Do not love the world nor the

things in the world. If anyone

loves the world, the love of the
Father is not in him.
1 John 2:15
For all that is in the world, the lust of
the flesh and the lust of the eyes and
the boastful pride of life, is not from
the Father, but is from the world.
1 John 2:16
The world is passing away,
and also its lusts; but the one
who does the will of God lives
forever.
1 John 2:16
THREE ROOTS OF SIN
THREE ROOTS OF SIN

AND THEIR
UPROOTING!
THREE ROOTS OF SIN

THE LUST OF THE FLESH

THREE ROOTS OF SIN

THE LUST OF THE FLESH

THE LUST OF THE EYES
THREE ROOTS OF SIN

THE LUST OF THE FLESH

THE LUST OF THE EYES
THE PRIDE OF LIFE
Lust of the Flesh
Root Cause:
Self Pity
Not taking personal
responsibility for our
lives (Always blaming
others for our problems.)
Lust of the Eyes

COVETOUSNESS
IDOLATRY
Root Cause: Believing
thing will satisfy the
spiritual need inside.
Pride of life:
Root Cause: Honoring ourselves
more than God or others. Using
others to serve ourselves.
Sin has its power in three Roots –

THE LUST OF THE FLESH,

THE LUST OF THE EYES
and THE PRIDE OF LIFE (I
John 9:16).
This means the way we defeat it
at the root is to destroy the life of
each of these roots.
As sin has three roots so also
does sanctification. If these three
roots are empowered they
destroy the power of the the
source of sin in our lives.
There is a one way
door inside of us.
If we open our lives to
the world we, at the
same time close our
lives to the Spirit.
If we open our lives to
the Spirit we, at the
same time close our
lives to the world.
But I say, walk by the
Spirit, and you will not
carry out the desire of
the flesh.
Galatians 5:16
For the flesh sets its desire
against the Spirit, and the
Spirit against the flesh; for
these are in opposition to one
another, so that you may not
do the things that you please.
Galatians 5:17
But if you are led by the
Spirit, you are not under
the Law.
Galatians 5:18
THANKFULNESS ‑ DEFEATS
THE LUST OF THE FLESH
THANKFULNESS ‑ DEFEATS
THE LUST OF THE FLESH

CONTENTMENT ‑ DEFEATS
THE LUST OF THE FLESH
THANKFULNESS ‑ DEFEATS
THE LUST OF THE FLESH

CONTENTMENT ‑ DEFEATS
THE LUST OF THE FLESH

HUMILITY ‑ DEFEATS THE

PRIDE OF LIFE
THANKFULNESS ‑ DEFEATS
THE LUST OF THE FLESH
Root Remedy:

Thanksgiving, Worship,
Gratitude and being filled
with the Spirit, taking
personal responsibility for
our actions, ceasing blame.
in everything give
thanks; for this is
God's will for you in
Christ Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 5:18
Thankfulness brings
us into God’s
presence
Enter His gates with
thanksgiving And His
courts with praise. Give
thanks to Him, bless His
name.
Psalm 100:4
When we seek comfort
from bodily pleasure or
substances we are trying
to fill the hole in our
lives that only God can
fill.
As we give thanks to
God we open to His
Spirit. This brings true
fulfillment.
Be not drunk with
wine, wherein is
excess; but be filled
with the Spirit.
Ephesians 5:18
As we enter into the
secret place of God’s
dwelling through
thanksgiving and
praise we are able to
receive his comfort.
"I will ask the Father,
and He will give you
another Comforter,
that He may be with
you forever;
John 14:16
My name, He will
teach you all things,
and bring to your
remembrance all that
I said to you.
John 14:26
"But I tell you the truth, it is to
your advantage that I go
away; for if I do not go away,
the Comforter will not come to
you; but if I go, I will send
Him to you.
John 16:7
The comfort we are seeking in
the lusts of the flesh we find as
we are filled with the divine
comforter.
Blessed be the God and Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ, the
Father of mercies and God of
all comfort,
2 Corinthians 1:3
And the comfort we find in
God is intended to be given to
others.
who comforts us in all our
affliction so that we will be
able to comfort those who are
in any affliction with the
comfort with which we
ourselves are comforted by
God. 2 Corinthians 1:4
So Thankfulness breaks the
power of self pity.
It brings us into God’s
presence.
It redeems our pain to bless
others as we are filled with the
divine comforter.
And it opens us up to be a
channel for the river of life to
flow through to others.
Establishing Thankfulness

When lust of the flesh activates

rather than seek expression of it,
express faith in God by thanking
and praising Him.
Establishing Thankfulness

Seek the face of God in prayer.

