Dealing With the Root of Sin

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these.....  (Gal 5:19)

True victory over sin.... habits, poor character, addictions etc is not to deal with the symptoms. We can deal with a symptom (sins) today and another will prop up to frustrate us, even worst is that the particular issue rears its ugly head returning later with greater vengeance. The tragedy is that we give up and settle to continue in sin, never having the joy of freedom from sin. Let us not have a conscience that is seared (1 Tim 4:2) for the assurance is that the seed of the holiness of God remains in us (1 John 3:9). Don’t allow sin to be viewed as a non issue otherwise we are deceived (1 John 1:8).

The hope of freedom from sin and not keep on justifying ourselves is that God has a solution to destroy its root. If the source is dealt with, there is no longer any need to neither suppress nor struggle in sin. The tree of sin can be destroyed that the fruitfulness in Christ may abound. It is whether we believe what the Word says and conclude that we have died to sin (Rom 6:11). Believe that the work of Jesus Christ is complete and that was His purpose in coming the first time (1 John 3:8). Believing is important because it is to have confidence in the Truth. It is to trust in the reliability of what He said and done on the cross.

There could be some who chose not to believe due to the lack of desire to depart from the pleasures of sin, refusing to accept that it is temporal (Heb 11:25). Don’t accept the lesser when there is the greater.  Believe that sin’s gratification is but for a moment when Christ our righteousness is eternal. To deal with the root of sin is to firstly believe, take the next step by fleeing and looking for His mercy unto everlasting life. Stave off the body of sin (Rom 6:6) by denying and carry on what Christ has appointed for us… the cross. Jesus died losing everything, even His clothes. Buried in a borrowed tomb and the only thing He had was His cross.  Jesus committed His spirit to the Father (Luke 23:46), the cross deals with the flesh but the spirit lives on unto God. Can we be greater than our Master (Matt 10:24)?