Our Attitude and Behavior toward Indwelling Sin – Part 1

By John Fast

All deception is bad, self-deception is worse, but self-deception in things pertaining to salvation is the most terrible deception of all. For a person to pretend to be what they know they are not is gross hypocrisy and fraud. Read more »

The Heart, The Seat of Indwelling Sin

By John Fast

In our last study we considered indwelling sin as an internal law or principle and the properties which rightly make it a law; that is, its power and effectiveness. In a true Christian the law of indwelling sin has lost its power, “knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, that our body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin” (Rm 6:6). Read more »

Lesson 4 – Indwelling Sin as a Law

By John Fast

In our previous study of indwelling sin we briefly introduced four observations drawn from the Apostle Paul’s statement in Romans 7:21, “I find then the principle that evil is present in me, the one who wishes to do good.” In this our fourth study we will look more closely at the first of these four observations – Paul’s labeling of indwelling sin as a law. Read more »

Lesson 3 – Indwelling Sin in Believers

By John Fast

In our first lesson we looked at the testimony of Scripture concerning the nature of mankind since their fall into sin and saw that the Bible unanimously declares man to be a sinner by nature, not by action. People are not sinners because they sin, but rather they sin because they are sinners. Read more »

Lesson 2 – The Noetic Effects of the Fall

By John Fast

Since the period known as The Enlightenment, modern man’s conception of himself has undergone a major revitalization, culminating in the present consensus that man is basically good. Therefore any expression of behavior that contradicts this narrative must be Read more »