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2. Genesis 1:26-28
26 Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; 27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth." NKJV
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3. Family Genesis 3:1-10 to the
Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, "Has God indeed said, 'You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?” And the woman said to the serpent, "We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; 3 but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, 'You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.'" 4 Then the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die.
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4. Genesis 3:1-10
5 For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings.
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5. Family Genesis 3:1-10 to the
8 And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden Then the Lord God called to Adam and said to him, "Where are you?" So he said, "I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself."
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6. Isaiah 59:2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God; NIV
We Were Born Rejected
Isaiah 59: But your iniquities have separated you from your God; NIV
Romans 3: For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, NIV
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7. Family We Were Born Rejected to the
This message is bad news, good news. First the bad news is – we have been rejected…
The worse news is – We have to be perfect to belong to God… A perfect God can only accept perfection…
Lev 22: And whoever offers a sacrifice of a peace offering to the Lord , to fulfill his vow, or a freewill offering from the cattle or the sheep, it must be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no defect in it. NKJV
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8. How can we ever be accepted or belong if we have to be perfect?
We Were Born Rejected
How can we ever be accepted or belong if we have to be perfect?
Hebrews 5: And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey His. NKJV
Hebrews 10: For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified. NKJV
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9. How can we ever be accepted or belong if we have to be perfect?
We Were Born Rejected
How can we ever be accepted or belong if we have to be perfect?
Hebrews 12: But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, 23 to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect, NKJV
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10. But what we learn is what God did to make us perfect.
Matthew 5: Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
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11. We Were Born Again Accepted…
Ephesians 1: To the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved. NKJV
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12. We Were Born Again Accepted…
We Belong to the Family!
Mark 9: For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink in My name, because you belong to Christ, assuredly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward. NKJV
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13. We Were Born Again Accepted…
The Reason we have been Accepted is because Jesus Was Rejected.
Isaiah 53: He is despised and rejected by men. NKJV
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14. Because Jesus Was Rejected.
Mark 8: And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
Psalms 118:22; Acts 4: The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone. NKJV
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15. Because Jesus Was Rejected.
Mark 15: …"My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?" NKJV
Jesus knew – He was rejected so you could be accepted.
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16. Holy Bible, New Living Translation
Ephesians 1:5-6
5 God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure. 6 So we praise God for the glorious grace he has poured out on us who belong to his dear Son.
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17. Apply & Mobilize
Today I will not allow rejection to have a place in my life or future. I declare, “I belong to Him and rest in the fact that I am born again accepted.”
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