Podcasts about indwelling sin

[Slide 1] 2025 in Review 1.) [Slide 2] The challenges of 2025 a. Sickness i. Many sicknesses throughout the year are even still floating around. ii. Bouts of hand foot and mouth, the flu, fevers, sore throats, ear infections, and even some pesky allergies. iii. You need to be made of sterner stuff to live in MI I suppose. b. Physical issues i. Cancer battles are ongoing for some. ii. We had a couple broken bones iii. Weakness for some of our aging members iv. Back issues v. Sinus pressure vi. Tooth infections vii. Poison Ivy viii. Surgeries ix. Procedures x. And many doctor visits. c. Tragic Accidents i. We know of folks who have been involved in tragic accidents where people were injured. ii. Sometimes these accidents have changed people's lives forever. iii. Sometimes these accidents have stretched the limits of what it means to forgive and to love one another. d. Wars and Rumors of Wars i. The Russia Ukraine conflict continues ii. And the middle east of course. e. House hunting i. Many have moved to new locations and even new states and have been searching for somewhere to call their own. ii. Some have found homes for themselves – others are still looking diligently. f. Long trials i. Several have heard the word cancer uttered in their diagnosis this year. ii. Many have come through radiation or chemo or both. iii. Some among us took in family members who need constant care. iv. Kathy LaForest and her ongoing battle with cancer. v. Eric Beuaman's ongoing battle with congestive heart failure. vi. Joe and Sandy Henig moving into an assisted living facility and to be closer to family. vii. Jean Evans, with pancreatic cancer back and being put on hospice. viii. The Wingate family in general has endured quite a lot. With aging sisters and saying goodbye to nephews. g. Deaths of family and friends. i. Pat Dunsmore – Tania's father, after a long battle with COPD, went home to be with the Lord. ii. Rick Ellis – Pat and Lyle's Nephew, after yet another cancer battle, also passed on in peace. iii. Terri – Jean Evans' late husband Carl's daughter – promoted to glory after a short battle with cancer. iv. John MacArthur – a highly respected preacher and teacher of the Word passed away this year. h. Some Elders' jobs i. Both CJ and Jerry have experienced work instability this year. ii. CJ is still looking for a job. Jerry had to say goodbye to some work relationships because he was changing jobs. i. Spiritual battles i. We have had some fairly large spiritual issues arise in the church this year. ii. We have had several disputes between neighbors and spouses. iii. We have seen the deceitfulness of sin draw away one of our members. iv. We have also seen others leave in dereliction of their membership covenant obligations. 2.) [Slide 3] The blessings of 2025 a. Weather i. Much closer to normal weather this year. ii. We didn't have 1 single hurricane make landfall in the US. Which is somewhat astounding. iii. Although we didn't have a white Christmas this year we have already had a couple snow storms and even had the snow stick around for quite a while. b. Numerical blessings i. Baby Jaspir Bogen ii. Baby Everett Wegner iii. Baby Leah McCue iv. Baby Loretta McCue is coming in a few short weeks. c. My Fellow American i. Chris Steary passed his test to become a US citizen this year. ii. Congrats to him. d. Audio Visual Upgrades i. We were able to upgrade our computer, projector, and soundboard for our worship services. ii. This was already in the works, and providentially the Lord saw to it that it became abundantly obvious that it was necessary after we experienced some significant technical difficulties during the service. iii. We even had to go old school with an overhead projector one week. e. Missionary blessings i. We had Eric and Cherie Daum with us at the beginning of this year for a couple months. 1. They have since gone back to Asia Pacific, purchased land, built a house, and have moved in. 2. They are still learning the local language and getting ready for a language check very soon. 3. Of course, Bernie and Sue are going back to help for an entire month. ii. We had the Lundquist's join us this year for two weeks including our Lord's Supper catered meal. iii. We also were able to help send Lucy to Senegal - which we heard about this morning. What an amazing ministry. iv. Jordan and Emily experienced heartache this year when Emilly was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. After two surgeries it appears they have gotten all of the cancer out. They will test again in a few months. The blessing here is that we have had the opportunity to provide a home for them to live in as they struggle through this