WEBVTT 00:00:00.200 --> 00:00:02.680 The other day I got to thinking about something. 00:00:03.439 --> 00:00:06.839 It was almost as though it was a conviction. 00:00:08.539 --> 00:00:17.219 I find myself so hungry for the deep spiritual 00:00:17.219 --> 00:00:26.300 truths. I seek to learn the deep truths as found 00:00:26.300 --> 00:00:30.489 in the Word of God. Till suddenly I had become 00:00:30.489 --> 00:00:35.030 aware of the fact that perhaps I have overlooked 00:00:35.030 --> 00:00:41.090 some of the very deepest of the spiritual truths, 00:00:41.250 --> 00:00:45.369 and yet they have almost seemed insignificant 00:00:45.369 --> 00:00:54.270 to you and to me. I mean that. Therefore, for 00:00:54.270 --> 00:00:57.149 the rest of the broadcast, we're going to have 00:00:57.149 --> 00:00:59.039 a little heart -to -heart talk. together regarding 00:00:59.039 --> 00:01:07.819 the subject of how to overcome sin. Now, the 00:01:07.819 --> 00:01:15.480 very minute that I speak the word sin, invariably, 00:01:15.500 --> 00:01:20.459 we have our own standards as to what sin is, 00:01:20.719 --> 00:01:26.260 what is considered a big sin, a great sin, or 00:01:26.260 --> 00:01:29.890 just a little. And sometimes these little sins 00:01:29.890 --> 00:01:34.769 are really not classified as sin, but as a weakness, 00:01:35.150 --> 00:01:41.329 and they're not given much attention. Do you 00:01:41.329 --> 00:01:49.769 know something? We make our own standards regarding 00:01:49.769 --> 00:01:58.969 sin. How often... A man will walk down the aisle 00:01:58.969 --> 00:02:06.810 and say, I am a drunkard. I am addicted to alcohol. 00:02:08.370 --> 00:02:14.449 I have been addicted to alcohol for years, and 00:02:14.449 --> 00:02:18.330 I must have deliverance. I'm sick and tired of 00:02:18.330 --> 00:02:26.800 being sick. I want deliverance from liquor. Mentally, 00:02:26.860 --> 00:02:35.599 we say, oh, what a big sinner. What a great sin. 00:02:36.180 --> 00:02:41.699 And there are thousands of us who literally have 00:02:41.699 --> 00:02:50.800 classed alcohol. We have put certain labels on 00:02:50.800 --> 00:02:55.490 certain sins and have thought of them. as being 00:02:55.490 --> 00:03:05.069 great sins. We have seen God give great and open 00:03:05.069 --> 00:03:10.430 and instantaneous victory over sins that we have 00:03:10.430 --> 00:03:17.629 considered big sins. That man was instantly delivered 00:03:17.629 --> 00:03:24.009 from liquor. That moment when that man confessed, 00:03:24.639 --> 00:03:28.379 his sin, when he looked himself directly in the 00:03:28.379 --> 00:03:31.639 face and said, I'm sick of being in bondage to 00:03:31.639 --> 00:03:36.259 the evil one. I'll no longer be in bondage to 00:03:36.259 --> 00:03:40.979 liquor. I am an alcoholic. I want deliverance. 00:03:41.000 --> 00:03:44.939 This is my time. This is my day. When he confesses 00:03:44.939 --> 00:03:51.659 the thing to himself and to God, brings it out 00:03:51.659 --> 00:03:55.889 in the open, God meets him instantly, and he 00:03:55.889 --> 00:04:02.090 is instantly delivered. But do you want to know 00:04:02.090 --> 00:04:07.189 something? There are sins that you and I think 00:04:07.189 --> 00:04:11.469 of as being little sins. They're in your life, 00:04:11.509 --> 00:04:16.829 in my life. That in the sight of God, they are 00:04:16.829 --> 00:04:23.589 just as big and just as great as the sin, of 00:04:23.589 --> 00:04:29.569 being addicted to liquor, to alcohol. That's 00:04:29.569 --> 00:04:32.089 right. I almost took somebody's breath away. 00:04:33.810 --> 