Sermon Tone Analysis

! Introduction:

 

A.

Let us Deal With The /Cause /(temptation) not the /Result /(sin)

 

1.

We must get rid of the /spider /(cause) – when the spider is gone then the web will no longer be there.

2.      Every sin is preceded by temptation

3.      The cause or source of  temptation is our own desires – James 1:14

a.       Lured, bait, fascinated, appeals to our senses, captivated, then trapped

4.      Another source is /the world – /1John 2:15

a.

The world lies under control of Satan – 1John 5:19

b.

The Christian is to reckon he has been crucified with regard to the world – Galatians 6:14

5.      The enslaving power of sin can and must be broken in the life of the believer – 1John 3:8

6.

It is God’s will that we must learn to control our bodies – 1Thessalonians 4:1-8

7.      Present our bodies to God as slaves of righteousness

 

—    I speak in human /terms/ because of the weakness of your flesh.

For just as you presented your members /as/ slaves of uncleanness, and of lawlessness /leading/ to /more/ lawlessness, so now present your members /as/ slaves /of/ righteousness for holiness.

(Romans 6:19 NKJV)

 

8.

The result of/ / sin, is death – James 1:15; Romans 6:23

 

But we there is good news!

The victory has been won at the cross and our Great God has given us instruction in His word on how to overcome and defeat temptation in our lives

 

There are, I believe, 5 steps involved.

#1 Understanding Proper Doctrine

#2 Submitting & resisting

#3 Drawing near & repenting

#4 Mourning over your sin

#5 Humbling Yourself

 

I.

#1 The importance of understanding proper doctrine./

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*A.

**Freedom from sin relates to understanding the truth.

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We find this spelled out in Romans chapter 6 and we will start at verse 17 where Paul says…

 

/Romans 6:17-18—/But God be thanked that /though/ you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered.

And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.

a.       Now its important for you to understand that phrase there is verse 17 that form of doctrine to which you were delivered.

That word /“form”/ there means /“a mold” /so you were placed into a /“certain mold”/ and that doctrine /“molded”/ your life.

And that’s why it’s important and imperative that you understand proper Christian doctrine because /“whatever you believe that is the way you are going to act.”/

1)      If you believe there is no freedom from sin then you are going to allow sin to dominate you life, control you and experience the effects of that.

2)      But if you read the Scriptures that says that you’ve been set free from sin and its power, then your going to expect to be living that sort of way.

3)      Paul says this group of people obeyed from the heart that mold of doctrine, they let the doctrine form their life and they took the truth from what the Word of God says rather than their mind, their experience or even what other Christians were experiencing.

b.

If you’re going to be delivered from sin you have to understand the truth.

1)      I believe that’s why my confidence is in the power of the Word of God to set you free.

Not in any insight I would have or some sort of story or some sort of charisma to encourage you, but you would understand the truth and that truth would break the power of sin over your life.

2)      This is what Jesus said in John 8:31-32, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed.

“And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

3)      Then in verse 36 He says, “Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.

4)      And so there is freedom and victory in Jesus Christ over sin but it takes /you understanding the right doctrine/ so it can mold your life and transform you life so that you can experience the freedom and the liberty that the Lord has for you.

c.

That form of doctrine says /“to which” /literally means, /“into which”/

 

1)      So there’s this form /“into which” /your life is being poured into.

2)      Hopefully I am teaching you accurately from the Word of God, I am going to labor to do that, to study, to rightly divide the Word of truth and so as your hearing these truth’s your life is actually forming around the things that I have been teaching you.

And so that puts a lot of responsibility on me to teach you accurately, properly and be able to hear what the Lord’s trying to do.

3)      So I cant be teaching my own desires my own things that I like in the Bible but what is God trying to speak to the youth so that, that truth can come and mold this body in a way that is pleasing to Him.

 

d.

Luke 6:40 says,  /“A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is perfectly trained will be like his teacher./

1)      That means, whoever your listening to, whatever doctrine your letting someone form your life into, your going to become like that truth which is being presented to you.

2)                              This is why you need to be careful your not listening to someone who has half a truth, or part of the truth.

Because whatever you give yourself to over and over and over again that’s the sort of Christian or disciple that you’re going to become.

!!! II.

Submitting to God – Resisting the Devil (4:7)

 

A.

Who Are You Going To Surrender To?

This verse reveals the two actions which will bring victory to the believer.

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*#1a /Submitting to God /& /Resisting the Devil/*

Both are required they go hand-in-hand

You cannot do one without the other

–        You cannot submit to God & indulge in the temptation

–        Or you cannot resist the Devil without submitting to God, for you need His power to overcome

–        We must do both

–        Illustration of going to a doctor & taking medicine is submitting to the doctor

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*Submit – /“to line up under”/*

1.      Military term - was used of soldiers under the authority of their commander.

Who is our commander to whom we are to “line up under?”

2.      Used in the Scriptures

a.       Jesus’ submission to His parents authority Luke 2:51

This is the response of children toward their parents Ephesians 6:1; Colossians 3:20

b.

To God the Father of spirits by the believers Hebrews 12:9; James 4:7

c.       Submission to human government Romans 13:1

d.

The Church’s submission to Christ Ephesians 5:24

e.

In relation to those ministering 1Corinthians 16:15,16

f.       Servants submission to their master Titus2:9; 1 Peter 2:18

g.

In relation to the older by the younger 1Peter 5:5

3.

Here it is used to describe a conscience willing submission to God who is all authority

a.

To yield to Him, to His command & instructions in His Word

b.

To surrender ourselves to Him so He can strengthen us

4.      This reminds me of Jesus in the Garden, who did the will of the Father

a.

He went a little farther and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, "O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You /will/."

(Matthew 26:39 NKJV)

 

 

*#1b /Resisting the Devil/*

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*Resist* –/“Take your stand against,” to exert the energy & effort to defeat the enemy & his temptations/

 

Every human being on the face of this earth is either giving allegiance to God or Satan, there is no in-between Luke 11:23; Revelation 3:15-16 cf.

John 8:44; Ephesians 2:2; 1 John 3:8; 5:19