time. Praise the Lord. f. Spiritual Blessings i. 4 new professions of faith this year 1. Carrigan Golab 2. Sabreana Porter 3. Waylon McLeod 4. Amanda Jansen ii. 4 baptisms this year iii. 3 New Members were added iv. We began a new Jr. Church format this year, breaking into 3 groups instead of just two. Overall, the teachers have done an amazing job and it seems as though the kids are learning a good deal. v. We began a study bible distribution project last year with a goal of insuring that every father in the church had a LSB John MacArthur study bible. We are happy to announce that only 4 of those bibles remain and most of you are benefitting from one of them. vi. As a church we have also had the opportunity to be a blessing to other organizations. 1. Classical Conversations has entered its 7th year in using our church for its campus. 2. Michigan Karate for Christ began using our building at the beginning of this year to train its students in Kenpo Karate 3. The 4h Club Rustic Ramblers began using our building this year for its meetings as well. 4. We also had two non-member weddings. 5. These have all given us opportunities to be a light to our community. g. We as a church have received the blessing of teaching – LOTS of teaching praise the Lord! i. Basics class continued this year 1. First with the financial peace university, moderated by the Stearys. 2. Then with the Basics for the Christian life study led by both Nick Galante and myself. ii. Thursday Night Prayer Group 1. We meet at 6pm via the TEAMS app. 2. Most nights we pray over our congregation and our many needs and then discuss the sermon from the previous Sunday. iii. Youth Community. 1. We have been plodding along with Youth Community this year. 2. The families who attend find great benefit to the concentrated doses of spiritual truths our children are memorizing in the Baptist Catechism and comradery around other parents struggling to teach key doctrinal truths to their kids. iv. Foundations 1. We actually made quite a good deal of progress this past year in foundations. 2. We took what was originally a 4 year goal to study the entire bible and have crammed that into a 10 year (and counting) chronological study of the scriptures. 3. We have made it to King Josiah. 4. Still this year we have finished Isaiah, began Jeremiah, almost completed 2 Kings and 2 Chronicles and will finish up Nahum in the next few weeks. v. Preaching 1. We finally finished the book of Acts this year. 2. It only took us 2 and a half years and 100 sermons – but we made it. 3. We began our study of 1 and 2 Thessalonians, of which we've made it to almost chapter 3. 4. I also preached a Puritan sermon for Thanksgiving from Thomas Manton. vi. BSF 1. Although not affiliated with our church directly, Bible Study Fellowship has a long history of being a great way for people to gather and study the bible together. 2. Many of our church members are either leading or participating in BSF this year in their study of Ezekiel, Daniel, Ezra, and Esther. vii. There were several more bible studies and gatherings – most of which are a couple or few people who gather regularly to study the scriptures. h. Church finances held i. Even though we had a slight decrease in giving – we still met budget by spending less than we brought in. ii. This is in addition to doing some minor repairs to the parking lot and replacing much of our audio-visual equipment. i. Elders have been challenged this year i. I put this in the blessing category because it is indeed a blessing to see the Lord work through the plurality of qualified leaders He has given you for this church. ii. We have wrestled with questions this year, that we did not expect. iii. We have been baffled, confused, grieved, overjoyed, and frustrated. iv. We have wept together, tears of grief and tears of joy. v. We have laughed together. vi. We have even begun laying plans for developing future Elders. vii. Although no one ever said being an Elder would be easy – this year it was abundantly clear. viii. Pray for your Elders. I would guess that about 75% of our job is held in confidence and is never presented in any way to any of you. ix. Give your Elders the benefit of the doubt too. Should they say or do something that seems egregious… it probably has another explanation. If someone comes to you suggesting that the Elders are doing something crazy – perhaps you should either dismiss what they said or call an Elder up and get it straight from them. x. This year especially – let me remind you – we have labored for your souls. xi. Even if it seems like we don't get much done… know that you only see about 25% of what is happening around here. xii. Remember… we could always go slower.

