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(Rev. Jaehoon Lee)
We are approaching the end of the book

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(Chapter 9 - 11)
Let's discuss the concluding sections
from Chapter 9 to Chapter 11

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Chapter 9 is titled 'Counting the Cost'

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As discussed,

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The salvation

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done in Christ by the Triune God

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works in us

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by transforming bios, the biological life

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to zoe, the eternal life

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Those with this promise

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believe in this transformation

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and Lewis uses the term
'pretend' to be His children

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It is as if children pretends to
be adult to become one later

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That is the promise that God has given us

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(Counting the Cost?)
What we must do is
to accept and obey in faith

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Lewis used this title to count
for the things needed for this

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For example, this chapter

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quotes what Jesus taught us

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'You therefore must be perfect,

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as your heavenly Father
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What does this Sermon on the Mount mean?

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(Perfect: Integral) (Whole: Flawless)
'Perfect' and 'whole'
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Whole is not what a human can be

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God is the only whole being

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We cannot be whole

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We lack, we're corrupted in sin

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We have so much to restore

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Then what does it mean

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for us to be 'perfect'?

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Here's my example

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A student

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got a 'perfect score' in an exam

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Let's say the subject was math

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(Perfect ➔Knows everything(X))
This student does not yet
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(Perfect➔Result of full effort(O))
He got the perfect score with his
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Not whole, but perfect

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And in our journey of faith,

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the stage that we need to be in

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in our daily lives

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is to trust God

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and be faithful to the promise

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That is what God calls

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as 'perfect'

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What is the goal of our perfection?

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It is becoming like Jesus Christ

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Jesus' Sermon on the Mount says,

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'For if you love those who love you,
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Love your enemy

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How could we live out this verse?

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Our corrupt nature cannot

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But historically,

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we know people who did this

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Deacon Stephen demonstrated forgiveness
toward those who were stoning him

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Pastor Son Yang-won took in
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loving and raising him
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Before the Cross,

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Jesus proclaimed forgiveness
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who were putting him to death

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This heart of Christ

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that loves the enemy

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is poured onto us

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And it is not impossible anymore

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As we accept the promise with faith,

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and accept and claim

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that it will happen in us,

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it is accomplished not by my own power,

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but through the power of

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the Holy Spirit working in us

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That is perfection

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Even if we are

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now the children of God,

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with the eternal life,

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some children do not act like Father

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and some understand Father

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and act like Him

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God's children are the same

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Some may not be like Him,

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while some may be more like Him

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This verse urging us to be perfect

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means that we should be His children

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who are very like Father

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'Come to me, all who labor
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But he does not leave us as we are

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Lewis syas,

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The misinterpretation
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is to think it means, 'I won’t help you,

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and I won’t be with you

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unless you become perfect'

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He does not demand

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legalistic perfection from us

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So what does the verse mean?

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'My only task is

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to make you perfect'

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'That is my work'

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'What you do

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is give yourself to me,

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and follow me

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with my work of

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making you perfect'

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That is the correct interpretation

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Until we reach perfection with effort,

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Christ will never rest

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and He will not leave us to rest

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Jesus welcomes everyone,

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but he does not leave

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those who come to Him

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and works to make them

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as someone like Christ

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and as His children

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George MacDonald was
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He wrote something similar himself

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Let me read it out,

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because his text

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overlaps in content with Lewis'

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because his work inspired Lewis

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Here is the quote

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from MacDonald

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'There is no father
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to see his little child
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'But no father would be satisfied if,

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when the child has grown up, it still

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cannot walk confidently like a man'

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He rejoices easily,

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but He is not as often satisfied

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the father is rejoicing

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It's an easy thing

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However, when the child grows up

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and still can't walk on their own

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or, as quoted, 'walk
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that will break the father's heart

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No father will

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be satisfied with it

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Our goal is to satisfy God

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Therefore, our goal is to be children

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who are and act like God our Father

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the verse demanding us to be perfect

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is not an ideal,

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or unattainable exaggeration

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It is a blessing

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that realizes the verse in our lives

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Now in Chapter 10 and 11,

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Lewis concludes his book

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God’s transformation of
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through His only Son, Jesus Christ,

