There is a price to pay for every sin we commit. We sacrifice our closeness to God, lose His blessings, and we also lose the influence on others, namely the influence that arises from the purity of body and mind.
The “wild areas” within us may never really be controlled, but we can put up barriers that keep us from entering them. What are the barriers?
The first barrier is to remember that we are dead to the power of sin. We don’t have to give up on him. “Have we not died to sin, how can we still live in it?”
The second barrier is resisting temptation when sin first tempts us. The first temptation may not be strong, but if we endure it, eventually it will gain strength and overcome us.
The third barrier is moral responsibility, meaning that humans with an awareness and conscience that have been bestowed by God can weigh what should and should not be done, according to His will.
Unholiness destroys, but if we seek holiness and ask God for help, He will give us victory. “Therefore let sin no longer reign in your mortal bodies, so that you may no longer obey its desires.”
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