1.Sin is a legal issue

2.Sin is a personal issue.

3.Sin is a universal issue

1.The duty of mortification.

2.The means of mortification.

3.The promise to mortify sin.

4.The necessity to mortify sin.

God the good Creator of all things, in His infinite power and wisdom does uphold, direct, dispose, and govern all creatures and things,1 from the greatest even to the least,2 by His most wise and holy providence, to the end for the which they were created, according unto His infallible foreknowledge, and the free and immutable counsel of His own will; to the praise of the glory of His wisdom, power, justice, infinite goodness, and mercy.3

1 Heb. 1:3; Job 38:11; Isa. 46:10–11; Ps. 135:6
2 Matt. 10:29–31
3 Eph. 1; 11

1. God spoke (v.3a)

2. And there was light (v.3b)

3. The light was good (v.4)

4. God names the Day and Night (v.5)

1. The glorious future of God's children (v.2)

2. The attainment of Christlike perfection (v.3

1.The work of the Triune God in the process of sanctification.

i)God the Father

ii)God the Son

iii)God the Holy Spirit

2.The Work of the believer in the process of sanctification.

i) Direct commands to the believer.

ii) Clear illustration of synergism.

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Besides the law written in their hearts, they received a command not to eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil,9 which while they kept, they were happy in their communion with God, and had dominion over the creatures.10

9 Gen. 2:17
10 Gen. 1:26,28

1. The Earth Was Formless and Empty

2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep.

2. The Spirit Of God Was Hovering On The Earth

2…And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

Hebrews 12:3

1.The profoundness of God’s Fatherly Love.

2.The privilege of God’s Fatherly Love.

3.The ignorance of God’s Fatherly Love.