Message Title: A Warning for Wanderers
Message Truth: Sin is self-sabotage; it is to be out of touch with reality. Sin isn’t just about breaking rules but is about replacing God as the ultimate focus of our lives and identity.
Message Text: James 5:19-20
The Dangers of Sin
1.Spiritual and eternal consequences:
- Separation from God -Sin creates a separation between individuals and God, hindering a close relationship and making prayers unheard.
- Spiritual Death – In many faiths, the ultimate consequence of sin is spiritual and eternal death or separation from God.
- Spiritual Weakness – Sin deprives a person of spiritual strength and comfort and weakens the soul. It blinds us to our sin which leads to more sin
2.Internal and mental consequences
3.Relational and societal consequences
4.Physical consequences
The Answer to Sin
- Repentance and Faith
Turning from sin in our mind and actions to Jesus and God’s will for our lives.
- Be Conformed to The Image of Jesus
Confrontation -being aware of every area of our lives not like Christ.
Consecration – releasing ourselves to every point of a our unlikeness to Christ.
