Habitual Sin

Habitual Sin

Have you struggled with an area of sinful activity that you just couldn't conquer?

What if you didn't need to conquer it?

What if the change that Jesus made in you were so profound that you were already free from it?

Here's some good news. That is exactly what He did.

You are not a slave to that behavior any longer. You are free from it. You are dead to it. The idea that you cannot conquer it, and even that you need to conquer it, is a lie. Don't believe it. Believe the truth that you've been set free.

Galatians 5:16-18 is very helpful. It tells us that if we walk (live) according to the Spirit of God within us we won't gratify the flesh.

The flesh wars against the Spirit and the Spirit wars against the flesh. This is because the flesh, the worldly way of living and handling what life throws at us, wants what is contrary to the Spirit.

The flesh wants us to base our actions and reactions on our senses. It presses us to trust in ourselves rather than in what God has said. It says that faith is a silly idea, but God says that faith is all that matters. This conflict causes you to do things you don't really want to do and to refrain from things you really do want.

But the Spirit of God lives in you and so you are led by Him. Since you are led by Him, you are not under laws, rules, and ordinances. The law of the Spirit, of life in Christ Jesus, has set you free from that.

You already have the victory. Jesus won it and gave you the trophy.

Remember who you are and be your true self.