00:04:38.269 You'd better just pause a minute. You may be 00:04:38.269 --> 00:04:41.750 needing the very thing that I'm talking about 00:04:41.750 --> 00:04:49.110 right now. You study the Word of God. As you 00:04:49.110 --> 00:04:53.519 read the Word and... If you and I have any right 00:04:53.519 --> 00:04:59.079 to put sin in any kind of a category, I think 00:04:59.079 --> 00:05:02.939 that we'll find that the sin of jealousy is the 00:05:02.939 --> 00:05:09.279 worst sin there is. So great, so powerful is 00:05:09.279 --> 00:05:14.920 the sin of jealousy that literally it's power. 00:05:17.639 --> 00:05:25.009 It's force. caused one of the three most beautiful 00:05:25.009 --> 00:05:30.990 angels that God ever created and to whom he gave 00:05:30.990 --> 00:05:35.470 the greatest power, transformed that one from 00:05:35.470 --> 00:05:46.009 an angel into the devil. It was the sin of jealousy 00:05:46.009 --> 00:05:55.819 that caused... Lucifer. To be what he is today. 00:05:57.300 --> 00:06:05.360 The devil. Satan. And yet how many of us will 00:06:05.360 --> 00:06:09.800 just label the sin of jealousy as a weakness. 00:06:10.480 --> 00:06:17.939 A minor thing. Something that we have never confessed. 00:06:19.240 --> 00:06:25.420 We have never admitted the sin in our own lives. 00:06:25.660 --> 00:06:32.360 We do not see it in ourselves. I'm going to say 00:06:32.360 --> 00:06:37.800 something. There have been literally hundreds 00:06:37.800 --> 00:06:47.439 of men and women who have admitted the sin of 00:06:47.439 --> 00:06:53.300 liquor. of smoking, of the things that we call 00:06:53.300 --> 00:07:00.839 big sins. And yet, I have never once in my entire 00:07:00.839 --> 00:07:07.040 ministry ever had a man, a woman, walk down the 00:07:07.040 --> 00:07:14.040 aisle and say, I want to be delivered from the 00:07:14.040 --> 00:07:18.720 sin of jealousy. I have never once had one walk 00:07:18.720 --> 00:07:22.360 down the aisle and say, Miss Kuhlman, I have 00:07:22.360 --> 00:07:28.560 a demon of lying. It's easier for me to tell 00:07:28.560 --> 00:07:32.439 the untruth than it is to tell the truth. I am 00:07:32.439 --> 00:07:36.000 possessed with a demon of lying. I want to be 00:07:36.000 --> 00:07:43.180 delivered from lying. I have never once had anyone 00:07:43.180 --> 00:07:46.449 walk down the aisle and say, Miss Kuhlman, I 00:07:46.449 --> 00:07:55.550 am plagued with the sin of deceit. I am a very 00:07:55.550 --> 00:08:02.610 deceitful person. I have never once had anyone 00:08:02.610 --> 00:08:06.410 walk down the aisle and say, Miss Kuhlman, I 00:08:06.410 --> 00:08:14.939 am a very selfish person. My whole world... revolves 00:08:14.939 --> 00:08:19.680 around myself. I am selfish, and I want to be 00:08:19.680 --> 00:08:24.519 delivered from my selfishness, my self -centeredness. 00:08:25.160 --> 00:08:33.559 Never once. Do you want to know why? It's because 00:08:33.559 --> 00:08:42.139 few people will look themselves directly in the 00:08:42.139 --> 00:08:48.210 face. and say, look here, old girl, I'm jealous. 00:08:49.090 --> 00:08:53.730 All this trouble that's being caused in my home, 00:08:53.870 --> 00:08:59.230 all this bickering, all this fighting, all this 00:08:59.230 --> 00:09:06.149 dissension, all the unhappiness that is in our 00:09:06.149 --> 00:09:13.669 home today, all the arguing. all the unhappiness. 00:09:14.429 --> 00:09:21.090 I am the one who is causing it all because of 00:09:21.090 --> 00:09:27.529 my jealousy. I am as possessed, I am as bound 00:09:27.529 --> 00:09:33.110 with the sin of jealousy as the man is bound 00:09:33.110 --> 00:09:40.509 by the sin of liquor. There's no difference. 