Understanding the Nature of Sin
1. Sin breaks relationships

Adrian Rogers
“Sin is not just breaking God’s laws; it is breaking God’s heart.”

Understanding the Nature of Sin
1. Sin breaks relationships
2. Sin is inner rebellion

Tim Keller
“Sin is the despairing refusal to find your deepest identity in your relationship with God.”

Understanding the Nature of Sin
1. Sin breaks relationships
2. Sin is inner rebellion
3. Sin is idolatry and misplaced worship

Understanding the Nature of Sin
1. Sin breaks relationships
2. Sin is inner rebellion
3. Sin is idolatry and misplaced worship
4. Sin leads to bondage and deception

Understanding the Nature of Sin
1. Sin breaks relationships
2. Sin is inner rebellion
3. Sin is idolatry and misplaced worship
4. Sin leads to bondage and deception
5. Sin is a condition of the heart not just actions

Understanding the Nature of Sin
1. Sin breaks relationships
2. Sin is inner rebellion
3. Sin is idolatry and misplaced worship
4. Sin leads to bondage and deception
5. Sin is a condition of the heart not just actions
6. Sin costs (intimacy with God, peace and joy, clarity and purpose, freedom, life)

We Are Called to be Set Apart Not Set Above
1. A call to distinction not arrogance
2. Holiness and righteousness sanctifies our calling and purpose in life

Mark Batterson
“God does not call the qualified; He qualifies the called — and holiness is His training ground.”

Living Separated from Sin
1. The call of holiness

Living Separated from Sin
1. The call of holiness
2. We have a new identity

Living Separated from Sin
1. The call of holiness
2. We have a new identity
3. We are called to live in the world but not be a part of it

Maintaining Spiritual Righteousness and Holiness
1. Daily repentance
2. Prayer, scripture, worship and fasting
3. Godly community
4. Guarding influences
5. Walking in the Spirit