1John3:8
"But if you keep on sinning, it shows that you belong to Satan, who since he first began to sin has kept steadily at it. But the Son of God came to DESTROY these works of the devil."
Hebrews 12:29 "For our God is a consuming fire"
Fire, they say is a good servant but a bad master, you know why- It is destructive! When we now call it "a consuming fire", you can imagine the extent of destruction it can cause.
Romans 6: 4, 6, 14, 16 4. Your old sin-loving nature was buried with him by baptism when he died; and when God the Father, with glorious power, brought him back to life again, you were given his wonderful new life to enjoy.
6. Your old evil desires were nailed to the cross with him; that part of you that loves to sin was crushed and fatally wounded, so that your sin-loving body is no longer under sin’s control, no longer needs to be a slave to sin 14. Sin need never again be your master, for now you are no longer tied to the law where sin enslaves you, but you are free under God’s favor and mercy. 16. Don’t you realize that you can choose your own master? You can choose sin (with death) or else obedience (with acquittal). The one to whom you offer yourself—he will take you and be your master, and you will be his slave.
Yes dear, God destroyed sin in your life the day you accepted him as lord. Sin no longer has dominion; no longer possess any power; sin has nothing to claim over your life so do not yield to sin. He would come in form of temptation, make you believe that you are better of with him, but you aren't, you are a dead man- dead to sin!
You can no longer live under his control, the life you now live is not yours, the life you live is the life of Christ, you are aware what he did to the devil when he came to offer him the pleasures of this world, he declared that his allegiance was with God and not with him. Dear Friend, to whom is your allegiance, who is your master? God or the devil.
Are you a 'struggling' child of God? You have given your life to Christ but you still have this struggle you seem not to have overcome. You feel bad when you sin but it looks like you can't just stop. In my next article, we will examine how to manifest our authority over sin and the devil.
If you don't believe that Jesus died for your sins and resurrected, sin is still your master, hence the devil is your master. "Well I don't do anything wrong", You say. Dear friend the devil can do with you as he likes, make you sin whenever he wants and the worst part, take you to be with him when he likes, you are living his life! Come and accept the life of Christ and learn how to really live.
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