“God’s Deliverance From the World and Sin”
Sunday Morning June 3, 2012
scriptures: 1 John 2, Genesis 3, Romans 5, Romans 7, Romans 8
keywords: lust, flesh, eyes, life, pride, Adam, Eve, child bearing, sin, Christ, condemnation, curse,
deliverance
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1 John 2:15-18 We know that this world has something wrong with it. 1 John defines what the world is in the book of 1 John. The lust of the flesh and what a person wants that drives someone to desire something outside of God’s will is not good. What people see and lust after- things that people see will often get them in trouble. The pride of life – the belief that it is all about this life and the importance of one’s own self.
Genesis 3:1-24 Verse 6- Eve was looking at the fruit of the tree- the lust of the eyes. This verse said that it was pleasant to the eyes and that it would make one wise. A lot of people like to be special- Verse 6 said that she thought that it would make one wise. Verse 12- Adam did something typical that people do when they got caught- he starting blaming somebody else. Eve did the same thing and blamed the serpent. Verse 17- The Lord gave the women child bearing for her sin and the pain associated with it are talked about as the ultimate example of pain. The man was given the role as the head in this verse. The man was given the punishment of toiling or working for his sin.
Romans 5:12-21 Because of one man, sin entered into the world. Even though everyone did not do the same thing that Adam did we are all still affected by sin that entered into the world. Verse 15-18 talks about Christ and his salvation. Verse 19- Sin is force that can take over one’s life.
Romans 7:1-25 Verse 5- the motions of sins works in people’s lives when they are in sin- the force of sin was working. Verse 15- People use this as as excuse for sin but this verse is not saying that it is o.k. to sin. The law is good but it is sin that people let into their life which is evil. Some people say that the devil made me do it. It is the devil working in their life because they have allowed sin to take control. Verse 25- talks about the deliverance from sin that God can provide after he was crying out in verse 24.
Romans 8:1 – We can be delivered from condemnation when we are in Christ Jesus. Wanting to be a good boy or girl is not going to deliver you. The only way to break the force of sin is to do what God says do and to do it how he said do it. The capacity to do evil is with you when you are born. It is part of the curse that came upon man in the bible. The only way to be delivered from this curse is through Christ.