Long has mankind walked in this world unaware of the nature of sin, and how it enslaves them.
Do not be deceived into believing that you have been given no power to overcome sin. That is one such reason man continually falls to it. That kind of reasoning is from our fallen hearts, and the hearts of devils — their sinful desire to see all men, women, and children corrupted, turned against God-in-Christ. It is the battle of reasoning to commit sin, and reasoning to not commit sin.
Beginning to absorb this understanding: Reasoning with the logical-reason which God has given men, there is no purpose or value in desiring the evil, exciting lusts of the heart. How is anything the wicked heart imagines better than what God has already provided?
For a relevant example: By what reason is the sodomite compelled to lay with a man, or use the woman for purposes which she was not made? For the sodomite, there is no value in it. Only filth, disease, injury, defilement, and shame. Yet, the sodomite continues in their behavior — some, even, are reviled by it but continually give in to those lusts.
Sins, such as that, must be overcome. To do this, it is important to know and identify the where, why, when, and how of sin, so that Christians may be sanctified in Christ Jesus.
- The Where: Sin is in our wicked, fallen hearts.
- The Why: Sin is there as the desire to rebel against God; to follow Satan’s offerings and temptations.
- The When: Sin takes root when we allow ourselves to be led by our lusts; the imaginings of our evil hearts — wicked thoughts sent by evil spirits.
- The How: Sin is complete when we heed our wicked hearts, the temptations of Satan and other fallen spirits.
Think of those sins, those specific lusts, which have compelled you in times past — or, even, still compel you. Why do those specific lusts keep re-occurring within your fallen heart, if not for the temptations of devils and Satan? What draws a man, or woman, to re-commit the same sins over, and over, again? Why are men and women drawn to (have a proclivity for) certain types of sin? It cannot be by chance, by nature, that men and women desire perversions, sin.
It is illogical that a man, or woman, should be compelled to commit shameful acts of sin that, in their right mind, they would not normally do. One moment a person is convinced that they hate a given sinful act (an act which they have a proclivity toward, having fallen to it in times past), and the next, their heart is again excited for it, compelling them to do it once more! What reason can men of the world, such as those of so-called science, agnosticism, and evolution, offer for this truth? Why is a person compelled to do what they do not want to do?
For the Christian, of course, we know it is because of sin and our fallen nature. What that sin is, is each person’s trial. Their iniquity which is a battle for them to overcome. A war which shall temper them in fire. The process of overcoming, which hardens the Christian as a strong metal.
The sins which continually tempt and overcome us (rather, we allow to overcome us) are sent by devils, and pull upon the strings of the sin-nature within our hearts. This truth of the nature of this fallen world cannot be reasoned, nor argued away by any man.
When mankind is tempted to fornicate, to pride and vanity, to theft, to lie, to look upon perverse material, to murder, to slander, to sodomize and be sodomized, to greed, to adultery, to tyranny and abuse, to blasphemy, he must remember where those temptations come from: Satan, other evil spirits, and the sinful heart.
When you feel temptation, remember sin’s: where, why, when, and how.
You know it's from evil spirits. You know it is for the purposes of defiling God’s temple, hurting God. You know sin leads to shame, death, misery, and all manner of negativity. Do not heed lust’s call, which lies patiently in your heart, waiting for a moment of weakness to strike. Rebuke temptation with the understanding of the Lord God Jesus Christ. Do not do that which you do not want to do. Do not shame God, nor yourself, any longer.
Logos Prevailing.
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