the solution: the gospel of jesus christ the remedy for our insanity
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The Solution: The Gospel of Jesus Christ The Remedy for our Insanity. "Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many.” Matt. 7:13. “Gospel from the air”. Creation Fall Redemption - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The Solution: The Gospel of Jesus Christ
The Remedy for our Insanity"Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and
the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many.”
Matt. 7:13
Creation Fall
Redemption
Consummation
“Gospel from the air”
Isa. 52:13—53:12
Redeemer Prophesied…
“The consummation of all things includes the visible,personal, physical, future and glorious return ofJesus Christ, the resurrection of the dead and thetranslation of those alive in Christ, the judgment ofthe just and the unjust, and the fulfillment of Christ’skingdom in the New Heavens and the New Earth. Inthe consummation, Satan with his hosts and all thoseoutside Christ are finally separated from the benevolentpresence of God, enduring eternal punishment, but therighteous, in glorious bodies, shall live and reign withHim forever, serving Him and giving Him unendingpraise and glory. Then shall the eager expectation ofcreation be fulfilled and the whole earth shall proclaimthe glory of God who makes all things new.”
Consummation
The Village Church Statement of Faith
“Reformission”
Physicalallergy
“craving”
Spiritual malady
Mental obsession
Three-part disease model taught in treatment settings
and AA
PhysicalAllergy
Spiritual Malady
Mental Obsession
Three-part disease model taught in treatment settings
and AA
Physicalallergy
Spiritual malady
Mental obsession
Three-part disease model taught in treatment settings
and AA
Physicalallergy
Spiritual malady
Mental obsession
Three-part disease model taught in treatment settings
and AA
False gospel – promising recovery from the spiritual malady apart from the redemptive work of Christ (God’s plan).
Spiritual Malady Irritable,
restless and discontent
Spiritual Malady Irritable,
restless and discontent
Desire for Relief
Spiritual Malady
See others
Irritable, restless and discontent
Desire for relief
Spiritual Malady
See others
Think/Obsess
Irritable, restless and discontent
Desire for Relief
Spiritual Malady
See others
Think/Obsess
1st drink
Irritable, restless and discontent
Desire for Relief
Spiritual Malady
See others
Think/Obsess
1st drink
Spree
Irritable, restless and discontent
Desire for Relief
Spiritual Malady
See others
Think/Obsess
1st drink
SpreeInjuries (pain)
Irritable, restless and discontent
Desire for Relief
Spiritual Malady
See others
Think/Obsess
1st drink
SpreeInjuries (pain)
DEATH
Irritable, restless and discontent
Desire for Relief
Spiritual Malady
See others
Think/Obsess
1st drink
SpreeInjuries (pain)
DEATH
Remorse“sorrow”
Irritable, restless and discontent
Desire for Relief
Spiritual Malady
See others
Think/Obsess
1st drink
SpreeInjuries (pain)
DEATH
Remorse
Resolutions“promises”
Irritable, restless and discontent
Desire for Relief
Spiritual Malady
See others
Think/Obsess
1st drink
SpreeInjuries (pain)
DEATH
Remorse
ResolutionsIrritable,
restless and discontent
Desire for Relief
Spiritual Malady
Desire for Relief
See others
Think/Obsess
1st drink
SpreeInjuries (pain)
DEATH
Remorse
Resolutions
Insanity Cycle
Irritable, restless and discontent
Spiritual Malady
Desire for Relief
See others
Think/Obsess
1st drink
SpreeInjuries (pain)
DEATH
Remorse
Resolutions
Insanity Cycle
Irritable, restless and discontent
“Self-knowledge alone avails us nothing”
as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
2 Cor. 4:18
Observation apart from revelation leads to speculation
At every point we need God’s revelation for a correct interpretation.
Spiritual Malady Desire for
Relief (or for Pleasure)
Temptation
Think/Obsess
Action
SpreeInjuries (pain)
DEATH
Remorse
Resolutions
Insanity Cycle
Rom. 5:12
Spiritual malady– “spiritual problem”
Rom 5:12
Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned—
“Restless, irritable and discontent”
“Sin is the marring of Shalom (peace).”Mark Driscoll
Spiritual Malady Desire for
Relief (or for Pleasure)
Temptation
Think/Obsess
Action
SpreeInjuries (pain)
DEATH
Remorse
Resolutions
Insanity Cycle of Sin
Spiritual Malady Desire for
Relief Rom. 8:22
Temptation
Think/Obsess
Action
SpreeInjuries (pain)
DEATH
Remorse
Resolutions
Insanity Cycle of Sin
We groan…
For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now.
