<p class="s23"><span class="s22"><span class="bumpedFont20">TI</span></span><span class="s22"><span class="bumpedFont20">TLE:</span></span> <span class="s22"><span class="bumpedFont20">LIVING FOR GOD: </span></span><span class="s22"><span class="bumpedFont20">NOW IS THE TIME</span></span></p>
<p class="s23"><span class="s22"><span class="bumpedFont20">TEXT:  </span></span><span class="s22"><span class="bumpedFont20">1 PETER 4:1-5</span></span></p>
<p class="s19"><span class="s22"><span class="bumpedFont20">INTRODUCTION</span></span></p>

<div class="s25"><span class="s20">A. </span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">The Resurrection is over…</span></span>​</div>
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<div class="s26"><span class="s20">B. </span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">Christ did His part</span></span></div>
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<div class="s27"><span class="s20">1. </span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">Christ suffered once for sins – the just for the unjust</span></span></div>
<div class="s28"><span class="s20">2. </span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">To bring us to God</span></span></div>
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<div class="s25"><span class="s20">C. </span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">Wake Up, Walk Right, Jesus Made it Possible  </span></span>​</div>
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<div class="s25"><span class="s20">D. </span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">Now what?</span></span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">  </span></span>​</div>
<p class="s19"><span class="s22"><span class="bumpedFont20">CHRIST SUFFERED FOR ME </span></span></p>

<div class="s29"><span class="s20">A. </span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">Since Christ suffered for me in the flesh</span></span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">  </span></span>​</div>
<div class="s27"><span class="s20">1. </span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">I arm myself with the same mindset that He had</span></span></div>
<div class="s28"><span class="s20">2. </span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">I am</span></span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20"> ready to suffer also</span></span></div>
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<div class="s30"><span class="s20">B. </span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">T</span></span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">est: If I am willing to suffer for Christ, I am willing to stop sinning </span></span>​</div>
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<div class="s30"><span class="s20">C. </span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">Can I pass this test?  </span></span>​</div>
<p class="s19"><span class="s22"><span class="bumpedFont20">THEREFORE</span></span></p>

<div class="s30"><span class="s20">A. </span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">I do not desire to spend the rest of my life pursuing evil human desires</span></span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">  </span></span>​</div>
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<div class="s30"><span class="s20">B. </span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">I desire to spend the rest of my </span></span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">l</span></span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">ife doing the will of God</span></span></div>
<div class="s30"><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">  </span></span>​</div>
<div class="s29"><span class="s20">C. </span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">Paul’s challenge in Romans 7</span></span></div>
<div class="s27"><span class="s20">1. </span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">I do not understand why I do what I do</span></span></div>
<div class="s27"><span class="s20">2. </span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">It is not the Law</span></span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">. The Law is good</span></span></div>
<div class="s27"><span class="s20">3. </span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">Principle: </span></span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">Although I want to do go</span></span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">od, evil is right there with me</span></span></div>
<div class="s27"><span class="s20">4. </span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">I love God’s law with all my hear</span></span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">t, b</span></span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">ut there is another power within me that is at war with my mind.</span></span></div>
<div class="s27"><span class="s20">5. </span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">Therefore, i</span></span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">n my mind I really want to obey God’s law, but because of my </span></span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">sinful nature I am a s</span></span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">lave to sin</span></span></div>
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<div class="s29"><span class="s20">D. </span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">I have wasted too much time in the past doing what ungodly people enjoy doing</span></span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20"> when I walked in (implying that I no longer walk in it…)  </span></span>​</div>
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<div class="s28"><span class="s20">1.</span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">L</span></span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">ewdness</span></span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20"> – excesses of all kinds</span></span></div>
<div class="s28"><span class="s20">2. </span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">L</span></span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">usts</span></span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20"> – especially fleshly lusts                  </span></span></div>
<div class="s28"><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">3. Personal</span></span></div>
<div class="s28"><span class="s20">4. </span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">Dr</span></span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">unkenness</span></span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20"> – overflow of wine</span></span></div>
<div class="s28"><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">5. R</span></span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">evelries</span></span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20"> – wild parties</span></span></div>
<div class="s28"><span class="s20">6. </span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">D</span></span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">rinking parties</span></span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">                           </span></span></div>
<div class="s28"><span class="s20">7. </span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">A</span></span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">bominable idolatries.</span></span></div>
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<div class="s29"><span class="s20">E. </span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">My old friends cannot understand why I do not run with them anymore, and they </span></span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">talk about me</span></span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">  </span></span>​</div>
<p class="s17"><span class="s22"><span class="bumpedFont20">CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEK</span></span><span class="s22"><span class="bumpedFont20">:  NOW IS THE TIME FOR ME TO </span></span></p>
<p class="s17"><span class="s22"><span class="bumpedFont20">WAKE UP, </span></span><span class="s22"><span class="bumpedFont20">WALK RIGHT AND LIVE RIGHT</span></span></p>