1. Romans 6:1-7 (NIV) We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. 5 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will

2. Romans 6:1-7 (NIV) we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his. 6 For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin— 7 because anyone who has died has been set free from sin.

3. Is Psychology Biblical? Pastor Rod EnosSunday, October 12, 2014

4. I.Psychology: Two Different Perspectives A.The Conundrum Of Modern Psychology B.Is Man Basically Good, Evil or Neutral?

5. Our grandson Sam!

6. I.Psychology: Two Different Perspectives A.The Conundrum Of Modern Psychology B.Is Man Basically Good, Evil or Neutral? C.Christian Perspective: Dualism

7. Romans 7:15-25 (NIV) I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. 16 And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. 17 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me.

8. Romans 7:15-25 (NIV) 18 For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. 19 For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing.

9. Romans 7:15-25 (NIV) 20 Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it. 21 So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. 22 For in my inner being I delight in God's law;

10. Romans 7:15-25 (NIV) 23 but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me. 24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? 25 Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord!

11. I.Psychology: Two Different Perspectives A.The Conundrum Of Modern Psychology B.Is Man Basically Good, Evil or Neutral? C.Christian Perspective: Dualism D.Evidences of Something Deeper than Matter

12. II.The Good News and Bad News A.The Bad News

13. Romans 3:10-12 (NIV) As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one; 11 there is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God. 12 All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.”

14. II.The Good News and Bad News A.The Bad News B.We Have Chosen Our Bondage

15. Jeremiah 13:23 (NIV) Can an Ethiopian change his skin or a leopard its spots? Neither can you do good who are accustomed to doing evil.

16. Jeremiah 17:9-10 (ESV) The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? 10 “I the LORD search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.”

17. Ecclesiastes 7:29 (ESV) See, this alone I found, that God made man upright, but they have sought out many schemes.

18. II.The Good News and Bad News A.The Bad News B.We Have Chosen Our Bondage C.The Good News

19. Ephesians 2:1-5 (NIV) As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2 in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient.

20. Ephesians 2:1-5 (NIV) 3 All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.

21. Ephesians 2:1-5 (NIV) 4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.

22. II.The Good News and Bad News A.The Bad News B.We Have Chosen Our Bondage C.The Good News D.Changed From The Inside Out

23. Ezekiel 36:26-27 (NLT) And I will give you a new heart with new and right desires, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony heart of sin and give you a new, obedient heart. 27 And I will put my Spirit in you so you will obey my laws and do whatever I command.

24. III.Our Response A.Admit Our Sin and Need for a Savior B.Receive God’s Gracious Gift C.Surrender Our Lives Fully to Him

25. Something To Remember Embracing the Bible’s diagnosis of our problem of sin is the first step to finding the transformation, peace and freedom we long for!