If you want to stop sinning.

[n2thelight]

As long as one is in the flesh they will sin .

 

[n2thelight]

-
If a believer is repenting, its because they are sinning.
If you are sinning, then repenting is not helping you for how many years now,?
So, you need to resolve the sinning issue, vs wasting your time confessing and repenting, and then off you go to sin again, then start over with the sinning and repenting.

Here is how to stop sinning.

You have to move from the wrong mind, into the right mind, and stay there.
ITs really that simple.

Listen, you can't stop on your own.
And in fact its trying to stop that causes more sinning.
See, thats the thing about the Spiritual realm.....its that the rules are different then how WE think it should work out, naturally.
The way we want it to be, is...."i try harder not to sin, next time".
And that causes you to sin again.
Most believers are stuck right there....and stay there for life.

"but Behold, we are to strive against sin".

YES....but not in our flesh, and not by our own will, as the means.
The striving we are to do, is spiritual.
We are fighting darkness, and you fight that with LIGHT.....not with self effort.
So, how do you strive against sin in the Spirit realm?
= You learn to REST in God's Grace.

What is an example of the wrong mind?

Its a Christian who is serving God to try to get rest for their conscience from sinning.
Its a believer who feels condemned, even tho they have confessed...and this is no longer working for them.. Its no longer soothing that guilt.
That confession pain med is useless now...so, they reach for something else. They improvise. They started doing more "god stuff" to try to mentally balance out the wrong they are doing, even if they have stopped, for the most part.
That does not work, because it can't.

Saint, confessing and repenting does not make God feel better about you....it only makes you fell better till the next time you sin.

See, God is always at peace with you, no matter what you do.
Why? Because the Blood of Jesus is the final answer.
""""Where your sin abounds= God's Grace (the blood of Jesus) more abounds."""

Here is a FYI........memo from Heaven.
The Blood of Jesus forgave your tomorrow's sin, 2000 yrs ago.
Think on that till you see that Light.

Listen... the wrong mind is......you trying to do it.
Thats the failure of Christians, worldwide.
Jesus said...>"apart from me, you can do nothing".
And that means,... if you try to do it, then that is apart from me.
Most Christians are lost in that.... and that is why they sin and confess and can't stop.

So, what is the Right Mind. ?
The right mind is to believe God when He told you that you are "in the world but not of it".
Read that again... "you are IN the world, but not OF it".
The mind of the world, .. you are not OF IT.
The way of the world... you are not OF IT.
So, when you try to live out your Christianity as the natural worldly mind would do it, then you are now the "OF IT"....that is to be like the world would do it.

Listen, the religious but lost, are currently working their way to hell.
The Religious but lost, are doing the works, living the life, and all this is of SELF Righteousness, and that is the "OF the WORLD" method... to try to be 'like God", or Like Jesus.

Saint, the reason that Jesus is in you, is many, but one them is so that He can live through you what HE requires of you.
This is why He told you, "apart from Me".... So, to be born again, is to be ONE with Him.
But when it comes to the holy lifestyle, then Jesus has to provide you the power to do it.
= "apart from me, you can do ......nothing".....and that certainly means you can't stop sinning apart from Jesus resolving that situation.
Not YOU.
You try, and that is why you confess and keep sinning.

So, what do we call Jesus living through us,.... what do we call His Righteousness as ours?
We call that the Grace of God.

When God says for us to be holy, and then Christ empowers us to do it while we REST from our own self effort that failed for years to live holy.....what do we call that?
We call that God's Grace.

Saint....If you want to stop sinning, then you have to find your place of REST in God's Grace.
To find that place, is to change your mind from "i can do it", "i will do it", "i am trying to do it"...to "Christ who is in me, will do it for me, through me, and i will always = REST in this GRACE of GOD".


Here is the mind you have to have, to exist in that place of Grace.


1.) Recognize that you can't lose your salvation = because God is keeping if for you, based on supplying it to you through the Blood of Jesus.

2.) Stop trying to resist sin by striving not to sin, as this empowers the dominion of the law to cause your sin consciousness to become inflamed to want to sin more... "the power of sin is the law".
You are not under the law, you are "under Grace" but you have to exist there in your BELIEF and Understanding.

