Call to worship Call to intimacy Bragging on God Spending as much time with Him as possible Going to the secret place

Guilty vs innocence Right vs wrong Good guy vs bad guy looking to avoid being wrong, or guilty desire someone to relieve them of their guilt Book of Romans North America

People are looking for power over the things which make them afraid Usually over which they feel they have little control: diseases, demons, curses Buddhism, Animism, Ancestral worship and Hinduism

Shame vs Honour Unapproved vs Approved Disrespect vs Respect Included vs excluded (kinship) Middle East, East

Transition

4 th Century Evagrius Ponticus had 8 Pope Gregory I AD 590 they engender other sins, other vices Smaller sins lead deeper to these seven destroys the life of grace creates the threat of eternal damnation

Genesis 3: The woman was convinced. She saw that the tree was beautiful and its fruit looked delicious, and she wanted the wisdom it would give her. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it, too. 7 At that moment their eyes were opened, and they suddenly felt shame at their nakedness. So they sewed fig leaves together to cover themselves. 6 The woman was convinced. She saw that the tree was beautiful and its fruit looked delicious, and she wanted the wisdom it would give her. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it, too. 7 At that moment their eyes were opened, and they suddenly felt shame at their nakedness. So they sewed fig leaves together to cover themselves. 8 When the cool evening breezes were blowing, the man[a] and his wife heard the Lord God walking about in the garden. So they hid from the Lord God among the trees. 9 Then the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?” 8 When the cool evening breezes were blowing, the man[a] and his wife heard the Lord God walking about in the garden. So they hid from the Lord God among the trees. 9 Then the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?” 10 He replied, “I heard you walking in the garden, so I hid. I was afraid because I was naked.” 10 He replied, “I heard you walking in the garden, so I hid. I was afraid because I was naked.”

Will keep us from a deeply intimate relationship with our Father Will keep us from repentance Will ultimately destroy our God given potential

Saul – Pride (1 Sam 13:9-10) Burnt offering David – Envy (2 Sam 11) Bathsheba Solomon – Lust (1 Kings 11) Godless wives Jeroboam and Rehoboam – Wrath (1 Kings 12)

Acts 13: 22 “But God removed Saul and replaced him with David, a man about whom God said, ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart. He will do everything I want him to do.” V36 “or after David had done the will of God in his own generation, he died and was buried with his ancestors”

Continued a deepening of intimacy Repented (2 Sam 12; 2 Sam 24) Surrounded himself with wise counsel (Nathan 2 Sam 12; Barzillai 2 Sam 19:31) Worshipped and loved God with all his heart Same can be said about other Godly people

To restore a relationship with Him To be intimately involved in our lives To guide us To be reconciled with us when we go astray To heal us To defeat the enemy He will not relent until He has all of us

Turn back to Him often Surrender to Him Admire and praise Him (What He has done) Worship Him (Who He is) Allow His presence (His Spirit) to invade us