God Chose You! Will You? (The Basin)

Elevation with Steven Furtick

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Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 15.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Become the YOU God wants to use.

In “God Chose You! Will You?,” we’re reminded that we have a choice to walk by faith into our purpose or stay stuck in what God has called us out of.

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Scripture References:

Ephesians 1, verse 4

Ephesians 4, verses 22-24

Transcript

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0:00.0	I'm coming to you now from the basin. This is a special bonus teaching that I recorded just for you to break it down a little more.
0:11.0	Take it a little deeper. I hope you enjoy this overflow message. Let me know. Let's go.
0:18.0	Do the new you. Get a clear picture of what God has created you to be by spending time in his presence,
0:33.0	communing with him, putting his word in your heart, getting the imprint of his image clearly in your mind,
0:40.0	worshiping him, seeing him for who he is, seeing Jesus for how he treated people, wanting to become more like that,
0:48.0	being open to becoming more like that, praying for the Holy Spirit to make you more like that,
0:52.0	created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. So we've been saying all year in this ministry,
1:01.0	the true you is the new you and the new you, the one that you are becoming as you step toward God's picture of you.
1:13.0	That you is the true you, but you have to choose it. The imagery of Ephesians 4 is like putting on clothes, right?
1:24.0	I chose my clothes today. I did. I chose these clothes because they were appropriate for the activity that I just did.
1:35.0	Honestly, I feel a little bit underdressed for making the video teaching, but this is what I wore to work out.
1:41.0	And that's what I wore to make the video. I chose it for the workout. I chose what I would wear today.
1:48.0	Just like I chose what I would drink and I don't get to choose the attitude that the people are going to have who interact with me today or what their priority is going to be,
2:00.0	but I get to choose what attitude I wear and I can choose to reset it if I got it wrong up to this point today or this week or this month or this year,
2:13.0	or my whole life, I get to choose to put on the new creation because this is what I got to make sure you understand.
2:23.0	I was created to be more like God, not to be God. I don't believe that some people believe that we are God.
2:32.0	I don't believe that we are God. I do believe that we are given the ability to choose to be more like him.
2:42.0	And that he'll help us to do it as we choose it now.
2:47.0	To understand Ephesians 4, I think we should read Ephesians 1 verse 4. Can we do that?
2:55.0	Ephesians 1 verse 4 is what gives way to Ephesians 4 when he says you were created.
3:03.0	When he says the new you was created, you are like, wait, then if it was created in past tense, how is it new?
3:10.0	No, it's new to you. It's not new to God. He's familiar with that you. He sees that you.
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