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Drawing from Scripture and the historic richness of biblical theology, this volume offers a practical manual for dealing with sin at its roots.
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How to Mortify Sin and Grow in Holiness – Volume 1 by C. Matthew McMahon
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The Christian life is a battleground of conscience. Sin does not merely lurk in the outward acts of life — it settles in the heart, hides in motives, disguises itself as virtue, and resists exposure. Holiness, likewise, is not achieved by sentiment or self-effort, but by the Spirit’s surgical work: mortifying the old man and vivifying the new. Yet multitudes of believers stumble through this conflict without clarity, without tools, and without guidance. Modern ministry often rushes past the deep work of the soul, leaving Christians with undiagnosed sins, untreated wounds, and unanswered cries of conscience.
This book seeks to change that.
Drawing from Scripture and the historic richness of biblical theology, this volume offers a practical manual for dealing with sin at its roots. Each chapter uncovers a specific sin or spiritual trouble, tracing it through its hidden motions, inward degrees, and outward symptoms. Every case is then met with precise remedies: putting sin to death and putting on Christ.
If you hunger for holiness…
If you are tired of being ruled by the same sins…
If your conscience aches and your progress feels slow…
If you desire to know not only what to put off but how to put on Christ…
Then the work before you is a helpful instrument in the hand of the Great Physician.
Holiness is not accidental. Sin does not kill itself.
Here is help that reaches the heart — where the real war is fought, and where Christ does His reformational work.
Table of Contents
How to Mortify Sin and Grow in Holiness Volume 1
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Table of Contents
Foreword
The Nature, Purpose, and Method of This Manual
THE SIN OF BEING EASILY PROVOKED
THE SIN OF RASH SPEECH
THE SIN OF BEING PRONE TO SUDDEN SADNESS
THE SIN OF LACK OF PATIENCE
THE SIN OF LOSING MY TEMPER
THE SIN OF BEING IMPATIENT WITH EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE
THE SIN OF ANXIETY
THE SIN OF IDOLATROUS IMAGINATIONS
THE SIN OF INDULGENCE
THE SIN OF TAKING GOD’S NAME IN VAIN THROUGH CARELESS THEOLOGY
THE SIN OF LOSING MY FIRST LOVE — WHICH IS CHRIST
THE SIN OF ENVYING OTHERS WHEN THEIR SUCCESS, BLESSINGS, OR SPIRITUALITY OFFENDS YOU
THE SIN OF IMMODERATE RESPECT OF MY SUPERIORS — LETTING ELDERS THINK FOR ME IN DOCTRINE
THE SIN OF NOT SUBMITTING TO GOD’S PROVIDENCE RESISTING HIS TIMING, HIS WAYS, AND HIS WISDOM
THE SIN OF COLDNESS OF HEART
THE SIN OF DISCONTENTMENT IN LIFE — RESENTING THE MEASURE, PACE, AND PORTION GOD HAS APPOINTED
THE SIN OF BEING IMMODERATE IN ANYTHING — EXCESS WITHOUT SELF-GOVERNMENT
THE SIN OF DISTRUSTING GOD
THE SIN OF NOT FORGIVING PEOPLE AS I SHOULD
THE SIN OF DOUBT AND FEAR IN LIFE
THE SIN OF SELFISHNESS
CASE OF CONSCIENCE 1: WHEN THE SOUL CANNOT REMEMBER THAT GOD LOVES YOU, AND YOUR SINS SEEM LARGER THAN HIS MERCY
CASE OF CONSCIENCE 2: STRUGGLING WITH BETTER HONORING OF THE LORD’S DAY (AND WHETHER MARITAL INTIMACY IS FIT FOR THAT HOLY TIME)
CASE OF CONSCIENCE 3: “I FEEL LIKE I AM CONSTANTLY BECOMING SPIRITUALLY STAGNANT.”
CASE OF CONSCIENCE 4: “I FEEL GUILTY FOR TALKING TOO MUCH, OVERSHARING, OR SPEAKING IN A WRONG TONE — AM I SINNING, OR IS MY CONSCIENCE OVERBURDENED?”
CASE OF CONSCIENCE 5: “I AM DISTRACTED FROM MY FAMILY AND STRUGGLE TO GIVE THEM THE FULL ATTENTION THEY NEED.”
CASE OF CONSCIENCE 6: “I OVERWHELM MYSELF WITH MATTERS GOD HAS NOT GIVEN ME THE POWER OR POSITION TO CHANGE.”
CASE OF CONSCIENCE 7: “I WASTE MY RECREATION ON PASSIVE ENTERTAINMENT RATHER THAN ACTIVE REST THAT BENEFITS MY FAMILY AND MY SOUL.”
CASE OF CONSCIENCE 8: “I AM NOT MAXIMIZING MY FREE TIME FOR KINGDOM WORK.”
CASE OF CONSCIENCE 9: “I DON’T KNOW IF I AM A CHRISTIAN, BECAUSE I DON’T FEEL LIKE I ACT LIKE IT. HOW DO I KNOW I’M SAVED?”
CASE OF CONSCIENCE 9 ENLARGED: WHY CHRISTIANS FEEL UNSAVED EVEN WHEN THEY ARE SAVED
CASE OF CONSCIENCE 10: “THE DEVIL SEEMS TO ALWAYS STEAL MY PEACE. MY LIFE FEELS TUMULTUOUS BECAUSE I AM SO HARD ON MYSELF OVER SIN.”
CASE OF CONSCIENCE 11: “I AM ASHAMED THAT MY PAST STILL AFFECTS ME, AND I AM WEARY THAT HEALING HAS TAKEN SO LONG.”
CASE OF CONSCIENCE 12: “I FEEL WEAK OF HEART, SOUL, AND MIND, AND I DO NOT FEEL AS SPIRITUAL AS OTHERS.”
MINISTERIAL APPENDIX: HOW TO COUNSEL A SOUL TRAPPED IN PERPETUAL DOUBT
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