crocodile

Crocodile illustration

There is a big difference between those who understand the cross and those that don’t. The understanding comes because of the knowledge of the personal nature of sin. Those who have seen their own sin in all its horror have seen the cross in all its glory. They whisper with the apostle, “God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ . . .” (Galatians 6:14).

Those who are saved hate sin, see it in it's true light, and turned from it. They now love righteousness, and are transformed by God to be lovers of truth, righteousness, and conquer and eliminate sin; have victory over it. The do not live in it nor love sin, they reject sin and remove it from their lives.

They understand sin and what Jesus did for us and by that great love, how can we who love Him sin against him willfully and rebelliously?

If my father was terribly injured by crocodiles, after jumping into infested waters to save me from a certain and terrifying death, I don’t need anyone to reassure me of his love. I don’t need someone to try and convince me that my dad cared about me. I have his love graphically evidenced by what he did for me when he jumped into crocodile infested waters.

In fact, if someone told me a hundred times that my dad really did love me, I would wonder if he had even heard about my father’s incredible act of heroism.

They would know of His fathomless love because they have seen Jesus Christ evidently set forth and crucified. Eternal Justice put Him on the cross and infinite love kept Him there, and there is no greater place of security than at the foot of that blood-stained cross.

Pt2: The mentality of and reason why true Christians don't live in sin after salvation.

Lets look at the Kid fishing on a pier. The Father told him to stay on the pier and not venture into the crocodile infested waters. Day after day the kid fished safely on the pier. The kid looked at a rickety wooden boat next to the pier and thought about giving into the water. Then the son disobeyed his father, got into the boat, took it into crocodile infested waters to fish, when all of a sudden the gators knocked the boat over, the kid fell into the crocodile infested waters. The Father seeing this jumped into the crocodile infested waters to save his son. He saved his child.

What then would you think of the son, if when they get on shore, and after the son sees the Father's chomped on/off bloodly legs, and after what he just did for his son...the kid says to his father, you know that was really exciting, I want to go back in there! And gets back in the boat and goes into the dangerous waters?! What does he make of the Father's sacrifice?? What a wicked child.

This is an illustration of how God came to save us, and we repented & turned from Sin to God. How can we go back to sin, when we know the true sacrifice He has made for us? Trampling on the sacrifice & blood of Christ. We need to be like Joseph and say, after God has given me everything, "*How Then could I do this great evil*, and sin against God?" (Gen. 39:9).

When we have a right understanding of sin we abhor it.

🐊Visual Alligator story included in video .

This relates to any and every sin

(💡*just the 1st part of the talking)

Alligator story explained 🛶🐊

So we know believers aren't sinless.. we carry the dead old nature around with us as we daily pick up our cross and follow Christ. So how do believers deal with sin, cuz Scripture says some scary things.

The Seriousness of Sin

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