(HAMARTIOLOGY)SESSION SIX:

SIN & SANCTIFICATION

HOW DO I OVERCOME SIN

IN MY LIFE?

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—Charles Spurgeon

• Each of your sins became a nail that pierced his soul, and unbelief a spear that went through his inmost heart. ...I do not believe any man will ever come to be an advanced Christian except by sorrowing much for sin. If your spiritual life has nothing of the dew of repentance about it, it is a poor thing.

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Thesis:

• A scriptural concept of sin is imperative, because if you do not have a right view of sin’s nature you will never grasp its remedy.

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Point 1.

• Man was born in sin, but he was not born a slave to sin; slavery to sin comes through voluntarily yielding to it.

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The Origin of Sin.

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HOW DID SIN BEGIN?

In the Universe Satan Isa 14:12-14; Ezek 28:11-16

In the World Adam Gen 3; Rom 5:12

In Your Life The Heart Mark 7:21-22

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Point 2.

• You cannot accept God’s provision of salvation if you do not accept God’s definition of sin.

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Concordances & Their Function.

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STRONG’S Exhaustive Every word in order

YOUNG’S Analytical Words outlined by original language

CRUDENS Complete A phrase concordance

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Point 3.

• Sin entered the world through blasphemous lies and maintains its hold on men and women through deception.

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THE MANIFESTATION OF SIN

1. Sin is an act because it violates the revealed word of God

2. Sin is a state because it is the absence of righteousness, Rom 7:17-18

3. Sin is a nature or disposition because it is enmity toward God, Jer 17:9; Matt 15:19

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WHERE SIN IS MANIFESTED

A. Against God, Ps 51:4B. Against others (society, the

church, fellow men), Deut 5:9C. Against the sinner himself, Prov

8:36

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Point 4.

• If the first Adam had kept the word, the word would have kept him.

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THE EXTENT OF SIN

1. Universally, the whole race has been penetrated by sin, 1 Kgs 8:46; Ps 14:1-3; Rom 3:11,23; 1 John 5:19

2. Individually, me and women are as bad off as they could

possibly be even when they are not as bad as they could possibly be (depravity), Isa 1:6; Eph 4:17-

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THE EFFECTS OF SIN

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PROOF PENALTY

Rom 5:12 Physical Death Eph 2:1 Spiritual Death Rev 20:14 Eternal Death Matt 10:28 Destruction John 3:8 Condemnation Rom 3:19 Guilt Matt 25:46 Everlasting Torment

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Point 5.

• Hell is an eternal hell because sin is an infinite offense, and the only way to pay for an infinite offense is through an eternal punishment.

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FOUR PARTS TO TEMPTATION

1) Presentation or Seduction, Gen 3:1-3; Jam 1:14; Matt 4:8

2) Illumination, Gen 3:4-5; Matt 4:93) Deliberation, Gen 3:6a; Jam

1:15a4) Decision or Conception, Gen

3:6b; Jam 1:15b; Matt 4:10

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Point 6.• Sin enters at the action;• the action happens because of

a decision;• so the way to avoid the

improper decision is to not make the temptation a matter of deliberation,

• and the way to avoid deliberation is through biblical definition.

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COMMON ESCAPES FROM TEMPTATION1) The faithfulness of God, 1 Cor 1:8

2) The intercession of Jesus Christ, Luke 22:32

3) The word of God, 2 Pet 1:4; 2 Cor 7:1

4) Prayer and vigilance, Matt 26:415) Avoiding it whenever possible,

Prov 4:156) Running away when it is not

possible to avoid, 2 Tim 2:227) Resisting it while enduring it,

James 1:12; 4:7

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Thesis:

• In order to understand biblical Christian living you have to understand man’s nature and need.

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Point 1.

• Man is too much of a miracle just to happen.

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Point 2.

• Man is the “missing link,” but it is a link between the animal world below him and the angelic world above him.

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THE SPIRIT1) Conscience—the organ for

discerning right from wrong, Acts 17:16; 1 Cor 5:3; John 13:21

2) Intuition—the organ of spiritual sensitivity, Mark 2:8; Acts 18:5; 20:22; 1 Cor 2:11; 16:18

3) Communion—the organ for worshipping God, Luke 1:47; John

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DEFINITION:

• A soul results from the combination of man's body and man's spirit to unify them.

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ORDERS OF LIFE

• Organic life is what plants have

• Sentient life is what animals that can move around have

• Human life is what man has because he can reason with God, Isa 1:18

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ORIGIN OF THE SOUL• Origen, Plato and Mormons—souls

exist in a previous state and enter the body shortly after birth

• Aristotle, Jerome, Roman Catholics, and Reformed Christians—God directly creates the soul and puts it in the body of the child, contra Psa 51:5

• Human souls are like human bodies—brought into existence by the natural process of procreation

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The Soul

1) Mind—the instrument for the thoughts, Pro 2:10; 19:2; 24:14; Ps 13:2; 139:14; Lam 3:20

2) Will—the instrument for decisions; Num 30:2; Job 6:7; 7:15

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POINT 3.

• The first great tragedy of sin is that man used the gift of free will against the giver.

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The Soul

3) Emotions—the instrument for liking and dislikingA) You feel affection, 1 Sam 18:1B) You have desires, Deut 14:26C) You have moods or feelings, 1 Sam

30:6

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Other Anthropological Origins

1) ALL RACES originated in Adam as to person, Acts 17:26, Gen 10

2) ALL NATIONS originated in Babel as to place, Gen 11:1-9

3) ALL RELIGIONS originated in Babylon after the failure to corrupt the seed line of the Messiah when

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POINT 4.

• Every false religion is one nation’s attempt to memorialize and perpetuate their own brand of corrupted ceremony and counterfeit truth.

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POINT 5.

• The second great tragedy of sin is that man is less submissive to the purpose for his existence than the animals he controls, Isa 1:3.

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A CORRUPTED IMAGE AND LIKENESS1) His spirit is darkened, Eph 4:17-18; 1 Cor 2:14a) His conscience is blunted, 1 Tim 4:2b)His communion is thwarted, James 4:4

2) His soul is debased, Jer 17:9; Eph 4:19a) His will is weakened, Rom 7b) His mind is reprobate, Rom 1:28c) His emotions are deceitful, Jer 17:93) His body is diseased &conquered by

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Point 6.

• The purpose for man has to do with accomplishing God’s plan in his place.

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Responsibilities in Eternity1) To refill the earth, Gen 1:282) To subdue nature, Gen 1:283) To rule over the creatures, Gen

1:284) To cultivate the Garden, Gen

2:155) To colonize the universe, Isa

9:76) To gradually gather knowledge

and wisdom in mastery of all things7) To manifest the glory of God,

Isa 43:7

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