Êxodo 17

Êxodo 17

Piper - excellent material on general subject of mortification of sin, etc: The Chief Design of My Life: Mortification and Universal Holiness When the "Want To" and the "Ought To" Don't Match Hope-Giving Promises for Triumph over Sin Kill Sin with the Word of God A Passion for Purity Vs Passive Prayers How to Kill Sin, Part 1 How to Kill Sin, Part 2 How to Kill Sin, Part 3 How Dead People do Battle with Sin The War Within: Flesh Vs. Spirit Why and How We Walk According to the Spirit How the Spirit Does What the Law Could Not Do ILLUSTRATION - During the 1982 Falkland Islands conflict, the British Royal Navy felt that its ships were safe from attack because of a sophisticated defense system that identified enemy missiles and shot them down. Attack after attack was repelled with no damage to a British ship. Then the unexpected happened. The 3,500-ton destroyer HMS Sheffield was sunk by a single missile fired from an Argentine fighter jet. Later, an investigation revealed that the Sheffield's defenses did pick up the incoming missile, correctly identifying it as a French-made Exocet. But the computer was programmed to ignore Exocets as friendly. So the ship was sunk by a missile it saw coming and could have destroyed. Christians who want to have a pure heart and mind in our impure society are like battleships floating on the open sea. Constant bombardments of sensual missiles are fired our way every day. If our heart, our defense system, allows missiles that we should avoid to penetrate our mind and soul, we're in big trouble. Spiritually, we will begin to sink. Guard your heart. Realize the Lord is examining your will, your heart, your motives.