- “the heart of the problem is the problem of the human heart.”
Archive for the Sin Category
TFL: "How to Share Christ with Someone Part 3" ***
Posted in Sin on November 4, 2008 by HarryTFL: "The Delight of the Sabbath, Part A" ***
Posted in Law, Sin on April 3, 2008 by Harry- The absence of the penalty (death) does not remove the 7th commandment from the decalogue
- The penalty has been removed in light of the mercy and grace of God in the sacrifice of His son, the abiding significance of the command is not.
TFL:”Believing” ***
Posted in Holy Spirit, Salvation, Sin with tags Foundation, Knowledge on January 12, 2008 by Harry- Christian Basics
- Become
- Believe
- Behave
- Belong
- Intellect is not the key to learning Christian doctrine, obedience is the key to learning Christian doctrine
- Left off at 29:11
Foundations Of Being A Christian:
- Doctrine of the Trinity
- Sovereignty of God in creation, revelation, redemption, and final judgment
- Divine inspiration of scripture, its infallibility as originally given
- Scripture’s sole authority and complete sufficiency in all matters of faith and conduct
- Universal sinfulness and guilt of human nature since the fall rendering men and women subject to God’s wrath and condemnation
- Redemption from the guilt, penalty, and power of sin only through the sacrificial death as our representative substitute of Jesus Christ, the incarnate son of God
- Doctrine of substitutionary atonement
- He died in our place
- He bears in himself all that we deserve
- Resurrection of Jesus from the dead
- Not a resurrection in the minds of people
- Not a resurrection in the spirits of His apostles
- But a literal, physical resurrection from the dead
- The necessity of the work of the Holy Spirit to make the death of Jesus effective to the individual sinner granting him repentance towards God and faith in Jesus Christ
- The indwelling work of the Holy Spirit in the believer
- One holy universal church which is the body of Christ and to which all true believers belong
- Expectation of the personal return of the Lord Jesus Christ in power and in glory
TFL: “Becoming A Christian” ***
Posted in Holy Spirit, Salvation, Sin with tags Foundation on January 6, 2008 by Harry- Christian Basics
- Become
- Believe
- Behave
- Belong
- Leprosy is used in both the NT and OT as an allegory of man’s sinful nature
- The predicament is that we are all sinners
- We suffer from leprosy of sin which spoils our souls
- We are all sinners
- Filled with resentment, pride, disappointment, regret, etc.
- Becoming a Christian in trusting that what Jesus did on the cross is the only way to salvation will involve 3 elements
1. Acknowledging we are helpless and cannot rely on our own righteousness
Basically 2 religious systems in the world
Find your own righteousness
We have no righteousness
2. Believing Jesus has died and provided this gift of righteousness
3. We must cast ourselves upon His mercy - Because we are by nature unrighteous and sinful and wanting to trust in God it is going to take a miracle
- The voice of God comes knocking at the heart; it may be a preacher, friend, etc, and then the Holy Spirit unlocks our hearts
Manna Church: “Christmas Celebration”
Posted in Salvation, Sin with tags Priorities on December 16, 2007 by Harry- Christmas is centered around two important decisions:
- The Father decided to save our sins
- A sin deserves punishment, we deserve punishment
- Sin cannot be undone by anything we can do
- Second decision is ours
- Will we recognize him as our Saviour? and bow before Him? and put Him first in our lives?
- “Socialized Christianity”
- Just raised in it, however, a decision must be made
- We cannot be saved by anything done to us
LTW: “The Keeping Power of God” ** not archived
Posted in Holiness of God, Salvation, Sin, Temptation with tags Heaven on December 3, 2007 by HarryReview of series so far:
- Sovereignty of God
- Foundation of who God is
- All other attributes of God depend on this
- Holiness of God
- We model ourselves after God
- Guidance of God
- How guidance of God is our rudder and how all decisions we make must depend on God
- Salvation is a permanent gift
- It could not be taken away once given
- Does not mean we will not be attacked, danger will be greater as the evil one strives harder
- If we were on our own, we would be in trouble, but nothing is greater than the keeping power of God
- We will still sin until we get to heaven
- We cannot tolerate sin without repentance
