Alright, well Christ has saved me from a lot of things already, including drug addiction. But the way I understand it right now is he wants me to discipline myself. He wants me to learn how to control myself and not give myself over to lust or the other evil desires that are left in me.That verse is not talking about the Spiritual Kingdom of God.
And that is why this verse is given to JEWS, (house of Israel) before Jesus died on the CROSS, for the "sin of the World"
So, to do the "will of God the Father" is not to be water baptized and confirmed.
Its not to "endure to the end"
Its this.
"Believe on Jesus, and you shall be saved"..
That is God's will for everyone, but not all will do His Will.
How do you know?'
Because thousands of water baptized religious people, died today and went directly to Hell.
And they are now there, wondering..."but i was told that i was a Christian, once i was water baptized".
and they believe it, and Hell is filled with these "believers".. who Jesus NEVER KNEW.
God has the ability to lead a person to Salvation in Christ, without a preacher or a bible.
That's true.
Your problem is not evil desires.
Your issue is sin consciousness, that manifest as carnality, that is driven by trying to be good.
See, that is to put yourself under the Law and "the Law is the power of sin".
So, when you dont understand who you are "in Christ", then you will try to BECOME the Behavior of what you believe you understand as "Christianity" and that is the carnal mind trying to DO Christianity, and all that leads is more carnality that is empowered by wrong understanding.
I'm not sure how all of this fits into what you've said, because I believe self-discipline is still important. But are you saying that when you truly believe in Jesus, all of your evil desires will completely melt away? Yet we all fall short of the glory of God...
Essentially, don't we still have to try, because we care? This slightly contradicts what I said before, but I believe that this is definitely what he wants. For us to try. For us to desire him and his righteousness, and not our own evil ways.
I guess what I'm trying to say is there are parts of me that don't desire Christ's righteousness, but other parts of me that do want him ultimately trump the parts that don't.