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Readmore77 bookmarked on 2009-01-09 sin jesus christ christianity
  • We don't really want to give it up. We think we do, which is why we pray about it, but in reality the only thing we want to give up are its consequences.
  • we derive some benefit from the behavior that we don't want to give up.
  • Our initial recoiling from the badness of the thing over time can easily spin into the nebulous "I'm not convinced it's really sinful" category. This is a dangerous place to get.
  • We keep it secret. Some sinful habits don't seem that bad because there are no outward indicators that we are caught in something. No one can call us on it. This is also a dangerous place to get.
  • The primary reason we stay stuck is that we fail to look to Christ. We know that he died to the pay the penalty for our sin, which, unfortunately, all too often we use as an excuse to indulge just one more day.

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  • 09 Jan 09
    readmore77
    Philip Dearmore

    sin jesus christ christianity

    • We don't really want to give it up. We think we do, which is why we pray about it, but in reality the only thing we want to give up are its consequences.
    • we derive some benefit from the behavior that we don't want to give up.
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