1. Summary and Discussion St Mark’s Coptic Church Scotland March 2016

2. Aims Summary Main points Take home message What do I do now? Discussion

3. Summary Choosing One Direction Features of One New Life Pillars of the New Life: ◦ The Grace ◦ Justification Under Law or Grace Linking with Sacraments Victory in New Life

4. What’s your THM?

5. What do I do now? Confused? Bring your confusion into prayer Read Romans 5-8 ◦ Personalise ◦ Use workshop sheets ◦ Ask questions Have you put the right Post Code?

6. Adjust Your Sat Nav

7. But….

8. Led by the Spirit For as many as are ……………………. of God, these are sons of God. Rom 8:14 Daily check? led by the Spirit

9. A New Status/Position In Christ, I will always find mercy, forgiveness, grace, acceptance,…. In Christ, The Father loves me a perfect love unconditionally! I am an heir! In Christ, The Holy Spirit supports, comforts, upholds, guides, teaches me! In Christ, I am dead to sin and I am keeping His commandments.

10. A New System Example Matt 18

11. Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. And when he had begun to settle accounts, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. But as he was not able to pay, his master commanded that he be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and that payment be made. The servant therefore fell down before him, saying, 'Master, have patience with me, and I will pay you all.' Then the master of that servant was moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt. But that servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii; and he laid hands on him and took him by the throat, saying, 'Pay me what you owe!’ So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, 'Have patience with me, and I will pay you all.‘ And he would not Example: Matt 18

12. How do I find out the system in operation? Which Operating System? Antecedent Behaviour Consequence Sin Prayer Liturgy People’s sins Act of love

13. How do I approach prayer, fasting, liturgy….? How do I see others’ mistakes and weaknesses? How do I approach my past? How do I view my sins and good works? How do I see people who hurt me? How do I see myself in general? Which Operating System?

14. Come and See Jhn 4:29 Come, see a Man who told me all things that I ever did. Could this be the Christ?“ Psa 66:5 Come and see the works of God; He is awesome in His doing toward the sons of men. Jhn 1:46 And Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see.“ Jhn 1:39 He said to them, "Come and see." They came and saw where He was staying, and remained with Him that day.

15. Come and See but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen. 2Peter 3 We had to give up our own life and be so transformed that we would begin to live an entirely new kind of life that would be pleasing to God. This was something we could do only by sharing in the Holy Spirit. St Cyril of Alex.

16. Come and See What’s wrong in those pictures? Do I enjoy the infused righteousness ? Do I enjoy being the indwelling place of the Holy Trinity to defeat the old indwelling of sin?

17. Questions? What are the losses from sinning then? What is the need for the church? What if I am still struggling with guilt or unforgiveness or past wounds?