**DISCLAIMER** At the 19:26 mark, I'd inadvertently said James was the one who declares who the liar is. I meant to say John as he describes one who say they have no sin is a liar as illustrated in 1 John 1:8. My apologies.) ** Glory be to God! ** 🙋🏾♀️ STAY TUNED UNTIL THE VERY END OF THIS EPISODE! ** 🚩TUNE IN EVERY 2 TO 3 DAYS FOR NEW EPISODES! Follow me on Facebook under AuntCynthia Whitaker 😊💥 Join me today on the podcast (link below) as I discuss: The Gospel beckons us into repentance and offers grace as we are transformed more and more into the image of God. Ultimately, Jesus empowers us through the sending of the Holy Spirit to fight sin and temptation until He returns or He brings us home.
So How Do We Resist Sin?
When we are born again (John 3:3), the power of the Holy Spirit breaks the power that sin once had over us (Romans 6:6). Once we lived only to please ourselves, but when we have been forgiven, our motivation changes. We now live to please God!!
The Bible describes sin as something that must be fought, fled from, and confessed and repented of. As the Holy Spirit works in our lives, we experience grace and become convicted of sin. The Lord Jesus Christ calls us to “repent and believe in the gospel” in order that we may turn away from our sin and turn to God for forgiveness. We fight sin through the power of God’s Word. Both applying the Scriptures to our lives daily and clinging to them as we take every thought captive. We discipline ourselves to study the Bible with diligence and fight against temptation as Jesus did in the desert!
In closing, we will take a riveting look at 2 Samuel 12 where King David sinned with Bathsheba and God pronounced judgment on David and the baby he had with Bathsheba died. King David had her husband killed in battle, on the front lines nonetheless, and God was angry with the king. But David while the child was dying, stayed in prayer with the LORD and offered one of the best repentance prayer, in my humble opinion in Psalm 51! David shows us what to do when we sin against God: we admitted it and turn to God in contrite repentance! We don't try to hide it, justify it, nor condone it! We go to God seeking forgiveness and going forward, we sin not! Amen! 🎯 REPENT and BELIEVE and TURN back to God!