Rom. 8:22
Spiritual Malady Desire for
Relief
Temptation
Think/Obsess
Action
SpreeInjuries (pain)
DEATH
Remorse
Resolutions
Insanity Cycle of Sin
James 1:13-16
Dancing shiny things before our deceitful hearts
Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am being tempted by God," for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.
James 1:13-14
Spiritual Malady
TemptationJer. 17:9
Think/Obsess
Action
SpreeInjuries (pain)
DEATH
Remorse
Resolutions
Insanity Cycle of Sin
Desire for Relief
Spiritual Malady
TemptationMark7:20-23
Think/Obsess
Action
SpreeInjuries (pain)
DEATH
Remorse
Resolutions
Insanity Cycle of Sin
Desire for Relief
Spiritual Malady
Temptation
Think/Obsess
Action
SpreeInjuries (pain)
DEATH
Remorse
Resolutions
Insanity Cycle of Sin
LIE: Rom. 1:25
Desire for Relief
The Lie…
… because they exchanged the truth about God for
a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.
Rom. 1:25
Spiritual Malady
Temptation
Think/Obsess
Action
SpreeInjuries (pain)
DEATH
Remorse
Resolutions
Insanity Cycle of Sin ADDICTION:
Rom. 1:24,26,28 /
Isa. 5:5
Desire for Relief
Given over…
Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves,
Rom. 1:24
Given over…
For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature
Rom. 1:26
Given over…
And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.
Rom. 1:28
Overrun…And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard.I will remove its hedge, and it shall be devoured;I will break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down.
Isa. 5:5
Spiritual Malady
Temptation
Think/Obsess
Action
SpreeInjuries (pain)
DEATH
Remorse
Resolutions
Insanity Cycle of Sin
Prov.16:25 & 14:12
Desire for Relief
Spiritual Malady
Temptation
Think/Obsess
Action
SpreeInjuries (pain)
DEATH
Remorse
Resolutions
Insanity Cycle of Sin
HOPERom.
8:20-21
Desire for Relief
For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God.
Rom. 8:20-21
Spiritual Malady
Temptation
Think/Obsess
Action
SpreeInjuries (pain)
DEATH
Remorse
ResolutionsGOD
Grace
Insanity Cycle of Sin
Desire for Relief
For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness,“ has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
2 Cor. 4:6
Our Testimony…
Spiritual Malady
Temptation
Think/Obsess
Action
SpreeInjuries (pain)
DEATH
Remorse
ResolutionsGOD
Grace
Christ
Insanity Cycle of Sin
Desire for Relief
By what means?
Spiritual Malady
Temptation
Think/Obsess
Action
SpreeInjuries (pain)
DEATH
Remorse
ResolutionsGOD
Grace (Romans 5:17)
Christ
Insanity Cycle of Sin
John 1:1-14 Desire for Relief
For if, because of one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.
Rom. 5:17
Spiritual Malady
Temptation
Think/Obsess
Action
SpreeInjuries (pain)
DEATH
Remorse
ResolutionsGOD Grace (Romans 5:17)
Christ
Insanity Cycle of Sin
REPENTANCE 2 Cor. 7:10
Desire for Relief
For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation, but the sorrow of the world produces death.
2 Cor. 7:10
Spiritual Malady
Temptation
Think/Obsess
Action
SpreeInjuries (pain)
DEATH
Remorse
ResolutionsGOD Grace (Romans 5:17)
Christ
Insanity Cycle of Sin
Desire for Relief
BROKENESSPs. 51:17
Spiritual Malady
Temptation
Think/Obsess
Action
SpreeInjuries (pain)
DEATH
Remorse
ResolutionsGOD Grace (Romans 5:17) Christ
Insanity Cycle of Sin
SpiritEze. 36:26-27
Desire for Relief
And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.
Eze. 36:26-27
Changing affections…
Spiritual Malady
Temptation
Think/Obsess
Action
SpreeInjuries (pain)
DEATH
Remorse
ResolutionsGOD Grace (Romans 5:17) Christ
Insanity Cycle of Sin
SpiritLife and Peace
Desire for Relief
Traditional Step 2:
We came to believe that a power greater that ourselves could restore us to sanity.
Acts 17:16-34
Redeeming Truth of Step 2 God lovingly stepped into human history by taking on flesh in the person and
work of Jesus Christ in order to provide hope and a remedy for the insanity of our sin and a way back into fellowship with Him. He succeeded where we have failed in living a life that we cannot, taking on our sin, dying a death that we deserve and through His resurrection conquered sin and death and shame so that those who believe in Him might live. He promises new life, the forgiveness of sins and the Holy Spirit to those who repent and trust in Him. We came to believe that, by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, we can be restored. Not only do we get a taste of restoration in this life, but upon Christ’s return, we will see the fullness of all that He has promised.
But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ--by grace you have been saved-- and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
Eph. 2:4-9