Comments on: Daily Destroying Sin

By: Mickey Sheu

Mickey Sheu — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 02:02:31 +0000

This was an excellent post. I’ve linked it on my blog (albiet a little late)

By: john

john — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 19:55:59 +0000

I agree, this is a very timely post. I get very discouraged battling the same sins over and over again. I recently purchased “Overcoming Sin and Temptation” for that very reason. It’s a great book.

Another thing I am working on is finding an accountability partner. It’s much harder going through these things alone and it’s something many biblical counselors recommend.

Thanks Nathan
john

By: Steve Stewart

Steve Stewart — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:02:38 +0000

This is a great post! Sin seems to be taboo in many churches today. Seems that we are so interested in making people ‘feel good’ about themselves that we ignore the serious implications of living a life of sin which leads to the deadening of our spiritual senses. Paul says we must mortify the flesh – put it to death! This requires daily commitment and moment by moment surrender to God’s all sufficient grace. It is when I begin to fight this spiritual battle with the powers of my flesh that I fail miserably, and often.
Thanks again for a timely and much needed post.

By: Rev Bill » Blog Archive » The Daily Struggle

Rev Bill » Blog Archive » The Daily Struggle — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 00:04:39 +0000

[...] This is great, timely advice. You can read the post here. « Keep Rob And Family In Your Prayers [...]

By: sarah

sarah — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 18:58:47 +0000

Just as justification is by grace alone, so is sanctification (Phil 1:6) and finally glorification. God gets all the glory for all three. When I sin I am to fall before God in repentance and accept His grace to continue to “kill” sin. When I start to wonder off the narrow path He WILL come after me for His own name sake. His coming after me might be severe discipline, but as His child, nothing I can do shall separate me from Him. Christ dying on the cross, Christ sanctifying me, Christ glorifying me was all planned out from the foundation of the world as a gift from the Father to the Son and the Son did it because of His love for the Father…I am only a beneficiary of this love exchange between the Father and Son. Because I have Christ’s nature, I also have the love required to want to cleave to Him and turn from sin. Because I have the flesh, I still have the fierce wantings to turn from Christ and do my own thing. What a war it is and like Paul said, “O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord!” So it is then “nothing in my hands I bring simply to the cross I cling”.

By: Natew

Natew — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 18:39:36 +0000

Cameron,

Thanks for the thoughts. I agree that in some cases the fact is that people really don’t know exactly what to do to kill sin in their daily lives. All of us could learn more of how to kill sin and thats why we read men like John Owen. I guess my point was that many of us do know how to combat sin more efficiently than we are currently and yet we don’t. I would say that even Ted Haggard to some extent knew what he needed to do to fight his ongoing struggle with sin, but he didn’t act on what he knew.

By: donsands

donsands — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 16:39:51 +0000

The standard for the redeemed and justified follower of Christ is Christ Himself.

Jesus always did the will of His Father, without question.
We are to do the Father’s will as well. When we don’t this is sin.

Can any one live the same life Christ lived? No, not to the degree of perfection.

Can we live in the same manner? Yes. But it’s only by faith in Christ and His work on the Cross, and by the power of the Holy Spirit.

“It is difficult to grasp this principle of being responsible yet dependent. But it is absolutely vital that we grasp it and live by it.” Jerry Bridges, “The Discipline of Grace”

Thanks for the good thoughts, and exhortation.

By: Everyday Mommy

Everyday Mommy — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 16:17:28 +0000

A desperately needed message.

By: Cameron Moore

Cameron Moore — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 15:51:51 +0000

From the article: “In fact, I would venture to guess that most of us know how to kill sin. We know what we need to do.”

I’m currently reading “Overcoming Sin and Temptation,” and I’m pretty sure Owen would disagree with the above statements. He argued that we can use all the “can-do” attitude we can muster and still fail (Ted Haggard is probably a good example of this). Having seen and heard of numerous ministers losing their ministries because of a failure to properly kill sin and my own personal battles with sin, I have to agree with Owen that we generally don’t know how to kill it properly.

Other than that, great post.

By: Phil Perkins

Phil Perkins — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 15:10:51 +0000

A timely, timely word to me. Thank you, Nathan.

In Christ,
Phil Perkins.