The Enemy Desensitzes
Harris Creek Baptist Church
Harris Creek
4.8 • 523 Ratings
🗓️ 3 March 2025
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Sin gradually desensitizes us, making what once felt wrong seem normal, which is exactly how Satan works to separate us from God. Ephesians 4 warns that when we give ourselves over to sin, we become aimless, hardened, and blind to its destruction, ultimately giving the enemy a foothold in our lives. Nate reminds us that as Christians, we are called to reject sin, pursue sanctification, and immerse ourselves in God's truth to fully embrace the life He desires for us.
Sin Makes you senseless
Christians part with sin to pursue sanctification
Sin gives Satan a space in Christ's place
Life Group Discussion:
What are some warning signs that you might be drifting toward spiritual numbness?
How can accountability within a community help us in the process of sanctification?
What steps can you take this week to remove sin’s foothold and invite Christ into every area of your life?
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| 0:00.0 | The home buying process can be rather overwhelming, especially the first time you do it, because you want to make sure you get this thing right. Like you're about to be spending a lot of money on a house. You want to make sure you buy the right house in the right place. And that's what it was for us the first time that we bought a house a few years back. We did a lot of research trying to figure out exactly where we should buy and what we should buy. And we found a house that we liked, an area that we liked here in the area. And then we put |
| 0:25.8 | an offer on it and got accepted. So the next thing we did was got an inspection to make sure, like, |
| 0:31.5 | the bones of the house were good. And the inspection came back, crystal clear, said this is a great |
| 0:35.8 | house to buy. so we went forward, |
| 0:43.1 | closed on it, and didn't think anything of it until about a month into living there. |
| 0:49.6 | It was a Saturday, and my wife and I were at home, like any other normal day, and we realized on that day that no one had told us that our house was apparently built on a fault line. |
| 0:56.7 | Because on that Saturday, it was crystal clear day, all of the sudden, our worst fear |
| 1:01.5 | happened because we hear this rumbling. And then all of a sudden our cabinets start shaking. |
| 1:06.1 | I go, oh my goodness, I thought this happened in San Francisco, not Waco, Texas. I had no idea this could happen here. So I did what I heard that you're supposed to do. I just ran out of my house. I didn't want the house to crumble underneath me on this earthquake, so I ran out of my house, and then I'll never forget what happens next. I ran out. My wife followed after me, and there's this guy |
| 1:28.2 | walking his dog, and he just laughs at us, and he goes, first time, huh? I'm like, what do you mean |
| 1:33.6 | first time? He goes, that's SpaceX, not an earthquake. I'm like, are you serious? No way. And ever |
| 1:41.8 | since then, like, it's just become normalized in my life. Like, we hear that all the time here in Waco. So now that rumbling happens, I don't even notice it. It's always fun whenever people come in from out of town, even recently we had some family from out of town staying at our house, and that same thing happened, and they're just like panic. They're like do we run do we run and i'm like no it's |
| 2:01.9 | just elon man he's just launching off some more rockets you see it's really not a normal thing at all |
| 2:08.8 | but it's become normalized here in this area and it's become normalized so we're desensitized to it. |
| 2:18.4 | And it's really amazing how we can become so numb to things that are not normal in life. |
| 2:23.7 | Like, for instance, if you've ever gone over to someone else's house, you open the door, |
| 2:26.9 | walk in, and you're like, there's like a weird smell here. |
| 2:30.6 | And they don't even notice it because they just live with it every single day. |
| 2:34.6 | Meanwhile, you're like, this is just like an odd odor, but they're not even paying attention to it because they're used to it. |
| 2:41.5 | Or, for instance, if you have ever gone out to eat with a married couple and then you notice the way they talk over themselves, they even talk down to each other, and they just |
| 2:51.7 | kind of fight right in front of you. And you're just like, this is so unbelievably awkward. |
| 2:56.6 | And they've got no idea because they're used to this. This is normal for them. And since it's |
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