sermon: Principled Living (Part 2): Conquering Sin
Declaring Total War on Sin
Richard T. Ritenbaugh
Given 24-Apr-05; Tape #716A
Description: Reflecting on surgical procedures to eradicate cancer, Richard Ritenbaugh observes that every last cancer cell has to be totally destroyed in order to save the patient. Likewise, sin must be excised with the same sustained, relentless aggression. Like the focused cancer surgeon, we must be determined to obliterate every vestige of sin. Leavening, a parallel metaphor of sin, must be purged thoroughly and completely. A third metaphor, total spiritual warfare, emphasizes the complete destruction of the enemy. Christ warns that we must do everything possible to annihilate sin—surgically going right to the heart or mind: the level of thought and imagination. We must sacrifice whatever it takes to survive spiritually, obliterating all temptations, sublimating them with wholesome alternatives, meditating on the causes and consequences of the contemplated sin, fasting to draw from God the strength to crucify or mortify the flesh, conquering every last vestige of sin. (61 minutes)
Keywords/Topics: Cancer cells Cancer Conquering sin Crucifixion Joseph's example David's sin DNA Ekkathairo Eradication of sin Leukemia Lust Metastasis Purging sin Radiation Scorched-earth policy Slash and burn Take up cross Total warfare Tumor
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Follow Me: The High Cost of Discipleship |
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Declaring Total War on Sin |
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Our Cooperative Effort With God |
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Being Living Sacrifices |
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'You Are My Witnesses' |
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Dare To Be Different! |
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Courageous Resistance |
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