To have a lethal faith in your battle against sin, you must store up Scripture deep within. This message was given on March 20, 2016 at New City Church in Calgary by Pastor John Ferguson. For more info, please visit: www.newcitychurch.ca

1. Licensed to Kill
Killing The Sin That Kills Our Joy
“Lethal Faith”
~ Psalm 119:9-11 ~

2. Licensed to Kill
Killing The Sin That Kills Our Joy
~ Psalm 119:9-11 ~

3. Inigo Montoya The Dread Pirate
Roberts

4. Licensed to Kill
Killing The Sin That Kills Our Joy
“Lethal Faith”
~ Psalm 119:9-11 ~

5. 9 How can a young man keep his way
Psalm 119:9-11
pure?

6. Above all else,
guard your heart,
for everything flows
from it.
~ Proverbs 4:23 (NIV)

7. Psalm 119:9-11
pure? By guarding it according to your
word.
9 How can a young man keep his way

8. THE WORD
Weapon # 1

9. “Your testimonies are my delight;
they are my counselors.”
“…for I find delight in your commandments,
which I love.”
“Your word is a lamp to my feet
and a light to my path.”
“I love your commandments
above gold, above fine gold.
~ Psalm 119: 24, 48, 105, 127

10. “When your son asks you in time to come, ‘What
is the meaning of the testimonies and the
statutes and the rules that the Lord our God has
commanded you?’ then you shall say to your
son, ‘We were Pharaoh’s slaves in Egypt. And
the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty
hand. And the Lord showed signs and wonders,
great and grievous, against Egypt and against
Pharaoh and all his household, before our eyes.
~ Deuteronomy 6:20-24

11. And he brought us out from there, that he might
bring us in and give us the land that he swore
to give to our fathers. And the Lord
commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear
the Lord our God, for our good always, that he
might preserve us alive, as we are this day.
~ Deuteronomy 6:20-24

12. ~ The Apostle Paul in
Ephesians 6
“Finally, be strong in the Lord
and in the strength of his
might.… Take up the whole
armour of God, that you may
be able to withstand in the
evil day, and having done all,
to stand firm…. and take…
the sword of the Spirit,
which is the word of God…

13. “For the word of God is
living and active, sharper
than any two-edged
sword, piercing to the
division of joints and of
marrow, and discerning
the thoughts and
intentions of the heart.”
~ Hebrews 4:12

14. How is your
appetite
for the Word
of God
?

15. 67%
Canadians claim to be Christians
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16. 11%
Canadians who read the Bible 1x / month
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17. Psalm 119:9-11
me not wander from your command-
10 With my whole heart I seek you; let
ments.

18. PRAYER
Weapon # 2

19. Psalm 119:9-11
me not wander from your command-
10 With my whole heart I seek you; let
ments.

20. Prone to wander, Lord I feel it,
Prone to leave the God I love.
Take my heart, Lord,
Take and seal it,
Seal it for Thy courts above.
“Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing”

21. Prayerlessness is our
declaration of independence
from God.
~ Anonymous
“

22. “Incline my heart to your testimonies,
and not to selfish gain!
Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things,
and give me life in your ways.”
“Keep steady my step
according to your promise,
and let no iniquity get dominion over me.”
~ Psalm 119:36-37 & 133

24. What does
your prayer life
say about your
dependence
upon God
?

25. Psalm 119:9-11
heart, that I might not sin against you.
12 I have stored up your word in my

26. MEDITATION /
MEMORIZATION
Weapon # 3

27. Meditation is spiritually
“tasting” the Scripture—
delighting in it, sensing the
sweetness of the teaching,
feeling the conviction of what
it tells us about ourselves,
and thanking God and
praising God for what it
shows us about him.

28. Meditation is also spiritually
‘digesting’ the Scripture,
applying it, thinking about
how it affects you,
describes you, guides you
in the most practical way. It
is drawing strength from the
Scripture, letting it give you
hope, using it to remember
how loved you are.

29. To shift metaphors,
meditation is taking the
truth down into our
hearts until it catches fire
there and begins to melt
and shape our reactions
to God, ourselves, and
the world.

30. Therefore we must
pay much closer
attention to what we
have heard, lest we
drift away from it.
~ Hebrews 2:1

31. How much
Scripture do
you have
stored up in
your heart
?

32. To have a lethal faith
in your battle against sin,
you must store up Scripture
deep within.

33. Consider the lethal faith of Jesus
in his battle against temptation.

34. What next
step do you
need to take in
order to make
your faith
lethal?

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