Section 4
least three principles: they can live by sin, or they can live by right and wrong, or they can live by life.
What does this mean? It is very simple. Many people live on earth by following the lusts of their flesh. They are sons of wrath who are bound by the fashions of the world. They live and act according to the operation of the evil spirits in their hearts. Their principle for living is that they live by sin (Eph. 2:1-3). This morning I do not want to speak about this principle. I believe that many among us have already left the principle of sin. What we will consider this morning is apart from the principle of sin. These two trees repre sent two principles of living. After becoming Christians, some people live by the principle of right and wrong, while others live by the prin ciple of life.
In speaking about this matter, I am making the assumption that we have already left the prin ciple of sin and are walking before God. If we would consider a little, we would see that some people live according to the principle of right and wrong or good and evil. Please remember that the principle of right and wrong, the princi ple of good and evil, is not Christianity. Christi anity is a matter of life, not of being according to