"Liberation"

"For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin." (Psalms 38:18) Jesus said, "You shall know the Truth, and the Truth will set you free"; the Truth is Jesus Christ: He is "the Way, the Truth, and the Life". We can make things so complicated sometimes, when the simple truth of the matter, is Jesus, just give me Jesus! Actually, I believe we need to get to the point where our sin is ugly and offensive, and we dare not offend the One who loves us anymore. This is a personal matter between us and God, but when it becomes an obsession, then we might think about asking a brother to help; after all, we are really not on our own, nor should we try to pretend that we are; we are all members of the body of Christ, and as such, we need to be as healthy and cared for, as we can possibly be. There is nothing more liberating than getting are sins washed away, but before they can be cleaned away, they must first be declared and confessed; being sorry for our sins will not do it alone, because feeling remorse should be part of what happens in our hearts; the real goal we need to strive for, is not to sin in the first place. There are some sins that we can take a stand against, and there are some sins that we must flee from; I believe the tantalizing sins, such as those of a sexual measure, are those that we must flee from; we cannot try to take a stand against temptations such as those, they must be fled from, just as if they were something that was going to bite you with a poisonous bite. If we are truly wanting to live like a child of the King, then we must be willing to do all that is possible to make that happen; if we do not truly want to live like a child of the King, then maybe we need to recognize who we really are, because the Truth may not be in us... "For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are of after the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the canal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His. And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, He that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by His Spirit that dwelleth in you." (Romans 8:5-11)