1. Men’s Journey Group Winter/Spring 2018
the enemy within
by Kris Lundgaard

2. So how do you fight sin? PREP WORK:
Mediate on the cross (see – sin/love)
Keep your mind watching for sin’s deceitfulness
Affections on heavenly
Applying your will to every means of grace to fight sin
Renew your love for Jesus
Hunger for a glimpse of his glory
Will NOT kill sin unless you add
Faith
Because faith carries you from the first moment to the last
This is a recap of the book and a setup of the chapter ahead
Ch 1-4 were why is sin so hard to fight off
Ch 5 was a preview of the rest of the book
Ch 6-7 – deception of the mind
C 8 – entanglement of affections
C9 – consent of the will
C10 – first love
C11 – seeing his glory
C12 – this can only be accomplished in faith
Failure to do these in faith, will result in them being unsuccessful. So what does doing them in faith mean??? We will talk about that tonight

3. Getting Started Recite the verse you memorized
Go ahead and begin discussing questions 1 & 2 on pages
Romans 8:13 “For if you live according to the flesh you will die but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
Move into summary of chapter ideas and then into discussion questions
20 Minutes

4. How do you “set faith at work on Christ for the killing of your sin”?
Spirit Works By…
Your Duty
Convincing you of sins danger
Revealing/teaching you the fullness of JC for your deliverance
Calming you to expect deliverance from Christ
Fixing your heart on the cross (because of its sin killing power)
Giving you grace from start to finish to make possible your sanctification
Supporting you when you cry for help
In Faith and by the Spirit…
Fill your soul with the purpose of his death
Expect the full supply of help that is available for those who abide in Christ
Focus on Christ’s death, blood and cross

5. Convincing you of sins danger
Spirit’s Work
Convincing you of sins danger
Revealing/teaching you the fullness of JC for your deliverance
Calming you to expect deliverance
from Christ
Fixing your heart on the cross
(because of its sin killing power)
Giving you grace from start to finish to make possible your sanctification
Supporting you when you cry for help
PREP Work
Mediate on the cross (see – sin/love)
Keep your mind watching for sin’s deceitfulness
Affections on heavenly
Exert your will using every means of grace to fight
Renew your love for Jesus
Hunger for a glimpse of his glory
Essentially a recap of the book
Ch 1-4 were why is sin so hard to fight off
Ch 5 was a preview of the rest of the book
Ch 6-7 – deception of the mind
C 8 – entanglement of affections
C9 – consent of the will
C10 – first love
C11 – seeing his glory
C12 – this can only be accomplished in faith
Failure to do these in faith, will result in them being unsuccessful. So what does doing them in faith mean???

6. Discuss Questions 1 & 2 on page 149-50
Chapter Questions
Discuss Questions 1 & 2 on page
What are some ways people try to break sin’s power without faith and the Spirit of God? What is it about faith that makes it such a powerful weapon against the flesh? **
Willpower. Prescriptions. Classes. Routines. Guilt. Self-help. Counseling. Others doing it for them. Blame shifting.
Faith is so powerful because it lies outside of the person who has the problem. It is anchored to the one person who does not have any problems, and actually made the solution possible to get out of them.
2. Suppose someone you love is depending on you for help. How does that motivate you? Or suppose the same person needs your help, but refuses to depend on you, even doubts that you’re willing to help. How does that motivate you? Now apply that to Jesus. How does your expectation of help from him move him to help you?
If my kid was depending on me, it makes me not forget and really want to try my hardest. And if and when he is skeptical of me, it makes me want all the more to dispel his doubts.
25 Minutes

7. Ephesians 3:14-21 ! ?  25 Minutes ! Paul’s prayer points
*V16 – strengthened in their inner spirit (by way of the spirit)
*V17 – prayer that Christ may dwell in their hearts through faith (thought faith we have the spirit – we have God in us, with us)
*v17b-18 – prayer that they are grounded and fixed in Christ’s love
*v19 – prayer that they may be filled with all the fullness of God – the end result is that as we know his love, we are filled with him.
Doxology
v20-high, high superlatives for what God can do.. Stacked language ‘infinitely more than…’ ?
V15 – huh? – every family, is under his dominion (named). He made it all. (it’s a play in words off of father in v14)
V16 – riches of his glory? – the awesome power of all of his attributes (not any one singled out at the expense of another)
V18 – all the saints? – even the saints in heaven do not fully get the vast scope of God’s love 
V14 – have purpose in prayer
V16 – what’s the power to be strengthened in your inner spirit – it’s the riches of his glory! (power that is received from the H.S.)
V20 – pray with an aggressive expectation
V21 – savor and strive to enjoy and produce the praise of his glory (his honor, his power, his greatness)
25 Minutes

8. Reminders As You Leave Summer MJG - will email out info
Last Day to sign up for Men’s Shooting Event and Breakfast May 5th