"But how can a man overcome sin? Surely it is impossible because of our sinful nature?"You say this because you have been taught by liars who do not believe in the power of the love of God, nor did they themselves love the truth so much as to put to death everything that is not of the truth.Anything you believe to be impossible will be impossible. But I tell you: if you love the truth more than you love your lives, all that I have told you will be possible for you.When light enters the room, it does not negotiate with the darkness and so make the darkness go away. No, the darkness goes away because the light entered the room.In the same way, if you let the truth enter you, falsehood will not have a foothold. So it will not be you putting the sin to death, but the truth that lives in you.For if you remain in the truth and won't let the self contradict the truth, over time the truth will overcome the self, and the self will submit to the truth. But if you do not remain in the truth, this will not be possible for you. You must remain in the truth.As long as the self is its own reference point and the desires of the self sit on the throne of God, it will always do what it desires to do. But if its reference point is the principles revealed in Christ, your love for Christ will be able to take down all your enemies, both great and small.Remain in His love and in truth.
The body is a shell for the spirit, and you are here to grow in the spirit. Consider virtual reality: you genuinely experience yourselves to be somewhere else, but while the headset is on, it is possible to exercise the body, and what you have done in the body still remains once the headset is taken off. So it is with the body and the spirit. Though the body goes down to the dust and becomes one with the dust, and the spirit departs from the body, the growth that you have made in the spirit still remains.In this are fulfilled His words: “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”For it is not His will that we should die in the dungeon, enslaved by our own evil desires, but that we become sovereign over both our bodies and minds, so that we may be able to choose according to what is good and true, and not according to impulse or desire, and through this become servants of the truth rather than remain as slaves of the self.He Himself came down, not only to deliver the good news of God’s grace, but to show us what a fully grown tree looks like, for Christ was not merely a man, but the image of the Father in the flesh, so that when we listen to His teaching and follow the example He set before us, we are not only becoming like Him, but like the One who lives in Him.
>>43190025checking something, nvm
>>43190025Why would I hate fun?
>>43190201Killing people and raping babies is what you consider "fun"?
>>43190205No, drinking premium vodka is, as thou shant drink strong liquor>Muslim? No, that's biblicalBesides, I like being a druid despite the backlash
>>43190731True, Christianity is actually very tolerant of alcohol. Jesus first miracle was turning water into wine at a marriage.