3.) Come to the revelation that you are not a sinner, but you are "ONE with God and Christ"... that you are "in Christ", and that this is because the real you is the born again "New Creation", and not the old man of the flesh that has its lusts.

4.) Recognize that God is always at Peace with you, based on the Blood of Jesus, and in this knowledge, rest there, and in this resting in God's Grace, you'll find deliverance from all that is causing you to sin.

Listen....There is power in the Blood Atonement, that is not freeing you, because you are trying to do for yourself, by self effort, what the Blood of Jesus has already accomplished for you, as "the finished work of Jesus on the Cross".

Saints...We do not stop sinning by striving to stop....We stop because we "are not a sinner" we are a "SAINT".."One with GOD"..., and so by RESTING in God's Grace = we are freed from the Law's power of dominion to cause us to want to sin.

Is this like OSAS ?

 

[Billy Evmur]

Those Scriptures were not about getting victory. They were refuting the false teaching of Behold. He claimed that Christians are not exhorted to stop sinning, or to resist sin, which is contrary to the Word.

You can only stop, resist, get victory over sin by knowing that they have been borne in His own body on the tree, faith is knowing this fact.

When you struggle against sin you are not believing that Jesus has already done it.

You would better be employed in overflowing thanks and gratitude and praise to Him for what He has done and telling others [which is your confession]

You can start this right away, even while you are yet in your besetting sins and keep doing it until it comes to pass in your life.

God watches over His word to perform it.

 

[Behold]

It is my understanding that when one is born again, it is not of perishable seed (1 Peter !:23).
I believe this is speaking of the rebirth of one's spirit.
Since it cannot perish, it cannot sin.
Therefore, my sin originates somewhere else.

You are closing in, ..so, keep going.

Its like this Truman Ron.

If you are born again, then that part of you, is the REAL You.
Not you body, and not your 'flesh" or "old man"..

So, the real you, IS the "incorruptible".... as that is the BORN AGAIN.....REAL YOU.
The REAL YOU< is born again INTO the Spirit of God, by the Spirit of God... and that REAL YOU< is now "ONE WITH GOD< and CHRIST".

That's the real you.
Now, bring your mind into this recognition, and that is to BELIEVE RIGHT.

Once you are in this RENEWED MIND< that understands and discernes who you have become, "in Christ", then you have discovered God's Grace.

 

[Behold]

Alright, but wait. The context specifically states. "Be not carried away by divers and strange teachings: for it is good that the heart be established by grace; not by meats, wherein they that occupied themselves were not profited."

What is : The Meat of the word

 

[Behold]

You can only stop, resist, get victory over sin by knowing that they have been borne in His own body on the tree, faith is knowing this fact.
When you struggle against sin you are not believing that Jesus has already done it.
You would better be employed in overflowing thanks and gratitude and praise to Him for what He has done and telling others [which is your confession]
You can start this right away, even while you are yet in your besetting sins and keep doing it until it comes to pass in your life.
God watches over His word to perform it.

Its a beautiful thing to read, what you've stated.
ITs always a blessing to hear God and Christ being given all Credit do them, for saving us and keeping us saved.
Its so rare to find this credit being given on a "christian" forum.

 

[Behold]

first thanks for the reply, second, since you used the Follow Paul because he follow Christ... well now, didn't Paul sin, by letting the sun go down on his anger,

PICJAG
101G The "Spiritual Saboteur"

No he didnt.
Notice also that Paul didn't repent and confess.
Did you miss that part? I think you did.

So...
Why is it that Paul didn't repent and confess?
Because Christ has all of Paul's sin, and Paul has all of Christ's righteousness.

Later, Paul allowed JMark to be a part of his ministry.
The NT does not tell us if Barnabas ever got it back together
All are in Heaven.

 

[Behold]

Reading your post to
But don't waste a moment of living holding on to any notion of guilt, or memory of the sin, just forget about it, put it from your thoughts, don't medidate on it.

= We should not remember what God does not notice.

Romans 4:8, says that God does not charge the born again, with sin....if we are born again.
Why?
Because He's already JUDGED Jesus for them ALL, on THE CROSS.