Give thanks to Him for his
restrictions. Build moral freedom
by exercising your will toward
purity.
Make no provision for the flesh...
I Timothy 5:2
Now flee from youthful lusts and
pursue righteousness, faith, love
and peace, with those who call
on the Lord from a pure heart.
2 Timothy 2:22
CONTENTMENT ‑ DEFEATS
THE LUST OF THE EYES
Root Remedy:
Contentment:
Finding our identity not
in what we possess but
in a relationship with
the true God.
Then He said to them,
"Beware, and be on your
guard against every form of
covetousness; for not even
when one has an abundance
does his life consist of his
possessions."
Luke 12:15
Contentment is the state of mind
that is perfectly happy with what
God provides and what he does
not provide.
…..what He
gives and what
He takes away.
He said, "Naked I came from
my mother's womb, And naked
I shall return there. The Lord
gave and the Lord has taken
away. Blessed be the name of
the Lord."
Job 1:21
The secret of contentment is
understanding that things can
never take the place of the
relationships of our lives.
We love God
and others and
we use things.
The person bound
by the lust of the
eyes uses God and
people and loves
things.
The person who lives in
the Lust of the
Flesh is trying to fill the
deepest longings of his
or her soul with things
instead of God.
This is the
mystery of
idolatry.
Bowing down
to a thing as
if it is God.
But scripture shows us
that when we find our
heart’s desires filled in a
deep relationship with
Jesus we will not look to
things to fill us.
Let your conversation be
without covetousness; and be
content with such things as ye
have: for he hath said, I will
never leave thee, nor forsake
thee.
Hebrews 13:5 (KJS)
Establishing Contentment:

Gain Financial Freedom through

disciplined work and personal,
initiative (taking responsibility).
Establishing Contentment:
For you yourselves know how
you ought to follow our example,
because we did not act in an
undisciplined manner among
you,
2 Thessalonians 3:7
Establishing Contentment:
nor did we eat anyone's bread
without paying for it, but with
labor and hardship we kept
working night and day so that we
would not be a burden to any of
you;
2 Thessalonians 3:8
Establishing Contentment:

not because we do not have the

right to this, but in order to offer
ourselves as a model for you, so
that you would follow our
example.
2 Thessalonians 3:9
Establishing Contentment:

For even when we were with you,

we used to give you this order: if
anyone is not willing to work,
then he is not to eat, either.
2 Thessalonians 3:10
Establishing Contentment:

For we hear that some among

you are leading an undisciplined
life, doing no work at all, but
acting like busybodies.
2 Thessalonians 3:11
Establishing Contentment:

Now such persons we command

and exhort in the Lord Jesus
Christ to work in quiet fashion
and eat their own bread.
2 Thessalonians 3:12
Establishing Contentment:

Reject the false doctrine that as

Christians we ought to be rich.
Establishing Contentment:

The truth of contentment that the

world cannot see is that as we
walk in contentment we find
God’s full provision for us.
Establishing Contentment:

(Wicked men who)… supposing

that gain is godliness: . . .
I Timothy 6:5
But godliness with contentment is
great gain. 7 For we brought
nothing into this world, and it is
certain we can carry nothing out.
I Timothy 6:6
And having food and raiment let
us be therewith content. 9 But
they that will be rich fall into
temptation and a snare, and into
many foolish and hurtful lusts,
which drown men in destruction
and perdition.
I Timothy 6:8
For the love of money is the root
of all evil: which while some
coveted after, they have erred
from the faith, and pierced
themselves through with many
sorrows.
I Timothy 6:10
Establishing Contentment:

