Respectable Sins by Jerry Bridges
Week 19: Chapters 18–19 — Tolerating Sin in Ourselves and Others
Read Chapters 18–19 of Respectable Sins. Key Scripture: Galatians 6:1–2; 1 Corinthians 5:6; Hebrews 3:12–13.
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Having named specific sins, Bridges now asks the harder question: what do we do when we see these sins — in ourselves and in those we love?
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Bridges argues that we have become too tolerant of sin in ourselves — that we confess it in a general way but rarely wage specific, intentional war against particular patterns. Which specific sins from this book have you been most tolerant of in your own life? What has kept you from dealing with them?
2.He distinguishes between accepting God's forgiveness for sin and actually fighting the sin itself. Why do these two things need to be held together? What happens when a person does one without the other?
3.Hebrews 3:12–13 exhorts believers to 'encourage one another daily... so that none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness.' What does this suggest about how much our individual fight against sin is actually a community project?