In an earlier posting on this thread I wrote that our focus must not be on trying to overcome this or that particular sin, but rather on growing in our love for Jesus. I feel the need to expand on that a little.
Got hates sin. We probably don’t have a word in our language strong enough to express his loathing of sin. And He wants to teach us to hate sin the way He does.
I don’t want to leave the impression that we should never be prayerfully thinking about what tactics we might use against a particular sin in the spiritual war. God promises us that there is a way of escape from every temptation, and the Holy Spirit wants to show us these ways of escape.
The point that I am trying to make is not that we shouldn’t struggle against sin, but that growing in our love for Jesus is the main focus of the spiritual battle. True spirituality consists in a growing love for Jesus and a growing hatred of sin. But the greater (more important) of these is love.
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