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Genesis 4:6&76So the LORD said to Cain, “Why
are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen? 7“If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it.”
Jeremiah 13:23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin or
the leopard its spots? Then may you also do good
who are accustomed to do
evil.
B. F. Skinner - there is no free will. Human behavior is determined by conditioning. We respond to what reduces pain and increases pleasure.
These men see some truth operating in the realm of the fallen nature of
man without God.• 1. Freud- fallen people do follow their
urges.• 2. Skinner – fallen people essentially live
by what is good for them alone.• 3. Harris – fallen people exhibit
entrapped thinking.
Can a leopard change its spots?• Israel was so deeply ingrained in sin
they appeared unchangeable.• Man is born into sin and can through
the years harden his heart.• No the leopard cannot change its
spots… But God can.• Being born again… from above… into a
new creation brings real change.
Genesis 4:6&76So the LORD said to Cain, “Why
are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen? 7“If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it.”
Genesis 4:6&76So the LORD said to Cain, “Why
are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen? 7“If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it.”
Genesis 4:6&76So the LORD said to Cain, “Why are
you angry? And why has your countenance fallen? 7“If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it.”
Change is in the choices we make
Genesis 4:6&76So the LORD said to Cain, “Why are
you angry? And why has your countenance fallen? 7“If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it.”
If you do well the right results will come- you will be accepted.
Genesis 4:6&76So the LORD said to Cain, “Why are
you angry? And why has your countenance fallen? 7“If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it.”
Your choice to not do well – watch out, you have a real enemy.
Genesis 4:6&76So the LORD said to Cain, “Why are
you angry? And why has your countenance fallen? 7“If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it.”
Make the choice to rule over it.Don’t live by your feelings.
Jeremiah 13:23 “Can the
Ethiopian change his skin or the
leopard its spots? Then may you also do good who are accustomed to do
evil.”
Jeremiah 13:23 – Breaking Free
“Can the Ethiopian change
his skin or the leopard its spots? Then may you also do good who are accustomed to do
evil.”