it is not only said to be "enmity," but it is said to be "enmity against God." It has chosen a great enemy indeed. It is in various places proposed as our enemy, "Abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul" (1Pe 2:11). Fleshly lusts are enemies to the soul (that is, to ourselves). Sometimes indwelling sin is proposed as an enemy to the Spirit that is in us: "The flesh lusteth [that is, fights] against the Spirit" (Gal 5:17). It fights against the Spirit, or the spiritual principle that is in us, to conquer it. It fights against our souls to destroy them. It has special aims and designs against our souls and against the principle of grace that is in us. But its proper formal object is God:

How do you fight what rises up inside you? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Galatians 5:16–18 to show how walking by the Spirit keeps old desires from taking over.

This is a VERY SHORT BUT IMPORTANT MESSAGE Title: The Doctrine of Imputation Text: 2 Cor 5 vs 21 1. The gospel of grace is carried by the doctrine of imputation. 2. Apart from imputation of sin and righteousness there is NO GOSPEL. 3. Free Imputation of righteousness was always God's design for the salvation of sinners. 4. But how was that done? God "made Christ sin" and that means God imputed the sins of the elect to Christ. 5. Christ Jesus being God and sinless could not be infused with sin for many reasons. First being the immutable God, that was impossible. Secondly, that would have defiled Him and disqualified both His Priesthood and Sacrifice (Lev 21 & 22). 6. So, He was "made sin" not by infusion/impartation, but by imputation of sin debt/guilt. 6. Imputation does not transfer material or infuse things into a person. Rather, it legally reckons them as liable for the sins of another-as with Christ Jesus, and it makes the elect sinner also righteous in reverse. 7. The elect are legally righteous in the books of God, but not experientially, since they are not yet glorified. They all still have INDWELLING SIN. Indwelling sin is a constant REMINDER that our ONLY RIGHTEOUSNESS and HOPE lies in IMPUTED RIGHTEOUSNESS (God's righteousness). 8. Thus, the matter of salvation is best understood and believed through the doctrine of imputation and accompanying doctrines. By the death of Christ God made us the righteousness of God in Him. THAT IS HOW GOD SEES THINGS. 9. And how GOD SEES THINGS IS THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS and IT IS FREE

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A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Indwelling Sin and its Aim Against Our Spiritual Duties Subtitle: Indwelling SinTreatise Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 6/19/2025 Length: 38 min.

For the right performance of any duty, it is not enough that the thing required be itself performed, but that it be universally squared and fitted to the rule72 of the duty. Herein lies the great duty of the mind: namely, to attend to the rule of duties, and to take care that all the interests of such duties be ordered by such care. Our progress in obedience is our edification, or building up.

A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The Deceitfulness of Indwelling Sin - Chapter 8 Subtitle: Indwelling SinTreatise Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 6/4/2025 Length: 38 min.

The ground of this efficacy of sin by deceit is taken from the faculty of the soul affected with it. Deceit properly affects the mind; it is the mind that is deceived. When sin attempts any other way of entrance into the soul, as for example by the affections, the mind—retaining its right and sovereignty—is able to give check and control to it. But where the mind is tainted, the prevalence of sin must be great, for the mind or understanding is the leading faculty of the soul.

It is said that indwelling sin leads the soul captive "to the law of sin"—not to this or that sin, particular sin, or actual sin, but to the "law of sin." God, for the most part, orders things and gives out such supplies of grace to believers so that they shall not be made a prey to this or that particular sin. He ensures that sin should not prevail in them and compel them to serve it in its lusts. He ensures that sin should not have dominion over them, so that they should be captives and slaves to it.

A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The Captivating Power of Sin - Indwelling Sin - 7 Subtitle: Indwelling SinTreatise Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 5/31/2025 Length: 28 min.

Indwelling sin's persistence and urgency seem to be noted in this expression of its "warring." Enemies in war are restless, pressing, and persistent; so is the law of sin. Does it set upon the soul? Cast off its motions, and it returns again. Rebuke them by the power of grace. They withdraw for a while, and return again. Set before them the cross of Christ. They do as those that came to take Him: at the sight of Him, they went backwards and fell to the ground, but they arose again and laid hands on Him (Joh 18:6-13). Sin gives place for a season, but returns and presses on the soul again.

