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Tuesday, April 30, 2024 · 40 min

You're Already There - Camilo Buchanan

Camilo Buchanan · Luke 7:1-10

Camilo Buchanan preaches that because of what Jesus has already done we are already seated with him in the heavenly places, and living in that reality should change how we respond to life now. He walks through Luke 7 (the healing of the centurion's servant) and Ephesians 2 to show that faith trusts Jesus authority and rests in what God has already accomplished for us and for our future. Buchanan contrasts fearful, striving responses with mature faith - a faith that stops begging, stops playing the victim, stops comparing, and stops worrying about the future. He calls the congregation to practice a habitual trust in Jesus authority, believing the "already" even while living in the "not yet."

“Faith in Jesus is built not just by looking at what God has already done in your past but by looking at what he has already done in your future.” · Camilo Buchanan

Take it with you

Remember your identity: you are seated with Christ, so let that reshape fear, comparison, and victim thinking. Practice 'Corey faith' - confident, habitual trust in Jesus' authority - by rehearsing truths from Scripture, praying from the posture of being 'already' secured, and choosing worship over worry when circumstances are uncertain.

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Key Scriptures

Luke 7:1-10The centurion says, 'But say the word and my servant will be healed,' illustrating faith in Jesus' authority.
Ephesians 2:4-10But God... made us alive together with Christ by grace... and made us sit together in the Heavenly places in Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 1:17-21Pray that the eyes of your understanding be enlightened to know the hope of his calling and the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe.
John 5:24-25He who hears my word and believes... has everlasting life and has passed from death to life; the hour is coming and now is when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and live.

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