Overcoming Sin 3

Good Evening Christ-Seekers!!! Have you been thinking about the "sin nature?" Just to recap our previous discussions we have been talking about the origin of sin and how it becomes a part of our lives. We know that we are all sinners before we know Christ. We also know that once we receive Christ we are not exempt from having to make decisions about right and wrong. At this point, the war begins because your flesh will battle with your Spirit. We have to choose to submit to the Spirit. Today we are going to talk about the effects of sin in your life. Have you ever been around someone who is always negative? They never seem to have anything positive to say? Have you ever known people who are jealous of everything you do? Have you ever known people who lie without so much as a second thought to it? Do you know people who can sleep around, drink and cuss without any regards to the people they hurt or who may be around them? Do you know people who are always trying to make money and no matter what they have to do when they get it they are never satisfied? Well, I am sure we all know several of these individuals if not all of them. We encounter all kinds of people in our walk with Christ. The reason people are like this is because of sin. Sin is a disconnection from God. It separates you from the love of Christ. When you do not acknowledge Him you do not have the Holy Spirit on the inside of you. This will make you do the things of the world which are (Galatians 5:19-21)
sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. These actions will not allow you to inherit the Kingdom of God and living this way will leave you unsatisfied. Eventually, sin can also lead to an eternal separation from God. God’s wrath remains on those who are not born again (John 3:36), and so their destiny is only one of judgment, which is spelled out in the book of Revelation: "Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire” (Revelation 20:14-15). Really think about the effects of sin in your life. No one should want to live this way! The hope is that there is way out of sin and it does not have to rule your life. We will discuss that tomorrow. Thank you again for joining the "Truth of the Matter. Knowing the truth about everything really does matter"!!!