Applying

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Applying our Theology of
Holiness
Keith Drury
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Four ways of dealing with sin in a believers
life.
Applying our theology of holiness
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• Four ways of dealing with
• sin in a believers life
• Sinners-in-recovery.
• All sin is equalbreak one part of the law
• and youve broken the entire law.
• You have your sins, I have mine.
• The church is a hospital of sinning people
• who are trying to recover
• -- we dont judge each others sins.

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• Four ways of dealing with sin in a believers
  life
• 2. Sinners-already-forgiven.
• All my sins-past-present-future
• have been forgiven.
• God has already forgiven my sins
• -- even tomorrows
• God cannot see my sins
• -- he sees me through Christ.
• My job is to confess them.

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• Four ways of dealing with sin in a believers
  life
• 3. Victory-over-sin
• Christians dont have to sin.
• I can have victory over any sin.

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• Four ways of dealing with sin in a believers
  life
• 4. Deliverance from
• the inclination to sin
• God can change me so Im not inclined
• toward a particular sin.
• God not only provides victory over the
• act of sin but the inclination to sin.

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1. Sinners-in-recovery Im trying to stop 2.
Sinners-already-forgiven. God cant see my
sinits forgiven 3. Victory-over-sin. God
can deliver me from sinning. 4. Deliverance from
the inclination to sin. God can deliver me
from wanting to sin.

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Theology should not just be a
theoretical endeavor, but should be tested
in trenches of real life - on the
critical issues of the day
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So
Lets test the four views on some current issues
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Test 1
What about gay sex?
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• What about Gay sex?
• Sinners-in-recovery.
• All sin is equalbreak one part of the law
• youve broken the entire law.
• You have your sins, I have mine.
• The church is a hospital of sinning people
• who are trying to recover
• -- we dont judge each others sins.

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• What about Gay sex?
• 2. Sinners-already-forgiven.
• All my sins-past-present-future
• have been forgiven.
• God has already forgiven my sins
• -- even tomorrows
• God cannot see my sins
• -- he sees me through Christ.
• My job is to confess them.

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• What about Gay sex?
• 3. Victory-over-sin
• Christians dont have to sin.
• I can have victory over any sin.

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• What about Gay sex?
• 4. Deliverance from
• the inclination to sin
• God can change me so Im not inclined
• toward a particular sin.
• God not only provides victory over the
• act of sin but the inclination to sin.

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• As far as Gay sex is concerned
• Which position do you lean toward?
• Sinners-in-recovery?
• Sinners-already-forgiven?
• 3. Victory-over-sin?
• 4. Deliverance from the inclination to sin?

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Test 2
What about adultery?
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• What about adultery?
• Sinners-in-recovery.
• All sin is equalbreak one part of the law
• and youve broken the entire law.
• You have your sins, I have mine.
• The church is a hospital of sinning people
• who are trying to recover
• -- we dont judge each others sins.

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• What about adultery?
• 2. Sinners-already-forgiven.
• All my sins-past-present-future
• have been forgiven.
• God has already forgiven my sins
• -- even tomorrows
• God cannot see my sins
• --he sees me through Christ.
• My job is to confess them.

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• What about adultery?
• 3. Victory-over-sin
• Christians dont have to sin.
• I can have victory over any sin.

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• What about adultery?
• 4. Deliverance from
• the inclination to sin
• God can change me so Im not inclined
• toward a particular sin.
• God not only provides victory over the
• act of sin but the inclination to sin.

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• As far as adultery is concerned
• Which position do you lean toward?
• Sinners-in-recovery?
• Sinners-already-forgiven?
• 3. Victory-over-sin?
• 4. Deliverance from the inclination to sin?

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Question Shouldnt we all have the same
position for ourselves as we have for others?
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1. Sinners-in-recovery Im trying to stop 2.
Sinners-already-forgiven. God cant see my
sinits forgiven 3. Victory-over-sin. God
can deliver me from sinning. 4. Deliverance from
the inclination to sin. God can deliver me
from wanting to sin.

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Now
What about you?
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