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THE ENEMY WITHIN
Introduction:
There are two forces which we have to deal with in this life:
Satan and the what the Bible calls the Flesh.
Years ago there was a black comedian name Flip Wilson.
He often would make the statement about something he did wrong, saying "The devil made me do it."
The devil does tempt us and appeals to our carnal natures, but he does not make us sin.
Often he is not the source of our temptation, but we are tempted by our sinful natures that we are born with.
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1. Satan's attack comes from without.
Comes in the area of false teaching and false churches.
He uses often uses others to attack us to disillusion us, cause doubts, play on our weaknesses, and to use those who call themselves Christians, but who are carnal to place stumbling blocks in our way.
Satan's temptations come to both the lost sinner and the child of God.
He tempts the sinner:
He tries to keep the sinner from having his sins forgiven and trusting Christ, and receiving eternal life.
To the believer:
To keep them from living for Christ.
Keep them in sin.
He accuses them, brings up past sins, our failures in our Christian lives.
He plagues on our thoughts always appealing to our carnal side.
2. The other source of trouble is referred to as the "flesh" and come from within us.
It comes from our sinful nature or carnal nature that each person is born with.
WHAT IS THE TRUE NATURE OF MAN?
A. Some falsely conclude that man is a god in embryo.
Others say man is basically good, but his environment causes him to do wrong things.
We live in an age that everyone tries to blame someone or something else for our problems.
Men today rarely accept their failures and sins and accepting responsibility for them.
They conclude they are not to blame because they did not have a good childhood, or they were born to some ethnic group, and a thousand other reasons.
Others say though man is bad, all men have a spark of good in them, all we need do into change man's environment, educate him and fan the spark.
The late Norman Vince Peal was the one who made that false idea popular.
Robert Schuller, the false prophet of the Crystal Cathedral, carries that false message to thousands each week on the television who he deceives and cause to believe his lies.
B. The way to determine what is good, or righteous is to ask God, who is the only source of truth.
It is God who created us and He is the only source of truth.
He made this earth and He tells us plainly what is good and what is bad.
He wants the best for us and warns us of the consequences and result of sin.
C. What does God say through His Word the Bible?
The Bible says man is born a sinner.
Thus God says man, every man woman boy girl are born into this world sinners.
As the descendent of Adam who sinned against God and plunged the whole of mankind into sin.
The sin nature came from Adam.
David makes the point clearly:
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David is not talking about the act of reproduction, but the fact he was born a sinner.
His mother and father were sinners and they passed their sinful nature to him as their offspring.
Jesus said a bad tree does not produce good fruit.
An apple tree cannot produce oranges.
All life produces what it is.
The sin nature came from Adam and when Adam sinned the whole human race was plunged into sin.
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D. Man (lost or saved) is tempted or led into sin from his human nature which seeks "to gratify its self."
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The Bible calls the source of temptation LUST.
Means desire.
It is man's desire to seek after that which will destroy him.
2. There are steps that lead to sin.
(a) Man's desires entices him.
(Temptation is not sin, nor is having the desire to sin)
(b) Then the person yields to the desire, or seeks to satisfy his lust.
(Now it becomes sin)
(c) The end result is death.
, "The wages of sin is death"
3. The lost man, or unbeliever, is in their sins and under the penalty of them.
Because his sins have not been forgiven, he has only one nature and that is to sin.
Only the "born again" believer who receives the indwelling or baptism of the Holy Spirit has God nature.
The lost man does not have the nature of God and therefore can only sin.
Even the good things, like charity or kindness are done in the flesh and not by in the power of the Holy Spirit, thus is not righteous in God's eyes.
He cannot please God, because he has denied Christ.
His sins are not forgiven and he does not have the new nature.
How to overcome sin
A. The saved man:
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The believer in Jesus Christ receives a new nature: (Baptized by the Holy Spirit).
This gives the believer the power to overcome any sin in his life and begins the indwelling of the very presence of Christ in the Holy Spirit.
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Baptism is a one time act.
Filling is can be multiple.
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B. Two things are clear:
(1) The saved man receives the Spirit of God, which is the new nature.
He then can perceive and do spiritual things.
(2) The unsaved man does not have the ability to understand spiritual things of God.
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C. The saved man is a new creature in Christ:
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3. God says that the Holy Spirit is actively working in the believer's life to help him overcome sin.
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4. So when the temptation comes the believer should look for God's means of escape that He has promised to provided.
5. God also says,
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Therefore when we confess our sins God promises to work in helping us to overcome the sin and to "cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
Certainly, God does not leave his child alone, but is there at our side, in our hearts to help us.
Therefore, we do not have to sin.
Yet, when we do, God helps us to grow stronger as we obey Him and mature in Christ.
CONCLUSION:
1. Satan is not the only source of temptation and sin in a person's life.
2. A man have a sinful nature he receives at birth.
It is the Adamic nature is inherits.
3. Sinful man can not please God being in his sin.
4. Christ can to save sinners.
5. Once saved, a born again Christian has a new nature.He is indwelled by the Holy Spirit.
This new nature is at war with the old nature.
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