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LUKE 19:10; 1 JOHN 4:14; 2 PETER 3:9
EPHESIANS 1:22;)
a. THE CRUCIFIXION BY WICKED
MEN WAS REDEMPTIVE (ACTS
2:23-24)
b. THOSE WHO TRIED TO MOCK
HIM ACTUALLY PRAISED HIM
(MATTHEW 27:29,37,42,43;
MATTHEW 27:25; Romans 11:30;
ROMANS 11:36)
B. ALL THINGS ARE REDEMPTIVE AND BRING
GOD GLORY WHEN WE SUBMIT TO HIS
LIFE WITHIN US (JOHN 15:4-5; JOHN 15:8;
MATTHEW 5:16; GALATIANS 1:15-16;
GALATIANS 1:24; 1 CORINTHIANS 6:19-20; 1
CORINTHIANS 10:31)

II THREE ILLUSTRATIONS OF REDEMPTIVE
LIVING FOR THOSE ABIDING IN CHRIST
A. THE CHILD ILLUSTRATION SHOWS THE
INDISPENSIBLE CONDITION OF
REDEMPTIVE LIVING
1. CHILDLIKENESS IS A REQUIREMENT
FOR DISCIPLESHIP (MARK 9:35-37
MARK 9:42; MARK 10:13-16)
2. PRIDE AND LUST FOR GREATNESS IS
THE BACKGROUND OF THIS
PRINCIPLE (MARK 9:33-34 ;LUKE 9:47;
MARK 9:34)
3. CHILDLIKENESS IS NOT A
DISPOSITION; IT IS THE CONDITION
OF HELPLESS DEPENDENCE
(EPHESIANS 4:14-15; 1 CORINTHIANS
3:1; 1 CORINTHIANS 14:20; MATTHEW
11:16-17; LUKE 18:15)
B. THE GARDEN ILLUSTRATION SHOWS THE
INDISPENSIBLE DISPOSITION OF