This passage can be summed up in one word: resist.
This side of heaven, we're not going to make it to a place where we don't sin. It's impossible, part of our human nature. We acknowledge this, we confess this.
But we don't accept it.
It's easy to get comfortable with sin. It's all around us. It's within us. It's easy to give up fighting it and simply accept it as part of our life.
But the Gospel calls us to resist sin. Not because we need to secure our salvation, but rather because we're called to pursue God out of gratitude and love for the free gift of salvation that is given to us.
And so we resist. We don't accept it's influence in our financials, in our relationships, in our thinking, in our internet browsing, in our eating, in our habits, in our interactions. When we see it rear its ugly head, we fight against it. When it prevails, we repent, to God and to one another. And we wake up tomorrow and resist again, trusting that the Holy Spirit is training us and shaping us to be a people that resist sin and seek to praise and glorify God.
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