Pastor Chris Welborn

Why Do We Blame Others For our Sin?

Genesis 3:12, The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.”

WHEN IS THE RIGHT TIME TO SHAKE THE DUST FROM YOUR FEET AND WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEN?

Matthew 10:14; Mark 6:11; Luke 9:5; Luke 10:11

Matthew 28:16-20; Mark 16:14-20; Luke 24:44-49

(Matthew 10:5-6

Matthew 10:15 Acts 13:51

Matthew 22:1-14

Fighting Spiritual Battles the Jesus Way

Jesus combined prayer with fasting

Prayer tip:

Jesus wanted His friends to have peace and clarity for their spiritual battles. So He told them that their greatest source of strength, His Holy Spirit, would now live within them: “‘Peace be with you! As the Father has sent Me, I am sending you.’ And with that He breathed on them and said, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit’” (John 20:21-22,)

Do you know how to pray through Spiritual Warfare?

“The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.” — 2 Corinthians 4:4, 

For everything in the world — the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life — comes not from the Father but from the world.

It happens so regularly that it’s predictable. The moment I decide to do good, sin is there to trip me up. I truly delight in God’s commands, but it’s pretty obvious that not all of me joins in that delight. Parts of me covertly rebel, and just when I least expect it, they take charge.

Prayer tip:

Do you know how to deal with Spiritual warfare?

Ephesians 6:12

 Are Under Spiritual Attack?

4 Clear Steps To Applying The Wisdom Of God To Our Lives

1. We must REVERENCE God’s ways.

2. We must READ and UNDERSTAND His Word.

Psalm 119:97-100:

3. We must ASK for the wisdom of God.

James 1:5

4. We must learn to TRUST Him completely.

THE THINGS OF THIS WORLD ARE NOT PERMANENT!

1 John 2:17

And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever.

Matthew 24:35

Heaven and earth will disappear, but my words will never disappear.

2 Peter 3:10

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be burned up.

Matthew 6:19-20

19: Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where mothand rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:20: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth norrust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

DO YOU HAVE WORLDLY WISDOM OR HEAVENLY? THE BIBLE SAYS THERE IS ONLY TWO TYPES!

““Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.” (Mt 7:24)

“And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.”

(MT 7:26)

“And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.””

(MT 7:27)

James 3:13-18  If you are wise and understand God’s ways, prove it by living an honorable life, doing good works with the humility that comes from wisdom. 14 But if you are bitterly jealous and there is selfish ambition in your heart, don’t cover up the truth with boasting and lying. 15 For jealousy and selfishness are not God’s kind of wisdom. Such things are earthly, unspiritual, and demonic. 16 For wherever there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there you will find disorder and evil of every kind.

17 But the wisdom from above is first of all pure. It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and willing to yield to others. It is full of mercy and the fruit of good deeds. It shows no favoritism and is always sincere. 18 And those who are peacemakers will plant seeds of peace and reap a harvest of righteousness.

WHAT IS WORLDLY WISDOM?

Genesis  3:6

6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.

12 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned—13 (For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law. 14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned according to the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come. 15 But the free gift is not like the offense. For if by the one man’s offense many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many. 16 And the gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned. For the judgment which came from one offense resulted in condemnation, but the free gift which came from many offenses resulted in justification. 17 For if by the one man’s offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.

18 Therefore, as through one man’s offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man’s righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life. 19 For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man’s obedience many will be made righteous.

20 Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more, 21 so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.