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The Little Book
WEEKLY SERMON
SUNDAY APRIL 21, 2024
Holy Spirit and Sin
Introduction: Your sin DIED the death of the cross for Jessus died as your sin. He was made your sin. The Holy Spirit wants to show you what happened to your sin. Sin separated us from God but in Christ it no longer separates us anymore. We are brought near to God because of the death of Christ. There is no more sin that can separate us anymore for the price is paid.
Focus Scripture - John 16:7-11 7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:9 Of sin, because they believe not on me;10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
This is the work of the Holy Spirit in our life! Reprove the world of sin. Correct the mindset of the world about sin. We think that we are natural born sinners so that means we are saved sinners. You were a sinner but God does not see you as a sinner anymore instead God sees you as a righteous saint of the Most- High God! You are holy and righteous and God no longer sees what your flesh did but instead sees you as perfect and holy and blameless as Jesus is for you are part of the body of Christ!
1 Jn 5:1-5 Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
This verse says that the love of God is what enables us to keep the commands of God. In the NT and in the book of 1 John it says that we have 2 commands 1) to love one another and 2) to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. When we believe on the Lord for our salvation then the Holy Spirit comes in us to help us love others. No one can love others in their flesh. This verse says that we can overcome the world when we believe in the Lord. Our faith gives us the victory. This passage says much but to get the victory we have to first believe in Christ for without Him we do not have anything from the Lord. IT starts with receiving Him as our Savior!
Died with Christ – I died with Christ on the cross with Christ. When I did then my sin died for God made him to be my sin. So, God considers you to have died from sin. God does not see your sin instead he sees your substitute. God looks at you through the cross of Christ. God wants you to see Him and not to see your sin! Do you consider yourself to have died with Christ. Do you consider yourself to be free from sin or under the curse of sin? ALL died with Him but not ALL have received Christ. Once you receive Him then you have accepted His Righteousness and can walk in that Righteousness!
Ambassador of Righteousness 2 Cor 5:17-2117 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
An ambassador is someone that represents a country. We represent the Kingdom of God for we are His righteousness since the Sin died on the cross! You are a new creation that exists without sin in our life. Sin died on the cross so you are now full of righteousness so we are committed to speak the word of righteousness! The word of righteousness and should come to people representing Christ in this earth!
Love shed Abroad in us Rom 5:5-11 5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.11 And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
You have an atonement that allows you to walk in the totality of all that you have in Christ. When you focus on the Word then it should bring joy to you! Do you believe that Christ died for you! Is it in your heart that was put there by the Holy Ghost! Christ wanted to take your place! God said I will die for you because of the love of God. This knowledge is given to us by the Holy Ghost! This revelation comes to us because of love which comes by what God deposited in our heart!
Law Cannot Save Heb 10:1-4 For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.2 For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.3 But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year 4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
The law cannot save man. IF the Law could then Christ did not need to come. The Law required sacrifices all the time. The Law reminded them of their sin. They constantly were focused on their sin. They had sin offerings, trespass offerings, burnt offerings wave offerings and were constantly offering sheep, goats, bulls, turtledoves and offered them whether poor or rich. All were dealing with their sin for the only One who could deal with sin with Christ on Calvary! Sin was dealt with once and for all!
In His Sight- The issue is not how bad is our flesh but how God sees us in Him. God sees us in Jesus Christ and calls us blameless and faultless without sin. God is not mad at us anymore for God looks at us and considers us to be holy in his sight! Too much tradition focuses on the law and not on grace. We are to have a grace mindset and not a law mindset. We are to focus on what Christ did for us on Calvary. Right now, we are in the AGE of the church or also called the AGE of grace. This is the time when we focus on who we are in Christ and this is part of the work of the Holy Spirit to us!
Accepted in the Beloved Eph 1:3-7 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
The term accepted in the Beloved means beloved. This passage means we are blessed in both Heaven and Earth. We are the children of God and can walk in the forgiveness of sin! We are able to walk in the riches of grace. That means that we can walk in the concept of being free from sin! Sin no longer has dominion over us. Too many Christians do not know that for they are carnal! They do not want to accept the knowledge of grace but instead walk in the vanity of their mind!
Grace Saves Me Eph 2:4-10 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
This is one of my favorite passages because it tells me that I am not only saved by grace but also kept by grace. By grace are we saved v5 by grace v8 by faith v8 not of ourselves v8 it is the gift of God v8 not of works v9 lest any man should boast v9 for we are his workmanship v10 created in Christ Jesus v10 which are all things that I do not do for myself but are all gifts for they are done for me apart from me. It is God doing it for me in me and through me. That is grace! 10 times in this passage it talks about grace and that infers a complete grace that I have by Him!
Enemies in my Mind Col 1:14-22 14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.21 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
Do you realize that you are no longer an enemy of God? You are no longer thinking of yourself as being an enemy or alienated for we are reconciled and are now unblameable and unreproveable for we are holy in his sight. God looks at us differently then we see ourselves. We have peace because of the cross. No weapon can prosper against us anymore. We are right in the sight of God since sin died on the cross. So let us focus on the work on Calvary You can walk in this for you exist in the Heavenly and Earthly realms! You can do this because you are part of the body of Christ so you can walk in what Christ provided for you!
