Mortifying Sin
The Haunted House
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September 29, 2002
Adult Sunday School
Class #3
Key Points:
Sin has a perfect hiding place . . . our heart . . . it is a perfect hiding place because our heart is deceitful and unsearchable (Jeremiah 17:9).
Scripture speaks of the heart comprising our mind, will, affections, and conscience—so all of these are deceitful and unsearchable, too.
The tendency is to become confident that our war with sin is over, it is in these times we are vulnerable to ambush.
We are constantly to be "on guard" against our "enemy within" (Matthew 16:6; Matthew 26:41; Luke 12:15; 1 Corinthians 16:13; 2 Peter 3:17).
We don't know our hearts, but He does—Psalm 139:23-24 is to be our continual prayer:
"Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting."