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“"The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few
All the points made from which this quote originated are right on, except for this one. There is always a danger of Christians falling for teh 'greasy grace' fallacy, but those who have had a real encounter with the saving power of Jesus Christ know that we are always up against certain temptaions / testings / trials surrounding certain sins. We have been givena new nature but the command we are given is to "put on your new nature". Unless we do that, we will be constantly acting out of carnality--saved but carnal and not victorious.
We must be wise and vigilant against the temptation to sin. The more we choose against sin, the easier it will get, adn the more power we will have against the enemy who just loves to try to trip us up. Jesus promises to never leave us or forsake us, and we must learn to run to Him for strength to overcome if---and when---we need that. We cannot overcome sin adn trouble in our own strength. It has been dealt with on the cross, and we must keep it there.
Yeah, I am glad we worked through this issue together a couple of days ago and found out we agree.
Thanks for the clarification.