Sin is the ultimate disease – the grand psychosis. Our deepest problem is not experiential, biological, or relational; it is moral, and it alters everything. - The first thing sin produces is rebellion = the inborn tendency to give in to the lies of autonomy, self-sufficiency, and self-focus resulting in a habitual violation of God-given boundaries. - Sin also produces foolishness that believes that there is no perspective, insight, theory, or “truth” more reliable than our own. Foolishness is a rejection of our basic nature as human beings. We were never created to be our own source of wisdom. We were designed to be revelation receivers, dependent on the truths God would teach us, and applying those truths to our lives. We were created to base our interpretations, choices, and behavior on His wisdom. “The fool says in his heart, ‘There is no God’”. Psalm 14:1 - Sin renders us incapable of doing what God has ordained us to do. I always fall short of God’s standard. Paul in Romans 7 says, “For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do – this I keep on doing…” Psalm 7:19, 21-23 We need God; the good news of the King – that the Redeemer has come to rescue me from myself and He produces change that fundamentally alters my response to these inescapable realities. (Instruments, Tripp, 2002)
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