1. Lesson 7 for the 15 th of August, 2009

2. God makes us his sons and promises us something greater God wants us to remain pure in this world Jesus appeared to wash our sins and to undo the devil’s works Living without sin PROBLEM: SIN DIVINE DECISIONDIVINE DECISION DIVINE DECISIONDIVINE DECISION HUMAN DECISIONHUMAN DECISION HUMAN DECISIONHUMAN DECISION

3. Gaze ye upon the boundless height, depth and width of divine’s love – pure and selfless – that, while we are sinners, God receives us in his family as His sons!

4. People who haven’t had a relationship with the Father can’t (or don’t want to) recognize His children, who reflect the Father’s character.

5. God’s image will be restored entirely when Jesus will come for the second time; man will achieve definitive victory over sin and temptation. “we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is” (1 John, 3: 2)

8. Everyone who sins, breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness Who does hamartía Hamartía is does anomía anomía hamartíaViolating of a divine moral law. Without law, illegality.anomía These two words are synonyms; every sin is lawlessness and every lawlessness is sin.

9. WHAT DOES SIN DO IN US? We don’t hear God’s voice (Exodus, 9: 27) We lie and stop doing good (Psalm 36: 3) We do evil (Psalm 51: 4; Matthew, 7: 23) We rebelled against God (Isaiah, 1: 2) We support other gods (Jeremiah, 3: 13) It enslaves us (Romans, 6: 17, 20) It fools us (1 John, 1: 8) We break the law (1 John, 3: 4) We do unrighteousness (1 John, 5: 17) “In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood” Hebrews, 12: 4 WE MUST FIGHT AGAINST SIN... WHAT’S THE LIMIT? SIN

10. Jesus Christ’s incarnation, his pure life and his expiatory sacrifice. There was neither sign of sin nor act of sin in Christ. 1 John, 3: 5

11. Christ came to free man from sin servitude, undoing the work of the evil one. Devil’s work includes all the evil Satan has done in this world, and all the sins he has incited in human beings. 1 John, 3: 8

13. “Let the soul cultivate the habit of contemplating the world's Redeemer... Will you who read these words resolve that you will never again seek to excuse your defects of character by saying, "It is my way"? Let no one declare, "I cannot change my natural habits and tendencies." The truth must be admitted into the soul, and it will work the sanctification of the character. It will refine and elevate the life, and fit you for an entrance into the mansions which Jesus has gone to prepare for those who love Him” E.G.W. (That I may know Him, August 29)