End of Sin- According to the Word sin is no more in our life! There is no more sin according to the fact that it was paid for at the cross. We need to see the glory of the cross and the resurrection. This is what the Gospel tells us that we are right because the focus of the Gospel is that sin died on the cross of Christ! There we can know that we WON with Him for he is our substitute on Calvary. We could not win without him taking our place!
Wounded for our Sin Isa 53:3-5 3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
Jesus Christ was crucified for our sin and for all the things that came to man because of sin. In the garden of Eden there was no sickness or disease for God did not create us to be sick or ill. Sickness does not teach us anything. Sickness is a curse of the law and we do not have to suffer sickness. Jesus paid for our healing. Do you realize that you can live without sickness or disease in your body. The problem is we look to others instead of looking to Christ! Only Jesus redeems and saves! Man does not do that! So look to Jesus Christ and what he says in the Word us!
One Man Changed things Rom 5:17-21 17 For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)18 Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.19 For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.20 Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:21 That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
Sin reigned in this life and we suffered so many things but know we need to know that even though sin reigned grace defeated sin. Sin was great but his love was greater. Righteousness defeated sin! One man plunged the world into sin! God started this world without sin and with a righteous relationship with Him but one man changed that. Then God changed it with one man in the person of Jesus Christ! The Holy Spirit wants us to know the gift that we have so we can walk in the life that we know we live in this fleshly life!
No More Sin Heb 10:10-19 10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;13 From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.14 For by one offering he hath perfected forever them that are sanctified.15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.18 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
In the OT they lived sacrifice to sacrifice on a daily, monthly and yearly basis! They had to make sure the sacrifice was accepted before they could rejoice. We can rejoice because the eternal sacrifice of Christ has been eternally accepted by God the Father once and for all. Once God says I can do this in your heart then that means he will live in you! There is no more remission for sin for the price has been paid once and for all time!
Destroyed Sin The issue of SIN is done. We still see SIN in the flesh but God destroyed it in the Spirit realm. One day we will no longer see the Devil or the result of SIN anymore. Satan lost at the cross! SIN lost at the cross for we have the complete victory of Christ over Satan and can walk in it in our life on the earth today! So, we can walk in the complete victory of Christ over the Devil once and for all!
Sin has no more Dominion Rom 6:7-14 7 For he that is dead is freed from sin.8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
Too many Christians are under the circumstances and not on top of them. You are considered dead to the law so you can be alive to God. You died to the law so sin cannot have dominion over you! You can have dominion over sin and the effects of sin in this life! How do you not let sin reign over your body? Speak to the thing, whether sickness, disease or sin! Speak to it and command it to go! Grace frees you from sin and its effects!
I Cannot Sin 1 Jn 3:8-9 8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
Some say you are a saved sinner which is not true! You are either a saint of God or a sinner! You cannot be both! You are born of God so you are a child of God! Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil and I believe Jesus is a good worker and did a good job. HE accomplished the task! IT does not matter if I still see things because I am looking at it with my fleshly eyes and what Jesus did was with a spiritual work!
No more Condemnation in Christ Rom 8:1-3 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
Do not condemn yourself or allow condemnation to come to you from others! You are not guilty before God for God cannot see any evidence since it burned up in the pit of hell. Your sin was burned up so there is no more evidence against you. The Devil cannot convict you anymore! He is a defeated foe and you are victorious. The law could not make you right with God but Jesus made you right with God! He judged sin in the flesh. He judged sin even though he had a fleshly body!
Conclusion - Today we spoke about the Holy Spirit and what the Bible says about sin! Sin died on the cross so when we speak about sin, we need to realize that sin died on the cross. You are a victor because when Jesus died, he bore our sin on the cross! Jesus is our sin bearer! So, stop calling yourself a sinner but instead call yourself a saint! See yourself without sin instead see yourself as faultless, blameless and perfect in His Sight!
Application – Will you apply this concept to your life? It is important that we get to the point that we do not apply this sin conscience mindset to our life! When we do that then it helps us to be free! Freedom is when we allow the Word to become dominant in our life instead of allowing the Devil and his thoughts to overcome us!
Prayer for healing- (pray in faith believing) Expect a miracle and see yourself as being healed. Find a Scripture for your healing and speak that forth. Heavenly Father I pray for healing. I thank you for manifesting healing in my body today! You took all my sickness, disease, pain, sorrow for you paid for it on the cross of Calvary. I speak healing into my body and command ______________ to leave my body! No weapon can defeat me! I call myself healed because of the blood of Jesus Christ. Devil take your hands off of me for I am the child of the living God! Now thank the Lord for healing you!
Prayer for Salvation- I pray that all of you will come to know Jesus. Pray with me: Heavenly Father I recognize my need for you for without Jesus, I cannot make it in this life. I need you! I know I am a sinner and I need your SON. I recognize that Jesus died for my sin when Jesus died for me on Calvary. I believe that he rose again so that I can go to heaven and live with you there. Thank you for paying for my sin and bringing me into your forever family. So, Jesus come into my heart and live in me today! I am now a Christian!
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