Sinful conditions, sinful desires, and the lusts they produce are the result of the fallen sinful nature every person is born with. The effects of this depravity is expressed and demonstrated in different ways but has the same root cause. The salvation that God provides to those born again includes spiritual cleansing, a new mind, and a new heart with righteous desires and self-control. The identity of those born again is with Christ, hence called Christians. Likewise, the old self and identity with it is left behind, put aside, repented of, no longer characterizing those who have been saved. While there will be times the believer struggles with sin it is no longer the pattern of life nor characteristic of who each child of God is becoming.
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“ Great Sermon! ” Thank you, Dr.Rugh,
The development of holiness, or the revulsion of our own indwelling sin, is a war we were enlisted when we were saved. Setting aside the bible as our guide, no longer praying always in the spirit has developed an creature that shrugs their shoulders and accepts their sin as who God made is an anathema.
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In the fall of 1969, Gil began a full-time teaching ministry as Senior Pastor of Indian Hills Community Church. He also earned his Ph.D. from the California Graduate School of Theology. The focus of Pastor Rugh’s ministry is systematic, verse-by-verse teaching of the Bible. As a...
