Overcoming Sin 4

Hello everyone!! Hope you all have been having a great week!!! How much are you thinking about the actions you are taking? How many of you want to be sin free? How many of you think it is possible? Well, it is. The conclusion of this series is the hope that we can and will overcome sin! The answer to overcoming sin is accepting Jesus Christ!! You have to be born again. In (John 3: 3-8), it is explained: Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him.” Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.” “How can someone be born when they are old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother’s womb to be born!” Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again.’ The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.” Believing in Jesus Christ is our way out of sinning. He sacrificed his life for our sins. “Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come” (2 Corinthians 5:17). Accepting Jesus allows us to be strong against sin and to follow the ways of the Lord. The Spirit is inside all of us and allows us to overcome the sin nature and fight off the urge to come against Christ. In (Galatians 5)  Paul says, So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.In a nutshell, you have the ability to choose good and do not kid yourself into thinking you never have the ability to be sin free. For God so loved the world that he gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16). So we do have the ability to live sin free. Because Jesus did not have the sin nature His death and resurrection allowed us to be free of sin ruling our lives. His completed sacrifice for us gives us the power to overcome sin!!! The fact that each person ever born possesses a sin nature is verified by human experience and the Word of God. The good news is that Christ provides a way of conquering the inherited sin nature and a victory that can be experienced both in this life and the next. No matter how bad off the person is, Jesus can defeat the sin that enslaves him. I pray that we all get a revelation of the power that we are equipped with. I also pray that we be delivered from any sin that keeps us bound. We are more than conquerors, so let's live right. Tune in next week for "The Truth of the Matter. Knowing the truth about everything really does matter."