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To watch deadly destruction within ourselves.

We as Christians, have already made the most important decision of our lives. We have     surrendered our lives to Christ. But we have probably discovered by now that the Christian life is not problem free. Yes, we have the Holy Spirit living in us to provide guidance and strength, but we still struggle to live the way we know we should. This is because we are battling two enemies: Satan and ourselves. Our nature was changed when we came to know Christ. 1 John 4:13 ‘Hereby know that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit’. But the Spirit dwells in our body of flesh, which is why we still find ourselves to do the right thing.

All of us commit individual acts of sin. But we may have noticed that certain sins seem to be more of with certain sin patterns or habitual sins – behaviours we fall into when we try to get our needs met apart from God. The source of that struggle is called the flesh or the old man. And if we live in that rather than by the spirit, these habitual sins will distract us from our pursuit and keep us from maturing in our journey with our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Chronicles 26:16 “But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the Lord his God, and went into the temple of the Lord to burn incense upon the altar of incense”.

2 Chronicles 32:26 “Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the Lord came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah”.

Proverbs 8:13 “The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate”.

Proverbs 6:16-19 “These six things doth the lord hate, yea, seven are an abomination to him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that are swift in running to mischief, A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.”

We must be ever thankful to Christ for His gift of Grace in our time, Titus 2:11 “For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men”.

Let us always pray that the Spirit, by Grace, will help us overcome the old man.