in Sermon Notes
Spiritual Connections
EPHESIANS 4:16
- The Spirit Man – Who you are [Job 32:8]
- The Spiritual Choice – Life or death [Deut. 30:19]
- The Spiritual Network – Who you walk with [Amos 3:3]
- The Spiritual Deliverance – Transformed [Rom 12:2]
- Created in the image of God [Gen 1:27, John 4:24]
- Given a body to operate in the physical realm [Gen 2:7, 2 Cor 5:1]
- Became a living soul [Gen 2:7, Job 32:8]
- It is in our mind that we have free will — the power to choose [Gal 5:17, Rom 12:2]
- Man must choose what spirit will govern his life [Matt 6:24, Josh 24:15]
- The choice of the governing spirit is binding [Rom 6:16]
- The governing spirit rules an invisible spiritual kingdom [Col 1:13, Eph 2:2, Luk 17:21]
- The stronghold of the mind [1 Cor 2:11, Prov 23:7, 2 Cor 10:4–5]
- Spiritually acquired taste — Leads to taste-based connections [Job 34:3, Ps 119:103]
- Spiritually acquired goals — Leads to goal-based connections [Phil 3:14, 2:2]
- Spiritually acquired purpose — Leads to purpose-based connections [Rom 8:28, Phil 1:27]
- Spiritually acquired destiny — Leads to destiny-based connections [Phil 3:20, Matt 22:14]
- Spiritual Revelation — Realizing the Rule of the flesh [Rom 7:24]
- Spiritual Repentance — Bringing the body under submission [1 Cor 9:27]
- Spiritual Compliance — Restoring the Godly Chain of Command [1 Cor 2:11, Rom 8:6, Gal 5:24]
- Spiritual Transformation — Manifesting the perfect will of God [Rom 12:2]