Sex and the Christian - 12

As already noted, as you already know today is July 4, which is the day that we designate as the birthday of our nation was a day when the Declaration of Independence was officially signed and declared projected and that becomes the date to which we point to beginning of the United States of America. We need to remember that the United States was founded primarily to safeguard religious liberty is largely forgotten in our day and age where there's a lot of emphasis upon freedom.

But we forget that the freedom that was in view at the beginning was first and foremost freedom to worship God according to the dictates of our hearts rather than being forced to worship God according to a state imposed form of religion. Nobody believes nobody pretends that our father founding fathers were perfect people.

They were not because they like us were sinners. Some sinners saved by grace and some sinners who never came to a saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ. They were sinful and fallen sons and daughters of Adam.

Just like we are, and therefore they had blind spots they had misunderstandings about things, but nevertheless, there certainly was a consensus in those early days that we owe our blessings and our liberties to God Almighty above and that we are ruled by his providence and that the Bible, the Scriptures are our guide for living in this nation that was pretty well understood even by those who did not believe that the Lord Jesus Christ was the Savior of the world and that the Savior of their sins was a general consensus about these matters, which has so largely been lost in our day, a gradual erosion over the years of so many things that were clear in the beginning we have moved from freedom to worship God to living without any restraints. We have changed the definition of the focus of freedom we now have adopted an idea that we are free to accommodate our practice of Christianity to suit our desires, rather than to conform them to the word of God and many other things like this have changed and what is the result. The result is that today, America is nearly as pagan as ancient Rome of the days of the possible and if we don't realize that we don't think that that were not really understanding what's going on what has happened in our nation over the last 200 years, in particular the last several decades. For that reason, therefore, serious Christians are experiencing growing hostility and opposition to, just trying to live a simple, quiet Christian life in this world just living that way the great offense to many people around us today. Therefore, our text today in first Thessalonians 4 is as relevant relevant to us today as it was appalling to the people of his day so looking out first Thessalonians chapter 4 verses one through eight were going to focus on three areas. First of all a general exhortation versus wanted to. Secondly, the first application of that general exhortation in verses three through six, and then finally the reasons why we must obey this exhortation, but there's a general exhortation. It begins in verse one, when Paul says finally than brethren, we urge and exhort in the Lord Jesus. There are two things that connect what Paul says here with the rest of the book. First of all, that word finally almost always translated. Finally, the Greek word that is underlies that translation, but that's a bit misleading because this word finally doesn't mean what we normally mean by finally which means to us. In conclusion, or at the end. Finally, one more thing and I'm done.

That's not what Paul is saying this word finally means. As for the rest or in addition it is to be understood as order transition is not the Paul is saying I'm done then goes on for two more chapters we make jokes about that pulse finally was a lot of loan like law a lot like sermons that we are sometimes I'm almost done one more thing and then another five or 10 minutes maybe after that, that's not what Paul is doing his finally is to say now, in addition to what I've already said in chapters 1 to an there are some more things that need to be said and so as for the rest pay attention to what follows, so there's first of all, the connection to the rest of the book chapters 4 and five but then there's that little word. Then finally, then, brethren, and again that great particle could be translated several different ways. It's often translated. Therefore, finally, therefore, brethren, that word points is backward with got the word.

Finally, the points is forward with got the word therefore were they on the points is backward and what's it pointing us backward to its boarding is backward to verse 13 and Paul's prayer for holiness for the Thessalonian believers. Remember this prayer described in verse 11, 12 and 13 says this in verse 13, so that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.

So Paul prays for the holiness of God's people, and then he says now I will explain to you exactly what I mean by that.

In addition, therefore, in addition to what I've said.

Therefore, to help you understand what holiness is. Here's what I'm going to tell you following that we have the actual general exhortation. I read it all. Now again finally than brethren, we urge and exhort in the Lord Jesus that you should abound more and more just steps you have received from us how you ought to walk and please God, for you know what commandments we gave you through the Lord Jesus be run through seven quick questions about this general exhortation number one. To whom is it addressed.

The answer is to Christians, brethren, this is a word to Christians is a lot here that would help unbelievers if they would pay attention to it. But Paul is not directing these words to those who are outside of Christ who are outside the church but he is directing them very specifically and pointedly to those who are Christians. Question number two. How important is this exhortation apparently it is very important. It has high importance indicated by that double verb that double appeal. We urge and exhort in the Lord and you don't find that very often in Paul's writings will often use one word of the other. We urge you to do this week exhort you do that, but in this case he doubles them up.

