Sermon Prepared by James McCullen
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Contrasting the Effects of Sin and Salvation.
1 Cor. 6:9-11
Contrasting the Effects of Sin and Salvation.
1 Cor. 6:9-11
Intro:
There are many contrast in every day life. I will call your attention
to just a few.
Black and White, Rich and Poor, Old and Young.
Sin and salvation also have contrast. I want to point out three from the text.
1. Sin makes you dirty, Salvation makes you Washed.
2. Sin makes you Unholy, Salvation makes you Sanctified.
3. Sin makes you Guilty, Salvation makes you Justified.
1. Sin makes you dirty, Salvation makes you Washed.
John 13:8-10 Peter said^ to Him, "Never shall You wash my feet!" Jesus answered him, "If I do not wash you, you have no part with Me." {9} Simon Peter said^ to Him, "Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head." {10} Jesus said^ to him, "He who has bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean; and you are clean, but not all <of you>."
A. Sins of . . FLESH can make one dirty.
1. Look at verses 9 and 10. Me as a teen age thief.
B. Sins of . . False Faith can make one dirty.
1. Look at verse 9 b. "idols"
ILLUSTRATION:
Going under a house where their are spiders etc. makes me feel dirty.
ILLUSTRATION:
A pastor got some material in Israel for a dress to be made for his
wife. It was pure wool from the holy land. His wife wore it for the first
time to the churches sweetheart banquet. The youth were serving and a young
girl dropped a piece of strawberry pie in the pastor' wives lap.
They tried to get the spot off and the next day they took it to the cleaners. The man who owned the cleaners said "I can clean it to satisfy you and me but your wife will always se the stain.
Psalms 51:1-3 {2} Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, And cleanse me
from my sin. {3} For I know my transgressions, And my sin is ever before
me.
APPLICATION:
What can wash away my sin? . . . . . Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
What can make me whole again? . . . Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Oh precious is the flow, . . . . that makes me white as snow;
No other fount I know, . . . . Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
2. Sin makes you Unholy, Salvation makes you Sanctified. v 11
A. Sin makes One Unholy . . Sanctification (holiness) is a Separation . . OF the Heart.
Matthew 25:32 "All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats.
Romans 1:1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated to the gospel of God
HE SANCTIFIED ME
Ps 66:18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: (KJV
Ps 119:11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. (KJV)
HIS SANCTIFICATION ENABLES ME TO KEEP HIS WORD IN MY HEART. Augustine "said but it is not I"
C. Sin makes One Unholy . .Sanctification (holiness) is a Separation . . FROM the Heart.
Prov 4:23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. (KJV)
HIS SANCTIFICATION ENABLES ME TO KEEP MY HEART FROM SIN
ILLUSTRATION:
QUEEN LOOKING FOR A driver for her coach-- How close can you get to
the edge of that cliff? One driver said I would not take my Queen anywhere
near that cliff. He got the job.
ILLUSTRATION: Question to Billy Graham,
"How do you want your ephitath to read?" "He was a man of Integrity."
Many have said "If I come to church the roof will fall in."
Jim Hylton pastor at West Plains tells of a friend who would not come
into the Church it is Holy in there.
APPLICATION: Sin make you dirty, and unholy
3. Sin makes you Guilty, Salvation
makes you Justified. v 11
{11} And such were some of you; but you were washed,
but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord
Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God.
A. Sin makes you Guilty . . Salvation Justifies In the name of the . . Saviour. v 11 b
JESUS
"I've tried in vain a thousand ways
My fears to quell, my hopes to raise;
But all I need, the Bible says, is Jesus.
My soul is night, my heart is steel,
I cannot see, I cannot feel,
For life, for light, I must appeal to Jesus.
He died, He lives, He reigns, He pleads,
There's love in all His words and deeds,
All-All the guilty sinner needs is Jesus.
Though some will mock, though some will blame
In spite of fear, in spite of shame,
I'll go to Him, because His name is Jesus." Justified in the name "Jesus"
B. Sin makes you Guilty . . Salvation Justifies In the name of the
. . Spirit. v 11 c
ILLUSTRATION: TOPIC: Faith SUBTOPIC: Justification by DATE: 12/1989.17
The necessity of the new birth is vividly portrayed in the life of
George Whitefield. At 16 he became deeply convicted of his sin. He tried
everything to become acceptable to God. He wrote, "I fasted for 36 hours
twice a week. I prayed formal prayers several time a day and almost starved
myself to death during Lent, but only felt more miserable.
Then by God's grace I met Charles Wesley, who put a book in my hand
that showed me from the Scriptures that I must be 'born again' or be eternally
lost." Finally, Whitefield understood that he had to trust in Jesus Christ.
He believed and was both forgiven and changed. After he became a preacher,
he spoke at least a thousand times on the subject, "You must be born again."
Have you ever had a spiritual birthday?
APPLICATION:
1. Sin makes you dirty, Salvation makes you Washed.
2. Sin make you Unholy, Salvation makes you Sanctified.
3. Sin makes you Guilty, Salvation makes you Justified.