13For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. 14For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
Rod pointed out that true believers (those who live according to the Spirit) will "kill sin." The part that stuck out to me is when he spoke of indwelling sin and our need to take it seriously.
"Don't forget about indwelling sin. You never get to a point that it doesn't affect you...Don't get to big or busy to battle indwelling sin."That was a good reminder for me. Sometimes it is easy to forget that I am in a war with my sinful flesh and that I must be killing sin, no matter how busy I am with other (even spiritual) things. As John Owen said, "Be killing sin or it will be killing you.
I'd love to hear about anything the Lord taught you through the sermon.
When we see our sin, but ignore it, how does that affect our heart? You know something's a sin, but do it anyway. Does ignoring sin make you an unbeliever? Even if its just one instance?
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't make you an unbeliever. But it is dangerous. To ignore sin is dangerous because sin is deceitful. We continue to tell ourselves it isn't a big deal and we start to believe it. Then we fail to kill sin and it will be killing us (taking our joy, displeasing God, dishonoring Christ, weakening our ability to be a useful tool for God). For the true Christian, God will help us deal with our sin (he disciplines those he loves...no discipline, then you are not a child of God). Good question- hope this helps.
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