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Why do I Sin?

I love Jesus and have given my life over to Him, and yet I still constantly battle with sin in my life? Mostly the sins that you battle with are smaller sins, but sin is deadly and it worries you to such a degree that you start to think and question if you are worthy of serving the Lord Jesus and if Jesus loves you.

Do not worry as you are not alone. This is one of the frequent problems of the church. One of the big problems in the church of today is that it is quick to preach the "Thou shalt not sin," but it very seldom ever takes the time to show you why you sin and more importantly how to overcome the sin in your life.

Sin is no new thing and has been a constant problem in the lives of christians for all time. Galatians 5:16 "For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contary to one another, so that you do not do the things you wish."  This scripture clearly indicates that there is a constant war going on inside of our bodies, where sin in the flesh fights against righteousness in the Spirit and perhaps some of the battles are indeed won by the Spirit whilst others are won by the flesh.

This is confirmed by the Apostle Paul in Romans 7:15 " For what I am doing, I do not understand, for what I will to do, that I do not practise; but what I hate, that I do". Even the most highly regarded of all the apostles had a problem where he found himself hating sin and yet constantly falling short and entering into sin against his own wishes.

Now you know that you are not alone and that you are not a failure. You are worthy of serving the Lord Jesus. All that needs to be done now is to help you strengthen yourself to a stage where you are able to easily forsake sin so that you do not experience the condemnation which comes from satan.

We are all created as three parts, mind body and soul. These three parts have fairly equal rights and powers in our life. Sin is mainly attributed to the body (Flesh) for it is the desires and yearnings of the flesh that bring forth desire and sin. The good part of our body is the Spirit or soul, which we know is the Holy Spirit that lives within us. Now it is these two parts of our body that are in constant war against each other as is indicated in the two scriptures above.

What can possibly make one stronger than the other and make it possible for one to always beat the other. While prayer and fasting and all those things do help to strengthen the body, even some of those who spend hours a single day in prayer, such as Paul, still fall short and end up sinning. So what is the magical factor that easily enables some to overcome the attraction of sin?

We are created as three parts, Spirit, body and Mind. The flesh wars against the spirit and whichever side the mind is on, is the side that is going to win. How you condition your mind is the determing factor as to how you are going to cope with temptation and sin.

Romans 12:2 "And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God." Do not be conformed to this world means that you must not be shaped by the world and therefore fall to it's ways, but that you should rather be transformed, which is to take on a new shape, through the renewing of your mind.

Ephesians 6:12 says that we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers. This clearly indicates again to us that the war is not in our flesh, but is in the spiritual world of our minds.

Once you are able to renew your mind and concentrate on the good things of the Lord and His promises, then the flesh and the sin that it produces will quickly fall away and be defeated in your life and you will no longer find yourself being entrapped in sin.

Renew your mind to walk in the power of Jesus , overcoming sin and becoming more than a conqueror.

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