THE FIVE FACES OF SALVATION

Face # 4 Defilement

Guilt and Shame and PowerRedeemed State No.

Times“Lost” State No.

TimesInnocence/Righteous 396 Guilt/Guilty 212

Honor 386 Shame/Dishonor 192

Power 542 Fear 332

Purity 315 Defilement/Unclean 296

Meaning/Purpose 126 Meaninglessness 39

Community 413 Alienation 133

Alienate

Definition: : Withdrawal or isolation from other people, rejection of the values of one's family or society, or estrangement from one's own feelings.

Eph. 2:19-20

Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone.

JESUS PROVIDES THE ALIENATED WITH A NEW COMMUNITY.

Eph. 2:19-20

Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone.

What We See in these Verses

Before we followed Jesus, we were___________ from God

After we began following Jesus, things changed: We became _______of God’s Kingdom

We became members of God’s _____.

alienated

citizens family

An alienated man tortured by demons.

Mark 5:1-20

Note In This Story:

The man was well known but all _________.

His demons isolated him from: His fellow _______ His _______

alone

citizensfamily

Note In This Story:

Jesus used the community’s resources to heal the demon-possessed man. The community was ___________.

The community asked _____________ to leave.

afraid Jesus

Note In This Story:

The healed man didn’t want to go back to his ___________and friends. Jesus told him to go back and _______________________ about the Lord.

family

tell his friends and family

Bottom Line

If you trust in what Jesus did for you on the cross, You are not alone anymore.

You are a member of God’s family.

You are a citizen in God’s Kingdom.