3. We’re going to discover that we were actually made to stand
This Fall….
We’re going to discover that we were actually made to stand

4. Psalm 40:2
He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.

5. It gives us an understanding of our place and position before we met Jesus

6. Slimy

7. Mud

8. Mire

11. What Jesus does for us He lifts us out
Hebrews 8:12 - For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.”

12. What Jesus does for us He lifts us out
1 John 1:9 - If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

13. What Jesus does for us He lifts us out
Revelation 3:5 - The one who is victorious will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out the name of that person from the book of life, but will acknowledge that name before my Father and his angels.

14. What Jesus does for us
He lifts us out
He gives us a new place

15. Galatians 5:1
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

16. What Jesus does for us He lifts us out He gives us a new place
He gives us the ability to stand

17. Our ability to stand represents something;
Who we claim to be
What we say we believe

18. We must learn to stand

19. Matthew 7:24-27
“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26 But

20. Matthew 7:24-27
everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.” 

21. We must learn to stand It’s up to us to build on that foundation
Without it we fall

22. Psalm 20:6-8
Now this I know: The LORD gives victory to his anointed. He answers him from his heavenly sanctuary with the victorious power of his right hand. 7 Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God. 8 They are brought to their knees and fall, but we rise up and stand firm.