SIN, THE OBSTACLE TO REVIVAL
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Illustration: A pastor phoned the home of some recent visitors to his church, and a voice on the other end of the phone answered with a whispered "Hello."
The pastor said, "Who is this?"
The whisperer said, "Jimmy."
The pastor said, "How old are you, Jimmy?"
"Four."
"Well, Jimmy, can I please speak to your mom?"
"She's busy."
"Well then, Jimmy, can I please speak to your dad?"
"He's busy."
"Jimmy, are there any other adults in your home?"
"The police."
"Can I speak to one of the police officers?"
"They're busy."
"Jimmy, who else is there?"
"Firemen."
"Well, Jimmy, can you put one of the firemen on the phone?"
"They're all busy."
"Jimmy, what are they all busy doing?"
"They're busy looking for me."
Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul.
Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.
In a recent “Hi and Lois” comic, the little boy in the family is looking at the cookie jar and says, “I always feel guilty when I steal a cookie, but I just can’t help it.” With the cookies in hand and crumbs on his shirt, he says, “The guilt actually makes them tastier.” It is true that guilt makes sin tastier, but it repeatedly has been shown that unresolved guilt can cause many serious problems on many levels.
The Procedure of sin
The Procedure of sin
But Nahash the Ammonite said to them, “On this condition I will make a treaty with you, that I gouge out all your right eyes, and thus bring disgrace on all Israel.”
“I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I gaze at a virgin?
A. Often hidden
A. Often hidden
B. Self justified
B. Self justified
C. Denied by the doer.
C. Denied by the doer.
The Product of sin
The Product of sin
What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you?
Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality,
idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions,
envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
A. Self gratification
A. Self gratification
B. Pride
B. Pride
C. Wrong priorities
C. Wrong priorities
The Price of Sin
The Price of Sin
Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.
A. Sinners are turned away
A. Sinners are turned away
B. God is not glorified
B. God is not glorified
C. You will miss the will of God.
C. You will miss the will of God.