For the good that I would I do not: but the
evil which I would not, that I do.
Romans 7:19
Today a little 2 year old
girl fell into a pool and nearly drowned. This child was under water they say
for nearly 5 minutes. Although she was revived she will have permanent brain
damage.
Today, a young Christian
struggled with the lure of a false dead religion, one she was steeped in for
years. She wanted to give into the rituals of this false path and derive
security from what she knew and could expect.
Like the girl who nearly
drowned, this young believer needs to resist the natural urges. The child
couldn’t resist the urge to breathe in and in so doing, breathed in water
instead of air. The young Christian finds it hard to resist the natural
tendency to follow the ways of the flesh, to derive comfort in false things
because they are known to her. Its not natural to resist the lure of the world
and to follow the Lord. Yet we can resist, for we are new creatures in Christ.
The old man is put away. Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old
things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 2 Corinthians 5:17
So that if any one is in Christ, that one is a new creature; old things have
passed away; behold, all things have become new. We can do this, through Him,
through the Holy Spirit changing us. I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. Philippians
4: 13
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