#9 - Exposing the Path of the True Christian Life

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#9 - Exposing the Path of the True Christian Life

August 28, 2021

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We’ve covered a lot of ground in this series. And in this episode, we want to end by helping you see that ultimately, it’s living in the flow of God’s love that will put the ax to the root of sin and selfishness in your life. Pride and selfishness cannot flourish in a heart that is overflowing with a desire to meet the needs of others. We’ll also take a step back, and look at our series as a whole, to remind us of the depth and complexity of the self-life.

Series Intro

There is one truth about sexual addiction that has forever shaped Pure Life Ministries' approach to helping those battling with sexual sin. We’ve found that there is a hidden root within all of us, including many professing Christians, that fosters other sins. It’s called the self-life. Sexual addiction, anger, bitterness, jealousy, deceit, and many more sins are all just the fruit of a toxic mixture of pride and selfishness. In this series, we will expose why the self-life is at the center of all sin, reveal many of its common manifestations and show how dealing with this root God's way will lead to true and lasting freedom.

#1 - Exposing the Root of all Sin

At the root of all sin is the self-life. Out of the self-life flows our attitudes, desires, thoughts, ambitions and actions. The Bible calls it "the flesh." It is the fallen part of us that Jesus died to give us victory over. The self-life is constantly striving to control us and to keep us under its dominion. Some of its manifestations are obviously sinful such as adultery, murder and rebellion. But others are not so obvious such as self-effort, self-determination, self-pity, and even self-love. In this video Pastor Steve Gallagher helps us understand that to gain real freedom from sin, we must uproot the self-life.

#2 - Exposing How Pride Takes Root in Our Hearts

Pride comes as naturally to humans as breathing. It is the attitude that comes out of the self-life, and it strengthens and fortifies the self-life. Our self-life is at the root of all sin, so if we want true freedom from sin we must allow God to deal with our pride. In this episode, we look at what allows pride to flourish and grow in a person’s heart, what will happen if it is left unchecked, and the value in fighting against it.