How Does Sin Affect Your Daily Life?
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What is Sin?
Sin is a thought, a thought that creates negative actions. The job of sin is to Destroy, It's that simple.
What we want to accomplish here is putting a face to sin. It doesn't want this, it wants to go undetected because you have the power to turn away, if you know what your turning away from.
What kind of actions have you felt sorry for? You know, trees never started as trees, they started as seeds. You were never just angry, it started as a spark and over time grew into a fire.
Many things we can't see, but we know they are there. We know air exists, but can you see it? We know microwaves exist, but can you smell it? We know gravity exists, but can you taste it? I do believe the point is made that sin exists, but we don't always know how to deal with it. It may be we don't want to admit that it controls us, but that doesn't make it so.
One place to start is by viewing the sins deemed most deadly, these 7 will cover a lot of problems you will face. I should say many of the problems we all face.
How Did Sin Start?
The origin of sin took place even before Adam and Eve were created (Genesis. 1:26-27). The beginning of sin took place prior to the creation of the heaven and earth (Genesis 1:1). Remember that before Adam sinned, there was already a sinful creature who was in the Garden of Eden and who was in a fallen and wicked condition. Who was this creature (Genesis 3:1 and Revelation 12:9)? ________________ To find out about the ORIGIN of sin, we need to learn about the first sinner. Adam was the first human sinner, but he was not the first sinner.
Some people who try to blame everything on God might say, "Why did God allow all this evil to come into the world?" "How can a loving God be in charge of a world that is so filled with trouble and evil and sorrow?" Have you ever heard people say such things?
You can read many different places about how sin was born, but what we care about is how we deal with it now. If you want to blame anybody start with Adam and Eve.
God told Adam and Eve, "But you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die" (Genesis 2:17).
Blaming won't solve our problems, it just defers it to a later date, what you need is to understand what and how to deal with it.
Overcoming Sin
This is the hardest part, overcoming sin that is, because the world has made all sorts of excuses we can use to justify it.
The end result still remains that sin wants to destroy you. Fast or slow it has a job to do and it does it very well. It will also use you to hurt other, others you would not normally hurt. The reason it does this is because these people trust you, you have better access to their lives and sin uses you to hurt them.
This battle is fought between your ears, in you mind. It's said many times in the bible "protect your mind". If you believe the bible is the instruction manual for our ongoing maintenance, then your mind is a vital part for success.
The fact is were all bombarded with temptations of sin, T.V. is a subtle way into our thoughts, marketing is a way to stimulate your wants, debt is a way to get what you want NOW, I'm sure you can think of hundreds more ways you are tempted.
The question remains, how to overcome sin?
Unfortunately, from experience, my answer is not good. Speaking in generalities, we don't wake up until something bad happens. I've listened to people complain on Monday about how badly their boy/girl friend had treated them over the weekend, only to go right back for more the next weekend and repeat this over and over again.
Can we help each other? Yes we can, you can share you story over at Sin No More, your story can touch people in many ways. The Internet allows us to reach people we don't know.
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rb77,
Like you said, we all sin. Knowing the rules whether they are golden or silver, do not make us able to obey them. We keep on falling into a trap called sin.
I am reminded of Paul's struggle as revealed in Romans 7 delineating the inner struggle going on, a war within between contending forces—and on our own, we lack sufficient power to overcome.
We need the power of the life-giving Spirit. The only way to triumph over evil is to walk in the Spirit of God. Walking in the spirit means living life to please God rather than ourselves or others. It means obedience to God rather than obeying our own needs and desires, or the needs and desires of others. We start out each day with a definite decision that by faith, I will walk in the Spirit of my God.
We utilize the tools God gave us. Guidance of His Holy Spirit within us, the Bible, prayers, places of worship, fellowship with other Christians, are all essential parts of the armor that God gave us to fight our spiritual battles. Prayer keeps us in contact and relationship with our Father who empowers us against the lures of the world.
Through the blood of Jesus that has covered our sins, God has promised that as we make use of His resources, He will empower us in our daily lives. We are already victorious in Christ Jesus.
All glory to God!
Forever His,
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Unchained Grace Level 1 Commenter 2 years ago
You have just described the ongoing Spiritual Warfare each of us fights with the mind of Christ being the objective.
Maintaining a close and consistant relationship with Jesus in addition to the adherence to the Holy Ghost puts YOU in the driver's seat wherein the war is no longer carnal. It follows therefore we cannot see the enemy, per se, but we can certainly feel, hear and see the results of his actions.
It is why I long ago pinpointed Joshua 24:15 as my "signature verse" if you like. Nicely done!