Sermon Notes - Spiritualized Selfishness - 1-1-12-1 copy - Ellerslie

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The Redefinition of Sin Biblical Christianity Sin - Self on the Throne Modern Christianity Sin - The False Self on the Throne The Spiritual life begins with the acceptance of our wounded self. Whatever is denied cannot be healed. Brennan Manning As quoted in Wild at Heart, p106 From the place of our woundedness we construct a false self. John Eldredge Wild at Heart, p107 When I was eight, the imposter, or false self, was born as a defense against pain. The imposter within whispered, “Brennan, don’t ever be your real self anymore because nobody likes you as you are. Invent a new self that everybody will admire and nobody will know.” Brennan Manning As quoted in Wild at Heart, p107 In order to take a man into his wound, so that he can heal it and begin the release of the true self, God will thwart the false self. He will take away all that you have leaned upon to bring you to life. John Eldredge Wild at Heart, p108 The real journey begins when the false self fails. John Eldredge Wild at Heart, p110 The whole false self, our “lifestyle,” is an elaborate defense against entering our wounded heart. It is a chosen blindness. “Our false self stubbornly blinds each of us to the light and the truth of our own 2
emptiness and hollowness,” says Manning. There are readers who even now have no idea what their wound is, or even what false self arose from it. Ah, how convenient that blindness is. Blissful ignorance. But a wound unfelt is a wound unhealed. We must go in. The door may be your anger, it may be rejection that you’ve experienced, perhaps from a girl, it may be failure, or the loss of the golden bat and the way God is thwarting your false self. It may be a simple prayer: Jesus, take me into my wound. “Behold,” he says, “I stand at the door and knock.” Is this Really All About Us? Well, let’s ask the Johns . . . John Eldredge Wild at Heart, p<strong>12</strong>7 Only when we enter our wound will we discover our true glory. John Eldredge Wild at Heart, p147 He came to restore the glorious creation that you are. And then set you free . . . to be yourself. John and Staci Eldredge Captivating, p95 Come out of the boat. Take the throne. John Eldredge Waking the Dead, p88 He that speaks of himself seeks his own glory: but he that seeks His glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him. The Apostle John John 7:18 He (Jesus) must increase, but I (Self) must decrease. John the Baptist 3
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