The Check List; Always Trust the Check List

“THE CHECK LIST; ALWAYS TRUST THE CHECK LIST”

TEAGUE BIBLE CHURCH II THESS. 2:13-17 4/30/17

Ex. “Never fly without full attention to the CHECK LIST. Moods cloud your memory,

don’t trust your moods. Reading the CHECK LIST every time, before you go up, gives life.”

Ex. 10 commandments of flying ( “CHECK LIST” and “GAUGES” - READ command 3 and 7 )

QUESTION: What is the “ CHECK LIST” of our identity as we walk with the Lord?

(Just a few, to learn well! Colossians 3: 1-17, Ephesians 1: 1-23, 4: 17-32, Philippians 3:1-21,

Galatians 3: 20-21, 5:16-26, Romans 6: 3-23, 11 COR. 5:14-21, John 17)

Living a joyful , purposeful Christian life is impossible without knowing your true identity in Christ.

Really two parts to this:

1. Continually remind yourself of your true identity. ( CHECK LIST)

2. Trust that identity when the circumstances around you try to

draw you away to the old identity. (GAUGES, command 7-pilots)

MAIN QUESTIONS FOR TODAY:

Who are you, really? (checklist)

What do you really believe about reality? ( gauges)

MAIN TEXT: II THESSALONIANS 2: 13-17 READ

v.13 “ beloved” “has chosen you”

Your real identity! Your moods, or changing daily performance, do not change this!

Ephesians 1:4 “ just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would

be holy and blameless before Him.”

v. 14 He will share the kingdom with us! Not just servants in a kingdom but adoption

as heirs in that kingdom. Embarrassing privileges ahead, in view of,

and in spite of, our erratic walk down here!

v. 15. Rock steady!

Ex. Men In Black – stand your ground. The older man knew from experience

the ship would stop before hitting them

No real faith is tested, without a time delay; from promise to fulfillment.

v. 16-17 We receive these through our new identity; our new nature. By waiting, just a bit, in each circumstance, assuming our identity, and trusting what God says about us over our moods, then , and only then, will these things flow through us.

SHORT “CHECK LIST” JUST ON 16-17: “has loved us” - Identity

“GAUGES”: “eternal comfort” / “good hope of grace” / “strengthen your hearts” -

How it really is