SPIRITUAL WARFARE AND SIN.......................... (A. W. Tozer)............... GALATIANS 6: 7

The text below was taken directly from a website containing many of the
short works of A. W. Tozer.  The site is named Literature Ministries, but it 
no longer publishes the Tozer Devotionals.  They still have devotions pos-
ted regularly. See the link below:

http://www.litmin.org/walking.php

The Tozer Devotionals are published by Biblegateway see link:

 https://www.biblegateway.com/devotionals/tozer-on-leadership/

Another link to Tozer...
https://sarasmusings.wordpress.com/2014/06/23/that-incredible-christian/


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 highway and drive 
with his eyes shut; he must act as if he had no soul, and was not accoun-
table for his moral choices.

   Sin is never a thing of which to be proud.  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 Tozer's remarks...)
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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 his 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. Thank God for the forgiveness and turn (repent) from the sin.
        (1 John 5: 10-13)

3.  After one has realized  there is sin in his life and confessed it to the 
     Lord and to that 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 in His will. 

4.  What is the part of the Holy Spirit? (Ephesians 5: 8-20)  “Be not drunk 
     with wine, wherin is excess, but be ye filled (being filled) with the Holy 
     Spirit.:  (vs 18)
     Ask for that filling of the Spirit to empower you to live a life above 
     reproach (to our Lord) and trust the Lord to answer that prayer accor-
     ding to his word.  From there we just "Walk in the Spirit"  Romans 8:1
     II Corinthians 5: 7  "...we walk by faith..."  (This not a faith in "faith,"
     but faith in the one who has already paid the price for the sins of the
     world or every one who believes in him.)  1 John 2: 1-2

http://biblicalclarity-don.blogspot.com/2015/01/thought-life-of-believer-philippians-4.html
                                                      

donporter,sr   2.18.15, ed. 2.26.15