00:09:42.350 --> 00:09:45.789 Both are of Satan, both are of the evil one, 00:09:45.950 --> 00:09:50.470 and both people are in bondage, one to liquor, 00:09:50.629 --> 00:09:58.210 one to jealousy. Both causing heartbreak, both 00:09:58.210 --> 00:10:02.610 can break up a home, both causing tears, both 00:10:02.610 --> 00:10:07.899 causing dissension, and yet... The man is delivered 00:10:07.899 --> 00:10:10.799 from his liquor and his alcoholism because he 00:10:10.799 --> 00:10:15.360 admits it. He confesses it to himself, to God, 00:10:15.399 --> 00:10:18.399 and God gives him deliverance. Whereas the one 00:10:18.399 --> 00:10:22.720 with the sin of jealousy will not admit it to 00:10:22.720 --> 00:10:25.779 themselves. They will not be honest with themselves. 00:10:26.580 --> 00:10:32.179 Therefore, there is no confession. And when... 00:10:32.590 --> 00:10:37.470 you will not confess the thing God himself cannot 00:10:37.470 --> 00:10:47.570 help you. There is only one thing that God cannot 00:10:47.570 --> 00:10:53.029 do. There's only one person God cannot help. 00:10:54.110 --> 00:10:58.529 And that is the man or the woman, the person 00:10:58.529 --> 00:11:06.580 who will not confess his sin. And it's just like 00:11:06.580 --> 00:11:17.279 that. Yes, ma 'am. There is no help for you until 00:11:17.279 --> 00:11:24.919 you admit your sin. Until you admit your fault. 00:11:25.419 --> 00:11:32.809 Until you admit your weakness. Just like that. 00:11:32.950 --> 00:11:39.350 I don't care what it is. Name it. I've used jealousy. 00:11:41.590 --> 00:11:47.269 There's a temper. That violent, uncontrollable 00:11:47.269 --> 00:11:54.370 temper. Oh, you say, but my father had it. My 00:11:54.370 --> 00:11:59.110 grandfather had it. You'll label it as something 00:11:59.110 --> 00:12:03.389 that you inherited. It makes no difference. It 00:12:03.389 --> 00:12:07.649 is still sin when it's not brought under control. 00:12:08.710 --> 00:12:13.990 It still causes heartache. It'll still cause 00:12:13.990 --> 00:12:18.769 trouble. And you've got to be delivered from 00:12:18.769 --> 00:12:24.570 it just as the man is delivered from any sin 00:12:24.570 --> 00:12:31.620 that you have labeled a Big sin. All right, you 00:12:31.620 --> 00:12:35.059 say, Miss Coleman. All right, I go along with 00:12:35.059 --> 00:12:40.259 you this far. But it's one thing to show me my 00:12:40.259 --> 00:12:45.639 sin. But now what's the remedy? Where's the answer? 00:12:48.299 --> 00:12:57.539 Well, I'll tell you. Your starting point. is 00:12:57.539 --> 00:13:03.799 to see yourself as God sees you. Look yourself 00:13:03.799 --> 00:13:10.279 directly in the face. To make it very definite, 00:13:10.360 --> 00:13:16.279 walk over to the nearest mirror, look yourself 00:13:16.279 --> 00:13:20.559 in the face, talk to yourself, and you say, it's 00:13:20.559 --> 00:13:28.169 true. I admit I have this sin. I admit this is 00:13:28.169 --> 00:13:34.870 my weakness. That's your beginning. All heaven 00:13:34.870 --> 00:13:40.950 from here on out is on your side. With that admission, 00:13:41.169 --> 00:13:46.929 that confession, 90 % of the battle is already 00:13:46.929 --> 00:13:54.330 won. All right, what about the rest of it? Here's 00:13:54.330 --> 00:14:01.860 the answer. I live, says Paul, yet not I, but 00:14:01.860 --> 00:14:07.759 Christ liveth in me. How do we overcome? Because 00:14:07.759 --> 00:14:13.740 greater is he that is in you than he that is 00:14:13.740 --> 