22 Aug The Act Involved In Sanctification
Pastor Vincent - 17 October 2013
Beware Of The Influence Of Sin
Man often understand sin loosely. To many, sin is committing adultery, telling lies, taking drugs, murdering and more.. But sin is more than just the action of committing the wrong doings, it is the spiritual problem inside man that slowly creeps into us, without us knowing, that drives us away from the truth of God. It takes away our wanting to approach God fearlessly and stripping away our desire to come to Him. Sin is Satan's strongest weapon against evangelism. Because the moment you separate from the love of God, you lose the conviction in testifying for God. As a result, the world attracts you for it fulfills the desires inside you; the word gives you pressure and make you feel accused, for you know the truth but you cannot do it. Slowly, we are captured by fear than love. One day, we even lose the ability to love self and others. In fact, the most frightening thing in this world is not sinning but the unconsciousness of sins. It is through regeneration in Christ (born again) that one comes to realize the depth of our sins and the immense power of the finished work on the cross. If you want to overcome sin, you have to become a new person, born again in Christ. With a new life, there will be birth of new desire - and that is to seek God always and pursue Holy Living. Come to Lord and tell Him about your sins. Taste the sweetness of repentance today and leave Satan with no room in your heart to accuse you and toy your emotions. For Satan drives you away from God using the sins, God is still loving you and waiting for you to return, just like the prodigal son. Those forgiven much, love much. A person who has tasted the immense depth of God's love will hate sins and yearn to be in sync with God and testify for Him.
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Introduction
* Problem of this Era:
- Redefining of what sin is all about.
- The way to deal with sin has been watered down to just acknowledging our sins or just pray about it.
* John Macarthur: “We are fast becoming a world which can be offended by anything except sin”.
* <1 Thes 5:21-22> but test them all; hold on to what is good, reject every kind of evil.
<Eph 4:22-24>
22 You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; 23 to be made new in the attitude of your minds; 24 and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
The old and new self
1) Transformation (not modification) from the OLD to the NEW.
* Christianity is not about forgetting your former way of life, but to remember it and put it off.
* <1 Ti 1:13-14>: 13 Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief. 14 The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
2) Both putting off and putting on at the same time.
* Ultimate GOAL of sanctification is Christlikeness.
* <James 4:17>: If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.
* <Ro 14:23>: Everything that does not come from faith is sin.
3) The ACT of Sanctification
* Beware of false Piety
* Putting off the old man is not something to pray about but to act upon.
* Important to THINK, and then to APPLY the teaching of Sanctification.
* Putting off the old man is not an EXPERIENCE which you receive.
* Deliverance? Let go and let God?
* <Eph 2:10> Become God’s workmanship – Regeneration.
* <Php 2:12> Work out your salvation with fear and trembling – Sanctification.
* Easy believism leads to easy sanctification.
Practical Aspect of Sanctification
1) Remind ourselves of who we are and what we are.
“I am no longer the old man, but the new man”.
2) Christian counsellors – To be careful of only wanting to appear nice.
3) Practically putting off the old man.
* <Eph 5:11>: Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness.
* <Ro 13:14>, “make no provision for the flesh.
* <Job 31:1,7>: “I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a young woman”… ; if my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has been led by my eyes…
* <Ro 8:13>: Put to death the misdeeds of the body
* <Col 3:5>: Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.
* <1 Cor 9:26-27>: 26 Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air. 27 No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.
Reflection
1) Do you think believers these days are praying, yet not thinking and applying the word?
2) Which one do you struggle with? Putting off the man? Or putting on the new man?
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