Exploring Vulnerable States of Being That Can Lead Us Into Sin. State of Being is not in and of itself sinful or wrong but can be open doors to sin and or a foothold from the devil.

1. STATE
OF
BEING
A STATE OF BEING IS A
STATE IN WHICH A PERSON
FINDS HIMSELF UNDER
THESE CIRCUMSTANCES.
EVERYONE GOES
THROUGH AT LEAST ONE
OR MORE OF THE
MENTIONED STATES OF
DAILY BEING. BEING IN
ONE OR MORE OF THESE
STATES OF BEING IS NOT IN
ITSELF SINFUL, BUT CAN
MAKE YOU VULNERABLE
TO SIN BY BECOMING A
SPRINGBOARD FOR THE
DEVIL TO USE AGAINST
YOU. THIS FULCRUM
BECOMES A SPIRITUAL
DEPENDENCE THAT CAN
LAST DAYS, WEEKS,
MONTHS, AND YEARS IF
NOT DEALT WITH
THROUGH PRAYER AND
MEDITATION ON THE
WORD.
DWELLING
PHASE
INITIAL
RESPONSE
YOU CAN CHOOSE TO
RESPOND IN TWO WAYS:
1) YOU CAN OBEY GOD'S
WORD AND APPLY WISDOM
IN YOUR STATE OF BEING.
OR
2) YOU CAN REJECT
INSTRUCTION FROM GOD'S
WORD AND SIN AGAINST
OTHERS AND GOD.
HOWEVER, YOU HAVE
HOPE IF YOU CHOOSE TO
SIN. YOU CAN:
1. APOLOGIZE AND
CONFESS YOUR SIN (BOTH
TO OTHERS AND TO GOD)
2. REPENT OF SIN (TURN
AWAY)
3. CONTINUE TO PURSUE
CHRIST THROUGH FAITH
AND KEEPING WITH
REPENTANCE.
YOU HAVE TWO OPTIONS
WHEN YOU ARE IN ANY OF
THESE STATES:
1. YOU CAN PRAY AND
MEDITATE ON THE WORD OF
GOD TO KEEP YOU FROM SIN
BY:
1. GUARDING YOUR HEART
AND MIND AGAINST SINFUL
THOUGHTS
2. ASKING GOD FOR WISDOM
AND APPLY IT ACCORDINGLY
3. MAINTAINING SELF-
CONTROL THROUGH THE HOLY
SPIRIT AND NOT EMOTIONS
CONTROL YOU
OR
2. YOU CAN LET YOUR EMOTIONS
CONTROL YOU AND GIVE IN TO
THE FLESH, WHICH LEADS TO SIN.
YOU MUST HAVE DOMINION OVER
SIN, OTHERWISE SIN WILL RULE
OVER YOU! THE CHOICE IS YOURS!
GOD'S WAY OR YOUR WAY?
CONDITION
AFFECTED
MIND
AFFECTED
ACTION AND
BEHAVIORAFFECTED
NOTE: CONTINUING TO SIN IN THIS
STATE OF BEING AND NOT REPENTING
OF IT CAN LEAD TO WORSE SINS AND
SEVERE CONSEQUENCES
REMEMBER THAT CHRIST RELATES TO OUR WEAKNESSES
1. CHRIST SUFFERED HUMAN WEAKNESSES LIKE US (YET WITHOUT SINNING)
2. CHRIST WAS TEMPTED BY THE DEVIL BUT OVERCAME HIM WITH THE WORD
OF GOD
3. CHRIST WILL ALWAYS PROVIDE A WAY OF ESCAPE AND HELP US ENDURE
TEMPTATIONS TO SIN
4. CHRIST HAS GIVEN US HIS HOLY SPIRIT TO LEAD AND GUIDE US TO RESIST
SIN. HIS SPIRIT ALSO CONVICTS US WHEN WE SIN AND LEADS US TO
REPENTANCE.
THE SCRIPTURES THAT CONFIRM THE WORDS INCLUDE: LUKE 4:13;
4:7; 1 CORINTHIANS 10:12–13;2 CORINTHIANS 2:11; EPHESIANS 4:26-
27; 1 PETER 5:8; MATTHEW 26:41
THE WAR
WITHIN YOU
ENSUES
FAMISHED
ESAU
JESUS (YET
WITHOUT SIN)
IRRITATED
MOSES
CAIN
JESUS (YET
WITHOUT SIN)
GRIEVED
JOB’S WIFE
JESUS (YET
WITHOUT SIN)
HURTING
HAGAR
JESUS (YET
WITHOUT SIN)
TIRED
SAMSON
JESUS’ DISCIPLES
JESUS (YET WITHOUT SIN)
BIBLE EXAMPLES:
PONDER THESEVERSES
WHENYOU ARE:
FAMISHED (DEUTERONOMY 8:3;
MATTHEW 4:4; LUKE 4:4)
ANGRY (PROVERBS 14:29; JAMES
1:20; EPHESIANS 4:26-27;
ECCLESIASTES 7:9; PROVERBS
16:32)
GRIEVING AND HURTING (PSALM
34:18; PSALMS 147:3; PSALMS 73:26;
EPHESIANS 4:30; 1 PETER 5:7;
EPHESIANS 4:32; COLOSSIANS 3:13)
TIRED (GALATIANS 6:9; 2
THESSALONIANS 3:13;
ISAIAH 40:28-29)
"IF THE DEVIL
KNOCKS AT YOUR
DOOR, LET THE
HOLY SPIRIT COME
TO YOUR DOOR."