"Won and Done!" -2

"Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness." (Psalms 150:2)

  If ever there was something that we need the world to see hope for, it is in the fact there is more than this existence and the life we have here on earth. Jesus came here for more then just to die for our sins; He came to show us a way and a life that is far more important than the way and life of this world; this is temporary, but the life that He came to show us is everlasting! Talk about might acts: the simple fact that God would put on skin and live among us, that my friend is spectacular! That God would humble Himself to come and live among His creation; and then allow that same creation to punish Him and nail Him to a cross; all for the sake of showing us His great love towards us: How can anyone assume that God does not love them? As for the notion that we need to have some sort of additional help, whatever form of help that might be; it is not my place to say with certainty that you do or don't need more than God's might act of changing you, that is totally between you and God. But this much I know, if you are looking for an answer to what makes us not be done with sin, it is just the fact that we have not been done with sin. Plain and simple, there must be a point when you turn from your sins! Jesus has already won the battle for us; we do not need to continue walking down that same road, time and time again. Bad habits are hard to break; but not if they are replaced by good habits; then they become old dead habits...

"Do not let sin control the way you live; do not give in to sinful desires. Do not let any part of your body become an instrument of evil to serve sin. Instead, give yourselves completely to God, for you were dead, but now you have new life. So use your whole body as an instrument to do what is right for the glory of God. Sin is no longer your master, for you no longer live under the requirements of the law. Instead, you live under the freedom of God's grace." (Romans 6:12-14) NLT