Enmity Expressed by Opposition

By John Fast

In our last study we examined how the hostility of indwelling sin exerts itself by way of aversion to all that is God and is spiritually good, as well as some means for preventing its effects and dominance. In this study, we will consider the second way which hostility exerts itself, and that is by way of opposition. Read more »

Enmity Expressed as Aversion

By John Fast

Having considered in our previous studies the nature and power of this law of indwelling sin, especially its hostility to all that is God (Rm 8:7), we turn in this study to investigate more thoroughly the ways in which this hostility manifests itself. This enmity is real and powerful, but power is only revealed in something that has life, and the strength of life is discovered by the strength of its actions. Read more »

Indwelling Sin as Enmity

By John Fast

In our last two studies we identified five attitudes and behaviors toward indwelling sin which make it obvious whether a person is a child of God or is still a child of the devil (1 Jn 3:10). Nothing can be more clear than that Jesus came into the world to redeem sinners (1 Tm 1:15), and that which He redeems sinners from is sin; “…it is He who will save His people from their sins” (Mt 1:21). Read more »

Our Attitude And Behavior Toward Indwelling Sin – Part 2

By John Fast

An often neglected and forgotten biblical truth is that the only true and saving faith is the faith which perseveres to the end (Mt 24:13; Col 1:22, 23; Jm 1:12; Rv 3:12). Equally neglected is the truth that God tests the sincerity of a person’s faith by trials and temptations, Read more »

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 »