Don't Give the Enemy a Seat at Your Table by Louie Giglio
Author:Louie Giglio
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2021-03-05T00:00:00+00:00
SAINT (YOUR NAME GOES HERE)
Letâs reinforce the application. Whenever you face temptation, itâs like youâre staring at a big closed door. The door is unlocked, and on the other side of the door is sinâsome sort of harmful living. Many believers stare at that big door and donât think they have any power to keep the door shut. They believe they must open the door marked Temptation and walk through it. They donât feel like they have a choice. Part of the reason for this faulty thinking is because we have flawed identity theology present in todayâs church.
Hereâs the big revelation. We are not simply sinners saved by grace. We must change this distorted thinking. We are not simply beggars helping other beggars find bread. We have not simply come to the cross with nothing to offer. This may be the starting point, but this is not the whole story and is not our true identity if we are in Christ. We are not just a big bunch of sinners. Yet the problem is, too often, we hear thisâand variations of itâover and over in todayâs churches.
Hi, welcome to church today. Weâre so glad youâre here. Please sit down and enjoy todayâs sermon. Never forget youâre a sinnerâthatâs all you are. You came to Jesus with empty hands, and thatâs all youâll ever offer Him. Youâre just clutching filthy rags. Youâre a worm. A wretch. A mocker. A scoffer. Unclean. Unworthy. Youâre always in rebellion against God. You are utterly devoid of value. Youâre only a sinner saved by grace, and if you ever forget it, just remember how you sinned yesterday, you sinned today, and how youâre going to sin tomorrow. You sinned this morning, and you sinned last night, and you sinned ten minutes ago. Thatâs all youâll ever do. Thank you. Okay, letâs stand and sing. See you again next Sunday.
It sounds pious and humble, but itâs a load of rot. Itâs horrible identity theology. With teaching like that, itâs hard to do anything else except nod and mumble, âYeah, I guess thatâs true.â Then when you walk up to the big door marked Temptation, you donât stand a chance. You open the door and walk through it since thatâs what youâve been conditioned to do. You donât think you have any options except to wallow in the sin on the other side because youâve been following a partial gospel.
When we walk up to the door marked Temptationâand I really want to drive this point homeâwe need to preach to ourselves equal parts Ephesians 2:8â9 and 2 Corinthians 5:17. Thatâs the full gospel. We were sinners saved by grace at the start of our salvation experience, as Ephesians 2:8â9 points out. Yet thatâs not the end of the story. Thatâs why you canât pitch a tent in the sinner campground anymore. Your new identity is a sinner saved by grace who is a brand-new creation, as 2 Corinthians 5:17 points out. The old has passed away. The new you has arrived.
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