Posts with the tag “sanctification”

The Shout of VictoryText focus: Romans 7:24–25 (LSB)“Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from the body of this death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one hand I...  Read More

The Delight of the Inner ManText focus: Romans 7:22–23 (LSB)“For I joyfully concur with the law of God in the inner man, but I see a different law in my members, waging war against the law of my mind ...  Read More

The Law of Sinful GravityText focus: Romans 7:21"I find then the principle that in me evil is present-in me who wants to do good."This is the "corrupted" state of our current existence. Even when you ...  Read More

Loving the Law, Loathing the SinText focus: Romans 7:16–17 (LSB)"But if I do the very thing I do not want to do, I agree with the Law, that the Law is good. So now, no longer am I the one doing it, bu...  Read More

THE "SHOVEL FOR THE SNAKE": 9 STEPS TO KILL SINThe metaphor of the shovel for the snake refers to the proactive, aggressive way a believer must deal with sin: just as you would use a shovel to decapit...  Read More

Radical APPROPRIATION: Putting on the NewThe Concept: You can’t just stop a bad habit; you must replace it. This is "appropriating" the power of the Holy Spirit and the Word.“to lay aside, in referenc...  Read More

Radical Accountability: Opening the BlindsWe who have indulged in feeding the flesh through habitual sin have made sure that our lives are private so that nobody will discover our sin, and we have bee...  Read More

The manner of being free from habitual sin is to radically amputate every avenue through which it enters, and to be radical in cutting it off at the source......  Read More

Our conscience is cleansed from the filthiness of our sins (1 John 1:7-9; Heb 9:14; 10:22)....  Read More