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INTRODUCTION: 

     All of us have found ourselves yielding to sin and then wondering, “Why did I do that?” Like us, the apostle Paul often found himself in the same situation. That’s why today’s text reveals how to overcome the battle that rages within us every day.

I.  We must understand the W_______________ W______________.

     Every Christian has within them the spirit of

God and the old sin nature. This produces a daily spiritual conflict.

Three Facts About This Internal Conflict

A) The N____________ of the F_____________.

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    “The heart is deceitful above all things, and is desperately wicked: who can know it?”

                                                             Jeremiah 17:9

B) The N____________ of the S_____________.

    A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you.”    Ezekiel 36:26

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C) The N_____________ of the C____________.

     “For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the

sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other so that you do not do what you want.”  Gal. 5:17

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II. We must understand that you can W________ the B_______________.

How can we choose to obey the spirit consistently?

A) Recognize T________________ for what it is.

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B). Realize the C_________________ of sin.

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C). Remember the C________________ of sin.

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D). Rely on the Holy Spirit for S______________.

      “Greater is He who is in you that he who is in the world.”           I John 4:4

       “No temptation has overtaken you except that which is common to man; God will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able to endure; But with the temptation He will provide the way of escape so you might be able to endure it.”

1 Corinthians 10:13

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