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The Bible and...: Part 7a: Self-Love and Sin
Monday, June 17, 2024 by Dr. James W. Walraven

Today we start a new section in the series “The Bible and”, a section that will deal with placing the love of self and sin above Scripture; its warnings and admonitions against them.

Love yourself. Unless you first love yourself, you’ll never be able to love others. Don’t you hear that all the time? That is what the world and the secular culture constantly bombard us with.

One of the biggest temptations we have as Christians is to place our love of self over our love of God. It is something the world does by definition, being dead in their trespasses and sin, lost, separated from God. Self-love is what the world knows. But Biblically, to emphasize self-love is deadly.

God warns us that self-love will be people’s primary focus in the last days.

1 Timothy 2:1–5 warns us: “But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these.” (NAU)

That sounds like the days we are living in, doesn’t it? It starts with love of self. All the sins mentioned, from loving pleasure and money, to hating good, being brutal and malicious, stem from love of self. As Christians, do we embrace and support that type of self-directed lifestyle or do we avoid it? Do we support and encourage those who revel in self-love, or do we lovingly—in terms of God’s definition of love—warn them of the consequences?

Either God or self will be on the throne of our hearts, directing our lives. We can’t have it both ways. Either self will rule or God will rule. As Christians, we will either be led by our flesh, our sinful selves, or by God, via the Holy Spirit. As believers, we have that choice, those in the world do not; they will be led by their own selfish desires.

Romans 8:5–8 contrasts the two life-patterns: “For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace, because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so, and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.” (NAU)

Galatians 5:17–23 describes the differences between the two: “For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, so that you may not do the things that you please. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law. Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions, envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.” (NAU)

It is impossible for those whose lives are directed by their own selves to please God. That life ends in death; eternal separation from God. If so-called believers practice that type of lifestyle, it will not end well. Jesus states that if we love Him, we will obey His commandments. It is not “obey if we feel like it” or “won’t obey”; it is “will obey”. Yes, as believers we do sometimes fail and sin, but we confess our sin, ask God for His forgiveness, and press on living our lives in obedience. Even in times of struggle against a particular sin, we recognize sin as sin, we don’t excuse it.

Do we heed God’s warnings, or do we press on in the enjoyment of sin? Do we practice self-control or do we join with those who celebrate their sin? Do we seek to live holy lives, or not? Do we force the Bible to conform to our sin of choice, and excuse our sin, or do we heed what the Bible says, and repent of it? Do we celebrate sin or do we decry it?

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Dr. James W. Walraven

8/16/2021

False Gospels and False Bibles, Part 3A
Dr. James W. Walraven

8/13/2021

False Gospels and False Bibles, Part 2F
Dr. James W. Walraven

8/11/2021

False Gospels and False Bibles, Part 2E
Dr. James W. Walraven

8/9/2021

False Gospels and False Bibles, Part 2D
Dr. James W. Walraven

8/6/2021

False Gospels and False Bibles, Part 2C
Dr. James W. Walraven

8/4/2021

False Gospels and False Bibles, Part 2B
Dr. James W. Walraven

8/2/2021

False Gospels and False Bibles, Part 2A
Dr. James W. Walraven

7/30/2021

False Gospels and False Bibles, Part 1B
Dr. James W. Walraven

7/28/2021

False Gospels and False Bibles, Part 1A
Dr. James W. Walraven

7/26/2021

Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing?
Dr. James W. Walraven

7/12/2021

Destroying Bible-Believing Churches, Part 4: Reflections
Dr. James W. Walraven

7/9/2021

Destroying Bible-Believing Churches, Part 3: Good News! God Remains in Control
Dr. James W. Walraven

7/7/2021

Destroying Bible-Believing Churches, Part 2C: Local Subversive Infiltration
Dr. James W. Walraven

7/5/2021

Destroying Bible-Believing Churches, Part 2B: Local Subversive Infiltration
Dr. James W. Walraven

7/2/2021

Destroying Bible-Believing Churches, Part 2A: Local Subversive Infiltration
Dr. James W. Walraven

6/30/2021

The Importance of Forgiving Others
Dr. James W. Walraven

6/28/2021

Destroying Bible-Believing Churches, Part 1D: Apostate Hierarchies
Dr. James W. Walraven

6/28/2021

Destroying Bible-Believing Churches, Part 1C: Apostate Hierarchies
Dr. James W. Walraven

6/25/2021

Destroying Bible-Believing Churches, Part 1B: Apostate Hierarchies
Dr. James W. Walraven

6/23/2021

Something to Ponder: A Couple Thoughts on Critical Race Theory
Dr. James W. Walraven

6/22/2021

Destroying Bible-Believing Churches, Part 1A: Apostate Hierarchies
Dr. James W. Walraven

