ORDERING YOUR INNER LIFE

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Foundation Series SPC Week No.1
7 Oct 2005
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• Foundation Series 4 weeks
• Week No.1 Terry Wan
• God and I
• Sin Grace
• Week No.2 Lim Swee Aun
• Transformation Repentance
• Faith vs Worry
• Week No.3 Terry Wan
• Restoration Plea The Attitude
• The Pattern Tupos
• The search for the True Seed
• Week No.4 Swee Aun
• Covenants
• Loving the Unlovable

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Introduction

• Studying the Word of God
• Purpose
• to be like Him in our behavior towards Him,
  others and ourselves 1John 417 Matt 2237-39
• To remind ourselves and others reason of our
  hope 1Pet315
• Learn / study . to prepare ourselves to teach
  Heb512
• . so that we may be thoroughly equipped for
  every good work 2Tim317

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• Fear of the Lord
• The fear of the LORD is the beginning of
  knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and
  discipline - Prov 17
• The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom
  all who follow his precepts have good
  understanding. To him belongs eternal praise - Ps
  11110

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• God and I
• The Perfect Relationship
• God saw all that he had made, and it was very
  good.. - Gen 131
• The Warning
• And the LORD God commanded the man, "You are free
  to eat from any tree in the garden 17 but you
  must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of
  good and evil, for when you eat of it you will
  surely die. - Gen 216-17

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• God and I
• Disobedience
• When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was
  good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also
  desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and
  ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who
  was with her, and he ate it - Gen 36
• Nature of God
• God is light in him there is no darkness at all
  - I Jn 15
• Light and Darkness
• Imagine you are in a dark room which is pitch
  dark.
• When you turn on the light, where is darkness ?
• The existence of darkness is destroyed in the
  presence of light.
• Darkness and light cannot mix. If God is to
  appear right now, people who are still in
  darkness will be destroyed. Many souls will be
  lost forever.

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• God and I
• It is not Gods will for anyone to perish
• The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as
  some understand slowness. He is patient with you,
  not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to
  come to repentance - 2 Pet 39
• Bear in mind that our Lord's patience means
  salvation, ...... - 2 Pet 315

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• God and I
• No matter how hard we try ..
• All of us have become like one who is unclean,
  and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags
  we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind
  our sins sweep us away - Isa 646
• But God has a Plan
• For God so loved the world that he gave his one
  and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall
  not perish but have eternal life - John 316
• Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and
  the life. No one comes to the Father except
  through me - John 146

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• God and I
• Why didnt God prevent us from sinning ?
• Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If
  anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will
  come in and eat with him, and he with me - Rev
  320
• God is Love
• For love to exist, there must be a choice. You
  cannot force a person to love you. The negative
  choice leads to sin

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• God and I
• Our God, our creator ..
• wants to have a relationship with us. Any
  loving parent wants to have a good relationship
  with their children.
• Salvation is the result of a special relationship
  with God
• A commitment to relationship and
• Benefits arising from this relationship are
  inter-linked. You cannot have the benefits of a
  relationship without commitment.

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• Sin
• Sin in Greek is harmatia which means Missing
  the Mark
• All have sinned .
• for all have sinned and fall short of the glory
  of God - Rom 323
• If we claim to be without sin, we deceive
  ourselves and the truth is not in us - I Jn 18
• Consequence of sin is death
• For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of
  God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord -
  Rom 623

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• Sin
• Sinful Nature .
• 21 So I find this law at work When I want to do
  good, evil is right there with me. 22 For in my
  inner being I delight in God's law 23 but I see
  another law at work in the members of my body,
  waging war against the law of my mind and making
  me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within my
  members. 24 What a wretched man I am! Who will
  rescue me from this body of death? 25 Thanks be
  to God-- through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then,
  I myself in my mind am a slave to God's law, but
  in the sinful nature a slave to the law of sin -
  Rom 721-25
• Our passed sins were washed away when we obey the
  Gospel, but that does not mean we do not sin
  anymore. However hard we try not to sin, we will
  still sin because we are in the flesh

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• Sin
• We are Imperfect
• As long as we are on earth, we do not have the
  power to fly like birds Unless extra power is
  provided like jet engine to overcome gravity
• Christ our Savior
• Jesus our savior, will lift us up. Through Him,
  we have the power to overcome sin.
• God forgives
• If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just
  and will forgive us our sins and purify us from
  all unrighteousness - I Jn 19

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• Sin
• Deliberate sins .
• A person who deliberately sinned and is not
  sorry for what he did is like a dog eating its
  own vomit and like a pig dirtying itself in the
  mud 2Pet 222

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• Sin
• Walking in the Light .
• But if we walk in the light, as he is in the
  light, we have fellowship with one another, and
  the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all
  sin - I Jn 17
• We know that we have come to know him if we obey
  his commands. 4 The man who says, "I know him,"
  but does not do what he commands is a liar, and
  the truth is not in him. 5 But if anyone obeys
  his word, God's love is truly made complete in
  him. This is how we know we are in him 6 Whoever
  claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did - I
  Jn 23-6

