Week 3 – The DNA of Sin
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Class occurred on 1/22/2025.
Audio used with permission by PaulTripp Ministries.
Here are some items that may be helpful for your review as we head into week 4.
KEY IDEAS:
- The power of sin has been broken (justification), but the presence of sin still remains and is being progressively eradicated (sanctification).
- Sin causes us to shrink our lives down to the size of our lives.
- The DNA of sin is selfishness.
- Sin is anti-social in its fundamental form.
- Sin will cause you to dehumanize the other person in your marriage.
- You have been born into a world that, by its very nature, is a celebration of Another.
SCRIPTURE PASSAGE
2 Corinthians 5:14-15
For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.
REFLECTION QUESTIONS:
- In what ways do I buy into the lie that mylife – and marriage – is all about me?
- How can I view my spouse – or anyone in my life – more as a person to be loved instead of a vehicle or object to be used?
- What can motivate me to love others more? (HINT: remembering God’s love and grace for me – 1 John 4:19)