Buried by Pleasure?

Buried byFun

Buried by Pleasure?

Buried byPleasurable Wickedness

Buried by Pleasure?

Buried by thePleasure of Rebellion

Pleasure of Rebellion

Romans 7:11“For sin, seizing the

opportunity afforded by the commandment, deceived me,

and through the commandment put me to

death.”

Buried by Pleasure?

Buried byTepid Trespass

Tepid Trespass

We treat sin as a creampuff instead of the viper it is

Buried by Pleasure?

Buried byConspicuous Crime

Sin and PleasureBury the things God wants in

our lives

Sin

Takes us away from the presence and experience

of God’s Radical Love

Buried by Pleasure?

Buried byFun

Experientially, same consequence as Sin

Buried by SinRomans 7:15

“I do not understand what I do. For what I

want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.”

Buried by SinRomans 7:18-19

“I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For

I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do

– this I keep on doing.”

Buried by SinRomans 7:24

“What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this

body of death?”

Buried by Sin

True Humility requires dual awareness:

The gravity of your sinfulness

Your inability to save yourself

Buried by SinRomans 7:25

“Thanks be to God – through Jesus Christ

our Lord!”

Buried by SinRomans 8:1

“Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because

through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free

from the law of sin and death.”

Buried by Condemnation

“My own knowledge of these sin issues can create a great

deal of insecurity in my relationship with God, often

blurring the lies between conviction and condemnation.”

God is Holy

There is no condemnation in

Christ

God is Holy1 John 3:9

“No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because

God’s seed remains in him; he cannot go on sinning, because

he has been born of God.

God’sRadical Love

Accepts unconditionally

A Corrupted view of a loving authority

A Corrupted view of Gods expectation of

perfection in you

Your battle with Sin does not define who

you are in Christ!

Discovering who God Created You to be

You were Created to be in God’s

Presence

FAITHFaith

Faith

FAITHFaith

Ephesians 2:8-9“For it is by grace you have been

saved, through faith – and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of

God – not by works, so that no one can boast.”

Faith

FAITHFaith

ChristianityIs not

LAW-centeredBut

CHRIST-centered

Faith

FAITHFaith

ChristianityIs not

LAW-centeredBut

CHRIST-centered

Faith

FAITHFaith

Old Testament (Old Covenant)Faith appears 15 times

23,145 verses1 in 1,543 verse that faith is mentioned

New Testament (New Covenant)Faith appears 242 times

7,957 verses

1 in 33 verses mentions faith

God is Love1 John 4:12

“No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and His love is

perfected in us.”

God is TruthRev 3:14

“The words of the Amen, the Faithful and True

Witness,

God is Truth2 John 1:2

“because of the Truth that abides in us and will be with

us forever;”

God is TruthJohn 17:19

“And for their sake I consecrate Myself, that

they also may besanctified in Truth.”

Discovering who God Created You to be

Define yourself as

You are Created to Abide in the Truth

God is the WordJohn 1:14

“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we

have seen His glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father,

full of grace and Truth.”

God is the WordJohn 8:31-32

“If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you

will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free.”

God is Eternal Life1 John 5:20

“…He is the true God and eternal life.”

God is Eternal Life1 John 2:17

“and the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will

of God abides forever.”

God is HolyLeviticus 11:44

“For I am the Lord your God. Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for

I am Holy.”

God is Holy1 John 3:9

“No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God’s seed abides in him, and he cannot keep

on sinning because he has been born of God.”

God is Faithful1 Corinthians 1:9

“God is faithful, by whom you were called into the

fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.”

God is HopeRomans 5:13

“May the God of Hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the

power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.”

God is Faith and Hope and Love1 Corinthians 13:13

“So now faith, hope and love abide, these

three; but the greatest of these is love.”

All of this Abiding requires constant interaction with

His Radical Love!

God is SpiritJohn 4:24

“God is spirit, and those who worship

Him must worship in spirit and truth.”

Discovering who God Created You to be

Define yourself asGod Radically Loves You

You are WORTHY of His Radical LoveHe wants to do awesome eternal things with your life.

You are Created to Abide in the Truth, and You are

Created in His image