That is, for emphasis. This is a very important exhortation question number three what is the basis for making this appeal to these people, and the basis is there union in Christ and that's the import of these words in the Lord finally than brethren, we urge and exhort in the Lord Jesus, that is, we urge and exhort you as you are those who are in Christ. You are in vital union with Christ. You are joined to Christ, you have the life of Christ within you and because of that I not only have the obligation, but I have every right to give you the word of Christ as to what he says to those who are joined to him by faith. Question number four what category does this exhortation fall into and by that I mean is this theology is this is this doctrine about salvation, about God, about the things that we would consider to be doctrinal sometimes were wrong when we think the practical Christian living is not doctrine. For indeed it is. But the point is that category here is practical Christian living. I'm urging a majority you about what that you should abound more and more just as you have received from us how you ought to walk and please God, that's Christian living language how we walk how we live, how we comport ourselves as Christians and so this falls into the category practical Christian living. I have 1/5 question. How common was the exhortation the Paul is giving help widespread was this exhortation known to the people of God, but definitely it is very well known because he says I've given this to you before he makes reference to that again.

Before this text is over nothing. No, it's a reminder, you heard this from me when I was in Thessalonica you're hearing it again that's indicated by those words.

Just as you received from us how you ought to walk and please God.

This is common doctrine. Common teaching there is a standard of universal Christian conduct among all believers, not universal among all peoples.

But universal among all Christian.

This is what I talk to you. This is what I teach to the Corinthians is what I teach to the Ephesians. This is what I teach to all of God's people.

I told you this before telling you this again. This is the way that all people who the name the name of Christ are expected to live and for how long. What's the duration of this is a lifelong pursuit. We urge and exhort you in the Lord Jesus that you should abound more and more and more and more. Some translations insert as you are already doing.

But the idea is that no matter how well you are now living according to these words. You haven't arrived at sinless perfection.

You have arrived at final holiness. You haven't arrived at the final goal. This is a lifelong pursuit to become more and more obedient to the commands of God in regard to the way you want to live so just plan to hunker down and work on this for the rest of your life.

Finally, by what authority is Paul impose these instructions upon them, and this is verse two.

For you know what commandments we gave you through the Lord Jesus to words, what are they, first of all commandments and secondly through the Lord Jesus. This the authority this word commandments is a word that is often used in a military setting of the orders that are passed down from a higher officer to the officer under him, who may pass it down to the one under him, who may pass it down to those under him, but everybody understands this is not an option. This is not a suggestion. This is an order they come IN. It must be obeyed because it comes down from an authority who is above you, and so these commandments. As you know what commandments we gave you and then that phrase through the Lord Jesus. This tells you with the authority yes they gave the command. This is the source of the authority.

These orders came from Jesus. These orders come from Christ.

These are divine ordinance that have been given to me to give to you. These are not will see this again up in this passage before it's over. These are not the thoughts of the apostle Paul. These are not his independent ideas. This is not some people are prone to do something that we can set aside and say old*Paul that's not Jesus. Yes, it is Jesus everything Jesus said isn't found in the four Gospels everything Jesus commanded is not found in the red letters of your Bible.

Jesus had apostles to whom he gave orders and told them to pass them on to his people with his authority and that's what Paul is doing. These are come back to guidance from the Lord Jesus Christ himself.

And when we get to the end of the passage we will learn that if you reject these you're not rejecting man your rejecting God. That's the general exhortation general exhortation to godly living. The general exhortation to live according to Christ commands know where he are we told just follow your heart and you'll be fine.

No follow the Scriptures and you'll be fine. Follow the word of God will be fine. Your heart can deceive you. The hard is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked and even Christians don't have fully perfect totally sanctified hearts, our hearts can deceive us. You don't follow your heart. You follow the Bible you don't say what I prayed about it and I feel peace about it. If the Bible says contrary. That's nonsense. That's utter nonsense. You may say that you may feel that which are wrong over certain things the Bible doesn't tell us exactly should I accept this opportunity of that opportunity.

Should I take this job.

That job should I go to the school.

