God will make us more and more like his son each day if we pursue him.
Numbers 13-14
A. The Charge
Deuteronomy 6:5 – Love God
1 Peter 1:15 – Be holy…
Gal. 5:16 – Walk in the Spirit…
John 17:17 – Sanctity yourself in the truth. Your word is truth.
Romans 12:1-2
1 John 2:15-17
B. The Change
Righteousness – to be rightly related to God.
* Positionally
* Practically
Justification – to be declared right with God by faith in Jesus.
Sanctification – the process of becoming like Jesus. Holy. Distinct. Set apart.
Glorification
C. The Characters & Their Choices
– Joshua & Caleb
““Send men to scout out the land of Canaan I am giving to the Israelites. Send one man who is a leader among them from each of their ancestral tribes.””
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“But since My servant Caleb has a different spirit and has followed Me completely, I will bring him into the land where he has gone, and his descendants will inherit it.”
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* Obedience
* Faithfulness
* Love
– The Other 10
• Fearful
• Forgetful
• Faithless
D. The Chosen
• Sloppy love – John 8
• Servant – John 13
• Selfless – Philippians 2:3-8
• Shared the Story – John 3
• Spent quality & quantity time with God – Luke 5:16; 6:12
• Sacrificed for the Kingdom – John 15:13
• Set an example to follow – John 13:14-15
• Saved the lost.
E. The Challenge
We can be a part of God's amazing Kingdom now and through eternity.
Colossians 1:15-20
We can ALL receive the greatest gift ever: God’s Righteousness.
Romans 3:21-26