00:14:18.480 in the world. In other words, in all of these 00:14:18.480 --> 00:14:21.259 things, we're not fighting against flesh and 00:14:21.259 --> 00:14:27.340 blood. We are fighting against something that 00:14:27.340 --> 00:14:31.720 is greater than flesh and blood. There are only 00:14:31.720 --> 00:14:34.480 two forces in the world. The forces of sin, the 00:14:34.480 --> 00:14:39.700 forces of unrighteousness. And when you fight 00:14:39.700 --> 00:14:41.820 the forces of sin and you fight the forces of 00:14:41.820 --> 00:14:45.460 unrighteousness, you're not fighting against 00:14:45.460 --> 00:14:48.100 flesh and blood. You're fighting, when you're 00:14:48.100 --> 00:14:51.759 dealing with sin, you're fighting against a power. 00:14:53.580 --> 00:14:56.559 over which there is only one power greater. That's 00:14:56.559 --> 00:15:02.000 the power of God. Therefore, I do not agree with 00:15:02.000 --> 00:15:05.559 the one who says that these things can be overcome 00:15:05.559 --> 00:15:10.980 by one's willpower. For in dealing with men and 00:15:10.980 --> 00:15:12.960 women, I discovered something a long time ago. 00:15:13.340 --> 00:15:17.139 Willpower is wonderful as long as it can hold 00:15:17.139 --> 00:15:25.509 out. But when your willpower... loses its strength 00:15:25.509 --> 00:15:31.669 and loses its force, then you go down in defeat. 00:15:33.230 --> 00:15:37.669 And in the face of Satan, in the face of sin, 00:15:37.850 --> 00:15:45.149 few men, few women have the willpower to overcome. 00:15:47.909 --> 00:15:53.690 The secret of victory is the Indwelling Christ. 00:15:55.429 --> 00:16:02.909 Know that. That's the secret. I'm going to say 00:16:02.909 --> 00:16:07.129 something. You're going to be surprised at what 00:16:07.129 --> 00:16:12.610 I may say. You'll never get victory over that 00:16:12.610 --> 00:16:16.309 thing by fighting it. Because you're fighting 00:16:16.309 --> 00:16:22.139 a losing battle. I know it's true. That Paul, 00:16:22.159 --> 00:16:25.700 in the word of God, exhorts us to fight the good 00:16:25.700 --> 00:16:35.919 fight. But he hastens to add of faith. He didn't 00:16:35.919 --> 00:16:39.399 say fight the good fight to overcome your sins. 00:16:39.519 --> 00:16:44.340 He didn't say that. He says fight the good fight 00:16:44.340 --> 00:16:51.230 of faith. Now a fight of faith. cannot be a struggle 00:16:51.230 --> 00:16:55.870 it's true that james said in the word of god 00:16:55.870 --> 00:17:00.750 resists the devil how with your hands through 00:17:00.750 --> 00:17:08.750 will power surely not he says whom resist steadfast 00:17:08.750 --> 00:17:13.930 in the faith will disstand not struggle having 00:17:13.930 --> 00:17:19.150 done all things stand The shield of faith is 00:17:19.150 --> 00:17:23.210 able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil 00:17:23.210 --> 00:17:25.410 one. Read it. It's in the sixth chapter of Ephesians. 00:17:27.009 --> 00:17:31.509 Faith does nothing. Faith lets God do it all. 00:17:32.849 --> 00:17:36.069 Jesus Christ has won. He's won the victory for 00:17:36.069 --> 00:17:39.650 me. That's the reason Paul says, I live. Yet 00:17:39.650 --> 00:17:45.150 not I, but Christ liveth in me. Ye are of God 00:17:45.150 --> 00:17:51.039 and have... overcome how why because greater 00:17:51.039 --> 00:17:53.779 is he that is in you than he that is in the world 00:17:53.779 --> 00:17:58.779 and so we come back to the same theme the secret 00:17:58.779 --> 00:18:02.779 of victory is the indwelling christ victory is 00:18:02.779 --> 00:18:05.940 entrusting not trying