Avoidance of sin (3)
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· 7 viewsGod calls his people to avoid sin, and through Jesus Christ gives them the inner power to be victorious over it.
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God’s people are to resist sin
God’s people are to resist sin
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
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The Christian life is a constant struggle against sin
The Christian life is a constant struggle against sin
But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
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God helps his people to resist sin
God helps his people to resist sin
Release from sin through Jesus Christ’s death
Release from sin through Jesus Christ’s death
Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
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The avoidance of sin through new life in Jesus Christ
The avoidance of sin through new life in Jesus Christ
Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
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Believers co-operate with Jesus Christ to avoid sin
Believers co-operate with Jesus Christ to avoid sin
Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
Believers are to put to death what is sinful in them
Believers are to put to death what is sinful in them
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
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Believers are to exchange sinful for righteous behaviour
Believers are to exchange sinful for righteous behaviour
The words used here, and in similar passages, are those used for “taking off” old clothes and “putting on” new ones.
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Believers are to allow the Spirit to inform and direct their conduct
Believers are to allow the Spirit to inform and direct their conduct
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
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Practical steps for overcoming sin and temptation
Practical steps for overcoming sin and temptation
Meditation on Scripture
Meditation on Scripture
Thy word have I hid in mine heart,
That I might not sin against thee.
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Prayerful dependence upon God
Prayerful dependence upon God
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
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Active seeking of the good
Active seeking of the good
I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
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Incentives for avoiding sin
Incentives for avoiding sin
The fear of God
The fear of God
By mercy and truth iniquity is purged:
And by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.
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The holiness of God
The holiness of God
But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
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The expectation of Jesus Christ’s return
The expectation of Jesus Christ’s return
But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
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A consideration of the consequences of sin
A consideration of the consequences of sin
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
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The need to be a good witness to unbelievers
The need to be a good witness to unbelievers
For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
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The role of others in avoiding sin
The role of others in avoiding sin
Bad company is to be avoided
Bad company is to be avoided
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
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A good example is to be followed
A good example is to be followed
Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
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Believers are to support one another
Believers are to support one another
Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
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