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It’s Not about the Rules – 40 Days to Freedom. Freedom from Sin and Death. The Rule – I’ll never make God happy so I might as well live to make myself happy. 40 Days to Freedom: Freedom from Sin and Death. The Conflict. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
FREEDOM FROM SIN AND DEATH
It’s Not about the Rules – 40 Days to Freedom
The Rule –
I’ll never make God happy so I might as well live to make myself happy.
THE CONFLICT
40 Days to Freedom: Freedom from Sin and Death
Gal
atia
ns
5
:16,
(N
LT)
“So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won’t be doing what your sinful nature craves.
Shows Sin
Multiplies Sin
Cannot Give Life
Condemns through Disobedience
LawLegalism“We can earn God’s approval”
License “We’ll never earn God’s approval”PR
OM
ISE
“I’ll
ble
ss th
e na
tions
th
roug
h yo
u”
Guardian Promise
“Sin
ful
Nat
ure” Humanity expressing
itself in utter hostility to God expressed by self-rule and lawlessness.
Life before/outside of Christ
LegalismSelf-Confidence
License Self-Indulgence
Conflict of the SoulThe sinful nature wants to do evil, which is just the opposite of what the Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of what the sinful nature desires. These two forces are constantly fighting each other, so you are not free to carry out your good intentions (5:17).
Conflict of the Soul
LegalismSelf-Confidence
License Self-Indulgence
Conflict of the SoulThe sinful nature wants to do evil, which is just the opposite of what the Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of what the sinful nature desires. These two forces are constantly fighting each other, so you are not free to carry out your good intentions (5:17).
Conflict of the Soul
Contrary
to Life in
the Spirit
Gal
atia
ns
5:18
, (N
LT)
But when you are directed by the Spirit, you are not under obligation to the law of Moses.”
THE CONSEQUENCES
40 Days to Freedom: Freedom from Sin and Death
VIDE
O
Gala
tians
5:19
-21,
(N
LT)
“When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear:
Gala
tians
5:19
-21,
(N
LT) sexual immorality, impurity,
lustful pleasures, idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling,
jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division, envy,
drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these.
Illicit SexIllicit Worship
Broken Relationships
Excess
Gala
tians
5:
21, (
NLT)
Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the Kingdom of God.”
King
dom
of
God
The sovereign, dynamic, and eternal rule of God that produces wholeness of life in all who participate in it, both now and in the age to come.
Rom
ans
6:23
, (GW
)“The reward for sin is
death, but the gift that God freely gives is everlasting life found in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
THE CONTRAST
40 Days to Freedom: Freedom from Sin and Death
Gala
tians
5:
22, (
NLT) “But the Holy Spirit
produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!
“That is all well and good, but HOW does one ‘walk by the Spirit?’”
Live by the Spirit
Love One Another
Torah Fulfilled
Imperative“Walk
with/Let the Spirit Guide”
Active Participation
Evidence of Spirit Infilling
God’s Character Realized
How
We
Beco
me
Peop
le o
f the
Spi
rit“And when you
believed in Christ, he identified you as his own by giving you the Holy Spirit, whom he promised long ago.” (Ephesians 1:13, NLT)
Gala
tians
5:
25, (
NLT)
Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit’s leading in every part of our lives.
Gala
tians
5:
22–2
5,
(NLT
) Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there.
John
5:2
4,
(NLT
) ““I tell you the truth, those who listen to my message and believe in God who sent me have eternal life. They will never be condemned for their sins, but they have already passed from death into life.”
Rom
ans 6
:4,
(NLT
) “For we died and were buried with Christ by baptism. And just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father, now we also may live new lives.”
Product of Your Controlsexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures, idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division, envy, drunkenness, wild parties
Product of the Spirit’s
Control
love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control
Your Life – Your Choice
Wha
t Now
?• Invite the Holy Spirit
into Your Life by Believing in Christ• Begin each day: “Holy
Spirit, guide me into the life Jesus came to give me.”• Listen, respond,
repent, rejoice.