Express obedience by making

debt-free living your goal and by
establishing diligent work habits
both at home and the job (as unto
the Lord).
Establishing Contentment:

The rich rules over the poor, And

the borrower becomes the
lender's slave.
Proverbs 22:7
Establishing Contentment:

Obtaining financial freedom

through contentment in whatever
state you are in.
Philippians 4: 10 But I rejoiced
in the Lord greatly, that now at
the last your care of me hath
flourished again; wherein ye
were also careful, but ye lacked
opportunity. 11 Not that I speak
in respect of want: for I have
learned, in whatsoever state I
am, therewith to be content.
12 I know both how to be abased,
and I know how to abound: every
where and in all things I am
instructed both to be full and to
be hungry, both to abound and to
suffer need. 13 I can do all things
through Christ which
strengtheneth me.
Establishing Contentment:

Express faith in God by giving to

Him in your need. Rather than
complain, give in secret out of
your need. With the gift offer the
sacrifice of Praise.
Establishing Contentment:

Giving - Establishing "value"

through secret giving.
Establishing Contentment:

When the desire to obtain grows

find a place to give in secret to
God and others and so establish
that real value is in being like
God who gives His only Son for
the good of others.
Establishing Contentment:
"But when you give to the poor, do
not let your left hand know what
your right hand is doing,4 so that
your giving will be in secret; and
your Father who sees what is done
in secret will reward you.
Matthew 6:3
Establishing Contentment:

Whatever you do, do your work

heartily, as for the Lord rather
than for men,
Colossians 3:23
SERVANTHOOD - DEFEATS
THE PRIDE OF LIFE
But he that is greatest among you
shall be your servant. 12 And
whosoever shall exalt himself shall
be abased; and he that shall
humble himself shall be exalted.
Matthew 23:11
Root Remedy: Serving God
and serving others.
The person who is
captured by pride can
never truly find the
fulfillment God intends
because we were created to
be God and other centered.
Our destiny is
to be like
Jesus.
Our Spiritual DNA is
to look like, act like,
think like and in
everything respond
like Him.
Establishing Servanthood:

Humility, Relinquishment of
Rights, recognizing the Lordship
of Christ and serving God and
others before self.
He is the picture of
Humility
And humility at its
heart is servanthood
out of love.
Establishing Servanthood:

John 13:3 Jesus, knowing that

the Father had given all things
into His hands, and that He had
come forth from God and was
going back to God,
Establishing Servanthood:

John 13:4 got up from supper,

and laid aside His garments; and
taking a towel, He girded
Himself.
Establishing Servanthood:

John 13:5 Then He poured water

into the basin, and began to wash
the disciples' feet and to wipe
them with the towel with which
He was girded.
Establishing Servanthood:

John 13:12 ¶ So when He had

washed their feet, and taken His
garments and reclined at the
table again, He said to them, "Do
you know what I have done to
you?
Establishing Servanthood:

John 13:13 "You call Me

Teacher and Lord; and you are
right, for so I am.
Establishing Servanthood:

John 13:14 "If I then, the Lord

and the Teacher, washed your
feet, you also ought to wash one
another's feet.
Establishing Servanthood:

John 13:15 "For I gave you an

example that you also should do
as I did to you.
Establishing Servanthood:

John 13:16 "Truly, truly, I say to

you, a slave is not greater than
his master, nor is one who is sent
greater than the one who sent
him.
Establishing Servanthood:

When the desire to gain power

comes serve the one who you
want power over and thus
establish that true authority
begins with humility.
Establishing Servanthood:

In this way we come under the

authority of Christ by the
relinquishment of our "rights" to
power.
Establishing Servanthood:

Esteem others better than

yourself by giving honor to the
weaker vessel.
Establishing Servanthood:

Allowing God to establish your

authority by becoming a servant
of all.
Establishing Servanthood:

The great secret of humility is

that it brings us under God’s
hand of protection.