FREEDOM FROM SIN AND DEATH

It’s Not about the Rules – 40 Days to Freedom

The Rule –

I’ll never make God happy so I might as well live to make myself happy.

THE CONFLICT

40 Days to Freedom: Freedom from Sin and Death

Gal

atia

ns

5

:16,

(N

LT)

“So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won’t be doing what your sinful nature craves.

Shows Sin

Multiplies Sin

Cannot Give Life

Condemns through Disobedience

LawLegalism“We can earn God’s approval”

License “We’ll never earn God’s approval”PR

OM

ISE

“I’ll

ble

ss th

e na

tions

th

roug

h yo

u”

Guardian Promise

“Sin

ful

Nat

ure” Humanity expressing

itself in utter hostility to God expressed by self-rule and lawlessness.

Life before/outside of Christ

LegalismSelf-Confidence

License Self-Indulgence

Conflict of the SoulThe sinful nature wants to do evil, which is just the opposite of what the Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of what the sinful nature desires. These two forces are constantly fighting each other, so you are not free to carry out your good intentions (5:17).

Conflict of the Soul

LegalismSelf-Confidence

License Self-Indulgence

Conflict of the SoulThe sinful nature wants to do evil, which is just the opposite of what the Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of what the sinful nature desires. These two forces are constantly fighting each other, so you are not free to carry out your good intentions (5:17).

Conflict of the Soul

Contrary

to Life in

the Spirit

Gal

atia

ns

5:18

, (N

LT)

But when you are directed by the Spirit, you are not under obligation to the law of Moses.”

THE CONSEQUENCES

40 Days to Freedom: Freedom from Sin and Death

VIDE

O

Gala

tians

5:19

-21,

(N

LT)

“When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear:

Gala

tians

5:19

-21,

(N

LT) sexual immorality, impurity,

lustful pleasures, idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling,

jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division, envy,

drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these.

Illicit SexIllicit Worship

Broken Relationships

Excess

Gala

tians

5:

21, (

NLT)

Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the Kingdom of God.”

King

dom

of

God

The sovereign, dynamic, and eternal rule of God that produces wholeness of life in all who participate in it, both now and in the age to come.

Rom

ans

6:23

, (GW

)“The reward for sin is

death, but the gift that God freely gives is everlasting life found in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

THE CONTRAST

40 Days to Freedom: Freedom from Sin and Death

Gala

tians

5:

22, (

NLT) “But the Holy Spirit

produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!

“That is all well and good, but HOW does one ‘walk by the Spirit?’”

Live by the Spirit

Love One Another

Torah Fulfilled

Imperative“Walk

with/Let the Spirit Guide”

Active Participation

Evidence of Spirit Infilling

God’s Character Realized

How

We

Beco

me

Peop

le o

f the

Spi

rit“And when you

believed in Christ, he identified you as his own by giving you the Holy Spirit, whom he promised long ago.” (Ephesians 1:13, NLT)

Gala

tians

5:

25, (

NLT)

Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit’s leading in every part of our lives.

Gala

tians

5:

22–2

5,

(NLT

) Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there.

John

5:2

4,

(NLT

) ““I tell you the truth, those who listen to my message and believe in God who sent me have eternal life. They will never be condemned for their sins, but they have already passed from death into life.”

Rom

ans 6

:4,

(NLT

) “For we died and were buried with Christ by baptism. And just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father, now we also may live new lives.”

Product of Your Controlsexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures, idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division, envy, drunkenness, wild parties

Product of the Spirit’s

Control

love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control

Your Life – Your Choice

Wha

t Now

?• Invite the Holy Spirit

into Your Life by Believing in Christ• Begin each day: “Holy

Spirit, guide me into the life Jesus came to give me.”• Listen, respond,

repent, rejoice.