Message Notes

‘The Way Towards Death’ The Way, Week 1

Ayren Nelson — Teaching Pastor
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Matthew 26:36-39 (ESV)

Isaiah 53:3-5 (ESV)

Sin isn’t just bad behavior, it’s a broken condition. 

“The DNA of sin is selfishness. Sin really does make life all about me. Sin causes me to shrink my world down to the size of my wants, my needs, and my feelings.” -Paul David Tripp

Proverbs 14:12 (ESV)

There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.

Sin is the way that leads to death.

The Seven Symptoms of Sin:

1. Deceptive in Nature.
2. Distance between us and God. 
3. Distorts our perspective. 
4. Displeases the heart of God.
   Ephesians 4:30 (ESV)
5. Deforms us. 
6. Destroys our soul.
   Romans 6:23 (ESV)
   We can’t appreciate God’s grace until we’ve tasted our guilt.
7. How do we receive healing?
   Sin is powerful. Jesus is greater.
   1. Where sin deceives, Jesus guides us to truth.
   2. Where sin displeases the heart of God, Jesus honors and makes the heart of God happy.
   3. Where sin distorts, Jesus brings clarity.
   4. Where sin defiles, Jesus purifies.
   5. Where sin destroys, Jesus heals.
   6. Where sin once distanced us from God, now, because of Jesus, God has distanced us from our sin. 

Philippians 1:6 (ESV)