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is not simply about
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(Human➔Jesus(Cross)➔NOT better human)
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(Human➔Jesus(Cross)➔NOT better human)
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(Human➔Jesus(Cross)➔New human)
new kind of human being

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In 2 Corinthians, it says

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'Therefore, if anyone is in Christ,
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The phrase is 'new creation'

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God created humans from the ground

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the breath fo life

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to make us living creatures

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the new kinds of human

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This is the new creation

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now we are zoe, with eternal life

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God's purpose is to transform us

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to those in Jesus Christ

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So the final chapter,

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Chapter 11 is titled 'The New Men'

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Lewis says,

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'Becoming new men is not a matter
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He uses the word 'transformation'

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a transformation, not improvement

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It is not a difference

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it is a whole new thing

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This means that it is not a process of

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continuous reproduction of the old life

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passed from one human
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It is a new kind of life, a dimension

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that could not come
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That is the new person in Christ

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Who is the first new man?

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It is Jesus Christ

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Christ who resurrected from death

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has become the first new man

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of this new mankind

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So there are two people
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The first Adam, the first man,
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That's why Jesus is also
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To believe in Jesus is to move from
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from the old self to the new self

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became the first of this new humanity,

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So C.S. Lewis says,

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'Christ is the first example
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'But He is more than that'

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'He is not just a new man,
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'The New Man'

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is someone who gives life to all

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who will transform
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we will all be transformed

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That is Jesus Christ

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This new life, zoe, is
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The new life is transmitted
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Therefore, believing Jesus

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is becoming a new man

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It does not refer to a simple change

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through moral and various
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where the fallen humanity

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in the first created Adam is improved

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The old self is completely
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(Adam➔The Cross➔The New Self)
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into the new self, a new man, in Christ

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This is what it means to
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That is the purpose of the Triune God,

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the biological life of bios

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transformed to the eternal life of zoe

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This is the essence of Christianity,

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or the Christian gospel

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This is the transformation of Christians

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in faith of Jesus Christ

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Lewis states in 'Mere Christianity'

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that 'Right and Wrong [is] a Clue
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At the time when WWII was just beginning

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and the standards of right
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C.S. Lewis discerned this

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The era that denies
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of right and wrong began from that time

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Today, this era has reached its peak

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The issue that C.S. Lewis discerned

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is still occurring in our time

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The standards of right
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Why are these standards important?

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who has given humans

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these standards

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Humans are ought to live

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in His standards

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In His standards, we are corrupted,

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beings who cannot be right or good,

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as rebels who are against God

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What do we do about it?

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All rebels can do is to surrender

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Surrendering to Jesus Christ,

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who came to restore everything

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The Triune God has now

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worked through Jesus Christ on this earth

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to restore the humans

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who had rebelled against God

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Now, the old self is
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and the hope of being transformed

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into a new person remains for us

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The hope of humanity

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is to earn the eternal
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becoming one as the new humanity,

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to live as the people
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C.S. Lewis wanted to convey

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the blessings

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given in Jesus Christ to people

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in theological

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Through C.S. Lewis’s 'Mere Christianity',

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the issues of our time

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the power of the Gospel in Jesus Christ,

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in this blessed journey of reading

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I bless all those who have joined me

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in reading and reflecting
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I appreciate your attentive

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despite my humble explanations

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Through CGNTV’s
original content at Fondant,

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I pray that we continue to grow deeper

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in our knowledge of God and

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in becoming more like Jesus Christ

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Thank you

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Book 4
Beyond Personality or the First
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Chapter 9 Counting the Cost
1.	Perfect vs. Whole
1) Whole (God): No lack or flaw
2) Perfect (Human): As intended

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2. Perfection
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3.	'Be perfect'?
The only way I can help you
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4. Human goal (spiritual purpose)
To satisfy God and become
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Chapter 10 Nice People or New Men
Chapter 11 New Men

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1. Becoming God’s child
Improving human nature (X)
Becoming a new creation (O)

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2. The New Man
Old man ➔ New life (The Cross)
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3. God’s purpose
Adam (old man) ➔ Cross (atonement)
➔ New man (salvation)