![]() Matthew 5:3 Blessed are the poor in spirit : for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.ġ0. It makes us more dependent on Christ and makes Christ more of a treasure to us.ĩ. ![]() Our sinfulness allows us to see our need for a Savior. 1 Peter 4:12 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. Instead, I do what I hate. But if I know that what I am doing is wrong, this shows that I agree that the law is good. So I am not the one doing wrong it is sin living in me that does it.Ĩ. Romans 7:15-17 I don’t really understand myself, for I want to do what is right, but I don’t do it. Romans 7:22-23 For in my inner being I delight in God’s law but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me.ħ. I don’t want to do what is wrong, but I do it anyway. But if I do what I don’t want to do, I am not really the one doing wrong it is sin living in me that does it.Ħ. Romans 7:19-20 I want to do what is good, but I don’t. Romans 7:24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this dying body?ĥ. Romans 3:10 As it is written, “Not even one person is righteous.”Ĥ. 1 John 1:8 If we say that we do not have any sin, we are deceiving ourselves and we’re not being truthful to ourselves.ģ. If someone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect individual, able to control the entire body as well.Ģ. ![]() James 3:2 For we all stumble in many ways. Though to be tempted is a trouble, yet to think why you are tempted is a comfort.” Thomas Watsonġ. Had they no grace, the devil would not disturb them. “Satan doth not tempt God’s children because they have sin in them, but because they have grace in them.We cannot pray without sinning, and there is filth even in our tears.” Charles Spurgeon “Our prayers have stains in them, our faith is mixed with unbelief, our repentance is not so tender as it should be, our communion is distant and interrupted.Put your focus on the Lord and trust in Him. I noticed in my life if I slack in my devotional life that can lead to sin. Spend time with the Lord in prayer and in His Word. Anything in your life that may be leading to sin, remove it. Pray to the Holy Spirit daily for strength. When your joy comes from your performance that will lead to always feeling condemned. There will be times where God will convict us of sin, but we are to always allow our joy to come from Christ and not our performance. The answer to victory over all sin is by trusting in Jesus Christ. ![]() If you are a Christian who struggles, don’t worry you are not alone. For believers we often have remorse over our struggles.Ī Christian desires to stop, but even though if we hate our sin and try our hardest we often fall short because of our unredeemed flesh. People like this dive head first into sin and don’t desire to stop their sins. They use God’s grace as an excuse to deliberately rebel. There are also some people who say that they struggle as an excuse to live in sin. There are some self-righteous false teachers like Kerrigan Skelly who say that a Christian never struggles with sin. We struggle with sinful thoughts, desires, and habits. If we are honest with ourselves we all struggle with sin. Even during worship sometimes I can find myself falling so short of God’s glory. These are the lies that we hear from Satan. You’re a hypocrite if you ask for forgiveness. Many believers ask, if I struggle with sin am I saved? You’re no Christian. ![]()
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