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*Saved: From Sin (Inscription 51)*
*John 8:31-36*
*/May 8, 2011/*
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*Prep: *
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Intro~/Communication card:
· Sunday School
· Landscaping
*Happy* *Mother’s* *Day*!
Next week is the *Ladies* *Retreat*, and it will be our chance to remember just how much we need you.
Q What are some of your Mother’s Day *traditions*?
Prayer
*Scripture reading: JOhn 8:31-38*
SURGERY, not self-control
Are you familiar with “*Stomach* *stapling*”?
It is an extreme measure for an extreme circumstance.
It is dangerous (1% die from the surgery) yet for some it finally helps them get their weight under control, before it kills them.
Can you imagine going through all that, and still *gain* *weight*?
Yet some still do.
They have to eat around the clock to do so.
But yet only *1* out of *5 *actually *lose* weight long term.
Why?
· Because, they are *slaves* to *sin*, unable and unwilling to control themselves.
I *titled* this *section* “Surgery, not self-control,” from a commercial with a lady who looked like she’d never had surgery on her stomach.
Other places perhaps, but not her stomach.
· This is the *human* *condition*.
You may not be a slave to your stomach in that way, but all of us are enslaved to sin.
Free to sin?
This is our second in a three-part *series* on what it means to be *saved*.
Last week was “Saved from *condemnation*,” saved from the judgment and condemnation we deserve.
The problem is that we are *stupid*.
As soon as we hear that we are saved from *condemnation*, forgiven, that God loves us, his grace covers our sin, we think “We can *sin* *more*!”
Paul dealt with this same problem:
*Romans 6:15-16 * 15 ¶ What then?
Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace?
By no means!
16 Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone to obey him as slaves, you are slaves to the one whom you obey-- whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness?
Sin leads to *death*.
Salvation, freedom from condemnation is not freedom *to* *sin*, it is freedom *from* *sin*.
· This morning, my goal is to help you feel that sin is slavery, something we are saved *from*, not *get* *away* with.
You probably *know* this, you probably *believe* this, in theory, but your *actions* may *demonstrate* otherwise.
Slaves to sin
Let’s take a look at what Jesus said:
NIV *John 8:31-36* ¶ To the Jews who had believed him,
Jesus is talking to *us*, not non-Christian.
Jesus said, "If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples.
32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."
33 They answered him, "We are Abraham's descendants and have never been slaves of anyone.
How can you say that we shall be set free?"
This is rather *ironic*: Jews had in fact been slaves more often than free – of their c.
*1500* *years* in existence, they had been *enslaved* for a total of *900* *years*, currently by the Romans.
34 ¶ Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.
35 Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever.
So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
If you *sin*, then you are a *slave* to sin.
Q But doesn’t the *Son* *set* us *free*?
Yes and no.
We are *forgiven*, we are in the process of being restored, yet every time we sin we are *re*-*enslaving* *ourselves*.
It’s like being a slave to a *cruel* *master*, being freed, but then returning.
· Yes, Jesus *keeps* on *freeing* us, this is not about condemnation, but we keep *going* *back*.
Q Do you understand the *difference*?
He save us both from the *guilt* of sin and from *sin* *itself*.
Q Have you ever thought about it that way?
*is it worth it?*
Q Do you *really* believe the sin is slavery?
*A* Kinda
In our lives, there are *two* *types* of sin: The ones we *want* *God* to take (the *embarrassing* ones, e.g.
losing temper) and the ones we want to *keep* (the *fun* ones, e.g.
bitterness, lust, or greed).
· We view the first kind as slavery, but the second kind as something to “*get* *away* *with*.”
Let’s focus on the sin that we *enjoy*, the stuff that feels like “*giving* *up*”:
Q What sin do you try to *get* *away* with?
You know what I mean, you *theoretically* know that it is sin, but you *don’t* *want* to get *rid* of it:
· Taking a *quick* *peak* when the waitress leans over, or *fantasizing* about how romantic another guy would be.
· Fudging on *earning* *statements* to get better benefits.
· Hanging on to a *grudge*.
It can be a sin of *omission* as well as commission: Not doing something you are supposed to, such as giving, prayer, etc.
Get that thing *in* *your* *mind*, that is what I am going to talk about now:
· When you *choose* to sin, it’s because you believe the *payoff* is bigger than the cost, the benefit outweighs the cost.
Yes, sin is fun, at first.
Think of sin as meth, *moral* *meth*.
It is a blast (according to Wikipedia), but so not worth the consequences.
*John 10:10 * 10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy.
I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
· Sin is a *shortcut* to *happiness* that ends in misery.
Consequences inverter
I’d like to invent a machine lets us feel consequences first.
I’d call it a “*consequences* *inverter*.”
Let’s say I decide to buy something we can’t afford so I buy it without asking my wife.
First suffer through the consequences: Telling Marilyn, months rebuilding trust, the extra credit card bills, the things we can’t afford to do, all before I get to enjoy my new toy.
And at *any* *point* I could *stop* it, all I would have to do is decide not to buy it.
Would I grunt through?
Would I say, this will be so worth it?
· I doubt it.
I would probably say, let’s start by talking to Marilyn, figuring out how to do this.
Let’s face it, this won’t be a *big* *seller*.
I *can’t* *invent* that, so the best I can do is to try to *drill* into you: All *sin* results in *suffering*.
You may just lack the *perspective* to see that fact, but it’s still true.
· Sin is that which *hurts* *you*, hurts your *relationship* with others, and hurts your relationship with *God*.
*Knowing Sin is slavery*
Change begins with *truth* *accepted*, not because knowledge itself changes you, but because it *opens* the *door* to the *power* *source*: Jesus.
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