My fight and victory over sin

My fight with sin continues. My battle with sin continues to rage. I continue to wage a war against sin in my own life. I will never be able to claim victory over sin in my life. As long as I am in the flesh, as long as I am in this mortal body, I will continue to struggle with sin in my life. It is amazing to know, understand and personally experience the power of sin in my own life.

Sin separates me from God. Sin isolates and makes me lonely. Sin removes me from the presence of God. Sin brings back the hollowness, meaningless and emptiness of this life. Since sin and God cannot stay together, my fellowship, relationship and association with God is broken. O wretched man I am! Who can save me from sin?

Sin brings along with it, sorrow, sadness, pain, and guilt. Sin disappoints, weakens and disheartens. Sin leaves me motionless, speechless and without any pride in myself. It is due to sin that I realize that I am still in the flesh; that I am still in this body. It is due to sin that I realize that I need to continue to seek God’s grace, strength and presence. I cannot for a moment depend on my own strength and ability to overcome sin. Sin is always at the door seeking to take a control of me. Sin is the roaring lion always seeking whom it may devour. The moment I drop my guard, I find myself in Sin's dungeon.

I may through discipline beat my body to subjection. I may resist the greatest of all temptation on many occasions but I’ve realized that at the very moment when I begin to glory in my ability or capability, I’m overpowered by sin. I’m thrown down hard on the floor like a defeated wrestler. My sin is ever before me.

I am engulfed in sorrow over my sin. But this sorrow is not unto death. This sorrow is unto repentance. I thank my Lord Jesus Christ because there is now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus. Since He is my Lord and Savior, all my past, present and even future sins have been forgiven due to His sacrificial death on the cross. I gain confidence in this truth alone. If I confess my sins, He is faithful and just to forgive me of my sins and to cleanse me from all unrighteousness.

But just because this escape module or route is ever available for me, that does not mean I’ll continue to indulge and resort to sin. If that be the case, then I deliberately and intentionally trample Jesus Christ underfoot and count the death and sacrifice of Jesus Christ as nothing, meaningless or dung and insult, humiliate the Spirit granted to me through sheer grace of God.

Since I’m saved, there is no iota of sin in my life. I cannot sin. But, if I am consistently leading a sinful life, with an unbroken pattern, then sin still has dominion over me and I’m still a slave of sin. In that scenario, I’ll not seek asylum under Romans 7 and seek a license to sin but realize that I’ve not yet turned from sin to God to serve Him; I’m not a slave to righteousness; I do not have the Spirit of God. If I claim to be saved, then what have I been saved from? If I continue to sin, then, I cannot answer that question with the word, sin. So, if I have to be saved, I have to be saved from sin but if I claim to be saved and continue to practice sin, then my claim is wrong, false and I’m still in my sin and the wrath of God continues to abide on me.