I think you're just saying what you have been taught is the right thing to say, not speaking from actual experience. True Christians know it isn't like this all of the time. There's often a real struggle with the true believer and the temptations of the flesh. I have my doubts about anyone who says they do not have this struggle.
Sometimes the true believer does the right thing only because they know it's the right thing to do while every fiber of their body is crying out to be satisfied. For the truly saved person, turning away from sin in that case is just as much walking by the Spirit as gliding easily into righteous acts is.
The more acquainted one becomes with battling the flesh the more easily their battle with the flesh becomes. It's sickening to see the corrupted church teach people that works don't matter because salvation is not by works. And teaching that you can live in your sin, even on purpose, and still be a saved believer, while teaching at the same time that obedience is automatic and will happen because you have faith. It's just plain junk from a corrupted church. On the bright side, ultimately that's the church for the willfully deceived and blind unbelievers, not for true believers who can see. I said 'ultimately', because true believers who can see won't hang around a church that teaches that junk forever. Because they have the Spirit they'll eventually see they teach junk—1 John 2:20.
Of course I struggle with Sin.....just like Paul did ....When Paul wrote of his “ doing what I don’t Want to do” in the 7th chapter of Romans, he had been a Christian for at least Ten Years...... Paul was still struggling at the end of his ministry.....he admitted that he was not where he should be ......and I am confident that as the years went by After Damascus , as God Transformed Him into The Image Of His Son by working on the “ inside of the cup” Paul grew as a Christian and his Faith increased and his sins decreased. I know that this is True in my life.
Many times I , like you, Turn from sin simply because I know it’s the right thing to do. I take no joy in admitting the following : many times I don’t give into the temptations that “ entice me “ because I know that if I “ do” .......God ‘s gonna “ CLOBBER” me! Seriously , ( darn the-bad luck) God don't let me “ get away “ with squat! If I accidentally step on a worm, I am guilt- ridden for days....lol....that is an exaggeration of course, but I hope you get the point....
Here’s the thing .... I know that I am Totally Forgiven because Jesus said that if I have Faith in Him , I am “ ALREADY a recipient
of eternal life and can NEVER come into Condemnation .The Gratitude.... The Love That is a result of getting that Burden off of my back By keeping myself Saved by my self-control, fear of Hell and the desire to convince others that I am a Saved “ good guy” is now my Motivation for living fight........ The LOVE for God is the Engine that drives Obedience and helps us to resist Temptations ...Yes , I still struggle at times, but as time goes by, the amount of STRUGLE decreases and the amount Of what You call “ sliding” increases ...
I am a “New Creation” That was Given a “ New Heart” .That “ New Heart” WANTS to please God and “ Finds Itself” doing just that.....That kind of change in a Man turns what used to be “ GIANT” Struggles into “BABY” Struggles and what used to be Minor Struggles into practically NO STRUGGLE at all.....Christian Growth is what one could call it .....the more that I “ Let go and Let God “ the Faster That “ growth” becomes and the more I “ Slide” into Obedience asxopposed to “Struggling” with it.....God Bless......
p.s...... I belong to no cult ...I have-not set foot in a brick- and- mortar Church in 50 years...I just read my Bible ....and listen to about Ten Good Teachers and I don’t agree with ANY of them all of the time...I am a hard- core Berean when it comes to that ....