So, if God understands that Christ has "become our sin" and died, then there goes our sin, if we are born again.
This is why we will meet God as "FATHER" and not as Judge, IF we are born again.
Not by works of righteousness that we have done but according to Gods mercy is why we are saved, born again,= free from the judgment due us for our sin, and are going to heaven.

 

[Behold]

Really though? Why is it then that Christians react so negatively when asked to consider God's commandments? After all, John says, "sin is transgression against the law". The response is varied, from "the law no longer applies...we are not under the law" to "You can't earn your way to heaven", or that old favourite, "I just obey the NT commandments, 'to love'". Then of course there's that popular one, "there's only nine commandments we need to obey, God threw away the fourth", and let's not forget "The Jerusalem council only asked Gentiles to not be idolators, fornicate, and abstain from road kill".
Any and all excuses not to actually meditate or seriously consider the fact that disobeying any one commandment is sin. And you can't pick and choose, saying, "God knows we are dust and winks at the odd petty theft or admiring look at that girl, etc etc." Then of course there's that ludicrous extreme of using 1 John 3:9 to excuse sin by believing John is saying its impossible for a Christian to sin, therefore when you do sneak that gaze at your sunbaking neighbor, or get unreasonably angry at the motorist who cuts you off flipping him an unsavory response, and muttering under your breath at what an idiot he is, you are saying to yourself, that cannot be sin because I can't sin, therefore God Himself must be overlooking it and doesn't care because it isn't sin for the Christian to transgress the law any more because the law was nailed to the cross blah blah blah.
A friend once told me he heard a preacher from the pulpit saying he could go outside onto the street and spray the pedestrians with machine gun fire, and still go to heaven.
I think our concept of what constitutes sin and what constitutes the consequences of sin needs to be evaluated afresh with the church. I don't think every Christian knows they're not to be sinning at all...particularly when told by so many that's it's impossible to stop...the other extreme to "cannot sin"

What you wrote, is a bit obtuse.
So, i think you are saying that you believe that keeping commandments saves you and keeps you saved.
Well, i can promise you that if commandment keeping, or Torah keeping, or enduring to the end, or presenting your body a living sacrifice, or taking the sacraments, or joining a church, or being water baptized, could save you and keep you saved, then Jesus could have stayed in Heaven and saved Himself a lot of TORTURE.

Also, the Blood of Jesus, is The Eternal Sacrifice, and that is why "the Gift of Salvation", is eternal, and not dependent on your self effort that is actually self righteousness. (Trying to make and keep yourself right with God).

 

[Behold]

Is this like OSAS ?

No, it like this.....

"once born again, ALWAYS born again".

 

[Truman]

You are closing in, ..so, keep going.

Its like this Truman Ron.

If you are born again, then that part of you, is the REAL You.
Not you body, and not your 'flesh" or "old man"..

So, the real you, IS the "incorruptible".... as that is the BORN AGAIN.....REAL YOU.
The REAL YOU< is born again INTO the Spirit of God, by the Spirit of God... and that REAL YOU< is now "ONE WITH GOD< and CHRIST".

That's the real you.
Now, bring your mind into this recognition, and that is to BELIEVE RIGHT.

Once you are in this RENEWED MIND< that understands and discernes who you have become, "in Christ", then you have discovered God's Grace.

When I came to Christ I was dead, spirit and soul. I was born again instantly in my spirit and I am receiving the goal of my faith, the salvation of my soul. Peace, brother.

 

[101G]

Of course, this is your opinion. lol Bless you, brother, and of course, the other!
His dominion is an eternal dominion...He does what He wants, He doesn't ask our opinion!

first thanks for the reply, I have no opinion.

understand HIS DEATH was the sacrifice that put us back in RIGHT relationship, or back in RIGHT STANDING, or Back in Right Fellowship, or Back in righteousness with God. Romans 3:25 "Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;"

and his shed blood, cleanseth us from all sin.1 John 1:7 "But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin."

and if we have fellowship with one another then we have fellowship with God, 1 John 1:3 "That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ."
1 John 1:4 "And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full."
1 John 1:5 "This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all."
1 John 1:6 "If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:"
1 John 1:7 "But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin."

so no, it's not my opinion, it's God's Holy Word.

