This episode defines what a spiritual lens is and provides examples of a spiritual lens change in the lives of Saul/Paul and Peter.
KEY TRUTHS:
- The importance of seeing as God sees
- Spiritual lenses can change quickly
- Navigating the bewilderment a lens change can bring
- Jesus gave us new lenses so we could see as He does
- Your life will involve continuous lens changes
- Vision is not just direction, but the height you travel at
- When your encounter with God conflicts with your lens, it's time for a new prescription
KEY SCRIPTURES:
Acts 10:34
Acts 9:18
Ephesians 1:18
EXPLORE:
When have your spiritual lenses changed from a fresh revelation?
What was the situation that led to that?
What changed in your perceptions about God? Yourself? Your circumstances?
Tell us about the upgrades you discovered in the comments below!
One of the greatest lens changes is seeing ourselves as a new creation in Christ, no longer in our old man that is dead.
KEY TRUTHS:
- God isn't dealing with your sin because He dealt with it on the cross.
- God is only working on the new you, the true you in Christ.
- God doesn't see...
As a new creation in Christ, our lens is heaven-based, not earth bound. We have the Kingdom lens of grace, not of the law.
KEY TRUTHS:
- Our conversation and lifestyle is in heaven so that we can break the power that is holding this world.
- Our development should be of a heaven-based spi...
We are learning to identify our spirituality in Jesus only. We are united with Him in death and are alive to God in Him.
KEY TRUTHS:
- You can't add a piece of Christ on to your old self. You can't put the Holy Spirit into your old man.
- The Father doesn't say, "Get rid of this and I'll...
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