OUTLINE: Sin is Likened to:– Carcass scum in a boiling pot (Ez 24:10-12)– The blood and pollution of a newborn child (Ez 16:4, 6)– Putrefying sores (Is 1:5-6)– A menstrual rag (Is 3:22; Lam 1:17)– A dead and rotting body (Ro 7:24) Sin is Likened to:– The offensive stench/poisonous fumes of an open grave (Ro […]
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“How are you?” “Oh, you know, same ol’ same ol’.” “I know you’ve been struggling lately and I’ve seen how morose you’ve been. You know, it almost seems cyclical, huh? Just know that I’m praying for you.” “Thanks so much, my friend. This cross I’ve been called to carry gets pretty darn heavy from time
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OUTLINE: Understanding SinNot only is sin “negative” against holiness, it is “positive” for depravity. Sin Isn’t AmbivalentIt’s not passive, thought it’d like you to believe it is. It is quite active, energized, and encouraged. It’s fruit is borne of a seed described at the Fall. (Gen 3:15; Is 57:20-21; Mt 13:37-39; 1Jn 5:18-19) The Deceitfulness
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OUTLINE: Not only is sin “negative” against holiness, it is “positive” for depravity. 2 Pe 2:22It has happened to them according to the true proverb, “A DOG RETURNS TO ITS OWN VOMIT,” and, “A sow, after washing, returns to wallowing in the mire.” The Deceitfulness of SinOne of the greatest errors any man or woman
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OUTLINE: The Deceitfulness of SinOne of the greatest errors any man or woman can ever make is to presume that sin only exists in their acknowledgement of it. Analogy: does undetected/undiagnosed cancer mean that the insidiousness of the disease isn’t real in someone who has it? B. W. Newton on SinAntecedent to all trespasses and
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OUTLINE: B. W. Newton on SinAntecedent to all trespasses and acts of sin, before any apprehension of good or evil has dawned upon our hearts, before any notion respecting God has been formed in our souls, before we have uttered a word or conceived a thought, sin—essential sin—is found to dwell within us. B. W.
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OUTLINE: True humility says, “God’s will be done!” Your Will Be DoneWe must find our peace from within, from Christ, the only one whose promise is true (Jn 14:27). Sin will lie to us…proposing that we might find peace somewhere else, or with someone else (e.g., opposite sex, friends, bosses, etc.). To believe such a lie is
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OUTLINE: No Pity PartiesEven His “unanswered prayers” include a divine answer! Your Will Be DoneWe must find our peace from within, from Christ, the only one whose promise is true (Jn 14:27). The Deceitfulness of SinThe most dangerous aspects of sin are the ones we don’t readily identify as sin at all! It is their
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OUTINE: No Pity PartiesMay we never suggest that the Lord isn’t with us and doesn’t give grace to the humble (Jas 4:6). The Influence of SinIf you’ve turned inward, focusing on self (goals, aspirations, desires, relationships, etc.) then sin has gained on you. Whenever our “undistracted devotion” (1Co 7:35) is interrupted, it is a telltale sign that
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OUTLINE: JudgingThe deception that sin would like us to believe is that we aren’t so bad ourselves, and/or it blinds us to seeing we are falling in the same area we are judging another, so we then become hypocrites, not judging ourselves rightly. Ro 2:1, Mt 7:1-5, 1Co 11:31 1Co 11:31But if we judged ourselves rightly,
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