November: Spiritual Warfare and Sin
That Incredible Christian, 51.
"/tozertxt.html" A. W. Tozer November 13
“TO BE ENTIRELY SAFE FROM THE DEVIL’S SNARES THE
MAN OF GOD MUST BE COMPLETELY OBEDIENT TO THE
WORD OF THE LORD. THE DRIVER ON THE HIGHWAY IS
SAFE, NOT WHEN HE READS THE SIGNS, BUT WHEN HE
OBEYS THEM...”
Spiritual Warfare and Sin: Wrong Judgment
"Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man
sows, that he will also reap." --Galatians 6:7
Sin, I repeat, in addition to anything else it may be, is always an act of
wrong judgment. To commit a sin a man must for the moment believe
that things are different from what they really are; he must confound
values; he must see the moral universe out of focus; he must accept a
lie as truth and see truth as a lie; he must ignore the signs on the high-
wa y and drive with his eyes shut; he must act as if he had no soul,
and was not accountable for his moral choices.
Sin is never a thing to be proud of. No act is wise that ignores remote
consequences, and sin always does. Sin sees only today, or at most
tomorrow; never the day after tomorrow, next month or next year.
Death and judgment are pushed aside as if they did not exist and the
sinner becomes for the time a practical atheist who by his act denies
not only the existence of God but the concept of life after death....
The notion that the careless sinner is the smart fellow and the serious-
minded Christian, though well-intentioned, is a stupid dolt altogether
out of touch with life will not stand up under scrutiny. Sin is basically
an act of moral folly, and the greater the folly the greater the fool.
Man: The Dwelling Place of God, 47-48.
(End of Tozer's remarks)
From the Scripture we find sin to be a damning and debilitating prac-
tice of life. It not only separates one from God the Father, it causes
grief in the life of the believer and the unbeliever alike and alienates
us from friends, family and our God. There are also emotional and
physical scars (self) inflicted on the sinner, leaving marks for the
duration of life.
1. What is Sin to you?
a. breaking of God’s law (10 commandments)
b. moral lapse, committing an act we are aware of to be wrong.
c. a foolish act, thinking of self to the detriment of another
2. What can/must be done when one becomes aware of sin in their life?
a. confess this act or attitude to God in prayer. (1 John 5: 1 - 5)
b. agree with God that it is sin, ask forgiveness of the Lord and
the individual against whom one has sinned. (1 John 1: 9)
c. accept forgiveness and turn (repent) from the sin.(1 John 5: 10 - 13)
3. After one realizes sin in his life, handles it with the Lord and the one
who might have been injured by the sin, what's next? 1 John 5: 14-15
Forgiveness of confessed sin is in God’s will. Believe you are forgiven
according to your prayer for His will.
4.What is the part of the Holy Spirit? (Ephesians 5: 18) “Be not drunk
with wine; wherein is excess, but be ye filled with the Spirit. (Ongoing
filling)
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