Eradicating the Weeds of Sin

A Crucial Factor in Producing Fruit.

WEEDS……..

You didn’t plan them, they just showed up. Weeds have been a universal problem since Adam and Eve rebelled and God cursed the ground with thorns and thistles.

Text: Genesis 3: 17-19

17. “And to the man he said , “Since you listened to your wife

and eat from the tree whose fruit I commanded you not to eat, the ground is cursed because of you . All your life you’ll struggle to scratch a living from it.”

18 it will grow thorns and thistles for you, though you will eat of its grains.

19 by the sweat of your brow will you have food to eat until you return to the ground from which you were made. For you were made from dust and to dust you will return.”

WEEDS = SINFUL AND SELFISH TRAIT OF HUMAN NATURE

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Characteristics of Weeds.

Destructive

Competitive

Difficult to control

It aggressively displace and crowd out desirable plants

Their roots rob their neighboring plants of vital water and nutrients

They block out needed sunshine

They spread invasively and Rapidly

A garden that is neglected will produce weeds rather than fruits and vegetables. Likewise, human nature has a tendency to produce weeds of evil rather than a good fruit.

…and those weeds are continuing threat to our spiritual survival.

God tells us to aggressively fight our human nature.

2 Corinthians 7:1

"Because we have these promises dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that can defile our body or spirit. And let us work for complete holiness because we fear God.”

Solution.

We must replace bad habits with good habits or the bad habits will return, like weeds returning when soil is left bare.

REPLACE SINS OF FLESH WITH FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT.

Human nature must be replaced with God’s nature, which is defined by love, which is further defined by God’s commandments.

1 John 4: 8

But anyone who does not love, does not know God for God is love.

Loving God is about keeping His commandments and His commandments are not burdensome

Galatians 5: 22: 23

But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control. There is no law against these things!

Victory requires understanding the enemy. In our spiritual warfare, the enemy is US!

We must eradicate the weeds and replace with God’s Spirit,

CHALLENGE:

As you go along and have a quite time with the Lord, let Him lead you to recognize the weeds you have in your life and pursue on eradicating it . Bear fruit and be blessed.