In last week’s study we began addressing the “elephant in the room” for many Christians: the topic of sin and how we as believer’s in Jesus Christ can truly find victory and defeat sin.
The battle against sin is one of the great struggles of Christian’s everywhere. Believers seem to be locked in eternal combat warring against sinful desires and behaviors in an effort to be more Christ-like.
Obviously wanting to stamp out sin in all its forms is a noble goal, but how do we accomplish the objective. How do we as believers in Christ move beyond the struggle into the victory Jesus suffered to give us? And there’s a hint in that question, because the answers deals directly with the cross, and what Jesus accomplished.
Today we will explore the ultimate question on the mind of most Christians today: How to defeat sin. And it may not be the way that you think…
Welcome to the sixth and final part of our series on how Jesus has conquered your sin. Having laid the complete foundation from the previous five weeks, we are now ready to deal with the aspect of victory in Christ that most people get distracted with: your actions.
As I’ve alluded to in previous studies, it’s incredibly easy to become completely focused on your actions, to the exclusion of all else— including Jesus Christ.
Many Christians become myopic regarding their works, and use their works as a litmus test to judge their standing and the standing of others towards God. This kind of thinking opens the door to all manner of confusion and doubt, because it gets a person looking at themself rather than Jesus.
Today we will be examining how Jesus has conquered your sin, including sinful actions, through the redemption of Christ and the power of His Spirit in grace.