Should I go to that school. Should I marry this person or that person this or this or this would depending on how how active you get in your social life. I'm smiling now as I say that, but there are things like this that obviously we can't find specific instructions in the Bible, by all means pray asked for God's guidance and to some degree it pretty much boils down the final analysis to I have peace about this. I think this is what I want to do this one client inclined to do as I have yielded my heart to God and sought his wealth as far as I know, I'm totally I'm totally submitted to his authority to his will and I want to follow his ways, and I'm asking him for direction and we sometimes learn that direction. Sometimes we deserve that direction by which of these options, we feel the best about.

There is a certain element of that in week we decide that that's God's leading in our life because we don't have specific instructions but when the Bible gives us instructions we don't pray about it will bad. Remember the Old Testament when Aiken had fired the commandments of God and had stolen the goods out of the from the enemy and hid them under his tent, and Joshua got down on his knees and was praying to God about it. Oh dear Lord, what shall I do about this is what God's sake get off your knees and go deal with the problem. You know what to do about it. You know that this was a violation of my work. You know how to deal with it. Stop praying about it and do something about it. This is not the time for prayer.

This is the time for action, and likewise when something is clear God's word don't be the hypocrite and act so godly and pious so I'm praying about this. I'm trying to seek God's will. About this. The Bible tells you what the will of Christ is you don't have to pray about it just it's not what do others think about this.

What other Christians say about this.

How do other Christians can view this command. Your instructions are to obey the Lord not follow your heart not seek guidance in prayer for something that God is already given you his will. About not pulling other Christians are your friends and trying to find out how they view this matter, but rather whatever God says is his word. That's what I must do. And as I've already pointed out these general this general exhortation applies specifically to at least three areas number one to the area of sexual morality verses three through eight, number two, to the area. Brotherly love, versus nine following a number three to the area, diligent labor. Christians are to be people who work following the general exhortation we now come to the first application of that exhortation and this is the area of sexual morality. It is a command for Christians to live according to sexual purity.

Verse three for this is the will of God, your sanctification that you should abstain from sexual immorality. This is the will of God, your sanctification that you should abstain from sexual immorality. The first application of this general exhortation to live according to God's will is in the area sexual morality.

This is the will of God were not looking for community standards were looking for the will of God. This is the will of God, your sanctification, or that could be translated your holiness. This is the will of God that you not commit sexual immorality that you should abstain from sexual immorality. The Greek word there is poor neo-many of you will know what that word is it is usually translated fornication but not doesn't mean what we normally mean by the word fornication. It's a bigger word than that it is the word where the base word from which we get our English word pornography what it really has to do with her sexual immorality of all kinds, whatever that support sexual immorality may be, whether it's adultery whether it's premarital sex whether it's same-sex activity and only I think any other activity that is not endorsed by God is fornication.

It is poor neo-that's what he's talking about here, and what he's telling this by putting that first general exhortation to Christian living.

Several things that are in the list, but the first one and the one that gets the most attention that has the most verses devoted to it is such morality.

What is telling us is this is the big this is the big one.

This is the one that probably will trip you up in your effort to live a godly life more than nearly anything else to pay attention for fornication is one of the greatest enemies of sanctification.

So the first application is no immoral activity. No failure of self-control and no adultery. No immoral activity back to verse three for this is the will of God, your sanctification that you should abstain from sexual immorality abstain from. That means none. Zero. Not just cut it down a little bit be more moderate. Abstain from sexual immorality. Poor neo-adultery, premarital sex, same-sex relationships, etc. in other words, any sexual activity outside of marriage. The Bible is very clear he verse 13 for marriage is honorable among all and the bed undefiled fornicators is that word again fornicators for the and adulterers us of which is in biblical language. A narrower subset of fornication which is the big word, but fornicators and adulterers God will judge people who go outside the marriage bed in sexual activity are committing fornication for sure because that's the big word that includes everything including adultery edifice with another person's spouse, then it's technically adultery and sexual activity outside of marriage. God will judge because it said it's it is contrary to his will is revealed will what is told us marriage is honorable in all, and they marriage bad is honorable. It's undefiled sexual relationships within marriage are not only permissible, they are designed by God, their God honoring that God expects that to occur. God studied Paul's writings in first Corinthians. Carefully you have to come to the conclusion God commands that occur as part of what God designed for marriage, but outside of the marriage relationship abstain. No extra marital sexual activity for this is the will of God, your sanctification that you should add staying from sexual immorality from poor neo-what about that statement. Do you not understand what about that statement is not clear what about that statement leaves you uncertain as to the will of God. What about that statement would cause you to say long after pregnancy of God would approve of this, this, a relationship I'm having with the person who is not my spouse. What is there about this that you don't understand. It's as clear as it could possibly be.

