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SLB-052 4-15-07 The Real 12 Steps (of the Spiritual Life) Recovery • Recovery noun • 1. The act of getting back or regaining. 2. A return to normal health. • 3. A return to former prosperity or status. • If we fail to Reckon ourselves dead to sin, or fail to Resist Temptation, God has provided us with a grace provision to return to “normal Spiritual health”. SLB-051 and 052 SLB 2006 2 Recovery • Confession: • 1 Jn 1:8-9 If we say we have no Sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. • 1 Cor 11:31 - If we judge ourselves rightly, we shall not be judged. SLB-051 and 052 SLB 2006 3 Recovery • Confession: • Dan 9:4 And I prayed to the Lord my God and confessed and said, “Alas, O Lord, the Great and Awesome God, who keeps His covenant and lovingkindness for those who love Him and keep His commandments, we have sinned, committed iniquity, acted wickedly, and rebelled, even turning aside from your commandments and ordinances. SLB-051 and 052 SLB 2006 4 Righteousness • Righteousness noun1.The quality or state of being morally sound. • 2.The moral quality of a course of action. SLB-051 and 052 SLB 2006 5 Righteousness • Psalm 24:5 (NASB95) • • 5 He shall receive a blessing from the Lord And righteousness from the God of his salvation. • Ephesians 4:24 (NASB95) • • 24 and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in SLB-051 and 052 SLB 2006 6 righteousness and holiness of the truth. Renovation • the act of improving by renewing and restoring • Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this Cosmic System, but be transformed by the renovation of your thinking; that you may demonstrate the good, acceptable, and perfect will of God. SLB-051 and 052 SLB 2006 7 Renovation • Ephesians 4:22-24 (AMP) • • 22 Strip yourselves of your former nature [put off and discard your old unrenewed self] which characterized your previous manner of life and becomes corrupt through lusts and desires that spring from delusion; • • 23 And be constantly renewed in the spirit of your mind [having a fresh mental and spiritual attitude], • • 24 And put on the new nature (the regenerate self) SLB-051 and 052 SLB[Godlike] 2006 8 created in God’s image, in true Renovation • Colossians 1:21 (AMP) • • 21 And although you at one time were estranged and alienated from Him and were of hostile attitude of mind in your wicked activities, • • • Titus 3:5 (AMP) • • 5 He saved us, not because of any works of righteousness that we SLB had done, but because of 9 SLB-051 and 052 2006 His own pity and mercy, by [the] cleansing [bath] of Rehearsal • The process of repeating information in working memory. This facilitates the short-term recall of information and its transfer to long-term memory. • Rehearsing a future event through imagination. • Repetition of an action so as to develop or maintain one's skill. SLB-051 and 052 SLB 2006 10 Rehearsal • Ephesians 5:10 (AMP) • • 10 And try to learn [in your experience] what is pleasing to the Lord [let your lives be constant proofs of what is most acceptable to Him]. • • • Ephesians 5:17 (AMP) • • 17and Therefore do notSLBbe2006vague and SLB-051 052 11 thoughtless and foolish, but understanding Rehearsal • Psalm 1:2 (AMP) • • 2 But his delight and desire are in the law of the Lord, and on His law (the precepts, the instructions, the teachings of God) he habitually meditates (ponders and studies) by day and by night. • • Psalm 119:15 (AMP) • • 15 I will meditate on Your precepts and have 12 SLB-051 and 052 SLB 2006 respect to Your ways [the paths of life marked out Rehearsal • • Psalm 119:23 (AMP) • • 23 Princes also sat and talked against me, but Your servant meditated on Your statutes. • • Psalm 119:48 (AMP) • • 48 My hands also will I lift up [in fervent supplication] to Your commandments, which I love, and I will meditate on Your statutes. • SLB-051 and 052 SLB 2006 13 Rehearsal • Psalm 119:97 (AMP) • • 97 Oh, how love I Your law! It is my meditation all the day. • • • Psalm 119:148 (AMP) • • 148 My eyes anticipate the night watches SLB-051 and 052 SLB 2006 the cry of the 14 and I am awake before Rehearsal • Philippians 4:8 (AMP) • • 8 For the rest, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is worthy of reverence and is honorable and seemly, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely and lovable, whatever is kind and winsome and gracious, if there is any virtue and excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think on and weigh and take account SLB-051 and 052 things [fix your SLB 2006 minds on them]. 15 of these Recognition • Coming to understand something clearly and distinctly. • 1 Cor 11:19 for there must be factions among you in order that those who are genuine among you may be recognized. • Tit 3:9 And foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about law, stand away from—for they are unprofitable and vain. • It is the Holy Spirit who must teach us by means of the Word, “comparing spiritual things with spiritual” (1 Cor. 2:13). SLB-051 and 052 SLB 2006 16 Recognition • Psalm 119:99 (AMP) • • 99 I have better understanding and deeper insight than all my teachers, because Your testimonies are my meditation. • Psalm 49:3 (AMP) • • 3 My mouth shall speak wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be understanding. • • Psalm 77:6 (AMP) • SLB-051 and 052 SLB 2006 17 Revelation • revelation has 3 meanings: • the speech act of making something evident • an enlightening or astonishing disclosure • communication of knowledge to man by a divine or supernatural agency SLB-051 and 052 SLB 2006 18 Revelation • Ps 40:10 I have not concealed Your righteousness within my heart; I have proclaimed Your faithfulness and Your salvation. I have not hid away Your steadfast love and Your truth from the great assembly. SLB-051 and 052 SLB 2006 19 Revelation • I Jn 4:12 No man has at any time [yet] seen God. But if we love one another, God abides (lives and remains) in us and His love (that love which is essentially His) is brought to completion (to its full maturity, runs its full course, is perfected) in us! SLB-051 and 052 SLB 2006 20 Revelation • 2 Cor 4:10 always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. • • 2 Cor 4:11 For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. SLB-051 and 052 SLB 2006 21 Godliness • The proper Spiritual Life will result in the Revelation of Christ in our lives, a condition called Godliness. • The New Testament Greek word for godliness is EUSEBIA • It is not found in the Gospels and begins to appear only in the later epistles • But because it was a religious word it had a rich usage in classical Greek: SLB-051 and 052 SLB 2006 22 Phase II Spiritual Life SLB-051 and 052 SLB 2006 23 Event Perception Recognize Appraisal Reckon DV SAMBAK REPRESENTATION Resist VI IGHNA Works SLB-051 and 052 SLB 2006 SGDN Revelation Fruit 24