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Will you choose the Spirit?

Sin. Just seeing the word makes us a little uncomfortable. Sin is not often spoken of in our society of inclusiveness, free love and relative thinking. It is a word that separates light from darkness, good from evil, and ultimately life from death. If we have chosen to live our lives for Christ, we have right standing before our Father that leads to eternal life. He is our righteousness.

Most of us know this. And yet, we still struggle with our inability to overcome the nagging sins that creep into our hearts and spill into our words, attitudes and actions. We struggle with sin that leads to moral failure, sin that leads to anger and lying, or sin that leads to pride and self-sufficiency. Some sin has greater consequences in our current lives, but all sin casts a shadow on our hearts. Like Paul says in Romans 7, we don’t do what we know we should, and we do things we know we shouldn’t. This dichotomy is our sinful nature.

We are presented with a choice. Choosing sin that makes us a prisoner and leads to death, (the flesh) or being set free from sin and finding life (the Spirit). It takes a conscious choice of our mind to choose the Spirit of God and His ways over the natural direction our desires will lead us. The great news is that if we choose the Spirit, we don’t have to worry about being overcome by sin. Our choices determine whether that sin lives, or it dies, because whatever we choose to feed grows.

Choose to feed the Spirit, or your sin and flesh will overwhelm you.