This document appears to be notes from a conference presentation on the topic of sin and identity in Christ. It discusses moving beyond just dealing with sin to transforming life, defines sin more fully as attitudes and desires in addition to actions, and explores themes of adoption as sons rather than slaves, living without fear through the witness of the Spirit, and intimacy with God as our Father.

1. New York Summer Conference
Summer 2012

3. INTRODUCTION(S)
A LITTLE ABOUT ME

4. INTRODUCTION(S)
A LITTLE ABOUT ME

5. INTRODUCTION(S)
A LITTLE ABOUT ME

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A LITTLE ABOUT ME

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A LITTLE ABOUT ME

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A LITTLE ABOUT ME

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A LITTLE ABOUT ME

11. INTRODUCTION(S)
MORE ABOUT ME

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MORE ABOUT ME

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MORE ABOUT ME

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MORE ABOUT ME

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MORE ABOUT ME

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MORE ABOUT ME

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MORE ABOUT ME

19. TWO BECAME ONE
WILDERNESS

20. TWO BECAME ONE
WILDERNESS

21. TWO BECAME ONE
WILDERNESS

23. A CHILD IS BORN
(RUPTURE AND REDEMPTION)

25. NICOLAS ONG
HUH?

27. JUSTICE AND TRAINING
A CALL

29. NOAH ONG
FLOODY

30. KING’S CROSS CHURCH
PROJECT
LIVING FAITH COMMUNITY CHURCH
DATE CLIENT
FALL 2012 DOWNTOWN FLUSHING

31. Enough about me...

32. FOLLOW HIS FOOTSTEPS
KNOW HIM/KNOW YOURSELF

33. PAUL’S LETTER TO THE ROMANS
GREATEST LETTER EVER WRITTEN

34. ROMANS 8:12-17
LIVING AS SONS/HEIRS NOT SLAVES (WHO WE ARE, IN LIGHT OF WHO HE IS)

35. SO THEN, BROTHERS, WE ARE DEBTORS, NOT TO THE FLESH, TO LIVE ACCORDING TO THE
FLESH. FOR IF YOU LIVE ACCORDING TO THE FLESH YOU WILL DIE, BUT IF BY THE SPIRIT YOU
PUT TO DEATH THE DEEDS OF THE BODY, YOU WILL LIVE. FOR ALL WHO ARE LED BY THE SPIRIT
OF GOD ARE SONS OF GOD. FOR YOU DID NOT RECEIVE THE SPIRIT OF SLAVERY TO FALL BACK
INTO FEAR, BUT YOU HAVE RECEIVED THE SPIRIT OF ADOPTION AS SONS, BY WHOM WE CRY,
“ABBA! FATHER!” THE SPIRIT HIMSELF BEARS WITNESS WITH OUR SPIRIT THAT WE ARE
CHILDREN OF GOD, AND IF CHILDREN, THEN HEIRS—HEIRS OF GOD AND FELLOW HEIRS WITH
CHRIST, PROVIDED WE SUFFER WITH HIM IN ORDER THAT WE MAY ALSO BE GLORIFIED WITH
HIM.
(ROMANS 8:12-17 ESV)
ROMANS 8:12-17
LIVING AS SONS/HEIRS NOT SLAVES (WHO WE ARE, IN LIGHT OF WHO HE IS)

36. DEALING WITH SIN
PUTTING IT TO DEATH

37. transaction
sin management

38. History has brought us to the point where the Christian message is thought to be
essentially concerned only with how to deal with sin: with wrongdoing or wrong-
being and its effects. Life, our actual existence, is not included in what is now
presented as the heart of the Christian message, or it is included only marginally. That
is where we find ourselves today…. When we examine the broad spectrum of
Christian proclamation and practice, we see that the only thing made essential
on the right wing of theology is forgiveness of the individual’s sins. On the left it
is the removal of social or structural evil. The current gospel then becomes a “gospel
of sin management.” Transformation of life and character is no part of the
redemptive message. Moment-to-moment human reality in its depths is not the arena
of faith and eternal living.
Dallas Willard

39. INCOMPLETE VIEW OF OUR SIN
WHY DO WE DO THE THINGS WE DO?

40. Sin is any failure to conform to the moral law of God in act, attitude, or nature. Sin is
here defined in relation to God and his moral law. Sin includes not only individual acts
such as stealing or lying or committing murder, but also attitudes that are contrary to
the attitudes God requires of us. We see this already in the Ten Commandments, which
not only prohibit sinful actions but also wrong attitudes: “You shall not covet your
neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or
maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor” (Ex 20:17).
Here God specifies that a desire to steal or to commit adultery is also sin in his sight.
The Sermon on the Mount also prohibits sinful attitudes such as anger (Mt 5:22) or
lust (Mt 5:28). Paul lists attitudes such as jealousy, anger, and selfishness (Gal 5:20) as
things that are works of the flesh opposed to the desires of the Spirit (Gal 5:20).
Therefore, a life that is pleasing to God is one that has moral purity not only in its
actions, but also in its desires of heart. In fact, the greatest commandment of all
requires that our heart be filled with an attitude of love for God: “You shall love the
Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and
with all your strength” (Mk 12:30).
Wayne Grudem

41. DEBT
WHAT IT IS...WHAT IT AIN’T

42. GOING DEEPER
ON OUR IDENTITY

43. ADOPTION
ROMAN AND BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE

44. NOT SLAVERY
BUT SONS

45. NOT FEAR
WHAT CAUSES FEAR?

46. BEARING WITNESS
NOT FALSE WITNESS FROM THE ACCUSER

47. ABBA FATHER
INTIMACY

48. SELAH
NOT REMINDERS....