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The Daily Word of Righteousness
An Examination of Current Teaching, #16
Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. (John 8:34-36)
We of today, in numerous instances, are not taking advantage of the power there is in Christ to deliver us from the bondages of sin. We are putting off to our physical death, or to the coming of the Lord, deliverance from worldliness, the lusts of our flesh, and self-will.
But today is the day of salvation. Today is the point in time when the Lord is appearing to break the power of the sin that binds His people.
It is true that under the Law of Moses the spiritual power was not present that could enable us to overcome sins. This no longer is true. If we are willing to confess our sins, vigorously denouncing and renouncing them, and are willing to call on the Lord until we are able to resist the temptation of sin, we can overcome worldliness, lust, and self-will. We can go from victory to victory in the Lord Jesus.
A Christian cannot be forced to sin. The Lord is present to guide the believer into complete victory, if this is what he desires with singleness of purpose.
The reason we do not find complete deliverance is that we have not made up our mind this is what we desire.
If we find we are double-minded in this matter, we should go to the Lord Jesus and ask for a resolute determination to overcome whatever it is that is destroying our peace and joy. Christ will give us such singleness of mind, such intensity of purpose, that it will not be long before we have the level of consecration we desire. It is not His will that we keep on sinning.
Those who hunger and thirst after righteousness shall be filled.
But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life. (Romans 6:22)
Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation but it is not to the sinful nature, to live according to it. For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live, (Romans 8:12,13)
So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. (Galatians 5:16)
This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. (Hebrews 8:10)
He who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil's work. (I John 3:8)
To be continued.