1. Justifiable Homicide Putting to Death Sin Part 2 Romans 8:13-15 Grace Community Church February 24, 2008

2. Romans 8:13 (ESV) 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. (NIV)13 For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live,

3. Preparing for the Kill We kill the sin “by the Spirit”. Apart from Christ (John 15) you can do nothing… We must have our minds set on the things of the Spirit. Rom 8:5-6 & Gal 5:25. 1.Spend time in the Word and prayer daily Mt. 4:4 2.Commit key passages to memory… Psalm 119 3.Commit to Fellowship Hebrews 10:24-25… 4.Commit to Focused prayer. Matthew 6…

4. Mindset for Mortification 1.A mind set on the things of the Spirit is aware of the deeds of the flesh. 2.A mind set on the things of the Spirit begins to hate its own sin.

5. Galatians 3:3-5 (ESV) 3 Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh? 4 Did you suffer so many things in vain—if indeed it was in vain? 5 Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you do so by works of the law, or by hearing with faith— (NIV) 3 Are you so foolish? After beginning with the Spirit, are you now trying to attain your goal by human effort? 4 Have you suffered so much for nothing—if it really was for nothing? 5 Does God give you his Spirit and work miracles among you because you observe the law, or because you believe what you heard?

6. Putting Sin to Death By Faith 1.Expose the sin to the Word. 2.Believe the Word. Truth about the sin.Truth about the sin. Truth about who you are in Christ.Truth about who you are in Christ. 3.Act upon the Word in faith. Examples: Malice, deceit, hypocrisy, slander, covetousness (lust), sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, obscene talk, bitterness, jealousy, fits of anger, worry, fear, divisions, dissensions, envy, and drunkenness.

7. Putting Sin to Death Examples Bitterness/Fits of Anger – 1 Cor. 13Bitterness/Fits of Anger – 1 Cor. 13 Fear/Worry – 2 Tim. 1:7, 1 John 4:18Fear/Worry – 2 Tim. 1:7, 1 John 4:18 Sexual immorality/Lust – 1 Corinthians 6:18-19, 1 Thessalonians 4:2-4Sexual immorality/Lust – 1 Corinthians 6:18-19, 1 Thessalonians 4:2-4 Self Pity – Romans 8:17 & 28-29, James 1:2-4, 1 Thess. 5:16-18.Self Pity – Romans 8:17 & 28-29, James 1:2-4, 1 Thess. 5:16-18.

8. Romans 8:14-15 (ESV)14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. 15 For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” (NIV)14 because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. 15 For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.”