Why ideas matter.
Why ideas matter.
When we sin we are following the devil. Bible Reading: 1 John 3:4-10 4 Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. 5 You know that he appeared in order to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. 6 No one…
After Adam and Eve sinned and were driven from the Garden of Eden they had two sons, Cain and Abel. Because their parents defied and disobeyed God, Cain and Abel were born with a sin nature. What does it mean…
The Need for a Savior Bible Reading: Colossians 1:21-23 21 And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, 22 he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach…
We set our mind on what the Spirit desires. Bible Reading: Romans 8:1-11 8 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law…
We are rescued by Jesus. Bible Reading: Romans 7:14-25 14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, sold under sin. 15 For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but…
Through Christ we become slaves to righteousness, instead of sin. Bible Reading: Romans 6:15-23 Slaves to Righteousness 15 What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! 16 Do you not know that if you present…
If we die to sin with Christ, we live a new life in him. Bible Reading: Romans 6:1-14 Dead to Sin, Alive to God 6 What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? 2 By no means!…
God gives us grace through Jesus. Bible Reading: Romans 5:12-19 Death in Adam, Life in Christ 12 Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned— 13 for sin indeed was in…
Once Adam and Eve sinned and ate the forbidden fruit everything about God’s creation changed. Sin has inescapable consequences. After they sinned, Adam and Eve recognized that they were naked, they lost their innocence, and they were ashamed so they…
Vulnerability to Temptation Bible Reading: James 4:7-10 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Be wretched and…