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For the past 3 weeks - as we’ve seen the transition from Samuel (as judge)...
…to Saul as King...
And we’ve seen the Heart of Man - elevated before us.
We started out looking at the WAY of the Heart...
Followed by the TRUTH of the Heart...
And last week - the LIFE of the Heart.
Yes - we know that Jesus - in John 14:6 claims HIMSELF to be = the Way. the Truth and the Life...
And so we know that our HEARTS have their OWN way, their own truth, and their own VERSION of life...
TODAY - having come out of the past 3 weeks of - PEALING back the layers of our hearts…and feeling the WEIGHT of our problem...
Feeling the weight of the ENEMY from within...
TODAY - we’ll see how we - AS Christians - can combat this enemy within each of us.
And so to DO THAT - we’ll step outside of our trek thru 1 Samuel.
• There's always a danger when you come to church on Sunday mornings...
The danger is - to come week after week, and to simply "Learn" new things...
• But to never really apply these things in our lives.
HOPEFULLY - we know to live that way - - is to DECEIVE ourselves...
• How many of you have ever played a sport...or had a hobby that you at ONE TIME were DEDICATED to?
• If so, you know what it's like to discipline yourself...
*Gymnastics girl - injury
• maybe you were on a diet for good amount of time..
• maybe you worked out for a year straight...
• Maybe you trained for a race... Learned to play an instrument...
Whatever it was - it took discipline...
It took Intentionality
• Being intentional about the choices you made, for a desired outcome...
And so when we THINK ABOUT - our HEARTS - and what the Bible SAYS about our hearts...
When WE - even as Christians - think about this...
We have to come to a place - where we - RESOLVE - to fight against it.
But let’s LOOK again at the ENEMY WITHIN us...
If we just go back and look at our main points from the last 3 sermons - we’d see this...
The Way of the Heart
Tastes the Blessing of God
Desires to Rule Itself
Prefers Darkness Over Light
The Truth of the Heart:
Attributes the Works of God to Man
Elevates the Physical World Over Spiritual Realities
Justifies That Which Brings the Judgment of God
Life of the Heart...
Lives Without Eyes to See God
Lives Without Affections to Love God
Lives Without Fear of God
Lives Without Faith to Trust God
WOW - do we even have a chance?
Well - the Bible says we do...
And it gives us some guidance to do so...
As Christians - we need to cultivate a spirit of - Self-Control
With a HEART inside of us that desires our destruction through the pleasures of sin...
We have to FIGHT....
But we need to know -
• we HAVE to know that Self-Control doesn’t JUST HAPPEN! (Fruit of the Spirit)
• This thing needs to be WORKED out in our lives...
• We’ll get into how we pursue Self-Control...
But first let’s look at what the Bible says about Self-Control in terms of what areas of life this affects in us...
SLIDE: Self-Control - How Much Do We Need It?
Self Control
• The Bible is FULL of scriptures that show us our NEED of Self-Control....
• And it really does affect the WHOLE person!
SLIDE: Self-Control: and the physical life
Self-Control
• If we really think about it, the Christian life is a life lived - CONSTANTLY saying “NO” to our flesh...
• What are some areas of life where the flesh tries to trip us up?
1. FOR GUYS - (a big one) - Lust/Sexual Immorality
• This doesn’t just apply to us guys…but, if anyone needs to hear this....it’s the guys (now women - get hung up on the physical when it comes to - CONTROL)
Now - what’s at play in the heart when it comes to LUST...
The Way of the Heart prefers darkness over light
The Truth of the Heart Elevates the Physical world over Spiritual Realities
The Life of the Heart Lives without Fear of God
All of these things - PLAY INTO - lust
• So here we see Jesus equate LUST with Adultery...
• Heavy stuff...
• Sounds like it can be an impossible mountain to climb, especially for the guys...
• Guys, we need to know how to battle against these things..
• How to have Self-Control in this area...
Something that helps with this is the CONCEPT of - HUNGER
• What is this saying - It’s saying yes - the body has CRAVINGS...
• What happens when you get REALLY hungry - and there’s no food to eat??
• Some people call it - Gettin HANGRY!
And that DOESN’T JUST HAPPEN - to men - Women KNOW this too!
Women - you wanna catch a glimpse into the MIND OF A MAN - when it comes to LUST - then dive into your DESIRE to EAT - when you haven’t eaten - IN DAYS...
• Right - the nicest person in the world, if HUNGRY…without food to satisfy that desire...
• will get - HANGRY!
• Food finds it’s purpose when it’s consumed.
• The stomach CRAVES the food.
• It’s a physical parable that points to the Spiritual.
• Our bodies are not merely physical entities that need merely physical satisfactions...
• God says - our bodies are meant for the Lord…and the Lord for our bodies...
SLIDE:
As much as our stomachs CRAVE food, so our souls should SO CRAVE Christ, that we obey Him with our bodies.
• Sexual sins are sins where we abuse our own bodies, and use them in ways they were never meant to be used...
On the side of the WOMAN - maybe it’s CONTROL…(where does this come from - (Genesis 3:16)
But - what’s at play in the heart when it comes to CONTROL...
The Way of the Heart Desires to Rule Itself
The Truth of the Heart Attributes the Works of God to Man
The Life of the Heart Lives Without Eyes to See God and without Faith to Trust Him
All of these things - PLAY INTO - Control
• It’s clear from Scripture that we are to maintain SELF-CONTROL in these matters... in the physical life (we’ll close today with some practical things we can do to help us have SELF-CONTROL in these areas...
But NOT ONLY do we need Self-Control in the Physical Life -
But also...
SLIDE: Self-Control and the thought life
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