Opening Reading: Psalm 31

Outline:

· Righteousness: Cause or Effect?

· Abiding in Christ: A Tale of Two Outcomes

· Knowing God: The Implications of the New Birth

· Children of God: Who We Are in Christ

Verses Read or Referenced in Sermon (Bold passages on screen):

· 1 John 5:13

· John 8:43-44

· James 4:4

· Matthew 7:20

· Matthew 7:21-23

· Ephesians 2:9

· 1 John 2:28-3:3

· John 14:1-3

· Hebrews 9:28

· Titus 2:11-14

· 1 Timothy 4:1

· Philippians 2:10-11

· Matthew 12:36

· Revelation 4:8-11

· Philippians 2:13

· James 2:20, 26

· John 3:3, 5

· Ephesians 2:1

· 1 Timothy 6:11-14

· 1 John 4:9-10

· Romans 8:16-17

· 1 John 4:12

· 1 Peter 1:3-4

· Ephesians 2:19

· Philippians 3:20

· 2 Corinthians 5:20

· 1 Peter 1:14-17

· John 1:11

· John 15:18-19

· John 1:12-13

· 1 Corinthians 13:12

· Romans 8:29

· 2 Peter 3:11-13

· 1 Corinthians 2:9

· Matthew 28:18

· 2 Corinthians 7:1