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Buried by Pleasure?
Buried byFun
Buried by Pleasure?
Buried byPleasurable Wickedness
Buried by Pleasure?
Buried by thePleasure of Rebellion
Pleasure of Rebellion
Romans 7:11“For sin, seizing the
opportunity afforded by the commandment, deceived me,
and through the commandment put me to
death.”
Buried by Pleasure?
Buried byTepid Trespass
Tepid Trespass
We treat sin as a creampuff instead of the viper it is
Buried by Pleasure?
Buried byConspicuous Crime
Sin and PleasureBury the things God wants in
our lives
Sin
Takes us away from the presence and experience
of God’s Radical Love
Buried by Pleasure?
Buried byFun
Experientially, same consequence as Sin
Buried by SinRomans 7:15
“I do not understand what I do. For what I
want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.”
Buried by SinRomans 7:18-19
“I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For
I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do
– this I keep on doing.”
Buried by SinRomans 7:24
“What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this
body of death?”
Buried by Sin
True Humility requires dual awareness:
The gravity of your sinfulness
Your inability to save yourself
Buried by SinRomans 7:25
“Thanks be to God – through Jesus Christ
our Lord!”
Buried by SinRomans 8:1
“Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because
through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free
from the law of sin and death.”
Buried by Condemnation
“My own knowledge of these sin issues can create a great
deal of insecurity in my relationship with God, often
blurring the lies between conviction and condemnation.”
God is Holy
There is no condemnation in
Christ
God is Holy1 John 3:9
“No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because
God’s seed remains in him; he cannot go on sinning, because
he has been born of God.
God’sRadical Love
Accepts unconditionally
A Corrupted view of a loving authority
A Corrupted view of Gods expectation of
perfection in you
Your battle with Sin does not define who
you are in Christ!
Discovering who God Created You to be
You were Created to be in God’s
Presence
FAITHFaith
Faith
FAITHFaith
Ephesians 2:8-9“For it is by grace you have been
saved, through faith – and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of
God – not by works, so that no one can boast.”
Faith
FAITHFaith
ChristianityIs not
LAW-centeredBut
CHRIST-centered
Faith
FAITHFaith
ChristianityIs not
LAW-centeredBut
CHRIST-centered
Faith
FAITHFaith
Old Testament (Old Covenant)Faith appears 15 times
23,145 verses1 in 1,543 verse that faith is mentioned
New Testament (New Covenant)Faith appears 242 times
7,957 verses
1 in 33 verses mentions faith
God is Love1 John 4:12
“No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and His love is
perfected in us.”
God is TruthRev 3:14
“The words of the Amen, the Faithful and True
Witness,
God is Truth2 John 1:2
“because of the Truth that abides in us and will be with
us forever;”
God is TruthJohn 17:19
“And for their sake I consecrate Myself, that
they also may besanctified in Truth.”
Discovering who God Created You to be
Define yourself as
You are Created to Abide in the Truth
God is the WordJohn 1:14
“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we
have seen His glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father,
full of grace and Truth.”
God is the WordJohn 8:31-32
“If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you
will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free.”
God is Eternal Life1 John 5:20
“…He is the true God and eternal life.”
God is Eternal Life1 John 2:17
“and the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will
of God abides forever.”
God is HolyLeviticus 11:44
“For I am the Lord your God. Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for
I am Holy.”
God is Holy1 John 3:9
“No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God’s seed abides in him, and he cannot keep
on sinning because he has been born of God.”
God is Faithful1 Corinthians 1:9
“God is faithful, by whom you were called into the
fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.”
God is HopeRomans 5:13
“May the God of Hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the
power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.”
God is Faith and Hope and Love1 Corinthians 13:13
“So now faith, hope and love abide, these
three; but the greatest of these is love.”
All of this Abiding requires constant interaction with
His Radical Love!
God is SpiritJohn 4:24
“God is spirit, and those who worship
Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
Discovering who God Created You to be
Define yourself asGod Radically Loves You
You are WORTHY of His Radical LoveHe wants to do awesome eternal things with your life.
You are Created to Abide in the Truth, and You are
Created in His image