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• Sin
• Christians will continue to face temptations .
• Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the
  devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking
  for someone to devour - 1 Pet 58
• For our struggle is not against flesh and blood,
  but against the rulers, against the authorities,
  against the powers of this dark world and against
  the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly
  realms - Eph 612

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• Sin
• Do you think God takes sin seriously ?
• 2 But your iniquities have separated you from
  your God your sins have hidden his face from
  you, so that he will not hear. 3 For your hands
  are stained with blood, your fingers with guilt.
  Your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue
  mutters wicked things
• - Isa 592-3
• All of us have become like one who is unclean,
  and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags
  we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind
  our sins sweep us away. 7 No one calls on your
  name or strives to lay hold of you for you have
  hidden your face from us and made us waste away
  because of our sins - Isa 646-7

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• Sin
• Relationship .
• A relationship is based on commitment and not
  taking advantage of one another.
• Sin leads to a broken relationship.
• Sin takes advantage of a relationship

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• Sin
• How does the world define sin ?
• If it does not hurt anyone, it is not a sin
• Is this a good definition of sin ?
• From whose point of view is this ?
• See to it that no one takes you captive through
  hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on
  human tradition and the basic principles of this
  world rather than on Christ - Col 28

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• Sin
• Definition of sin from Gods view .
• For from within, out of men's hearts, come evil
  thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder,
  adultery, 22 greed, malice, deceit, lewdness,
  envy, slander, arrogance and folly. - Mark
  721-22
• The acts of the sinful nature are obvious sexual
  immorality, impurity and debauchery 20 idolatry
  and witchcraft hatred, discord, jealousy, fits
  of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions
  21 and envy drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I
  warn you, as I did before, that those who live
  like this will not inherit the kingdom of God. -
  Gal 519-21

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Definitions of sin
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Definitions of sin
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• Sin
• Word of God is like a double-edged Sword
• Heb 412 For the word of God is living and
  active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it
  penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit,
  joints and marrow it judges the thoughts and
  attitudes of the heart.
• - Mark 720-23

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• Sin
• 4 types of Sin .
• Sins of the heart
• Sins of the flesh
• Sins of Omission or negligence
• Presumptious Sins

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• Sin
• Sins of the heart .
• He went on "What comes out of a man is what
  makes him 'unclean.' 21 For from within, out of
  men's hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual
  immorality, theft, murder, adultery, 22 greed,
  malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander,
  arrogance and folly. 23 All these evils come from
  inside and make a man 'unclean. - Mark 720-23

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• Sin
• Sins of the flesh .
• The acts of the sinful nature are obvious sexual
  immorality, impurity and debauchery 20 idolatry
  and witchcraft hatred, discord, jealousy, fits
  of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions
  21 and envy drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I
  warn you, as I did before, that those who live
  like this will not inherit the kingdom of God. -
  Gal 519-21

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• Sin
• Sins of omission or negligence .
• Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do
  and doesn't do it, sins - James 417

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• Sin
• Wilful (or Presumptious) sins .
• Keep your servant also from willful sins may
  they not rule over me. Then will I be blameless,
  innocent of great transgression - Ps 1913

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• Grace
• Grace is defined as
• the free and unearned favour of God (favour that
  is not earned)
• unmerited divine assistance given humans for
  their regeneration or sanctification
• the condition of being favored, loved, or saved
  by God, esp. if this favor is unearned

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• Grace
• Grace is a Gift from God
• For it is by grace you have been saved, through
  faith-- and this not from yourselves, it is the
  gift of God 9 not by works, so that no one can
  boast. - Eph 28-9
• Now let the fear of the LORD be upon you. Judge
  carefully, for with the LORD our God there is no
  injustice or partiality or bribery. - 2 Chr 197

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• Grace
• For the grace of God that brings salvation has
  appeared to all men - Titus 211
• Without grace, we are slave to sin and there
  will be no hope

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• Grace
• Grace is through Jesus
• For the law was given through Moses grace and
  truth came through Jesus Christ. - John 117
• Gods grace is sufficient
• But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for
  you, for my power is made perfect in weakness."
  Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about
  my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on
  me. - 2 Cor 129
• Our God is not stingy with His grace
• For the LORD God is a sun and shield the LORD
  bestows favor and honor no good thing does he
  withhold from those whose walk is blameless. - Ps
  8411

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• Grace
• Grace is given to the Humble
• God opposes the proud but gives grace to the
  humble. - James 46
• Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will
  lift you up - James 410

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Questions ?
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Thank You See you again next Wednesday Week
No.2 Lesson on Transformation Repentance Faith
vs Worry By Decon Lim Swee Aun