#5 of the Walk Applied Model Counseling & Discipleship Continuing Series: The Walk Applied is a comprehensive Biblical model that is applicable for counseling, discipleship. mentoring, teaching, etc. NEED IDOLATRY: We make our legitimate human needs our idols We began our discussion of the the Fall and how it had obvious significant consequences for us. Not the least of these consequences was that our sinful flesh was revealed. We first discussed the Rebellion Idolatry System, which has 6 belief idols. We now turn our attention to the belief idols of the Need Idolatry system, whereby we contend that Genesis implies six fundamental human needs: Purpose, Provision, Home, Intimacy and Acceptanc

#4 of the Walk Applied Model Discipleship & Counseling Continuing Series: The Walk Applied is a comprehensive Biblical model that is applicable for counseling, discipleship. mentoring, teaching, etc. REBELLION IDOLATRY: A "DELUSION" OF CONTROL The Fall had significant consequences not the least of which was that our sinful flesh was revealed. We will first discuss The Rebellion Idolatry System, which has 6 belief idols. PRIDE (Gen 3:6) I am the authority; I am above God. PRIDE FALSE BELIEFS: - I MUST be in authority over others - I MUST be the Judge! - It is perfectly permissible for me to come out of Godly Authority when and where I choose. - I have a Free Will and I have “my rights" to ma

#3 of the Walk Applied Model Discipleship & Counseling Continuing Series: The Walk Applied is a comprehensive Christian biblical model that is applicable for counseling, discipleship. mentoring, teaching, etc. Ask Christians what the flesh is and you'll get a wide variety of answers. Many would answer something like "the flesh is our propensity to sin" or "do the wrong things". Here in the Walk Applied we explore a new and different context on the flesh - one that is far more correct than simply expressing our sinful tendencies. Adam and Eve denied God Adam and Eve expressed their God-given right to free will and choice. When they rebelled and disobeyed, the result was that they came un

#2 of the Walk Applied Model Discipleship & Counseling Series (The Walk Applied continuing series is a comprehensive Christian biblical model that is applicable for counseling, discipleship. mentoring, teaching, etc.) THE FALL Certainly, the Fall was foreseen by God. Consider the following two scriptures: "For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.?(Gen 3:5) "And the Lord God said, The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil."(Gen 3:22) Adam and Eve did not know what evil was because they had never experienced it. The passage implies that we must be like God, knowing good and evil. For Adam and Eve - and

#1 of the Walk Applied Model Discipleship & Counseling Series (The Walk Applied continuing series is a comprehensive Christian biblical model that is applicable for counseling, discipleship. mentoring, teaching, etc.) One of the principal themes of the Walk Applied Model is to achieve an in-depth understanding of human behavior that is rooted in biblical truth. Indeed, The Walk Applied Model purports to present a comprehensive biblical theory of human behavior. Why do we do what we do? Why do we behave the way we do? What do we mean when we say "the sin nature" or "the flesh"? How does the flesh - the sin nature - operate in our lives? These are profound questions, and we will investigate