NEWNESS: BE YOUR HISTORY

•    line separating good/evil passes through every heart
•    count self dead to sin, alive to God IN/WITH Christ
•    newness of life: reckon old shoe only good for discarding

SET FREE FROM SIN’S SCAM

•    paving / phone scams dupe unsuspecting victims
•    sin delivers what didn’t promise: shame, death, impurity, ever-increasing wickedness
•    Jesus sets free from sin - result: righteousness, holiness, eternal life

TOOL TIME: AND NOW, THE OFFERING

•    right tool makes all the difference for the job
•    are our parts / tools available for divine Gardener’s use?
•    offer selves to God as instruments of righteousness
•    have been brought from death to life: now “owned” by God, bought at a price

WHERE ARE YOU ON THE TANDEM BIKE?

•    Mr&Mrs Tony Campolo’s unpleasant experience - only 1 could steer
•    take backseat, allow God to be in control: paths of righteousness