6/9/2021

Foolish Shepherds? Zechariah 11: A Warning to the SBC?
Dr. James W. Walraven

6/7/2021

Where Do I Go From Here?
Dr. James W. Walraven

5/24/2021

Good Friday
Dr. James W. Walraven

4/2/2021

The NCAA Tournament, ORU, and Cancel Culture
Dr. James W. Walraven

3/27/2021

RZIM: Final Report on Ravi Zacharias, Part 3
Dr. James W. Walraven

3/5/2021

RZIM: Final Report on Ravi Zacharias, Part 2b
Dr. James W. Walraven

3/3/2021

RZIM: Final Report on Ravi Zacharias, Part 2a
Dr. James W. Walraven

3/1/2021

Some Personal Musings: The "Equality" Act
Dr. James W. Walraven

2/27/2021

RZIM: Final Report on Ravi Zacharias, Part 1c
Dr. James W. Walraven

2/26/2021

RZIM: Final Report on Ravi Zacharias, Part 1b
Dr. James W. Walraven

2/24/2021

RZIM: Final Report on Ravi Zacharias, Part 1a
Dr. James W. Walraven

2/23/2021

Towards a One World Philosophy? Part 3
Dr. James W. Walraven

2/16/2021

Towards a One World Philosophy? Part 2
Dr. James W. Walraven

2/8/2021

Towards a One-World Philosophy? Part 1
Dr. James W. Walraven

1/21/2021

Our Security in Christ
Dr. James W. Walraven

1/16/2021

The Washington D.C. Riots and the Good Samaritan
Dr. James W. Walraven

1/14/2021

The Worship of Celebrites
Dr. James W. Walraven

1/12/2021

What Do We Make of 2020?
Dr. James W. Walraven

12/31/2020

The Miracle of Christmas, part 3
Dr. James W. Walraven

12/16/2020

The Miracle of Christmas, part 2
Dr. James W. Walraven

12/14/2020

The Miracle of Christmas
Dr. James W. Walraven

12/9/2020

On Disproving God's Existence? Part 3
Dr. James W. Walraven

11/20/2020

On Disproving God's Existence? Part 2
Dr. James W. Walraven

11/18/2020

On Disproving God's Existence? Part 1
Dr. James W. Walraven

11/16/2020

Jesus's Virgin Birth
Dr. James W. Walraven

11/10/2020

A Growing Apostasy? Part 3
Dr. James W. Walraven

11/3/2020

A Growing Apostasy? Part 2
Dr. James W. Walraven

11/2/2020

Fear, Mistrust, and the Election
Dr. James W. Walraven

10/19/2020

A Growing Apostasy?
Dr. James W. Walraven

10/6/2020

Personal Reflections: "One in Christ"
Dr. James W. Walraven

10/5/2020

Dying Well
Dr. James W. Walraven

10/3/2020

Spiritual Warfare
Dr. James W. Walraven

9/16/2020

Foot Washing
Dr. James W. Walraven

9/9/2020

You Matter!
Dr. James W. Walraven

9/8/2020

The Culture of “No,” part 7: No Law, No Authority
Dr. James W. Walraven

8/28/2020

The Culture of “No,” part 6: No Knowledge, section C
Dr. James W. Walraven

8/19/2020

The Culture of “No,” Part 5: No Knowledge, section B
Dr. James W. Walraven

8/8/2020

The Culture of “No,” Part 4: No Knowledge
Dr. James W. Walraven

8/6/2020

The Culture of “No,” Part 3: No Meaning
Dr. James W. Walraven

7/31/2020

What Is Sin?
Dr. James W. Walraven

7/27/2020

The Culture of “No,” part 2
Dr. James W. Walraven

7/25/2020

The Culture of “No,” part 1
Dr. James W. Walraven

7/23/2020

The Future of the Evangelical Church
Dr. James W. Walraven

7/22/2020

The Progressive Church, part 5
Dr. James W. Walraven

7/21/2020

The Progressive Church, part 4
Dr. James W. Walraven

7/20/2020

The Progressive Church, Part 3
Dr. James W. Walraven

7/17/2020

The Progressive Church, Part 2
Dr. James W. Walraven

7/8/2020

The Progressive Church, Part 1
Dr. James W. Walraven

7/3/2020

Juneteenth
Dr. James W. Walraven

6/20/2020

Lawlessness
Dr. James W. Walraven

6/8/2020

Living in a Culture of Safety
Dr. James W. Walraven

6/5/2020

How Do We Interpret the Bible?
Dr. James W. Walraven

6/4/2020

On Lying, Part 2
Dr. James W. Walraven

5/23/2020

On Lying, Part 1
Dr. James W. Walraven

5/22/2020

A Nation's Tale, Part 7
Dr. James W. Walraven

5/16/2020

A Nation's Tale, Part 6
Dr. James W. Walraven

5/14/2020

A Nation's Tale, Part 5
Dr. James W. Walraven

5/12/2020

A Nation's Tale, Part 4
Dr. James W. Walraven

5/10/2020

A Nation's Tale, Part 3
Dr. James W. Walraven

5/7/2020

A Nation's Tale, Part 2
Dr. James W. Walraven

5/4/2020

A Nation's Tale, Part 1
Dr. James W. Walraven

5/1/2020


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