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The 12 steps of AA are fundamental life changing spiritual principles that we should try to understand
We admitted we were powerless over alcohol, anger, jealousy, materialism, consumerism, food, pornography- that our lives had become unmanageable.
Sometimes addiction will tell us things have become unmanageable
Sometimes a jail cell will tell us things have become unmanageable
Sometimes a divorce will tell us things have become unmanageable
Sometimes failure will tell us things have become unmanageable
Sometime our mental-physical health will tell us things have become unmanageable
Life has a way of letting us know-THINGS NEED TO CHANGE.
2nd Peter says:
For you are a slave to whatever controls you.
2 Peter 2:19
It could be alcohol -or- anger - or - whatever
The process of breaking free from what controls parts of our personality or behavior and following Christ
This is for the Christian called SANCTIFICATION
AA calls it - getting sober!
Sanctification -
This is a process we need to agree to
It does not happen automatically
We can stay an immature Christian/person our whole life
Facing the truth about ourselves is not easy
There are two types of sanctification:
Positional Sanctification (Justification)
Hebrews 10:10 also speaks of this:
If you give birth to a child…that child is yours
You belong to your Mother & Father when you are born
We are born of God through being “Born Again” and therefore are sanctified (belong to) God
The atonement for the sin of humanity has been provided by Christ.
Corinthians says it like this:
But there is another form of sanctification
Progressive Sanctification
There are a couple elements involved in this process
The Bible
How can we know what God requires from us if we do not have written directions.
The bible is our course guide
There is one other force that enables us to do what is in the bible.
The Holy Spirit
Every believer has received the Holy Spirit
It is the Holy Spirit that truly enables us to change our behaviors
The natural desires-reactions-motivations that live in most people are not always healthy:
We are jealous, envious, competitive, judgmental, unforgiving, narcissistic (lovers of ourselves)
This is called “the flesh” or “carnal man”
Corinthians says it like this
But this process all starts with an awareness that in some area of our life we are powerless to change what needs to be changed.
Life has ways of telling us we need a savior
An Alcoholic will always have the potential to return to his unhealthy behavior
We can return to our previous ways of behaving
So what is our lesson from all of this?
What do we have in our life that controls us and we want it gone?
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