Therefore,
Dear Brothers And Sisters,
You
Have No Obligation To Do
What
Your Sinful Nature Urges You To Do.
Scripture
Romans
8
10 And
Christ lives within you, so even though your body will die because of
sin, the Spirit gives you life because you have been made right with
God.
11 The
Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just
as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your
mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you.
12 Therefore,
dear brothers and sisters, you have no obligation to do what
your sinful nature urges you to do.
13 For if
you live by its dictates, you will die. But if through the power of
the Spirit you put to death the deeds of your sinful nature, you
will live.
Observation
Are
you a follower of Jesus Christ and yet still find yourself a slave to
an addiction like – drinking, smoking, drugs, gambling, sexual
immorality, pornography, food, etc.?
My
friend, you and I have no obligation to do what our sinful nature
urges us to do! The same Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the
dead, lives in us.
If
you find yourself a slave to something, whatever it is, the first
step is to admit it to yourself and then share that you are
struggling in that area with someone else.
The
next step is to get help!
Pride,
sinful pride, keeps so many Christians trapped … don't let it trap
you. Get help!
Our
church and many other churches in our community have a ministry
called “Celebrate Recovery”. It can help you break free!
It
is so painful for me to watch lives, watch marriages, watch someone's
future go down the drain because of sinful pride and a refusal to get
help.
Don't
be a casualty of Satan's schemes. Get help today ... and walk in
sobriety and walk in victory!
John
8
Galatians
5
19 When you
follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear:
sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures, 20 idolatry,
sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish
ambition, dissension, division, 21 envy,
drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these.
Application
I
will guard myself against what my sinful nature urges me to do. How
about you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, Your Holy Spirit that raised Jesus Christ from the dead lives
in me so I know that I have no excuse when I yield to the urges of my
sinful nature.
I
pray for those close to me who are trapped right now, slaves to
drinking, slaves to drugs, slaves to sexual immorality, slaves to
food, and slaves to so many other things; set them free Lord. Set
them free. Give them the courage to admit that they have a problem.
Don't let them try to continue to practice these sins in secret
without getting help. Set them free Lord. Don't let them destroy
their marriages, their relationship with their children, their
health, their relationship with other brothers and sisters, and their
testimony with those who are not yet Christ followers.
Daily
Bible Reading: Romans 5,6,7,8
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