By As a Christian, you are obligated to live according to the Spirit (Rom 8:12). This is because you have been given spiritual life by the Spirit (Rom 8:11). It is through Jesus and the Holy Spirit that you are justified and sanctified (1 Cor 6:11; 2 Thess 2:13). That is why
Does Your Religion Help You Overcome Sin?
The longer one lives on this earth, the more obvious the futility of false religion is evident. The most fervent of worshippers on one day of the week can be the most immoral, un-thankful, arrogant, and deceptive two days later. Sadly this is true of false worship under the banner
The Weapons of Spiritual Warfare
Ephesians 6:10-20 contains the most detailed set of instructions on a Christian’s engagement in spiritual warfare. Some verses in Scripture are difficult to interpret at first, but if you first go to clear passages like this one, then all the other passages become more clear too. The main point is “stand
The Shortest Verse on Spiritual Warfare
James 4:7 must be the shortest verse in the Bible on fighting the Devil. Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. James 4:7 Although we as human beings rank significantly below the demonic realm in strength and power (although not in the ‘image of
Every Sinful Deed Has a Backstory
Because our behaviour is the visible expression of sin, we often think that our deeds and words are where sin starts. After the sinful deed, there are often terrible consequences, and once again, we look back and identify the original sinful behaviour as the start of it all. This has
The Tendency of Sin
Sometimes it feels like we are forever just fighting sin and getting nowhere. But already, fighting sin and getting nowhere is significantly better than what happened before God saved us. We need to keep fighting sin so we can be holy, but when the fight seems more real than the