First Baptist Lenoir City

Dr. John D. Street, President of the American Board of Biblical Counselors
Hebrews 12:7-11
1. I am to view hardship as discipline
2. When God brings hardship into my life, He is acting as a loving Father
3. This discipline is not punitive but is corrective to bring about greater holiness in me
4. My heart will be at peace

TRANSFORMATION 101: How & When God Changes Us

(IDENTIFY CRISIS: Which Peter is the real Peter? One of the last three years or one of the last three days?)
3 Things Transformed Peter’s Life & They can Transform Your Life too!
I. The Walk of Jesus (SERVING) – 21:1-14 (Flashback: Peter’s retirement – Luke 5)
II. The Way of Jesus (RESTORING) – 21:15-17
III. The Will of Jesus (FOLLOWING) – 21:18-25

I. We find DEVOTION
II. We also find DOUBT
III. We don’t find DEATH

I. The Spiritual Reason Jesus died - John 19:28-30
II. The Physical Reason Jesus died - John 19:31-34
III. The Scriptural Reason Jesus died - John 19:35-37
IV. The Personal Reason Jesus died - John 19:38-42
The Path of Nicodemus
a. John 3:1-8
b. John 7:40-52
2. The Path of Others
a. Acts 6:7
b. Acts 9 (Philippians 3:1-9)

I. Grief in Genesis 6:5-8 & Ephesians 4:30-32
1. Genesis 6:5-6
a. God doesn’t change – Exodus 32:14 (threat vs decree); Numbers 23:19; I Samuel 15:10-11, 29; Jeremiah 26:3 (Jonah 3:1-10); Habakkuk 1:13; Malachi 3:6

2. Genesis 6:7-8

II. Ephesians 4:17-31
1. What we have in Christ (Eph. 1-3) & How we live in Christ – Eph. 4-6 (see Matt. 5-7)

2. “No longer walk as the Gentiles do in the futility of their minds” – Vv. 17-19
a. They are darkened, alienated: because of ignorance, because of hardness of heart
b. This is not how you learned, heard, were taught – vv. 20-21
c. The Put Off/Put On Principle – vv. 22-24 (see I Tim. 6:11-12)
d. The Principles Unpacked – vv. 25-32
v. 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God
by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption
e. Let all bitterness -
f. (Let all) wrath –
g. (Let all) anger –
h. (Let all) clamor –
i. (Let all) slander –
j. BE PUT AWAY FROM YOU –
k. Along with all malice –

3. Ephesians 4:32
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted (to one another),
forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

Genesis 3:15
John 3:16-18
Luke 23:32-43