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โข Tell us about one item you own that you only use for special occasions or for a specific purpose. Why is it set apart for you?ย
โข How do you think you have grown as a person in the last five years? Share one or two things you have learned along the way that are crucial to who you are today.ย
โข Who is one person you look up to or want to be like? Why?
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โ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ง๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ; ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ.โย ๐๐ข๐๐ก ๐ญ๐ณ:๐ญ๐ณ
As believers, we have received our salvation through the finished work of Christ. God continues to work His salvation in our lives so we can become more and more like Christ. This process of conforming to Christโs image is called sanctification, and it is what God wants for us. This means we are not becoming more like others, following culture, or seeking for self-actualization. We grow in Christlikeness every day through the Holy Spirit and Godโs word. Today, we will understand more about what this means.ย ย
๐ญ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐.
โ๐ ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐จ๐ถ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ, ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐จ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ง๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ. ๐๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ; ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ.โ ๐๐ข๐๐ก ๐ญ๐ฒ:๐ญ๐ฎ-๐ญ๐ฑ
The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity, guiding us and leading us to become more like Christ. As our helper and teacher (John 14:26), the Holy Spirit reminds us of what Jesus taught and helps us in our weakness (Romans 8:26). Without the Holy Spirit, we would be alone and powerless in life. According to 2 Corinthians 3:17โ18, how does the Holy Spirit transform us to be more into the image of Christ? Share a specific instance explaining this.ย
๐ฎ. ๐๐ผ๐ฑโ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ต.
โ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ง๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ; ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ.โย ๐๐ข๐๐ก ๐ญ๐ณ:๐ญ๐ณ
When Jesus prayed for His disciples, He prayed that they would be sanctified in Godโs word. When we read the word, God speaks to us through the Holy SpiritโHe reveals Himself, guides us, and shows us how to live. It is like a mirror (James 1:23โ24), a lamp shining in a dark place (2 Peter 1:19), and a sword (Hebrews 4:12). How has Godโs word convicted and guided you to become more like Christ?ย
Jesusโ prayer in John 17 was for the sanctification of the believers. He then prayed to send the believers into the world (John 17:18) to proclaim and reflect Him. As we become more and more like Christ through the Spirit and the word, may others see Christ in us and through us.
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โข Why do you think Jesus prayed the way He did for His disciples? Based on this, how are you to value Godโs word?ย
โข In what area of your life do you need to be more like Christ? Why do you think this is a struggle for you, and how do you think it can be overcome?ย
โข How valuable is the Holy Spirit to you? What is one thing you will start doing differently in order to rely more on our helper and guide every day?ย ย
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โข Thank God for His love and His desire for us to be sanctified. Be honest about your weakness and inadequacy before Him, and admit your need for Him in your life every day.ย
โข Pray that you would become more and more like Christ as each day passes. Pray that the Holy Spirit, through Godโs word, would guide you in truth.ย
โข Pray that your life would be a reflection of Christ. Pray that you would make Him known through what you say and how you live.ย