Victory!

“The obstacle to experiencing victory over temptation is the way in which we’ve gone about the battle. When we arm ourselves with the law, we set ourselves up for failure every time.

“We may call it self-discipline or accountability — or plug in some other inventive term. But when it’s anything but dependency on Christ within us, it’ll inevitably put the wheels of human effort in motion. Perspective is everything in our battle against sin.”—The Naked Gospel, page 56

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Human effort will always fail. It is only the power of the Holy Spirit within us that will ever give us success. And, if it is the power of the Holy Spirit, then it is God himself. And, if it is God himself, then how can we fail to be victorious? If we expect to fall, we are saying that sin is more powerful than God.

Is that what you believe? That there is a power that is stronger than God? But if you believe that we have to sin, then that is essentially what you are saying. If it is Christ in us, then it is possible to live without sin. If we do sin (not when), it is because we chose not to appropriate the available power in the Holy Spirit.
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