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Sin: Relationship Killer
Intro: The Coolant Debacle
We have a problem, a difficulty in our relationships
Submarine
There is a problem with relationships LIke what?
What is the problem?
Sin
Is the problem out there or in here?
We often think our biggest problem is out there
Circumstances
Other people
Sinful World
It is most certainly a problem “out there”
What is sin?
A problem out there & in here.
Sin is Universal
The effects of sin are on us In Adam, before that proves to be true in our actions.
Sin begins in our heart, at our core
Our actions comes from our heart
betrayal of the heart toward God that comes out in my actions.
It is our heart state before it is outward action
Sin is Relational & Personal Offense to God
Sin is always relational and always personal - It is always against the perfect nature of him.
- Not against some random law
When we sin it is not only against God’s law it is against what his law reflects, His nature
This was when?
Were there other people hurt?
Urriah, Bathsheba, Davids Son.
Even our sins against other people are first and foremost against God.
Sin is a personal enmity with God before it is a legal act
Sin is wanting to be God
Sin is the personal offense of rejecting God’s rightful rule over our lives and placing ourselves on the throne.
It is relational treason.
We want to be supreme.
I want to rule.
Everyone else needs to bow down.
James 4:1-10 What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you?
Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you?
Wanting to be supremely in control
2 You desire and do not have, so you murder.
Because as god you should have what you want.
You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel.
wanting your bidding to be done.
You do not have, because you do not ask.
For a god should not have to ask it ought to be given to him 3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions since they matter most because you are God.
4 You adulterous people!
Sin is wanting and trying to be our own god before it is simple disobedience
Sin is a present reality in every relationship
Sin brings death.
Always.
Why did the Israelites always have to bring an animal to sacrifice?
Sin brings relational death, death in relationships
This is how it works
Sin is a Corrupting Influence Rom 1:28-31
What did this cause them to do? (death)
Our fallen hearts coming out in actions toward God & Others
Our sin is deep on the inside, We need outside help
Application:
Realize, sin as a personal and relational offense toward God
It is Deceptive, It Hides, and it Blinds
Turning on the brights in a snowstorm
The community that faces its ugliness and sin is the community that becomes less ugly.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
“A community which cannot bear such a crisis, which insists on keeping its illusion when that illusion should be shattered, permanently loses in that moment the promise of Christian Community”
Redeem, Seek redemption in Jesus,
Realizing our sin ought cause us to despair
To lose hope/trust in our own ability to fix it
So that we would trust in Jesus instead.
This is true whether we have trusted Christ a long time ago or if we never have.
Either You or Jesus will pay the penalty for sin
It is only by trusting that Jesus died in your place on the cross to pay for your sins that you are saved
Repent, Turn from your sin
Turn from your sins by turning to Jesus
He died to free us from it, paying its penalty.
Restoring your relationship with God
Giving a foundation to restore it with others
“We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” 2 Corinthians 5:20-21
Realize the depth of your own sin as personal and relational.
Run to the redemption only found in Jesus.
Trusting him alone to save you by his work on the cross
Repent, turn away from that sin by turning to your relationship with God through Jesus leaving you more in a place to pursue your relationships with others.
Would you rather live your whole life in a virtual reality where all your wishes are granted or just in the normal real world?
Would you rather live in a utopia as a normal person or a dystopia but you are the supreme ruler?
What makes friendships or being with other people difficult?
How do those difficulties trace back to sin or the fallenness of this world?
How is our sin more about our relationship with God than just the breaking of a his rule?
Why is it important to remember that sin is first and primarily against God rather than just people?
How have you seen sin bring death to your relationships?
(Death here is defined as anything that is less than full life, joy and unity God intends for us in our relationships.)
What are some ways we can go about repairing the brokenness of relationships?
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