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We've Got Issues
"We've Got Sin Issues"
Daniel Foster

Most of what we call family issues are actually symptoms of something deeper.

We live in a culture that loves to blame shift.

Romans 3:9-12
What shall we conclude then? Do we have any advantage? Not at all! For we have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin. As it is written: There is no one righteous, not even one; there is no one who understands; here is no one who seeks God. All have turned away, they have together become Northless; there is no one who does good, not even one.

We don't have occasional sin problems. We have a sin nature.

Every family issue stems from someone's sin.

Three Truths about Sin in Families:
1. Sin starts in the heart before it shows up in the home.

Romans 7:18-19
For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but / cannot carry it out. For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing.

What is unresolved in the heart eventually shows up in the home.

What is hidden in the heart eventually damages the home.

Three Truths about Sin in Families:
2. Sin distorts relationships God designed for good.

Three Truths about Sin in Families:
3. Sin always produces pain.

Galatians 6:7-8
Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.

Winning an argument can still lose your marriage...or your entire family.

Repentance - Acknowledging wrong doing, confessing, and turning away
Humility - "I was wrong" without adding a reason or explanation
Surrender - Praying "God, change me" before asking him to change them

Jesus did not come to manage your behavior. He came to transform your heart.

How is my sin contributing to the tension in my home?