About This Message
What does it really mean to be united with Christ? Pastor Dean Murphy unpacks the three transformative realities—washed, sanctified, and justified—that redefine who you are and how you live in this message about belonging to the Lord. In this sermon, Pastor Dean examines 1 Corinthians 6 to show how your new identity in Christ gives you freedom from sin and purpose for your body. You'll discover what it means to be cleansed, set apart, and made right before God—and how that union with the Lord calls you to a radically different way of living. Scripture References: 1 Corinthians 6:9-18 | Psalm 51:1-2 | 1 John 1:9 | 1 Corinthians 1:2 | Hebrews 10:10 | 1 Thessalonians 4:3 | Philippians 1:6 | Philippians 2:13 | 1 Thessalonians 5:23 | Romans 5:1-2 | Hebrews 4:16 | Romans 5:9 | Titus 3:7 | 1 Peter 1:18-19 | Titus 3:5 | 1 Corinthians 6:12-15 | Job 19:25-26 | Ephesians 1:22-23 | Romans 12:4-5 | Genesis 2:24 If this message spoke to you, please Like, Subscribe, and share it with someone who needs to hear the truth of God's Word. New Song Fellowship Church | Rogersville, TN | newsongtn.cc | Sundays at 10am #NewSongFellowship #UnitedWithChrist #Sanctification #ChristianIdentity #ChristianTeaching #BibleStudy
Sermon Notes
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"United With The Lord"
1Co 6:9 Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men 10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
(NKJV) Psa 51:1 Have mercy upon me, O God, According to Your lovingkindness; According to the multitude of Your tender mercies, Blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin.
Washed- cleansed
1Jn 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
Sanctified- set apart, dedicated to God
1Co 1:2 To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be his holy people…
Heb 10:10 By his will we have been made holy through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
1Th 4:3 It is God's will that you should be sanctified…
(NIRV) Php 1:6 I am sure that the One who began a good work in you will carry it on until it is completed. That will be on the day Christ Jesus returns.
Php 2:13 For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him.
1 Thess 5:23 May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Justified- made right, guiltless, acquitted, accepted
Rom 5:1 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God.
Heb 4:16 So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.
Rom 5:9 And since we have been made right in God’s sight by the blood of Christ, he will certainly save us from God’s condemnation.
Tit 3:7 so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.
1 Cor 6:11 And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
1Pe 1:18 For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.
Titus 3:5 He washed away our sins, giving us a new birth and new life through the Holy Spirit.
1Co 6:12 "I have the right to do anything," you say—but not everything is beneficial. "I have the right to do anything"—but I will not be mastered by anything.
1 Cor 6:13 You say, "Food for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will destroy them both." The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
Job 19:25 “But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and he will stand upon the earth at last. 26 And after my body has decayed, yet in my body I will see God!
1Co 6:14 By his power God raised the Lord from the dead, and he will raise us also.
1Co 6:15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never! 16 Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, "The two will become one flesh." 17 But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit.
Eph 1:22 God has put all things under the authority of Christ and has made him head over all things for the benefit of the church. 23 And the church is his body; it is made full and complete by Christ, who fills all things everywhere with himself.
(NLT) Rom 12:4 Just as our bodies have many parts and each part has a special function, 5 so it is with Christ’s body. We are many parts of one body…
1 Cor 6:16 Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, "The two will become one flesh." 17 But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit. Do you not know he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body?
Gen 2:24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.
1Co 6:18 Flee from sexual immorality….