Overcoming Depression - Paul Washer

If you could, in a real compact form,

what have you learned from Jay Adams

concerning depression?

Paul: The question is what have I learned

from Jay Adams concerning depression?

And that is, I guess the greatest thing

would be this:

that to be able to discern

when I am believing a lie -

believing something that is not true,

that does not conform to God's Word -

and then to preach.

Instead of letting my heart preach to me,

that I ought to preach
God's Word to my heart

and stand on the realities of God's Word

rather than on feelings.

Another thing that I think
has been very helpful

is that so many things that would cause us

to pity and coddle a man,

instead, the man should be rebuked

because he's believing a lie.

So many things that seem to be

where we treat
ourselves as pitiful victims

when in actuality, we're guilty criminals.

And just facing that.

Facing that with the Word of God

and repenting.

Another thing I think is very, very good

is that it is not enough to say no

to the flesh;

to say no to an evil practice,

but to substitute that evil practice

with the doing of good, with virtue.

It's not just putting off,

but it's putting on.

And much of that has
been very, very helpful.

Very helpful.