Transcript Lessons Aimed At Helping Saints Define

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Lessons Aimed At Helping Saints
Define, Describe, & Defeat Sin
Lesson 6 – Sins Of Omission
 Why some have this type of sin…
 Hard to do or receive
 Some will not teach or practice a part
of God’s will they find difficult
 Their solution  they omit it
 Peace with God only comes when we
are willing to do His will Psa 119:165
Lesson 6 – Sins Of Omission
 Why some have this type of sin…
 Hard to do or receive
EXAMPLES
 Teaching on immodesty
1 Tim 2:9-10 1 Pet 3:3-5
 Teaching on M/D/R Mt 19:1-12
 Teaching on church discipline
1 Cor 5:4-5 2 Thess 3:6
Lesson 6 – Sins Of Omission
 Why some have this type of sin…
 Hard to do or receive
EXAMPLES
 Fear
Mt 25:14-15, 24-25
Mt 26:69-75 Gal 2:11-14
 Rebellion 1 Sam 15:22-23
Isa 30:9 Acts 7:51 Rom 13:2
Lesson 6 – Sins Of Omission
 Remedying this type of sin
 If attention is given to Biblical principles
taught throughout, more than likely we’ll
minimize the likelihood of being guilty of
this type of sin
 Some suggestions…
Lesson 6 – Sins Of Omission
 Respect for God and His word
 Man does not normally omit / neglect
the words of someone he truly respects
 God has more than proven Himself
worthy of our respect & obedience
Psa 119:6 Lev 26:15-18
Lesson 6 – Sins Of Omission
 A willingness to at least try to comply
 At the very least, man owes God an effort
to at least try to obey Mt 25:27
 Even if the requirement is unknown or
hard, we must find a way Heb 11:8, 17
 We can’t allow weariness to discourage
us from making an effort Gal 6:9
Lesson 6 – Sins Of Omission
 A desire to be pleasing to God
 If one truly desired to please a superior,
he would put forth great effort
 How much more so re: God
 We will not be guilty of sins of omission if
we really want to be well pleasing to God
2 Cor 5:9 Eph 6:5-8 Col 3:22-24
Lesson 6 – Sins Of Omission
 A love for God
 Perhaps the strongest motivation of all
 True love for God will not allow us to see
His commandments as a “burden”…and
thus likely to be omitted 1 Jn 5:3
 A good principle in Gen 29:20
Lesson 6 – Sins Of Omission
 The passage that is most “on point” in
this discussion = Jas 4:17
 “Know” to do right & not do = SIN
 Not discussing ignorance
 “Know” must eventually give way to “Do”
(taught earlier – Jas 1:21-25)
Lesson 7 – Sins Of Commission
 By contrast to those sins of the previous
lesson, these are sins where one does
what God has forbidden
 They would be unlawful things contrary
to what God has revealed…both actions
as well as attitudes
Lesson 7 – Sins Of Commission
 While not an exhaustive list, we will
focus on these sins in 3 areas…
 …Sins of the heart
 …Sins of the tongue
 …Sins of the flesh
Lesson 7 – Sins Of Commission
Sins Of The Heart
 Jesus taught the heart (mind, inner will)
is the source of either a man’s goodness
or his evil intentions
 It is the “tree” that produces fruit
Lk 6:43-45
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