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Give Online: https://pushpay.com/pay/gatecitychristian Website: https://www.gatecitychristian.com/ Decision Card: https://gatecity.churchcenter.com/people/forms/371658 DIE TO SELF/ALIVE IN CHRIST Now What 10/22/2023 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20 ESV • let him deny himself (Luke 9:23) • It is no longer I who live (Galatians 2:20) • any one of you who does not renounce all that he has (Luke 14:33) • Can we who died to sin live in it (Romans 6:2) • I die every day (1 Corinthians 15:31) • For to me to live is Christ (Philippians 1:21) • Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me (Luke 14:27) • whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life (John 12:25) • present your bodies as a living sacrifice (Romans 12:1) • For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God (Col. 3:3) • who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires (Galatians 5:24) • let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me (Luke 9:23) • And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death (Rev. 12:11) • He must become greater and greater and I must become less and less (John 3:30) • Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God (James 4:4) DIE to Self Death is Definitive Die/Crucify/Renounce All signal an continually process with daily finality Desires, Passions, Interests, Selfish wants, Control Death is Daily Death is a Choice Own your choice, make it Death is Essential Something has to DIE? Either that is your eternal soul or your worldly self - you choose In order to DIE ask yourself . . . What stands in the way of Christ living in and through me completely? What stands against God and His will? What shines the spotlight on me? What helps build my kingdom instead of His? What am I trying to rationalize to keep around? Kick it! DEATH LEADS TO LIFE - ONLY IF ONE TRULY DIES Why do so many who have “died to self” walk around looking and acting dead? Christ came so you might have life ALIVE in Christ And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him. Colossians 3:10 ESV Life is Definitive Life is Daily Life is Choice Life is Essential In order to LIVE ask yourself . . . Am I in His presence? Walking with Him? About His Will? What does God want to do in and through me today? How can I further His Kingdom today? What should I do with what’s been given me to help accomplish His purposes? Who am I relying on to go, do, accomplish, succeed today? Under whose power and authority am I operating? Who is getting the spotlight now

Give Online: https://pushpay.com/pay/gatecitychristian Website: https://www.gatecitychristian.com/ Decision Card: https://gatecity.churchcenter.com/people/forms/371658 DIE TO SELF/ALIVE IN CHRIST Now What 10/22/2023 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20 ESV • let him deny himself (Luke 9:23) • It is no longer I who live (Galatians 2:20) • any one of you who does not renounce all that he has (Luke 14:33) • Can we who died to sin live in it (Romans 6:2) • I die every day (1 Corinthians 15:31) • For to me to live is Christ (Philippians 1:21) • Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me (Luke 14:27) • whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life (John 12:25) • present your bodies as a living sacrifice (Romans 12:1) • For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God (Col. 3:3) • who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires (Galatians 5:24) • let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me (Luke 9:23) • And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death (Rev. 12:11) • He must become greater and greater and I must become less and less (John 3:30) • Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God (James 4:4) DIE to Self Death is Definitive Die/Crucify/Renounce All signal an continually process with daily finality Desires, Passions, Interests, Selfish wants, Control Death is Daily Death is a Choice Own your choice, make it Death is Essential Something has to DIE? Either that is your eternal soul or your worldly self - you choose In order to DIE ask yourself . . . What stands in the way of Christ living in and through me completely? What stands against God and His will? What shines the spotlight on me? What helps build my kingdom instead of His? What am I trying to rationalize to keep around? Kick it! DEATH LEADS TO LIFE - ONLY IF ONE TRULY DIES Why do so many who have “died to self” walk around looking and acting dead? Christ came so you might have life ALIVE in Christ And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him. Colossians 3:10 ESV Life is Definitive Life is Daily Life is Choice Life is Essential In order to LIVE ask yourself . . . Am I in His presence? Walking with Him? About His Will? What does God want to do in and through me today? How can I further His Kingdom today? What should I do with what’s been given me to help accomplish His purposes? Who am I relying on to go, do, accomplish, succeed today? Under whose power and authority am I operating? Who is getting the spotlight now

