What were some things which you may have done as a child, but now that you are an adult do not do anymore? Maybe you would play with certain types of action figure toys, or finger paint, or other things that a child might do. But now that you have grown into an adult you have moved on to other things that are more suited for your age.
Some people may develop bad or unhealthy habits as a child, and these can vary greatly, but may include teeth grinding, thumb sucking, scab picking etc, but when they grow older they learn to overcome and defeat those habits so that they no longer do those things anymore. And that is good, because if you are able to overcome certain habits that aren’t good then you will know what you need to do when it comes to overcoming sin.
Colossians 3:5-10 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience: In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them. But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
All of these things that Paul mentioned are sins which need to be overcome and put away in our lives. Like a bad habit that needs to be broken, sin is a habit that needs to be overcome so that we are no longer abiding in God’s wrath. It may not be easy, as habits are not always ready to break, but if we diligently work at overcoming our faults and mistakes we will prevail.
You may have been someone who lied often about things in your past, but when you seek to serve the Lord you will learn to speak the truth. You may have been someone who was filled with malice and hatred before coming to Christ, but in order to overcome that sinful habit you will need to learn how to love others. You need to become different than the way you used to be to become a new man.
Ephesians 4:22-29 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another. Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: Neither give place to the devil. Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth. Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Just as the trees shed their leaves on the fall, we need to shed those bad habits of sin and remove them completely from ourselves so that we can begin anew once again, free from our old sins. It is a process that may take time, but through the help of the Lord Jesus we can become overcomers of our sins. We who used to sin will have learned to sin no more, and that is how we need to be.
In Christ
Andrew
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