A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: A Treatise on Indwelling Sin - Chapter 6 Subtitle: Indwelling SinTreatise Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 5/26/2025 Length: 43 min.

There is in sin an aversion to God and everything of God, as we have in part discovered in handling the enmity itself, and so shall not need much to insist upon it again. All indisposition to duty in which communion with God is to be obtained; all weariness of duty; all carnality or formality to duty—it all springs from this root.

A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Treatise On Indwelling Sin - Chapter 4 - Aversion to God Subtitle: Indwelling SinTreatise Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 5/24/2025 Length: 22 min.

Whatever is opposite to anything, as such, is opposite to all of it. Sin is enmity to God as God, and therefore to all of God. Not His goodness, not His holiness, not His mercy, not His grace, not His promises—there is not anything of Him that sin does not make head against. Nor is there any duty, private or public, in the heart or in external works, that sin does not oppose.

A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Treatise On Indwelling Sin - Chapter 4 Subtitle: Indwelling SinTreatise Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Sunday Service Date: 5/22/2025 Length: 18 min.

Has anyone the perfect measure of his own light and darkness? Upon the proposal of an endless variety of objects for its exercise, can anyone know what acts of choosing or turning away his will will bring forth? Can anyone traverse the various changes in his affections? Do the secret springs of acting and refusing in the soul lie before the eyes of any man?

A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Treatise On Indwelling Sin - Chapter 3 Subtitle: Indwelling SinTreatise Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 5/21/2025 Bible: Romans 7:21 Length: 22 min.

If such a law of sin in believers, it is doubtless their duty to find it out, to find it so to be. The more they are aware of its power, the less they will feel its effects. It will not at all advantage a man to have a wasting fever and not to discover it, or a fire lying secretly in his house and not to know it. So much as men find of this law in them, so much they will abhor it and themselves, and no more. Proportional also to their discovery of it will be their earnestness for grace, nor will it rise higher.

A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Treatise On Indwelling Sin - Chapter 2 Subtitle: Indwelling SinTreatise Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 5/20/2025 Bible: Romans 7:21 Length: 19 min.

Many men live in the dark to themselves all their days; whatever else they know, they know not themselves. They know their outward estates, how rich they are. And they are careful to examine the condition of their bodies as to health and sickness. But as to their inward man and their principles as to God and eternity, they know little or nothing of themselves. Indeed, few labor to grow wise in this matter; few study themselves as they ought.

A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Treatise On Indwelling Sin - Chapter 1 Subtitle: Indwelling SinTreatise Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 5/19/2025 Length: 17 min.

Many things seem to render the handling of indwelling sin at this season necessary. We see the effects and fruits of it in the apostasies and backslidings of many, the scandalous sins and errors of some, and the course and lives of the most. This seems to call for a due consideration of it.

A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Treatise On Indwelling Sin - Preface Subtitle: Indwelling SinTreatise Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 5/14/2025 Length: 4 min.

Understanding what it means to be free from indwelling sin.

Christian believers will be tempted to sin. How are we to understand what goes on in temptation? Where is God when we are tempted? How do we lay hold of the resources to resist and come through these times of agony? These and other crucial questions are considered in this week's episode.   Featured Resources: – 'Lead Us Not Into Temptation', Sinclair B. Ferguson, Banner of Truth Magazine, Issue 145 (October 1975). – Excerpt from William Bridge, A Lifting Up for the Downcast (1649; repr. Edinburgh: Banner of Truth Trust, 2024), Chapter 7, 'A Lifting Up in the Case of Temptation', p. 214–220.    Further Reading: Bridge, William, A Lifting Up for the Downcast Gurnall, William, The Christian in Complete Armour (single volume or abridged in three paperback volumes) Owen, John, Temptation Resisted and Repulsed (abridged and made easy to read by Richard Rushing) Owen, John, The Mortification of Sin (abridged and made easy to read by Richard Rushing) Owen, John, Works, Volume 6: Sin and Temptation (includes full text of On the Mortification of Sin in Believers, Of Temptation, Indwelling Sin, and A Practical Exposition of Psalm 130)     Explore the work of the Banner of Truth: www.banneroftruth.org Subscribe to the Magazine (print/digital/both): www.banneroftruth.org/magazine Leave us your feedback or a testimony: www.speakpipe.com/magazinepodcast

O God, help us to feel worse about our own shortfalls than the failure of others.