Remember, Don't argue with 101G, argue with the scriptures, God Holy Word.

PICJAG
101G The "Spiritual Saboteur"

 

[101G]

No he didnt.
Notice also that Paul didn't repent and confess.
Did you miss that part? I think you did.

So...
Why is it that Paul didn't repent and confess?
Because Christ has all of Paul's sin, and Paul has all of Christ's righteousness.

Later, Paul allowed JMark to be a part of his ministry.
The NT does not tell us if Barnabas ever got it back together
All are in Heaven.

ARE you sure?, lets see if this is true.

yes Paul and John Mark reconcicle, 2 Timothy 4:11 "Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry." BINGO.

but what about Barnabas, it goes the same if I reconcicle with the one I had the problem with A. surely B. is reconciled also, if not then Christ is NOT IN HIM. lets see. Paul speaks of Barnabas in his letter to the Corinthians in 1Corinthians 9:5 & 6, and also of him in Colossians 4:10... "AFTER" their split. NOW IF PAUL RECONCILED WITH JOHN MARK AND NOT WITH BARNABAS, then Paul would be a hypocrite, and why should we follow him.

but we we suggest you check out, Biblical Hermeneutics, here's the link... Was Barnabas ever reconciled to Paul?

so your assessment is reproved.

Remember, Don't argue with 101G, argue with the scriptures, God Holy Word.

PICJAG
101G The "Spiritual Saboteur"

 

[marks]

You can only stop, resist, get victory over sin by knowing that they have been borne in His own body on the tree, faith is knowing this fact.

When you struggle against sin you are not believing that Jesus has already done it.

You would better be employed in overflowing thanks and gratitude and praise to Him for what He has done and telling others [which is your confession]

You can start this right away, even while you are yet in your besetting sins and keep doing it until it comes to pass in your life.

God watches over His word to perform it.

Amen!

I find two distinctly different ways I that I oppose sin.

One of them is to determine to be more self-controlled, and to determine to not sin. To watch for temptations, and when they come, find ways to remove them, force myself to walk away from them, to "do the right thing" whether I want to or not. No matter how strong the feelings of need or risk or desire within me, that I know by the sick feeling inside are wrong, I want to be resolute against them, not let them control me. Go to prayer, go to the Word, remind myself of Scriptures, and that God empowers me, and choose to not commit that sin.

The other way is that I remember that God is here with Me, and how Much He loves me, and how He is my Helper, and did I say how much He loves me? He accepts me fully apart from my sins, He accepts me in Christ, my new creation, Christ in me. And I fall into His arms as it were in faith and love. And hope. The certain expectation that He will do all He has promised.

Our weapons are not carnal, but are mighty to the pulling down of strongholds. Not by the power of the will, but by the faith in the heart which believes in the forgiveness of sins in Christ to the point of not thinking otherwise.

To me, the first way is akin to building up my character, I feel that's never a bad thing! But it's not the same as walking in the Spirit, in which we simply do not do the works of the flesh.

I don't see that we are to "work" at walking in the Spirit, only that we remain trusting that we are in Christ.

BTW . . . did I ever say, Welcome to the forum!

Much love!

 

[marks]

It is hard to approach the throne of grace at the very moment of temptation...there is an intense battle right there. We need to be straight up with ourselves and decide, what is it that I want here. To sin, or walk in righteousness. God has promised the strength I need to get through this, but do I really want to? The better time to answer such a challenge is well before the temptation comes...the morning before ,committing our life to our Savior's care for the day, asking of Him then for whatever strength we need to overcome all the fleshly lusts and temptations. So much easier to choose when the pressure isn't so "heated".

And no matter what our state or behavior or whether we've yielded to sin or are in the midst of sin, this does not change the truth of Scripture, that just like Jesus died to sin once, and now lives unto God, so you likewise reckon yourself dead to sin, and alive unto God in Jesus Christ our Lord.

I think of what Paul wrote about the Christian going to a prostitute, since we're united with Christ, will we now unite Christ with the prostitute?

