07/21/22 DON'T SWALLOW THE FALSE NARRATIVE

07/21/22 DON'T SWALLOW THE FALSE NARRATIVE

Being human does not automatically make you guilty before God, no matter how the devil twists the word of God. In order to be guilty you must commit sin. Sin is the transgression of the law; Sin is doing unrighteousness; Sin is refusing to do the good that we know we should do; Sin is living in the power of the flesh rather than living in the power of faith.

Though we have all sinned, God does not leave the believer helplessly wallowing in sin. We are not the hapless victim of temptation. We are the target of demonic attacks, but we are enlivened and empowered and enabled by God, His Son, His Spirit, His word to resist all temptation, to overcome all spiritual attacks, to always triumph, to cease from evil and do good, to overcome the world, the flesh and the devil, to have clean hands and a pure heart.

God has assured us that we can turn from and be done with sin, and He has also assured us that if we sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Christ Jesus the righteous. He has promised that no temptation can overcome us and He has promised that He will make a way to escape falling into temptation.