Sin Nature

October 23rd – 1 Corinthians 6:19

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1 Corinthians 6:19

God’s Promise – “I have given you My Spirit, so your body could be My temple.”

Each one of us is born with a sin nature that would rather practice self indulgence than self discipline. And when the flesh wants something, the hardest word to hear is “no”. But Paul tells us as followers of Christ we have all we need to keep our urges in check. So why is self control so important? Not because Paul is a party pooper. But because he understands the destruction that comes from being slaves to our sinful desires. Desires that if acted upon, put us right back into the bondage that Jesus died to free us from. And even more importantly, Paul reminds us that we have the Holy Spirit of Almighty God dwelling inside of us. So if we truly love the Lord, we should strive to honor Him in all things; including being good caretakers of our bodies. For they are given to us by our Creator to whom they belong. And one day those same bodies will be resurrected and glorified to eternal perfection!

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October 2nd – Romans 8:14

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Romans 8:14

When we receive Jesus as our Savior, many wonderful things begin to happen. First God sends us His Holy Spirit to help, guide, teach, and comfort us. Then the Spirit, because of God’s grace towards us, begins to get to work. He takes the crumbling, broken, bumpy roads of sin in our lives, and clears out a new, smooth, glorious path leading to God. A path that turns aside from the old, carnal, fleshly manner in which we formerly walked. A new path that sends us in a direction of righteousness, leaving our old sin nature behind. But this can only happen if we submit to the promptings and leading of the Spirit. For no change will come unless we allow the Spirit to begin the work of transforming us into the image and likeness of Christ. A work that will brings us into a greater, more intimate relationship with our Father in heaven above.

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July 5th – Romans 6:22

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Romans 6:22

Even after we accept Jesus as our Savior, we still keep sinning. Why? Because we are fallen beings born with a sin nature. And that will never change until we are called home by the Lord. However, the power of sin to bind and enslave us was defeated at the Cross. Through His death, Jesus not only paid our sin debt, He also broke the hold sin has in our lives. That means instead of being slaves to repeated, purposeful, destructive sin, we are free to be slaves to Christ. To be a slave of Christ means abiding in Him and submitting our will to His. And it means living lives that reflect the goodness of our Master. Jesus purchased each of us at a great personal cost, and our desires should always match the One who gave His blood to redeem us. Paul and Peter joyfully called themselves slaves to Christ. For they knew the reward awaiting the servants of God, the gift of an eternity spent in His presence!

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