The unsavoryness of the situation doesn't change what God says about it. Even in our vilest moment of sin we are alive unto God in Jesus. Jesus Christ our Lord. Such a contradiction! Such a scandal of grace! Such is the love of God for us.

The prince of this world is coming, but he has nothing in Me! The very best way to approach the day!!

I've started walking in the morning for my diabetes. I like the quiet time with God, though I'm not a morning person!

Much love!

 

[Hidden In Him]

What is : The Meat of the word

Behold, I truly appreciate that you love the word of God. I do. I'm glad for that and I encourage you in it. And I don't like coming off like some sort of Bible tyrant who's going to whittle everything you or anyone else says down to nothing. But if you are asking me to respond here, you are again misusing one Biblical analogy to justify the interpretation of a verse elsewhere in a way you like interpreting it. If this were prophecy you might be able to get away with that on the grounds that prophecies can have numerous "spiritualized" applications, along with their literal one/s. But this isn't prophecy. These are doctrinal texts you are dealing with, and this is where you DON'T want to be playing around and spiritualizing them when it is not called for. It only confuses people and muddles up their thinking, to the point that any hope of their accurately understanding a passage gets lost in the shuffle and buried forever.

1. The teaching on the meat of the word is about receiving stronger teaching that is "harder to swallow" if you will, as you suggested, particularly teaching on enduring suffering and persecution.
2. The reference to meats in Hebrews 13:9 is not about this, but about the "sin" of eating unclean foods; a different thing, and not an analogy at all. To twist things around to make it appear as if these two teachings are somehow related and interchangeable is to do the word a great disservice, and as a teacher you know you have a responsibility before God not to do this.

God bless, and I think I've said enough. I don't like being critical of others' teachings in post after post, so I will leave it for now.

Blessings to you, and may the Lord grant you every good thing in Him.
- H

 

[101G]

Amen!

I find two distinctly different ways I that I oppose sin.

One of them is to determine to be more self-controlled, and to determine to not sin. To watch for temptations, and when they come, find ways to remove them, force myself to walk away from them, to "do the right thing" whether I want to or not. No matter how strong the feelings of need or risk or desire within me, that I know by the sick feeling inside are wrong, I want to be resolute against them, not let them control me. Go to prayer, go to the Word, remind myself of Scriptures, and that God empowers me, and choose to not commit that sin.

The other way is that I remember that God is here with Me, and how Much He loves me, and how He is my Helper, and did I say how much He loves me? He accepts me fully apart from my sins, He accepts me in Christ, my new creation, Christ in me. And I fall into His arms as it were in faith and love. And hope. The certain expectation that He will do all He has promised.

Our weapons are not carnal, but are mighty to the pulling down of strongholds. Not by the power of the will, but by the faith in the heart which believes in the forgiveness of sins in Christ to the point of not thinking otherwise.

To me, the first way is akin to building up my character, I feel that's never a bad thing! But it's not the same as walking in the Spirit, in which we simply do not do the works of the flesh.

I don't see that we are to "work" at walking in the Spirit, only that we remain trusting that we are in Christ.

BTW . . . did I ever say, Welcome to the forum!

Much love!

Good post, you're on the right road. sin is habitual, meaning it's a habit. in order to stop a habit, "DON'T FEED IT". just as with the Devil, give him no place... the same with a habit. DON'T GIVE IT ANYTHING. especially your time, for an idle mind is the devil workshop.

scripture, Colossians 3:2 "Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.". the term "affection"here is,
G5426 φρονέω phroneo (fro-ne'-ō) v.
1. to exercise the mind, i.e. entertain or have a sentiment or opinion.
2. (by implication, mentally) to be disposed (more or less earnestly in a certain direction).
3. (intensively) to interest oneself in (with concern or obedience).
[from G5424]
KJV: set the affection on, (be) care(-ful), (be like-, + be of one, + be of the same, + let this) mind(-ed), regard, savour, think

set your "MIND" on the things of God, and you want have "TIME" for those intresting "THOUGHTS". The Lord Jesus first brought this to my attention when I was a school boy. when on the weekend, all the boys use to go down to the park and play basketball all day. never gave thought bout eating or maybe occasionally drank some water, but our MINDS was not on Food, only until we had finish playing basketball. so we went for hours and hours without eating..... WHY, because our MINDS was occupied with something else.

likewise, we shoud occupy our MINDS in the renewing in his word.... other words we should GROW UP IN HIM. Ephesians 4:23 "And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;" our spirit should be forever hungary for the word of God, and if you starve it, then you stunt your spiritual growth.

that's was one of the reason why DEACONS was come into, for the apostle said, this, Acts 6:2 "Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables." Acts 6:3 "Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business."
Acts 6:4 "But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word."

