Before and After

What drives your life? What makes you get out of bed in the morning? The goal of new birth is that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all He created. Our role on the earth is to be the firstfruits of all He created. As firstfrutis, we are separated for God's purpose. The evidence of redemption must be in us. We should strive to become better Christians everyday. Jesus saved us from what we are. Don't be what you once were, be what the spirit empowered you to be.

WHERE FAITH MEETS LIFE
A Study on James
Before and After
Pastor Mark Johnson
March 21, 2010
 
James 1:18b
 
What is the goal of new birth?  That we might be a kind of firstfruits of all He created.
 
As Believers, we understand our role on this earth is to be the firstfruits of all He created.
 
The firstfruits were holy unto God = Separated for God’s purpose.
 
That is what we are separated for God’s purpose.
 
Romans 8:19-25
 
The world decays today because of the curse.
 
We live in a corrupt world with corrupt hearts because of sin.
 
The Holy Spirit is the firstfruit in us of redemption.
 
Firstfruit in us.
 
  1. The Spirit that saves.
 
  1. The Spirit that sanctifies.
 
  1. The Spirit that gifts.
 
  1. The Spirit that grows fruit.
 
5. The Spirit that baptizes.
 

 
We, the Church, are the firstfruits of God’s creation in the fallen world.
 
Titus 3:1-7; Revelation 21:1-4; James 1:18
 
This is a call to holiness.
 
Titus 3:1-3
 
THIS IS THE ACHIEVEMENT OF A LIFETIME.
 
1 John 2:3-6
 
Do you love God’s instructions or do you kick against them?
 
Do I love His people?
 
1 John 4:19-21
 
Do I love Jesus?
 
1 John 5:10-12; 1 John 1:5-9

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