Where Do I Stand Spiritually?
August 13, 2022 / Brian T. Anderson / Vineyard Church North PhoenixWhere Do I Stand Spiritually?
I. Introduction
A. Isaiah 1:18 (NAS) “Come now, and let us reason together,” says the Lord, “Though your sins are as scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they will be like wool.”
B. Romans 3:23 (NAS) For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
C. Romans 7:15, 19 (NLT) 15I don’t really understand myself, for I want to do what is right, but I don’t do it. Instead, I do what I hate.19I want to do what is good, but I don’t. I don’t want to do what is wrong, but I do it anyway.
1. is unstained!
2. There’s a between me and God.
3. How will you ever know if what you’ve done is ?
4. The Bible is very, very clear on this issue: I have a problem. I’m “.”
D. Jeremiah 2:22 (NLT),/cite> No amount of soap or lye can make you clean. I still see the stain of your guilt. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!
E. Romans 6:23a (NAS) For the wages of sin is death.
1. Jesus paid the debt to God that could never pay—in order that we could be of our sin!
2. I can just accept life—and grace—and forgiveness from God—as a !
F. John 15:13-14 (NLT) 13“There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. 14You are my friends if you do what I command.”
1. Christianity is about .
II. Conclusion