this is the victory that 00:18:05.940 --> 00:18:12.970 overcometh the world and sin even our faith A 00:18:12.970 --> 00:18:16.250 man who tries by strenuous effort to resist our 00:18:16.250 --> 00:18:22.670 struggle against sin until it is conquered is 00:18:22.670 --> 00:18:28.769 said to be growing in grace. Yet, all growth 00:18:28.769 --> 00:18:34.950 takes place without effort. Our Lord himself 00:18:34.950 --> 00:18:38.849 said, no man by taking thought can add one cubit 00:18:38.849 --> 00:18:42.200 to his stature. And that's true of our spiritual 00:18:42.200 --> 00:18:47.759 growth. Take a physical growth. How is growth 00:18:47.759 --> 00:18:59.180 secured? Air, food. Exercise ensures growth when 00:18:59.180 --> 00:19:04.319 there is life. We don't think about the growth 00:19:04.319 --> 00:19:11.640 of our physical body. If we breathe in good air, 00:19:11.859 --> 00:19:18.619 if we partake of good, substantial food, if we 00:19:18.619 --> 00:19:25.720 exercise the body, the growth, good, strong, 00:19:25.839 --> 00:19:34.000 physical growth is ensured. If our spiritual 00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:38.259 life is sustained by the Holy Spirit, within 00:19:38.259 --> 00:19:42.700 and around us. If it is nourished by Jesus Christ 00:19:42.700 --> 00:19:47.559 himself, who is the bread of God, it will exercise 00:19:47.559 --> 00:19:52.579 itself in good works and there will automatically 00:19:52.579 --> 00:20:00.059 be growth. There's a wondrous growth in grace, 00:20:00.160 --> 00:20:08.309 but there is no growth into grace. Because sin 00:20:08.309 --> 00:20:14.029 hinders this growth. And struggling against sin 00:20:14.029 --> 00:20:20.630 cannot help the growth. In other words, let's 00:20:20.630 --> 00:20:22.329 just be very practical about the whole thing. 00:20:24.029 --> 00:20:31.970 You admit this sin in your life. It's there. 00:20:32.109 --> 00:20:41.369 The admission itself. brings to you 80 % of your 00:20:41.369 --> 00:20:47.150 victory. You look up and confess it to God and 00:20:47.150 --> 00:20:54.190 say, it's there. I want now, please, as I've 00:20:54.190 --> 00:21:00.049 confessed it to you, forgive all the harm that 00:21:00.049 --> 00:21:05.230 I have done through this sin in my life. I'm 00:21:05.230 --> 00:21:11.319 sorry. The thing's confessed. The thing has been 00:21:11.319 --> 00:21:16.000 forgiven. You look up and throw yourself completely 00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:26.759 on the mercy of God. Daily, you say, Dear Jesus, 00:21:27.019 --> 00:21:35.339 I want you to so feel this life of mine. take 00:21:35.339 --> 00:21:40.680 such complete charge of this body of mine. Give 00:21:40.680 --> 00:21:47.140 me your thoughts. Give me the mind of Christ. 00:21:49.059 --> 00:21:56.440 May Christ so indwell this body of mine that 00:21:56.440 --> 00:22:02.480 there'll not be room for that sin. I shall so 00:22:02.480 --> 00:22:08.579 see the good in the other person. I shall trust 00:22:08.579 --> 00:22:13.019 that one of whom I am jealous as completely as 00:22:13.019 --> 00:22:19.180 I trust you. With the same trust, the same confidence, 00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:26.000 the same faith that I have in you, I shall trust 00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:34.220 that one of whom I am jealous. Because, you know, 00:22:34.759 --> 00:22:42.920 Perfect love casteth out all fear, all doubt, 00:22:43.180 --> 00:22:49.359 and all jealousy. Make this real to hearts for 00:22:49.359 --> 00:22:51.059 Jesus' sake. Amen.