October 22, 2006

What New Believers Need to Know - Part 7
Resisting Sin

Steve Lane

A. Introduction/ Review

Review surrender, abiding and eternal perspective

"Your death will be like the final buzzer at a basketball game. No shots taken thereafter will count. If you've failed to use your money and possessions and time and talent and energies for eternity - then you've failed period. At your death, the autobiography you've written with the pen of faith and the ink of works will go into eternity unedited, to be seen and read as is by the angels, by the redeemed, and by God Himself."
-Randy Alcorn, In Light of Eternity

B. The sin that easily entangles

Hebrews 12: 1 - 3
The Holy Spirit is coaching us for this race

"A sin... consists in doing, saying, thinking or imagining anything that is not in perfect conformity with the mind and law of God."

-J. C. Ryle, Holiness

Genesis 2: 17
You must not eath... for when you eat of it you will surely die.

Matthew 5: 21 - 22, 27 - 28
1 Timothy 1: 18 - 19
The Holy Spirit uses your conscience

The world, the flesh and the devil
Jesus dies to pay for sin and to deliver us from sin

C. Running from temptation

"In moments of strength, make decisions that will prevent temptation in moments of weakness."

-Randy Alcorn, Purity Principle

2 Timothy 2: 22
Flee youthful lust

Philippians 4: 8 - 9
The thought filter

Hebrews 12: 2
Fix your eyes on Jesus

D. When a fight can't be avoided...

Matthew 4: 2 - 4
Then tempter came to Him... Jesus answered, "It is written..."

James 4: 7
1 John 4: 4
Resist the devil and He will flee from you

Ephesians 6: 10 - 14
Put your armor on

Galatians 6: 14
Die to the world

Romans 6: 5 - 7, 11 - 14
Deny the flesh; reckon it to be true

E. Conclusion

2 Corinthians 3: 18
(suntan) Nobody can motivate you, except Jesus

1 Corinthians 10: 13
You are not unique, or a special case

The battle with sin is part of living victoriously

Next week: Forgiveness 1 John 1: 8 - 2: 2