Fight Sin, In Your Life

Good Morning!! John is not satisfied, and neither is the Holy Spirit who inspired him to write these words, with a half-way Christianity. It is not good enough to live a more holy life than your next door neighbor,...it is not good enough to simply avoid the "big" sins like murder or adultery. Pride, gluttony, worry, fear, selfishness, lying, and lust should all be met with a zero-tolerance determination, in our spirit. We should never be content to allow any sin to set up camp in our heart, without consistent opposition, and a concerted effort to root it out.

My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.—1 John 2:1 (NKJV)

But almost in the same breath, John also gives us this blessed reminder,...knowing that sin will never be completely defeated this side of the grave: if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. Although we are not righteous, Jesus was perfectly righteous on our behalf. When we sin, we have an advocate with our heavenly Father,...who pleads His righteousness on our behalf.

Every Christian's goal, should be total sanctification, complete victory over sin in their own life.

Holy Spirit, help us today, give us a mixture of dissatisfaction with our sinful self, and complete satisfaction in the righteousness of Christ. Keep us as we continue striving, improving, and resting in the perfection of Jesus. Amen.

"A change in behavior, first begins with a change in the heart."