Leave It on the Cross

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Title: Leave It on the Cross-------------------------- Date: 4/23/2001
Keywords: "belong" "crucified"
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Passage: Galatians 5:24*

Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires.

Question

Do you feel your susceptible to porn because it's in your nature?

 

Practical help

Have you trusted Christ Jesus as your personal savior? If you haven't, click here to find out the most wonderful news of your life.

If you have, reflect for a moment on how you felt when you first realized what Jesus' crucifixion had done for you. I can imagine that you felt a crushing burden being lifted right off of you. You might have thought, "Wow, every ugly, deceitful and hateful thing I ever did just got paid for. Wow!"

If you are struggling with a porn habit, you might be wondering why you get those temptations. Even more so, you might be wondering why you give in.

There's no easy answer to those questions, but there is a great promise to be remembered when reading verse 24 above: Your old nature (the one who'd rather sin than not) is still nailed to the cross with Jesus. Your new nature (the one who'd rather not sin) is the one who wants to reign in your life.

From now on, start each day remembering that the old sinful nature really can't be running the show. You see, he's tied up at the cross!


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