Can I be honest with you? I never ‘struggled’ with fornication. I simply caved into it! There was no ‘struggle.’
People only struggle to do what they “don’t” want to do. But when it’s something that has become habitual or even pleasurable to us, we simply do what comes natural.
I enjoyed fornication, so I didn’t have to wrestle with not doing it. The real struggle came with being honest and real with myself. I had a choice: I could continue doing what my flesh enjoyed doing, which came natural to me at that point in time:
Proverbs 14:12: “There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.”
Or I could believe the Word of God when it said that God would judge me severely if I continued committing sexual sins:
Hebrews 13:4: “Let marriage be held in honor by all, and the bed undefiled: but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.”
That’s where the struggling began for me in earnest. It was the struggle to accept God’s Word as truth versus my flesh that wanted to believe I could still sin and be acceptable before a holy God.
See, I was just like many of you. I had begun to believe in what Paul referred to as ‘another gospel.’ [ 2 Corinth 11:4; Gal 1:8] Another term for this ‘gospel’ would be Hyper Grace.
It’s a message that basically says no matter what we do, no matter how much we sin, no matter how we live an unrepentant lifestyle – God still accepts us and our place in Heaven is secure.
Sound familiar?
I fell for Satan’s bait too. After all: who wouldn’t sign up for such a tempting offer: commit all the sin you want and no worries – Heaven will still be your home.
The only problem with Hyper Grace is that the Bible clearly refutes it from Genesis:
“But you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.” Genesis 2:17
To Revelation:
“Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you.” Revelation 3:3
I had to finally come to terms with the fact that NO ONE gets a free sin pass in this life. Everyone who wants to be saved ‘for real for real’ MUST repent, stop sinning and start living a clean life.
There is no plan B and it’s not optional. It’s either repent or perish.
Once I accepted that God’s Word was true and everything else opposing it was a lie – the struggle for me ended. I found both the grace and the ability to live a clean righteous life once I made up my mind and committed in my heart to live a lifestyle that pleased Jesus Christ.
And so will you!
End the struggle today. Let Jesus help you by making up your mind to be helped. Most of you are struggling with sin because you don’t want to stop sinning. This is why folks show up on here arguing for their deficiencies, instead of standing on God’s Word to claim their victory.
They believe more in the struggle than in the victory! A better way of saying it is: they try to hide behind the facade of struggling because they want to continue pleasing their flesh.
“The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil. Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.” 1 John 3:8-9
There is victory in Jesus Christ. All you have to do is want that victory seriously, and embrace it. Then live from a position of triumph.
And if you need extra resources, download my ebooks. They’ll help you get your will power for righteousness where it needs to be, so you can decide to live holy and pleasing to God.
I pray you come out of sin and decide to live right today. You may not have as much time as you might think.
“Look, I come like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake and remains clothed, so as not to go naked and be shamefully exposed.” Revelation 16:15
Contribution from Mack Major
