The following is an edited post from Phil Drysdale:
For the Christian, sin only comes from poor beliefs: believing incorrectly about yourself and God. If you believe you are a sinner, you will sin by faith. How did Adam and Eve, two perfect beings without a sinful nature, sin?
The answer is obvious and in the plain text of the Bible: they believed a lie that they were not like God.
The key to living a holy life is not trying harder or warring against your sinful nature – its deciding not to focus on sin, sinful nature, sinning etc. Focus instead on who you are in Christ: perfect, righteous and holy, and that will flow out of you as easily as sin did when you were full of a sinful nature.
Just remember, the war is in our minds, it's already finished in His.
Grace=Peace,
Jeremy
For the Christian, sin only comes from poor beliefs: believing incorrectly about yourself and God. If you believe you are a sinner, you will sin by faith. How did Adam and Eve, two perfect beings without a sinful nature, sin?
The answer is obvious and in the plain text of the Bible: they believed a lie that they were not like God.
The key to living a holy life is not trying harder or warring against your sinful nature – its deciding not to focus on sin, sinful nature, sinning etc. Focus instead on who you are in Christ: perfect, righteous and holy, and that will flow out of you as easily as sin did when you were full of a sinful nature.
Just remember, the war is in our minds, it's already finished in His.
Grace=Peace,
Jeremy
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