Part One:Part One:Restraining Your FleshRestraining Your Flesh

Ephesians 4:21-22Ephesians 4:21-22Ephesians 4:21-22Ephesians 4:21-22

Session 2Session 2

Recognizing the Evil Within

Recognizing the Evil Within

Knowledge ObjectivesKnowledge Objectives Explain how the wrong view of Explain how the wrong view of

man leads to a wrong man leads to a wrong diagnosis of man’s problems.diagnosis of man’s problems.

Explain what is wrong with Explain what is wrong with man and why trusting the man and why trusting the heart of man is so treacherous.heart of man is so treacherous.

Understand why submission to Understand why submission to the authority God has placed the authority God has placed in your life is so crucial to your in your life is so crucial to your spiritual success.spiritual success.

Application ObjectivesApplication Objectives Respond by recognizing areas Respond by recognizing areas

of your life where sin’s of your life where sin’s destruction is already making destruction is already making headway.headway.

Respond by repenting of any Respond by repenting of any self-confidence and self-self-confidence and self-reliance you tend to have.reliance you tend to have.

Respond by turning to God in Respond by turning to God in dependence to keep you from dependence to keep you from trusting in your own heart.trusting in your own heart.

Session 2Session 2

Recognizing the Evil Within

Recognizing the Evil Within

The Evil WithinThe Evil Within Even after salvation an Even after salvation an

indwelling principleindwelling principle of sin of sin corruptscorrupts every part of us. every part of us.

Something is Something is desperatelydesperately wrong with man.wrong with man.

The Bible offers man his The Bible offers man his only only hope—hope—redemption.redemption.

Getting the View of Getting the View of ManMan Right Right

We are all pretty We are all pretty badbad people who do right people who do right only by the grace of only by the grace of

God.God.

Misdiagnosis in Misdiagnosis in parentingparenting Misdiagnosis in Misdiagnosis in

counselingcounseling Misdiagnosis in theMisdiagnosis in the local local

churchchurch Misdiagnosis in Misdiagnosis in Christian Christian

educationeducation

If the View of Man Isn’t If the View of Man Isn’t Right...Right...

More MisdiagnosesMore Misdiagnoses ““I can’t believe I can’t believe II did that!” did that!” ““I can’t believe anyone would I can’t believe anyone would

dodo that!” that!” ““I I trusttrust my kids. They would my kids. They would

nevernever do anything like that!” do anything like that!” ““I can’t believe God would I can’t believe God would

damn anyone to damn anyone to hell!”hell!” ““The The DevilDevil must really be must really be

fighting me!”fighting me!”

The Nature of Our The Nature of Our NatureNature ““Every man did that which Every man did that which

was right in his was right in his own eyesown eyes” ” (Judg. 17:6).(Judg. 17:6).

““So I gave them up unto their So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust:own hearts’ lust: and they and they walked in their walked in their own own counsels”counsels” (Ps. 81:12). (Ps. 81:12).

““Trust in the Lord with all Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine heart; and lean not unto thine thine own understanding” own understanding” (Prov. 3:5).(Prov. 3:5).

The Nature of Our The Nature of Our NatureNature ““Be not wise in thine Be not wise in thine own own

eyes:eyes: fear the Lord, and fear the Lord, and depart from evil” (Prov. 3:7).depart from evil” (Prov. 3:7).

““The way of a fool is right in The way of a fool is right in his his own eyes”own eyes” (Prov. 12:15). (Prov. 12:15).

““Cease from thine Cease from thine own own wisdom”wisdom” (Prov. 23:4). (Prov. 23:4).

““He that trusteth in his He that trusteth in his own own heartheart is a fool” (Prov. 28:26). is a fool” (Prov. 28:26).

The Nature of Our The Nature of Our NatureNature ““Woe unto them that are wise Woe unto them that are wise

in their in their own eyes,own eyes, and prudent and prudent in their in their own sight”own sight” (Isa. 5:21). (Isa. 5:21).

““All we like sheep have gone All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every astray; we have turned every one to his one to his own way” own way” (Isa. (Isa. 53:6).53:6).

““Be not wise in your Be not wise in your own own conceits”conceits” (Rom. 12:16). (Rom. 12:16).

The Nature of Our The Nature of Our NatureNature ““[Love] doth not behave itself [Love] doth not behave itself

unseemly, seeketh not unseemly, seeketh not her her own”own” (I Cor. 13:5).(I Cor. 13:5).

““For all seek their For all seek their ownown, not the , not the things which are Jesus Christ’s” things which are Jesus Christ’s” (Phil. 2:21).(Phil. 2:21).

““For men shall be lovers of For men shall be lovers of their their own selves”own selves” (II Tim. 3:2). (II Tim. 3:2).

““These are murmurers, These are murmurers, complainers, walking after complainers, walking after their their own lustsown lusts” (Jude 16).” (Jude 16).

The Nature of Our The Nature of Our NatureNature The flesh The flesh defiesdefies God. God. The flesh The flesh defilesdefiles man. man. The flesh The flesh deceivesdeceives man. man. The flesh The flesh destroysdestroys man. man.

The toxicity of this heart is so The toxicity of this heart is so potent that when God wants potent that when God wants to judge a man, all He has to to judge a man, all He has to do is turn that man over to do is turn that man over to his his own heartown heart (Romans 1). (Romans 1).