Good morning. We are now back to the handout sheets. I have been buried, raised, and made alive with Christ. I died with Christ and I have been raised up with Christ. My life is now hidden with Christ in God. Christ is now my life. Since this is true, then we should act like it. The old man is dead and buried. We should not let him rise up from the dead. We have been made new; and we should act like it. Christ is our life; so we should act like it. Sadly too many Christians act like their own personal interest is their life – not Christ. Their thoughts turn to what is best for them; not what is best for Christ. If it is good for Him, then it is good for us. I have been given a Spirit of power, love, and self-discipline. We have all the power we need residing within us. We are not weak but strong in Him. We all have problems at times with that self-discipline part. I have been saved and set apart according to God's doing. We are set apart from the world. And so we should act like it. We are in the world, but not of the world. As the song says "the world didn't give it to me, and the world can't take it away". Being set apart is what it means to be sanctified. Because I am sanctified and I am one with the Sanctifier, He is not ashamed to call me His brother. A person may be ashamed of his relatives, but Christ is not ashamed to call us brethren. Father thank You that the reader is raised up with Christ. He/she is full of power, love, and self-discipline. He/she lives his/her life set apart to God. When people see that, they want to become Christians too.

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