Chemical Imbalance?
Are your thoughts stemming from a chemical imbalance or from a raging spiritual battle for your mind? Honesty is key in finding the answer.
Overcoming Shame
Piling on guilt and shame is detrimental to our mental health and doesn’t promote righteous living. We should be empowered by the love of God to not shame one another or ourselves; rather build each other up.
No Longer Under Obligation to Sin (Repost)
But by virtue of the crucifixion of the old self, sin's power over you is broken. You are no longer under any obligation to serve sin, to obey sin, or to respond to sin.
Observing God's Word
If we want God to transform us and renew our minds, we have to study His Word.
Are you feeling the weight of sin?
We are continually exposed to sin and learn to tolerate it, which causes our awareness of what is truly sinful to grow dull. Thankfully, neither sin nor death has the final word.
Sin Is Not Your Master
We are no longer slaves to sin, because we are alive in Christ and dead to sin. This we cannot do for ourselves; however, Christ has already done it for us.
Owning the Truth
The first step in establishing a righteous relationship is to embrace the truth. God desires truth in the inner person and teaches wisdom in the inmost places.
Dead to Sin; Alive in Christ
Sin is living our lives independently of God. But when you received Christ you died to sin and its power to dominate you was broken.
Forgiveness of Sins
Christ is the only perfect sacrifice that atones for all our past, present and future sins.
The Good News
The whole gospel can be summarized by Jesus’ coming to die for our sins, give us eternal life, and undo the works of Satan.
The Best Death Ever
Jesus’ death and resurrection are the most amazing events in human history. It is easy for us to remember the facts of Easter but, in our familiarity, lose the awe we should have of His majestic love.
Can a Saint still Sin?
A “saint” is someone who is united to Christ and has the capacity to overcome sin. Because believers sin, we want to call them sinners, but what we do does not determine who we are.
No Longer Under Obligation to Sin
But by virtue of the crucifixion of the old self, sin's power over you is broken. You are no longer under any obligation to serve sin, to obey sin, or to respond to sin.
Are you living in the flesh?
The spirit of the fleshly person is identical to that of the spiritual person. The fleshly person is a Christian, spiritually alive in Christ and declared righteous by God. But that's where the similarity ends. Instead of being directed by the Spirit, this believer chooses to follow the impulses of his flesh.