Why is the bible so repetitive
Repetitive Sin: The Most Important Thing If You Are Stuck In Sin
hey everyone I'm mark from apply God's
Word calm a place where we apply the
Bible to your life in this episode I'm
gonna talk about the most important
thing to remember when you're struggling
with repetitive sin I've written a lot
about this topic of how to overcome
temptation on my website at apply God's
Word calm so I'll leave some links in
the description of this video if u want
more assistance in overcoming a
repetitive sin in this video I just want
to talk about the most important thing
that I believe you need to remember when
you're dealing with a repetitive sin and
that is this never ever give up when you
give up that's when you really really
start getting in trouble and the sin is
just gonna take over and get even worse
you might start denying that you're
actually sinning because your hearts
going to become hard to God that
problems are endless when you give up
when you are struggling with repetitive
sin now here's the thing I understand
why you would want to give up because
you're in this terrible cycle of asking
God to forgive you but then doing the
exact same thing over and over again
that you're asking God to forgive you up
why won't he just take this sexual
temptation away why won't he help me
with this addiction why won't this
certain thing stop you might be saying
to yourself and there are many answers
to questions like that and the Bible is
full of advice on how to overcome these
types of repetitive sin and ultimately
it comes through embracing your new
identity in Jesus Christ again this is a
topic I've talked a lot about so I'll
leave some links in the description of
this video but here's the thing if you
give up you will forever be stuck in
that repetitive thing here's what it
says in Jeremiah 2 verses 34 through 35
on your clothes men find the life blood
of the innocent poor though you did not
catch them breaking in yet
spite of all this you say I am innocent
he is not angry with me but I will pass
judgment on you because you have said I
have not sinned so when they start
giving up and they start saying I am NOT
sinned that's when the real problems
happen even more relevant to this topic
of repetitive sin is first job 1 8
through 10 if we claim to be without sin
we deceive ourselves and the truth is
not in us if we confess our sins he is
faithful and just and will forgive us
our sins and purify us from all
unrighteousness if we claim we have not
sinned we make him out to be a liar and
his word has no place in our lives so
God commands us never give up never
start denying your sin by ignoring it
because you've just given up
always confess every time you confess
your sin God forgives you no matter how
many times you've done that sin in the
past this is not an excuse to keep
sinning because God will forgive you it
is the foundation of being finally set
free if you don't believe that God will
consistently forgive you every time you
fail you'll never find the success that
you are ultimately looking for lastly it
says this in Jeremiah 3 verse 22 return
faithless people I will cure you of
backsliding
yes we will come to you for you are the
Lord our God God said I will cure you of
backsliding but you have to consistently
come to him so the most important thing
if you're dealing with repetitive sin is
to never give up
always repent repent quickly turn to
Jesus no matter how many times you
stumble and fall I've written a lot of
books that you can check out at apply
God's Word calm but regarding this idea
of repetitive sin I have two books that
I think might really help you the first
one is called redeemed like David how to
overcome sexual temptation in this book
I go through Psalms 51 which is David's
of repentance after he is finally
convicted of his sin with Bathsheba
Psalms 51 is a blueprint on how to
recover from any repetitive sin I take
the angle of sexual temptation so if
that's something you're struggling with
whether it be pornography masturbation
lustful thoughts whatever it is that
you're struggling with this book can
really help you out so I'll leave a link
in the description of this video for
that this book is called basic
transformation it's an eight-week small
group Bible study on the fundamentals of
Christianity specifically in relation to
transformation the big question answered
in this book is how does real life
change happen so what I do is I
basically just take the simple gospel
and I apply it to life change we go
through eight fundamental truths in
Christianity and apply them to how does
this change your life the two biggest
topics in that book that I think are
that pertain to this you know video
we're doing right here our justification
and sanctification the Bible says that
in a moment you were justified when you
put your faith in Jesus Christ that
means God declared you innocent gave you
Christ life put the righteousness of
Jesus on you and then put your sin on
Jesus and that transaction can never be
undone no matter how many times you sin
in the future that will never outweigh
God's grace but that doesn't mean our
sanctification isn't important as well
so a justification happens in a moment
and God gives you Christ's righteousness
sanctification is a process that occurs
over the course of your life
sanctification is where you learn to put
into practice the newness of life that
God has given you in justification and
the way that your sanctification is
increased in other words the way that
you find freedom from sin and become
more and more holy is to believe more
and more deeply of what Christ has
already made you
into so the big truth of Christianity is
that when you become a Christian you're
no longer fighting for your freedom now
you need to learn to fight from the
freedom that Christ is already given you
for example in Galatians 5 verse 1 it
says Christ has set you free stand
therefore in that freedom don't let
yourself be burdened again by a yoke of
slavery
so because Christ has set you free now
through faith in that freedom God has
given you you can learn to walk more in
that freedom throughout the course of
your life that's why it's so important
that you never give up if you're dealing
with repetitive sin believe more deeply
in Crais in what crisis made you into
and then that will manifest in your
righteous living
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