come here on Sunday mornings.

If the only spiritual food you get during the week is what you get here on Sundays then you are going to spiritually weak. The purpose of this church, the purpose of this worship hour, the purpose of our Sunday morning Bible classes, the purpose of our small groups-none of that exists to be your sole source of spiritual food for the week. Everything we teach is designed to supplement your spiritual growth, supplement what you are feeding yourself during the week. Ask God to give you an appetite for Him, for His word, for His righteousness.

How do you develop that appetite? Bring you back to our purpose as a church.

We exists to be a community of believers committed to Christ’s call.

Our hunger and thirst for righteousness, our hunger for the things of God-should drive us to do all we can to know Him, become like Him, do His will-that means not just being here on Sunday mornings and feeling like you’ve done your duty, Get involved in a small group where you can fellowship & care for other believers, find your place in ministry-serve, use your gifts, oikos evangelism-share with others-it is only when we are committed to doing all of these things-that we will be growing as a disciple of Christ.

Knowledge alone will not satisfy a hunger and thirst for the things of God- we must fellowship, serve, share.

Our desire is to see each of you grow as disciples of X, so that you may grow and become more and more like Him. Spiritual trainers-train the whole body-not just the mind-learn, fellowship, serve, share