OCCUPATION, or to occupy, as the Lord Jesus told ADAM, (when he put him in the garden), to A. DRESS it, and B. to KEEP it.
and that word KEEP is trhe hebrew word,
H8104 שָׁמַר shamar (shaw-mar') v.
1. (properly) to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard.
2. (generally) to protect, attend to, etc.
[a primitive root]
KJV: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).

that's the key. GUARD aganist something, putting a barrier/Hedge about, and that hedge or barrier, is the KNOWLEDGE and UNDERSTANDING of the WORD of God, and as the definition states, save oneself. I heard one poster quoted the scripture, Ephesians 6:10 "Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might."
Ephesians 6:11 "Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil."
Ephesians 6:12 "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."

yes, we're in a warfare, (within, our own-selves), occupy, and we must be on GUARD at all time, and save ourselfves from the evil of sin, as the apostle Peter preached on Pentecost, Acts 2:40 "And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation." BINGO, and one cannot save them own-selves. but what must we do? this was the same thing they said on Pentecost, listen, Acts 2:37 "Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?" BINGO, LISTEN,
Acts 2:38 "Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost."
Acts 2:39 "For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call."
Acts 2:40 "And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation."

and to GUARD aganist the evil, God has put a hedge around us as he did with Job, as with Adam in the Garden. but it is us who have to be on Guard. Just as Job, as was it with Eve, we all, think we KNOW God. but GOD will allow that headge to be remove to see if you really KNOW HIM. yes, just read your bible. and you'll find out that answer quickly. (bottom Line one better GROW YOUR FAITH IN GOD).

the devil is nothing to play with. but you better know, that your know, knows God. and that come from being in his WORD, occupy his Word, and STAND. and to STAND, or to occupy your HEART, SOUL, and MIND, for the body will be done away with, the natural one... ) so the FIRST, thing is to subit, surrender to God, FEAR GOD, Proverbs 9:10 "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding." BINGO, that's how one SAVE themselves, but first submitting, or surrending to God.

when one surrender to God, then he will Grow you up in HIM, (the author and finisher of you FAITH), not to fear the Devil. as many christian fail here, "resist the devil and he'll flee from you", hold that horse, and wagon. but they did not read the small print before that... so let me make it bigger for one to read, James 4:7 "Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you." BINGO.

like the OLD SAYING say, "I know what side my bread and butter is on".

so Mark, good observation. maybe you might want to re-read this post for clarity.

PICJAG
101G The "Spiritual Saboteur"

 

[marks]

maybe you might want to re-read this post for clarity.

In all honesty . . . The fonts, the colors, the bulky paragraphs, all too much for my eyes. Simple styles without all the pizzaz, that's what works for me.

Much love!

 

[101G]

In all honesty . . . The fonts, the colors, the bulky paragraphs, all too much for my eyes. Simple styles without all the pizzaz, that's what works for me.

Much love!

no problem, just and paste,"Text as is"..... BINGO, all, The fonts, the colors, the bulky paragraphs, all gone".... YIKES! so now you have no excuse.

PICJAG
101G The "Spiritual Saboteur"

 

[marks]

and save ourselfves from the evil of sin

Staying in communion with Jesus, by trusting in His complete and total reconciliation, this is what saves me from sin, is more the way I think.

sin is habitual, meaning it's a habit. in order to stop a habit,

I think the flesh remains unchanged, is hopelessly ruined by sin. Changing bad habits for good habits is good, of course, but we don't negate the lusts of the flesh by efforts in self-improvement.

I think rather that Christ in me is my sanctification. So by faith I live the life of Christ, and in Christ is no sin.

Much love!