Sunday Morning Service
JImmy Swaggart 1935-2025
Christians don’t have human nature. They have righteousness nature.
They don’t enjoy sin.
2 Corintinans 5:21
There is no way you can become a sinner in the New Testament. You don’t go looking for sin.
1 John 5:18 born again sins not. If born again you keeping youself.
Instead of eulogy you should say those things at birthdays.
James 4:17 If you know to do good and don’t do it is sin. Old testament had laws. Lots of them.
In the New Testament it’s to miss the mark. Every time you miss your mark, you should confess that sin.
1 John 1:8 If we say we have no sins we are not in truth.
If we confess our sings, he is just to forgive us and cleanse us. If we miss the mark daily how many times or do we keep a count.
Properly dividing the word of truth. Doesn’t he forgive if you don’t confess.
To obtain that you must confess every time you miss the mark, then you rely on your memory to stay out of hell.
When it says that you have no sin it’s not the same as that you are a sinner. Sin can still dwell in your flesh but you are not sinning. When you shower in the morning and go about all day you get rubbed on dirt. It doesn’t mean you are a dirty man. IT’s the nature of sin and NOT thaty you ARE a sinner.
Romans 7:16 It is not I that do the sin but the sin that dwells in me is the problem. You need a safe place. Ministry can be stressful. It’s not the sin as much as the stress. Travel in twos and cover the TV with a towel. What has happened in that hotel room? You are not sin. It is a separate entity.
You don’t become a sinner and become super sin conscious. Swaggart messed up but that wasn’t him. He lost his ministry. Grace helped him recover but the pain was still there.
Three types of sin:
- Personal sin. IT’s personal. when Paul writes to Timothy but says a little wine will help you. Then he says Bishops can not touch wine. The Timothy instruction was PERSONAL. The bishop can’t use that. In garden of Eden it was personal error. After the fall they got a conscionse.
- Inherited sin: In sin did my mother conceive me. Psalm 51:5. Things that happen prior to birth fall on you. If one of your team sins, then you suffer the consequences.
- Imputed sin: Romans 4:8. Blessed if you don’t have imputed sin. Sin passed into your account. You can decide who a sinner is. You can say a person is living in sin but God may not be counting it against them. Don’t work for the church police. Conviction of sin. Guilt and conviction are the same thing. The Holy Spirit is a comforter and not the convictor. Your conscience can convict you but not the Holy Spirit. 1 Corinthians 8 If you are with a non believer that doesn’t eat pork, you should not eat pork in front of them so you don’t become a stumbling block. Romans 14:13 Lesser to sleep with a prostitute that a fellow church member.
It’s sometimes hard to understand why a man of God doesn’t suffer for abuse and infidelity. The act is never justified but the person can be forgiven. Prior to salvation repentence is not a necessity. After salvation you must apply repentence to your actions. I’ts not ME but the act is the sin.
In the prodigal son story he would only return if he knew the father was still alive. Galations 6:1 If a man falls, restore him in meekness, considering yourself lest you be also tempted.
The Holy Spirit will convict the World but not the church. For us it is our conscience.
Once you repent you are a peace with God. You don’t care what the world thinks. When you read the Word in the future you clarify the difference between “i” and “me”. You plant seed in yourself for good. You just go and apply the seed into the Word.
2 Tim 4:7 fought the fight, finished my course, and kept the faith.