NEW SPRING BAPTIST CHURCH, OGBOMOSO

 (John 8:31-36, 1 John 3:8) - For us to be free from Sin, there is the; * Possibility of freedom * Peril of freedom * process of freedom 7 Steps to Victory over sin V - Vigilance (1 Peter 5:8) I - Imagine the consequences (Romans 13:14) C - Cry out to God (Psalm 34:6, Jeremiah 33:3) T - Take thoughts into captivity (2 Corinthians 10:3-5) O - Omnipresence of God (Genesis 39:7-9) R - Rely on the Scriptures (Psalm 119:11, Joshua 1:8) Y - Yield to the Spirit.

 2 Samuel 12:1-14 1. Sin brought Death - Physical, Spiritual and Eternal 2. Sin affects the entirety of a man 3. Sin Affects human nature (Matthew 15:18-19) 4. Sin brings death 5. Sin brings loss of dominion 6. Sin hinders prayers (Isaiah 59:1-2) 7. Sin brings enslavement (John 8:34) 8. Sin brings shame, guilt & discomfort 9. Sim reflects in physical and moral levels.

 - Genesis 3 WHAT CAUSED MAN'S FALL - The Word of God was Distorted - The Word of God was Denied - The Word of God was defiled - The will of God was decreed * How was the Word of God distorted? - The devil added a provision that God didn't add (Gen. 3:3) - He subtracted from the penalty * They denied the Word of God (Gen. 3:5-6) - There was a ploy to offer an alternative to God's will - He suggested to them that God is less than His Words. * How was the Word of God defiled? - The devil appealed to their sense organs (pleasing to the eye) - He appealed to their sensory level (good to eat) - Adam did not warn his wife. *Why they hid themselves - Shame - Fear - Guilt (These are the results of sin) LESSONS FROM THE FALL - The standard is God's Word - Sin is our problem - Suffering is because of sin - Our solution is Christ

MAN IN THE IMAGE OF GOD - Rev. Dr. Olalekan Fatiloro Genesis 1:26-27, Psalm 8 * What does it mean when the Bible says Man was made in the image of God? - It means we have some qualities that God has given unto us which makes us different from other beings * Because of what God has done, we ought to worship Him * We need to make the LORD our Lord. SOME ATTRIBUTES GIVEN TO US BY GOD - We are rational beings - We are moral beings - We have free will: God doesn't force anything on us. - Man is relational - God demands that we be united