Sermon Tone Analysis

Wholly devoted to living Holy

God wants us to live holy and be holy.

Consider, what does living holy look like in your life?

God wants to give us life full

Now, consider what does a full, or abundant life look like for you?

So in our series “reflections” we have been taking time to reflect on things to help us be wholly devoted to being holy by the things we reflect on.

I want to add a couple more scriptures into this this morning

God calls for us to delight (Ps1:2)

God calls for us to meditate on His word (Ps1:2; Jos1:8)

Delight, make your way prosperous and successful, don’t we all want that?

God wants that for us and gives us the way.

Though sometimes the way is not an easy thing to look at, discuss or take action on.

People don’t like to hear that they are sinners, and we don’t like to remember we are sinners oftentimes.

But to become a Christian you need to realize sin and turn from it.

To the Christian we need to understand Gods grace and continue to walk in that knowing as we do our sins are continually cleansed (1Jn1:7)

We have already reflected on consider, contemplated, meditated upon BIBLE, GOD, JESUS AND THE HOLY SPIRIT so now time to address sin.

Sin separates us from God (Isa59:1-2)

(Discuss the severity of sin here)

I. Definition of Sin

When you think of sin, what do you think of?

In the Greek it means to miss the mark

How do you think we fall short today (Rom3:23)?

Transgression of the Law (1Jn3:4)

And if you don’t speak King James

This covers sins of -COMMISSION (Mk10:19)

When I say sins of “commission” what do you think of?

Example would be

So if you do any of these things they are sins of commission because God tells us directly not to do them.

(expand on this)

To fail to do good - Sins of Omission (Jm4:17)

Now what sins of omission could we do (Mt5:44)?

No, these are not sins to guilt.

How about this one.

So if we don’t love our enemies and we do pray for those who persecute us that is a sin of - omission.

Omission (n) - The action of excluding or leaving out something or someone; A failure to do something, especially something that one has a moral or legal obligation to do.

How can you do sins of omission?

Anyone getting uncomfortable with this?

What about sins of conscience (Rom14:22-23)?

So, what would be a sin of conscience (Consider Heb13:18)?

- for me smoking would be (expand on this)

One commentator Make Copeland says “To act without faith (without conviction that what you do is right) would be sin of conscience.”

Here is a scripture to consider

To do the right thing but without a clear conscience or good conscience it would be a sin.

Sin severity and consequences (expand on this) sin needs to be addressed to lead to salvation and to lead to sanctification!

II.

Problem with Sin

Remember the guilt of sin; sin must be addressed, not ignored.

Remember the guilt of sin (Rom3:23; Jm2:10)

and even one sin makes us guilty

Remember the bondage to sin (Jn8:34)

They are brought into the captivity of sin (Rom7:14-24)

But wait there is more, then there is the state of sin (Eph2:1)

(Summarize Eph2:1-9 here)

Eph2:1-9 “1 And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, 2 in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.

3 Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.

4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.”

Sin alienates and separates us too (Eph4:18; Isa59:2; Rom6:23)

and the results of sin

In our time now what we do with sin impacts eternity, it is a most serious problem, but God gives us a solution for sin.

III.

Solution for Sin

You have to love when, where there is a problem, there is a solution too.

God is the solution, through Jesus (1Jn4:10)

God’s love was displayed when He sent the Christ to be His perfect and acceptable sacrifice.

God’s way was through Jesus blood (Eph1:7)

Free from bondage (Rom8:1-2)

We are given what we need to put to death the deeds of the flesh (Rom8:12-13); how to do it (Eph3:16); the power to do it (Eph3:20)

By God’s strength to the inner man

Strength given to work within us

The state of sin: Dead to sin (Eph2:1; Rom6:1-6)

Before baptism we were dead to sin - Eph2:1 mentioned earlier

In baptism we are crucified with Christ

We are now dead to sin (Rom6:7, 11-13)

Dead to sin, raised to a new life (Rom6:4; Col2:12-13)

(don’t read the Rom passage just put on the screen)

So if you are wondering why so many basic scriptures, because scriptures are important and we need to keep filling ourselves with them.

These tonight point to the sin problem and the sin solution, because the result of the sin solution is eternal life.

Results, assurance from dealt with sin (1Jn5:11-13; Jn17:3)

and

Eternal life is the hope that we have now (Rom6:22-23).

So for every problem, issue when it comes to sin, God has given us the solution, but we are responsible for it.

Once we decide to believe in the Son and obey the gospel we are given the Spirit.

Accepting the Son brings salvation, and the work of the Spirit brings sanctification.

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