A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: How Indwelling Sin Leads to Backsliding Subtitle: Indwelling SinTreatise Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Sunday Service Date: 3/8/2025 Length: 34 min.

If the utmost diligence and carefulness be not used to improve and grow in this wisdom, then indwelling sin, working by the vanity of the minds of men, will insensibly bring them to content themselves with slight and rare thoughts of these things—without a diligent, persistent endeavor to give them their due improvement upon the soul. As men decay in this, so will they assuredly decay and decline in the power of holiness and close walking with God. The springs being stopped or tainted, the streams will not run so swiftly, at least not so sweetly, as formerly.

What does it mean to become who you are in Christ? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Romans 7:14–25 to show how Christians battle sin by living in their God-given identity.

What role does the mind play in the Christian life? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper turns to Romans 7:14–25 to show the vital connection between a renewed mind and the fight against sin.

How much freedom from sin should Christians expect in this life? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper unpacks Romans 7:14–25, showing how believers fight sin's persistence.

Where do we find hope in our ongoing struggle with sin? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Romans 7:14–25 to explore the hope of future redemption.

How do we hold on to hope in the face of failure? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper turns to Romans 7:14–25 to reveal how union with Christ transforms despair into confidence.

When we face failure as Christians, what's actually happening? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper explores Romans 7:14–25 to reveal the hope in the midst of our struggle.

When sin feels overwhelming, where can we find hope? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Romans 7:14–25 to stress both the reality of indwelling sin and the power of God's grace.

How should Christians respond to our ongoing war with sin? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper unpacks Romans 7:14–25, showing how believers can battle sin while clinging to gospel hope.

Is Romans 7:14–25 describing a Christian or not? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper shows how God's righteousness in Christ transforms our view of sin and the law, regardless of the answer.

A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: How Indwelling Sin Entangles The Affections Subtitle: Indwelling SinTreatise Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 12/25/2024 Bible: James 1:14-15 Length: 20 min.

The affections are certainly entangled when they stir up frequent imaginations about the proposed object to which this deceit of sin leads and entices. When sin prevails and the affections are gone fully after it, it fills the imagination with the object, possessing the imagination with images, likenesses, and appearances of the object continually. Such persons "devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds."

Discover powerful biblical strategies to overcome besetting sins with Dr. Joel Beeke. Drawing from Puritan wisdom and Scripture, learn practical steps to mortify sin and live in victory through Christ.In this deep-dive conversation, Dr. Beeke unpacks:- The Puritan concept of "bosom sins" and how to identify them- Why zero tolerance for sin is essential for Christian growth- How to use accountability partners effectively- Practical wisdom from Thomas Watson and John Owen- The "fight or flight" approach to temptation- Why watchfulness is crucial for spiritual victory

A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Habitual Decays in Grace -Indwelling Sin Treatise Chapter 15 Subtitle: Indwelling SinTreatise Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 10/21/2024 Bible: Romans 8:6 Length: 46 min.

Indwelling sin works by sloth and negligence. It prevails in the soul to neglect the stirring up of continual thoughts about the things that so powerfully influence it to strict and fruitful obedience. If care be not taken—if diligence and watchfulness be not used, and all means that are appointed of God to keep a quick and living sense of them upon the soul—they will dry up and decay.

Enmity exerts itself is opposition. Enmity will oppose and contend with what it is at enmity with. Things natural and moral work this way also: as light and darkness, heat and cold oppose each other, so do virtue and vice. So is it with sin and grace. The apostle says, "These are contrary the one to the other" (Gal 5:17)—that is, they are placed and set in mutual opposition, and that continually and constantly, as we shall see.

O God, help us to feel worse about our own shortfalls than the failure of others.