• THE BATTLE WITHIN US:
- This is what happens in each and every person has this battle within himself/ herself, there is the dragging force that pushes you back to your old self and pulling out force that keeps you out of the body lust. These two are always battling.
- The bible says:
•[14]So the trouble is not with the law, for it is spiritual and good. The trouble is with me, for I am all too human, a slave to sin.
Romans 7:14|NKJV
- By this we know that the flesh has many weakness and is prone to sin in other ways your is more open to fleshly lust.
- You may not understand that why are back sliding always but the thing is that we were born in sin as adam sinned but this is the solution:
•[22]But now you are free from the power of sin and have become slaves of God. Now you do those things that lead to holiness and result in eternal life.
Romans 6:22|NKJV
- Jesus freed us from the slavery of sin,so its our duty to confess him as personal Lord and Savior. Then Him through His Spirit will help us to remember that your redeemed and you no longer belong to the old self but rather to Christ, hence let the old self die, ignore the flesh and concentrate with the new creation (born again) self.
- Paul is continuing to say that nothing good dwells in the flesh:
[18]And I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. I want to do what is right, but I can't.
[23]But there is another power within me that is at war with my mind. This power makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me.
Romans 7:18,23|NKJV
- The scriptures continues to say that its no longer I(old self) living but CHRIST in me meaning the sinful nature is died as long as long as you let Christ rule everything that concerns you:
•[20]My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Galatians 2:20|NKJV
- The answer is in Jesus to fulfill the will of God who is the righteousness of God and our own righteousness:
[25]Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord. So you see how it is: In my mind I really want to obey God's law, but because of my sinful nature I am a slave to sin.
Romans 7:25|NKJV
- God promised through the Prophecies of His servants that He will send His righteousness and through Him only we shall be justified:
22 Let all the world look to me for salvation! For I am God; there is no other. 24 The people will declare, "The lord is the source of all my righteousness and strength." And all who were angry with him will come to him and be ashamed. 25 In the lord all the generations of Israel will be justified, and in him they will boast.
Isaiah 45:22, 24, 25
- Righteousness isn't found by fasting or by works but by grace lest anyone can boast of it. Jesus brought grace to us by cruicifying every thing on the cross.
-God said that am bringing righteousness (JESUS) for my glory because when His glory manifests in you, it is his glory. Know this that day by day you are being sanctified until we come to perfection.