01/01/26 STAND FIRM FOR CHRIST, OR ELSE

01/01/26 STAND FIRM FOR CHRIST, OR ELSE

Have you ever had a sinful desire or drive that you could not control?

That inner corruption can cause you to think, say, or do the vilest things. This inner inclination is referred to as an attitude, a nature, an evil heart of unbelief, a bent to sin, the Adamic nature, the Old Man, the Carnal Mind, the Double Mind, the Flesh, the Sinful Nature, the Law of Sin and Death. We are all born with this inner corruption. This corruption defiles the spirit of everyone and would separate everyone from God, but Jesus made atonement for everyone, and before we were born, we were covered by the Blood of Jesus. This is why the Bible says Jesus "is the Savior of all men." Still, every child of Adam has eventually given way to their baser nature, and they have willfully rebelled against the rule of God. This sin separates everyone from God and requires the violator to turn to Christ in faith for salvation. It is bad enough that we have inherited a natural bent to sin, but when we yield to temptation, we are further corrupted, and we are hardened in our hearts against God. If the person does not acknowledge his sins, then he moves further from God, and more sins of various kinds begin to spread as a cancer in the soul of the rebel.

Not only do the sinners become more resistant to God, but they also become more vulnerable to temptation. As their inner man is weakened and overcome by Satan, they make themselves candidates for demonic oppression and demonic possession.

The sooner a person discovers victory over evil through Christ, and the sooner they take control of their own life through faith in Christ and submission to the Holy Spirit, the less likely they are to find themselves totally obsessed by evil thoughts from Satan.

Do not mock; you could be the next victim, unable to find deliverance from spiritual manipulation.

Our message is Good News. God does not leave us as victims to our evil desires or drives. Just as Christ died and rose again to give forgiveness, newness of life, cleansing, reconciliation and enablement to live righteously to anyone who believes on Christ and follows Him, so too, God purifies the heart of believers who are willing to die to self and the world. We do not need to live in bondage to evil inclinations. We do not need to constantly suffer an inner battle between the Old Man and the New Man, between the godly nature and the sinful nature. Not only can we escape the penalty of sin through spiritual conversion (justification, regeneration, sanctification), we can escape the power and the pollution of inbred sin, inherited sin, Double Mindedness because Christ cleanses the faithful believer from all sin, from twistedness, from inner rebellion, from selfishness.

Jesus died for our full salvation, don't be cheated out of the blessings of God by those who refuse to surrender completely.