What Is “The Sin Unto Death?”
By Doug Giles, recorded at Liberty Fellowship in Wimberley, Texas.
How many times have you heard about a ‘sin unto death’ preached about in a modern American church? Let’s be honest, it’s hard enough to find one that will even talk about ‘sin’, let alone the kind that threatens to snuff you out.
And yet, there it is in the text, big as Dallas.
If you thought the last six verses of John’s letter would be some sign-offs and niceties to all the folks he knows in various cities… guess again. He’s got something he means to say and he’s keeping the pedal to the floor right to the very last word.
What does he squeeze into those six tight verses?
– What to do if a believer is caught in sin. (Spoiler alert, it doesn’t look much like what we do today.)
– Talking about different kinds of sin and their consequences.
– The confidence of the believer when we are tempted by El Diablo
– The divinity of Christ, who is True God
– Eternal life
Yes. Idols.
And that ending makes sense. You’ll have to catch the sermon to see how everything fits.
Doug’s latest book is’Biblical Badasses: The Old Men‘
When God gets geared up to bring about a reformation, he green-lights the dream machine in us old farts. Yep, the prophet Joel says that when God‘s afoot flipping a nation from filth to faith, he doesn’t just use the young ‘uns, but he gives fresh dreams to the old dudes. Indeed, it is not just young peeps. It’s young and old. It’s a holy mashup of the green behind the ears and grey within the ears. That’s right, old man … God’s not finished with you yet. The ten men spotlighted in this spicy tome were probably way older than you when God lit their world of fire with fresh vision and purpose. If you’re hungry for more of God, then you should expect the Lord to do the same with you.
This is a great book for the rowdy 60+ Christian. It’ll shoot adrenaline into your soul. It hit #1 on Amazon in less than twenty-four hours. Get your seniors reading this in their group bible study. The devil will not be happy…
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