Title: The Sin of Pride / Matthew 26:33
Content New believers have just come to church, so Christians are still sinning.
will find Even those who have been living in faith for a long time already believe that the lives of believers are sinful.
I know I haven't completely broken up with him. Christians are sinning
It can be seen well in the life of the apostle Peter. He is one of the apostles who followed Jesus.
He was a representative of But he also committed the sin of denying Jesus. all
The Gospels record Peter's denial of Jesus. Peter's life
From the statements of the evangelists we can identify three types of Christians who sin:
have.
1. Pride makes Christians sin.
Peter proudly said, "Even if they all forsake you, I will never forsake you."
said to Jesus. We didn't know how to make Peter fall like us.
(Matthew 26:33)
1) Pride makes you feel that you are spiritually superior to people.
0. Makes you feel that your knowledge is superior to others.
0. Makes you feel that your abilities are superior to others.
0. Makes you feel that your reputation is higher than others.
2) Pride prevents us from understanding how strong Satan's temptations are.
0. Christians who are filled with arrogant superiority are easily enslaved to Satan.
All.
0. Satan has the power to deceive.
0. Satan has the power to disobey.
3) Pride makes you trust yourself.
0. People who trust their wisdom will fall.
0. Those who trust in their own strength will fall.
2. Christians sin because they are afraid of people.
Peter was so brave, but the fear of men was weighing down on his heart.
I did.
1) Peter confessed that he was the Christ, and was given the nickname “Rock” by the Lord.
But just because of the fear of others, they deny with their mouths that they do not know Jesus.
It was.
0. Those words were not true.
0. Those were painful words.
2) Fear of others causes us to deny Christ by our actions.
Until recently, Peter, who had been fighting the crowd alone, protested at the sneer of a woman.
I ended up being blessed. His feeble, cowardly act led him to deny Jesus again.
It's possible. “The fear of man is a snare, but he who trusts in the LORD will not
I will tell you” (Proverbs 29:25), remembering these words, we must not fear men.
do.
3. Christians sin because they neglect fellowship with Christ.
All.
Peter was with Christ as He prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane. That
But Peter did not pray as Jesus taught. this is it
He had neglected communion with God.
1) When fellowship with God is cut off, spiritual strength is lost.
0. If you have spiritual strength, you will not be afraid no matter how strong an enemy comes.
0. If you have spiritual strength, you will faithfully accomplish the task no matter how difficult it is.
2) When fellowship with God is cut off, it leads to open disobedience.
0. Overt disobedience stems from covert disobedience.
0. Open disobedience is shameful.
Peter lived with the shame of that sin all his life.