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Sin: to miss the mark. Walk the talk. Sin: to miss the mark. Walk - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Sin: to miss the mark. Walk the talk. Sin: to miss the mark. Walk - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Sin: to miss the mark. Walk the talk. Sin: to miss the mark. Walk the talk. The Mark: the standard of holiness established by God and evidenced by Jesus. We can never live deeply until we Walk the talk. deal with our sin. The ethical test
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Walk the talk. We can never live deeply until we deal with our sin.
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Walk the talk. The ethical test (How do you live?)
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Walk the talk. The ethical test (How do you live?) The doctrinal test (What do you believe?)
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Walk the talk. The ethical test (How do you live?) The doctrinal test (What do you believe?) The relational test (Who do you love?)
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Walk the talk. For example, if it’s true that wearing seat belts saves lives, it’s not enough simply to know that truth; you have to do the truth- you have to buckle your seat belt.
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Walk the talk. Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.
1 JOHN 2:6
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Walk the talk. As we go deeper in our faith, it will show up not only in our belief, but also in our
- behaviour. Going deeper does not just
mean knowing more about Christ; it’s becoming more like Christ.
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Walk the talk. If we claim to be without sin, we deceive
- urselves and the truth is not in us. If we
confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all
- unrighteousness. If we claim we have not
sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives.
1 JOHN 1:8-10
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Walk the talk. SIN IS NOT A PROBLEM
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Walk the talk. If we claim to be without sin, we deceive
- urselves and the truth is not in us.
1 JOHN 1:8
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Walk the talk. SIN IS NOT A PROBLEM FOR ME
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Walk the talk. If we claim we have not sinned, we make him
- ut to be a liar and his word has no place in
- ur lives.
1 JOHN 1:10
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Walk the talk. For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me… Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
PSALM 51:3-5
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Walk the talk. There is no difference, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
ROMANS 3:22-23
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Walk the talk. Is anyone really prepared to say that they haven’t done foolish, hurtful and rebellious things? Is there anyone who doesn’t have to fight back tendencies that get them into trouble time and again?
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Walk the talk. We could ignore it
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Walk the talk. We could ignore it We could obsess over it
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Walk the talk. We could ignore it We could obsess over it We can confess it
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Walk the talk. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 JOHN 1:9
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Walk the talk. He will forgive us If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins…
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Walk the talk. He will cleanse us … and to purify us from all unrighteousness.
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Walk the talk. My dear children, I write this to you so that you do not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense– Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for
- urs but also for the sins of the whole world.
1 JOHN 2:1-2
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Walk the talk. How much better to confess it! Because then and only then are we free- free to live from the very deepest part of our being, knowing that the deepest part of our being has been cleansed from sin.
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