Give Online: https://pushpay.com/pay/gatecitychristian Website: https://www.gatecitychristian.com/ Decision Card: https://gatecity.churchcenter.com/people/forms/371658 FINDING STRENGTH IN HARDSHIP Now What? – Part 3 10/15/2023 The Reality of Suffering In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, … 2 Timothy 3:12 NIV I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. Romans 8:18 NIV Find Purpose in Suffering Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. James 1:2-4 NIV Joy is not necessarily the absence of suffering, it is the presence of God. - Sam Storms In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. 1 Peter 1:6-7 NIV Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 Endure Hardship with Faith Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him. James 1:12 NIV The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. Psalm 34:18 NIV So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Isaiah 41:10 NIV The righteous person may have many troubles, but the LORD delivers him from them all; … Psalm 34:19 NIV Trust God's Sovereignty And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28 NIV So then, those who suffer according to God's will should commit themselves to their faithful Creator and continue to do good. 1 Peter 4:19 NIV And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. I Peter 5:10 NIV Every trial of suffering is an opportunity to grow in the faith and to grow in our relationship with the Lord

Give Online: https://pushpay.com/pay/gatecitychristian Website: https://www.gatecitychristian.com/ Decision Card: https://gatecity.churchcenter.com/people/forms/371658 OBEY Now What? 10/8/2023 OBEDIENCE Following begins with Obedience But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!” Luke 11:28 ESV He will render to each one according to his works: to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life; but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury. Romans 2:6-8 ESV By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome. 1 John 5:2-3 ESV And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest questioned them, saying, “We strictly charged you not to teach in this name, yet here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.” But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men. Acts 5:27-29 ESV DISOBEDIENCE Disobedience is a battle of will Either you don’t trust or you don’t believe “Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you? Everyone who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you what he is like: he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built. But the one who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the stream broke against it, immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.” Luke 6:46-49 ESV God is Sovereign (He has the POWER) Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has commanded it? Lamentations 3:37 ESV The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he frustrates the plans of the peoples. The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the plans of his heart to all generations. Psalm 33:10-11 ESV God is Trustworthy (and the ability to KEEP His word) And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you. Psalm 9:10 ESV Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God. Psalm 20:7 ESV So obey because you believe and trust!

Give Online: https://pushpay.com/pay/gatecitychristian Website: https://www.gatecitychristian.com/ Decision Card: https://gatecity.churchcenter.com/people/forms/371658 WHAT SHALL WE SAY THEN? Now What? - Part 1 10/01/2023 No Notes, Just One Question To Answer: ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________

Give Online: https://pushpay.com/pay/gatecitychristian Website: https://www.gatecitychristian.com/ Decision Card: https://gatecity.churchcenter.com/people/forms/371658 BEING ONE Jesus Said - Part 11 9/24/2023 “I have given them the glory you gave me, so they may be one as we are one. I am in them and you are in me. May they experience such perfect unity that the world will know that you sent me and that you love them as much as you love me. John 17:21-22 NIV You Are Called To common unity. “They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles. All the believers were together and had everything in common. Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need. Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.” Acts 2:42-47 NIV koinonia - partnership, participation, fellowship. Do You Have A Personal Relationship With Jesus? Do You Have A Shared Relationship With Jesus? BIBLICAL COMMUNITY 1. Demands Extreme Commitment. “They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.” Acts 2:42 NIV Finally, all of you, live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and humble. 1 Peter 3:8 NIV Scale of 1 low to 10 high _____ Experiencing the Bible together _____ Doing Life together _____ Breaking Bread together _____ Sharing Prayer together _____ Caring For Others together “Day after day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ.” Acts 5:42 NIV “Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing…” Hebrews 10:25 NIV 2. Produces Extreme Results. “All the believers were together and had everything in common. Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need.” Acts 2:44, 45 NIV “Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles.” Acts 2:43 NIV “Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.” Acts 2:46-47 NIV “By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” John 13:35 NIV WE ARE IN IT TOGETHER