Today during my reading & meditating on God’s word I hit on this thought provoking process found in Romans so I wanted to share it as a follow up to yesterdays “Monsters Inc” message on Lust.
Roman 6:11-14 gives us 3 Steps to Living in Victory over sin:
Step 1: Count yourself dead to sin & alive in Christ.
Realize Jesus’ sacrifice at the cross put sin to death, He killed it & then He rose to new life SO, by grace through faith count yourself, consider yourself, remind yourself you are dead to sin & alive to the new life Jesus provided for you!
Step 2: Don’t let sin reign in you.
Refuse sins control & mastery (our definition of lust) over every part of your body & life. Be careful what your eyes look on & what you think about; those images & thoughts can be permanently burned onto your brain as a mental snapshots easily recalled. Saturate your mind with God’s word meditating on passages of scripture that draw you closer to God & let you eyes look on the beauty of His creations.
Step 3: Offer yourself to God.
Present yourself to God as one of His trophies of grace & give all yourself into His service leaving little or no room for anything else.
And, I love Paul’s Vs 14, “For sin shall not be your master” Tell sin; “You’ve been served”! You can speak boldly & in confidence that sin WILL NOT control you. You’ve received God’s grace so live in victory through the power of the Holy Spirit & in the name of Jesus!
Let that be an ecouragement to all of us.
