Chapter 37

Rejecting Sin

Sections

1. Encountering Sin
   1. Consequences of Sin for God’s People
      • Sin deprives God’s people of his blessings
      • God may punish sin, which can mean physical suffering and emotional anguish
      • Sin defiles God’s people – making them spiritually unclean
      • God turns away from those who persist in sin
   2. Addressing Sin (I): Return from Sin to God
      • Stop sinning
      • Return to God with all your heart
      • In returning from sin to God, do what God wants
   3. Addressing Sin (II): Deal with Sin before God
      • Confess your sin to God
      • Be sorrowful over your sin
      • Humble yourself before God over your sin
      • Ask God for forgiveness and restoration
   4. God’s Response to Repentance
      • God forgives our sins
      • God restores our relationship with him

2. Avoiding Sin and Being Holy
   1. Avoiding Sin
      • Take care in avoiding sin
      • Ask God for help to avoid sin . . .
      • . . . For God and Jesus Christ are willing and able to help us withstand temptation
      • Use God’s word to avoid sin
      • Avoid sinful desires
      • Get rid of sinful influences
      • Hate evil and sin
   2. Alternatives to Sin
      • Instead of living by the sinful nature, live by the Holy Spirit
      • Instead of living as a slave to sin, live as a slave to righteousness and God
   3. Be Holy
      • Be holy as God is holy
      • Be set apart for God
      • Do not conform to this world
      • Do not live as other people do
      • Avoid bad company

 ➜Major headings in: 37. Rejecting Sin (and all of Unit H)

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