Friday, January 26, 2018

Breaking the Yoke of Sin


Excellent sermon by Tim Keller, from James 1, Breaking The Yoke Of Sin - YouTube. For ministers especially. 

What is your "fatal attraction" (wanting things badly)? What do I love more than God?…. Answer to temptation? "Fall in love with Jesus. Look at what He has done." 

Thomas Chalmers wrote: “The only way to break the hold of a beautiful object on the soul is to show it an object even more beautiful.” 

Keller says, You can’t just say no when you find out sin is due to the fact that your imagination has been captured by something. Therefore, the answer to temptation is spiritual passion, not just negation, not just discipline, not just to say no. You have to fall in love with Somebody.

Read also The Expulsive Power of a New Affection

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