UNFOLDING THE WORD With Dr. Gary Kuhne

We are baffled by sin’s continuing power to tempt us. God helps us to understand our inner battle by presenting 5 truths about the battle. 1^st – God has actually changed us at the deepest level. 2^nd – God has left us (for now) in still fallen physical bodies. 3^rd – As a result, sin will continue to oppose us in the battle for con troll of our daily walk. 4^th – Remind ourselves of the truth that “I am of the flesh”. 5^th – Realize the “new self” by itself cannot win the battle – we each need the enabling of the Holy Spirit in this fight!

“SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS” are extended weekly Bible teaching times in which I go through a Book of Bible verse by verse. My current exposition is II Peter. The SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS are posted on Sunday each week.

We are baffled by sin’s continuing power to tempt us. God helps us to understand our inner battle by presenting 5 truths about the battle. 1^st – God has actually changed us at the deepest level. 2^nd – God has left us (for now) in still fallen physical bodies. 3^rd – As a result, sin will continue to oppose us in the battle for con troll of our daily walk.

“SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS” are extended weekly Bible teaching times in which I go through a Book of Bible verse by verse. My current exposition is II Peter. The SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS are posted on Sunday each week.

Sin’s power requires more than our own strength to overcome. Only redemption, surrender, and the indwelling Holy Spirit are enough to solve sin’s problem. Never underestimate the power of sin or the importance of sin in our lives!

“SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS” are extended weekly Bible teaching times in which I go through a Book of Bible verse by verse. My current exposition is I Peter. The SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS are posted on Sunday each week.

God’s law, the basis for relationship with God, not only condemns all mankind (why we need the Gospel), but also acts to stimulate the “old man” to rebel against God’s law. Coveting is the core example of this dynamic and is seen in Genesis 3 by how Eve responded to Satan’s temptation in the Garden of Eden.

“SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS” are extended weekly Bible teaching times in which I go through a Book of Bible verse by verse. My current exposition is I Peter. The SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS are posted on Sunday each week.

The redeemed have “died to the law” in the sense our relationship with God is now rooted in Christ’s righteousness (justification), not our obedience to the law. Yet obeying the law is still important, not to be saved or stay saved, but to keep sin’s continuing damage at bay and producing fruit from our lives in this world!

We will either be growing as a disciple or drifting into increasing slavery to self and sin – we can’t really just remain static. Growing requires nothing less than a continuing decision to surrender the control of our lives to Christ (lordship) and conscious dependency upon the indwelling Holy Spirit’s enablement to defeat sin. To decide to not make Christ Lord will always lead to increasing self-deception and increasing slavery to self and sin for a redeemed believer!