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Apr 7, 2002 · Ephesians 6:17 says it is “the word of God,” which confirms our connection with 1 Corinthians 2:14. The sword that kills sin is the word of God. And the way we kill sin “by the Spirit” is to set our minds on “the things of the Spirit,” that is, the word of God in Scripture, which becomes then the sword of the Spirit.
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“The sword of the Spirit helps us kill sin.” Why does he say...
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Feb 3, 2021 · John Owen famously wrote, “Be killing sin, or sin will be killing you.” From his teaching series Assurance of Faith, Joel Beeke describes how the Holy Spirit empowers Christians to put sin to death and grow in righteousness throughout their lives.
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And, of course, it doesn’t mean just make sure your body doesn’t do bad things, and it doesn’t matter what your heart does. Of course that is not what Paul means. He knows that bodily deeds that are wrong are rooted in hearts that are wrong, and so the killing must begin at the root — or at least it must go to the root, not just to the fruit in the...
Here is my answer to the how question and I take it straight out of the verse. There is one clue for the how in Romans 8:13. It says, “If by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body.” So how do you do it? You do it by the Spirit. You act in such a way that the Spirit is happy. You kill in such a way that it is the Spirit killing. Now what ...
Let’s just end this with one example: let’s take the sin of greed or covetousness, because here is a verse that shows what the paradigm is for how the New Testament says to fight the sin in the power of the Holy Spirit. Here is Hebrews 13:5–6: “Keep your life free from the love of money, and be content with what you have” — and here comes the dagge...
Mar 15, 2020 · God’s point in speaking these words to Cain (and the entire point of next week’s sermon) is that we must kill the sin that is in us or it will kill us. Or, as the great Puritan writer John Owen put it, “Be killing sin or it will be killing you.”
Feb 17, 2002 · “The sword of the Spirit helps us kill sin.” Why does he say “by hearing with faith” instead of just “by faith”? To emphasize that what faith hears and receives and embraces is something heard, namely, “the word of God,” which is the sword of the Spirit, which kills sin.
“For they shall put you out from their assemblies, and the hour will come when everyone who would kill you will think that he presents an offering to God.” Contemporary English Version You will be chased out of the synagogues.
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Apr 16, 2019 · Episode 162 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer questions on being discouraged with the church, how God guides us, and what it means to kill sin.
