The Big Diehl

I was recently cleaning up my desk and I found a blank sheet of paper folded in half with some notes written all over it. Not sure where they came from, I think I took these notes while listening to John Bevere speak. I liked it… so I figured I’d post it here:

A sinner has a sinful nature and can’t help but sin! We (Christians) often get mad at them for sinning, but they’re sinners - its what they do! Sinning is in step with who they are. But for a Christian to live in habitual sin just doesn’t make sense — its out of step. 

Saying the prayer and confessing Christ does not change the NATURE. Christianity requires a nature change. You can’t just join the “born again club” with an initiation statement. 

“Jesus, I relinquish my rights to live for You — whatever You want.”

FOLLOWING JESUS COSTS YOUR FREEDOM. 

We proud Americans don’t like to hear that - we like to focus just on how Jesus gives us FREEDOM from sin. That is great — Jesus DOES give us freedom from sin and that is wonderful! But I’m talking about how we Christians must give up our freedom to do what we want to do for what God wants us to do. We relinquish our right to do what we want. That process is called sanctification.