HOW TO OVERCOME SIN

All sin is against God and as a result when we do sin we need to deeply repent of sinning against Him. We can only overcome our sinful nature by dying to self and committing ourselves completely to Him. As followers of the lord Jesus we are his slaves bought and paid for by his shed blood and as his slaves we are slaves to righteousness.

Whatever God commands us to do, through the words He gave to Jesus to give to us, comes with a promise. What is that promise? It is the promised power of His Spirit working in us and through us enabling us to do what He commands us to do. The power is always available, but we need to die to self in order to use it fully. When we realize that we have become new creations in the lord Jesus, who is the beginning of God's new creation, new humanity, we will draw upon the power of God's Spirit to live out our lives victoriously in him. If self is holding you back from totally committing to the lord Jesus, reckon self to be dead.

Realize that when you walked into the waters of baptism you were walking into the death of self, that you died with God's anointed one Jesus. When you came up out of the water you did so in newness of life, as a new creation, having received God's Spirit to enable you to be renewed in you mind and as a new creation to witness to others God's amazing grace. To get rid of self is to become God-centered in all you do! Jesus did just that! We should follow in his steps, and become a man/woman after God's own heart, reflecting His nature to all we come in contact with!