1. SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEY TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THIS “JOURNEY” “U” MUST BE SPIRITUALLY PREPARED

2. SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEY THE BASIC PREPARATION IS SIMPLE!!! “KNOW JESUS CHRIST AS LORD (BOSS) AND SAVIOR!!!!” WHY????????

3. SO HE CAN BE YOUR SPIRITUAL GUIDE ON THIS JOURNEY

4. !!TRIVIA QUESTION!! WHO LED THE FIRST (1 st ) RETURN TO JERUSALEM IN “538 B.C.”???

5. SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEY (!!The Stages Of “Salvation”!!) I. The Three Stages 1) REGENERATION! 2) SACTIFICATION!! 3) GLORIFICATION!!! II. The 1 st Stage of Salvation is called “Regeneration” (You are SAVED)

6. SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEY (!!The Stages Of “Salvation”!!) II. The 1 st Stage of Salvation is called “Regeneration” (cont.) a) Eph. 2:8-9 “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith --and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God --not by work, so that no one can boast”

7. II. The 1 st Stage of Salvation is called “Regeneration” (cont.) (You are BORN AGAIN) b) II Corin. 5:17 “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new” SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEY (!!The Stages Of “Salvation”!!)

8. II. The 1 st Stage of Salvation is called “Regeneration” (cont.) (You are CONVERTED) c) Mark 1:15 “And saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the Kingdom of God is at hand repent ye, and believe the Gospel’” d) Acts 20:21b “Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, ‘repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ’”

9. II. The 1 st Stage of Salvation is called “Regeneration” (cont.) (You are JUSTIFIED) e) Romans 5:1 “Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ” (You are REDEEMED) f) Romans 3:24 “Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus” SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEY (!!The Stages Of “Salvation”!!)

10. II. The 1 st Stage of Salvation is called “Regeneration” (cont.) g) Our salvation called regeneration is: SAVED BORN AGAIN CONVERTEDJUSTIFIEDREDEEMED III. The 2 nd Stage of Salvation is called “Sanctification” SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEY (!!The Stages Of “Salvation”!!)

11. III. The 2 nd Stage of Salvation is called “Sanctification” (cont.) Heb. 9:13 “For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh” (SANCTIFY) a) Eph. 4:13b “Unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ” SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEY (!!The Stages Of “Salvation”!!)

12. III. The 2 nd Stage of Salvation is called “Sanctification” (cont.) (GROWING IN GRACE) b) Romans 15:16 “Being sanctified by the Holy Ghost” IV. The 3 nd Stage of Salvation is called “Glorification” a) Philip. 3:21b “According to the working whereby he is able to sub- due all things unto himself” SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEY (!!The Stages Of “Salvation”!!)

13. IV. The 3 nd Stage of Salvation is called “Glorification” (cont.) b) Matt. 17:2b “And His face did shine as the sun, and His raiment was white as the light” c) Ex. 34:30 “And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him” SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEY (!!The Stages Of “Salvation”!!)

14. The Three Stages of Salvation “Regeneration” is salvation from the Penalty of sin “Sanctification” is salvation from the Power of sin “Glorification” is salvation from the Presence of sin SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEY (!!The Stages Of “Salvation”!!)

15. !!WHEN THESE MOMENTS OCCUR!! HAPPY MOMENTS…………….PRAISE GOD DIFFERCULT MOMENTS…….SEEK GOD QUIET MOMENTS………….....WORSHIP GOD PAINFUL MOMENTS………….TRUST GOD EVERY MOMENT……………….THANK GOD REMEMBER THIS SORROW LOOKS BACK WORRY LOOKS AROUND !!FAITH LOOKS UP!!

16. SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEY (!!The Stages Of “Salvation”!!) “Most Dramatically Changed My Life” It has been such an impact on my life in that it upsets me to be out of His presence. The change has me seeking to do things differently that can affect other people. I desire to feel something every- time we come together as a body, and if that presence isn’t there; then I know I’m the one disconnected.

17. SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEY (!!The Stages Of “Salvation”!!) B.asic I.nformation I.nformation B.efore B.efore L.eaving L.eaving E.arth E.arth

18. NEXT WEEK!!!! !!WHICH CHURCH SHOULD I!! !!JOIN?!! “JOURNEY THROUGH SPIRITUAL” “BOOT CAMP”