This is the will of God that you abstain from sexual immorality. No immoral activity. Verses four and five going to say no failure of self-control that each of you should know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, not in passion of lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God.

In verse four we are told what is required in verse five. Five. We are told what is forbidden. What is required and again will just take it phrase by phrase each of you. Every believer every Christian man. Every Christian woman.

Every Christian teenage boy. Every Christian teenage girl every one of you all of you know exceptions each of you know that is understand what you need to do and how to do it.

Let everyone of you know how to possess his own vessel, you be surprised how many variations there on what that means. I'm knocking to take the time to go into the ball now. It hinges primarily on what is meant by that word vessel and then there's some other things to look the other words but vessel. Let me just tell you I have concluded and I'm I'm convinced that it just simply means your body every one of you needs to know how to possess or control your own body were talking about sex and you've got to have self-control will give you one of the variations in probably the most common variation in translating the word vessel instead of meeting body.

Some say will. That means wife and that's based on things like Peter statement where he says, giving honor unto the wife as to the weaker vessel see there he calls the wife of vessel look at that statement again. He calls the wife a vessel like the husband is a vessel. She is the weaker of the two vessels, whatever that means Rocco to go into that right now what is it mean that she's the weaker but what is clear is that is not calling the life of vessel as an contradistinction to the husband being a vessel he's calling both of them vessels so that really is a very strong text to conclude that this means wife but beyond that, it's clear that he's talking to everyone of you. Let each of you let everyone of you know how to possess his own vessel will how would that apply to wives if wife vessel means wife. How would that apply to the unmarried vessel means wife. It doesn't work. Vessel means body, let every one of you know how to control your own body when it comes to this area of sexual morality to control his own body in holiness and in honor holiness toward God, in conformity with God's standards and honor toward others because as you know, even in our promiscuous day failure in this area brings a certain loss of respect to certain loss of honor, and particularly in the Western community.

It is a it is a damage to your reputation which will never be fully recovered. God forgive sin, but there's always that stain David as we know, committed adultery with Bathsheba and was forgiven by God, but have any of you ever forgotten that David was an adult or that stain was a blot on his reputation for the remainder of his life. Paul says everyone of you need to understand how to control your own body in sanctification toward God and in honor before man keep your activities clean. Keep your testimony clear what we need is number one, not knowledge and number two self-discipline to know how possess or to control your own body. To know that requires knowledge you need to know what God commands to know and to control upon the knowledge that you have learned how to control your body in conformity with God's command.

That's what Paul is saying that's what is required and what is forbidden. Verse five not in possession, rather in passion of lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God, not giving vent to lustful passions like those who do not know God. Paul fully expects that unbelievers are going to live in immorality. The Roman world was rife with it there in the Roman world did not consider engagement with prostitutes to be wrong. The Roman world did not consider adultery to be wrong. The Roman world did not consider homosexual activity. To be wrong. All of these things were condoned by society.

You can even pull some quotations out of ancient writings say things like, we Roman men have the mistresses for pleasure and we have wives to bear legitimate children. That was just kind of a standard philosophy standard community standard of that day and is becoming more and more that way in America isn't just do what we want to do whatever makes us feel good. Whatever gives us pleasure. It's okay and it's okay because that is what is doing it. It's okay because the community says it's all right it's okay because sadly, even in many churches.

The Lord Jesus Christ.

It's not particularly frowned upon and certainly is not dealt with seriously. Paul says that when you live this way you living like those who don't know God, not in passion of lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God immoral living indicates absence of knowing God.

I say that again immoral living. When this becomes a lifestyle rather than maybe one one tragic fall from which one repents and recovers and continues to live a godly life like David did, but those who live in immorality and continue to live in a morality continue to justify it and excuse it and will not conform to the commandments of God in this area are those who are indicating they don't know God the matter what they may profess the evidently don't know God, because this is the way that the Gentiles who don't know God live, but people who know God live differently getting into a lot of serious and solemn matters in this text. This is why when a church is a member who lives in immorality and will not repent will not cease will not will not be called back to godliness when their stubborn about it. Like the manna for scripting. Chapter 5 the church is obligated to remove that person from membership. Why because by their behavior. There indicating that what he or she doesn't know God. In other words by their behavior. We can no longer endorse their claim to being a Christian and a claimant to see their heart. God will have to deal with that but were claiming with what they indicate whether life those who live this way are living like those who don't know God.

