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Openness Unhindered - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Usually includes excuses
    - - God is your safety from the sin and his blood covers it
  - - - Union with the trinity in mind, emotion and identity
      - love for reforming the church in unitity
      - Reformed and confessional theology, endorsing a systematic understanding
    - - Original-We are born sinners because of Adam
      - Actual- Thought, word or deed sin
      - Indwelling-We have a daily battle with sin
  - - - Let our battles draw us to the Lord
    - - Focus on living a new life, with the Holy Spirits help
    - - Confess your sin
- - - - Repentance leads to forgiveness
    - - God's word can interrogate our lives
- - - - Some Christians are fake
      - Sin disfigures each member of the church
- - - - We define ourselves by our sexual desires
        
        We know identify ourselves by our desires instead of God's plan for image bearers.
  - - - Those who struggle with sexual desires need a safe space to tell of their struggle.
        
        The church needs to be kind and walk the journey with them
- - - - The phrasing "same sex attraction" helps view it as a sin instead of an identity
- - - - Eat with them
      - Answer their phone calls
      - Listen to them
- - - - Jesus redeems us
- - - - Who Am I?
        
        Personal suffering including recognizing my sin as sin
        
        Invest in attributes of God
        
        Invest in the suffering of Christ
        
        Invest in Holy Spirit
        
        Personal Experience
        
        Must be surrended
        
        Identity is found in what God has done and is doing
        
        Christ victory
      - What am I like?
        
        Adam's sin is the original sin
        
        We lost our ability to not sin 1000s of years ago
        
        Solo Scripture- We're given access to our full history through the Bible
        
        God saved us from himself when he sent His Son.
    - - Union with Christ
        
        Transcient Union- Union with Christ in crucifixion and resurrection, identity stemming from this(Romans 6:3-11)
        
        Applicatory Union- Application of what Christ did(Ephesians 2:5-7)
        
        Immanent Union: Union with Christ forever(Ephesians 1:4)
    - - Sancification