So if somebody claims to be a Christian but they won't stop living this way the church has to say we remove our endorsement of your profession of faith because you're living like somebody who doesn't know God. If you want us to endorse your profession of faith and love like a Christian to simple as that. Let your behavior lineup with your profession.

If you're behavior is a blatant denial of the profession and it's a church's responsibility to say we've got to withdraw our endorsement of your profession, your acting like one who doesn't know God. I got one other little application here.

This is for some of you will probably not mean a great deal, but I think some of you can can be very helpful. What does it say again in verse five not in passion of lust, like the notice the word Paul uses here Gentiles who do not know God, not the unbelievers who do not know God of that's what he's talking about the Gentiles who do not know God, you find this kind of language several times in the New Testament. In other words, where the New Testament refers to unbelievers as Gentile.

And so, what's the opposite of the Gentile well in the minds of many people. The opposite of the Gentile is a Jew course on and one on one level as correct, but that doesn't work here. Gentiles and Jews you talking strictly in the biological level the racial level. The ethnic level you go Gentiles and Jews, but here Paul is talking about Gentiles and what Christians the opposite of the Gentiles. A Christian, which gets awful close to equating Jews and Christians as opposed Gentiles and therefore it's not so far-fetched to come to the conclusion that Christians are the Israel of God. Spiritual Israel that doesn't go down some people because it tends to rock the foundation of a certain theological position, but we gotta be honest with Scripture and realize that the Bible uses this kind of language and therefore to conclude that in some instances, depending on the context. In some instances, the Bible refers to Christians as Jews.

In other words, in the broad category of the people of God, you got the people of God. On the one hand you go Gentiles.

On the other hand, the people of God in the Old Testament were primarily Jews, the people of God in the New Testament are Jews and Gentiles who believe the Lord Jesus Christ, but we can think of them in terms of spiritual Israel, as opposed to ungodly Gentiles. But that's just a passing thought we have to hurry on. So the first application of this general exhortation is no immoral activity. No failure of self-control and finally no adultery. Verse six again that no one should take advantage of and defraud his brother in this matter because the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also forewarned you and testified for God did not call us to uncleanness, but in holiness. Therefore, he rejects this does not reject man, but God was given us his Holy Spirit. No adultery. Adultery is one form of fornication. One form of cornea Paul singles us this out here for two reasons.

Number one because adultery in addition to being a transgression of biblical morality sexual morality is is an additional transgression. It's also a theft. So you're committing to sense you're basically violating to of the 10 Commandments. All in one activity you are committing adultery on the one hand, and you're stealing on the other hand, because you're taking something that belongs to somebody else you taking another man's wife or if it's a woman you're taking another woman's husband.

It's defrauding it stealing, that's what defraud means to cheat or steal, and furthermore, if it's done to a Christian brother seems to be even more unbelievable. Not that it's ever right but you would treat a brother. That way you would steal from your Christian brother you would take your brother's wife, your sister's husband in this matter. This matter under consideration this matter of sexual morality, surely not. No adultery but then finally we get to the reasons for this. In verses seven and eight.

I read them. A moment ago. There's three things. Why is this so important. Number one because of God's judgment because the middle of her six the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we is also forewarned you and testified because of God's judgment, number two because of God's favor. Verse seven will see that in the moment number three because of God's enablement verse eight, first of all because of God's judgment.

Violations of this order God's orders for how Christians are to live sexually. Violations incur God's punishment. He is the avenger of such that's a word that is only used in the Bible of those who punish evildoers it's used. For example, in Romans 13 verse four for he the civil authority is God's minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. He is God's minister and avenger same work and avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil. It's the idea of meeting out appropriate punishment upon violators. God is the one who does that. Violations incur God's judgment, as in here Paul says again, we told you this before. This is not new week warned you about this before we testified about this before. I'm not surprising you with some new knowledge. But the interesting thing is, it tells us that God is the judge or the judge, the avenger, but doesn't tell us when it doesn't tell us how leaves that on specified and therefore we really can't say that means at the second coming of Christ. That means this time. That means in that way it's deliberately left open.

All we know is God will judge all we know is that sin has consequences. All we know is that this particular sin has particularly severe consequences.

So if you don't want severe consequences then submit yourself to God's morality obey the orders that have been handed down to you by Christ because God will judge those who disobey. Secondly, do because of God's favor for seven for God did not call us to uncleanness, but in holiness, God has called you out of darkness into what into semi darkness into light. God has called you out of sinfulness into what semi sinfulness. No indoor tennis.

God has called you to a time in entirely different life God has done that God has called you in this call is God's gracious call God's effectual call. It's based upon God's gracious choice of you what an inestimable privilege to know that I have been called of God to become a child of God. God called me because in eternity past God chose me in my deserving. No, my grateful. If you're not some wrong with you if you are not incredibly grateful why me. I don't know I ought to be in the kale and God by his gracious call has called me unto himself, but he hasn't just called me to go to heaven when I die.

He's called me to live like a Christian while I live so that's reason number two God's favor. Number three is is God's enablement verse eight he has in the last part of verse eight God who has given us his Holy Spirit, God has given us his Holy Spirit. In other words, you don't have an excuse I can't help it. These desires are so strong I can't help but are you a Christian you have God's Holy Spirit. You can help it, not because you have the strength within yourself up because God has called you into himself and along with that call he has given you his spirit so there is no excuse because God gives enablement and the force of that is that God keeps giving you his Holy Spirit. He gives and gives and gives and gives. Again he gives you as much as you need to obey any and every one of his commands.

God has enabled you, you can do this by the help of his Holy Spirit. And furthermore, as we saw the first part of verse eight.

If you reject this you rejecting God.

Therefore he rejects this does not reject man, but God. He rejects this is not rejecting Paul is rejecting God. He rejects this is not saying that's what the apostle center.

That's what would John Sander.

That's what some other writers said.

But that's not what Jesus said no, he who rejects this is not rejecting man. He's rejecting God understand that, except that therefore I say that. Undoubtedly, there are some who are here today who are involved in secret immorality, take, eat what God says there no doubt some here today who are not involved actively in immorality, which are toying getting close you're wearing down, looking for justifications and excuses trying to find ways to set aside the word of God so that you can do what your Adamic heart desires. Listen up here to hear what God says and submit yourself accordingly. In the light of this message.

Here are some practical steps to take and let me give them to you quickly. Number one, you must submit to divine authority, acknowledge that the Bible is God's word. God says is his word is his authority. You must submit to it. Submit to divine authority, number two acknowledge and confess your transgressions whatever you are involved in whatever you have been involved in that is not yet been dealt with. That is a violation of God's word acknowledge that is sin, and confess it to the Lord. Number three. Commit yourself to holy living. Commit yourself to living the way that God says you must live number four petition the aid of God spirit you say I struggle with this. Of course you do. We all do, but God keeps giving us his Spirit, God keeps giving us the spirit, the God who tells us how to live gives us the power to live that way. So, petition the aid of God spirit and number five get out of your life those sinful temptations that are triggering your sinful desires. This is part of what it means to know how to control your body.

Jesus said if you offense you plug it out of your hand offends you, cut it off of something is a temptation to you. Get that out of your life is much as you can. I know you can't cut up out of everything without becoming a hermit living in a cave and not seeing anything in this world, but there are things that you can control.

There are things that you can tend to remove out of your life. There are knobs that you can turn off. There are there are things that you can do so do it. Learn how to discipline yourself. Learn how to exercise self-control and if you just have tried this and find yourself unable than what you need to do is acknowledge that you have a sinful heart that has not been subdued by Kenji you'd have not been born again.

You do not have God spirit your inability to to deal successfully with sin in your life is an indication that your center that needs to be signed.

This is God showing you your salad so you can see Christ acknowledge your name and go for he alone can free from the bondage of sin and finally, what about our beloved nation. This is where we started in the introduction. What about the United States of America with a lot of things need to change one of the things is a Christian seem to want to focus on the unbelievers that are living like those who don't know God and scolding them for it when maybe we need to start focusing upon how Christians are supposed to live and to see how we were doing that maybe we ought to start being Christians who live like Christians before we start preaching to the world how unbelievers are to live, shall we pray father guide, direct and help us apply these words to every life according to the need we ask in Jesus name, amen