Your posts continue to bless --
"If any man is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come (2Cor.5:17).
We certainly do not feel "new" all the time, do we? Even after we come to the Lord, we generally find ourselves facing the same temptations, the same desires, and the same
weaknesses that we had before. But if we become “new creatures,” why do we still act like our “old” selves sometimes?
The truth is, our bodies are still the same. We have the same flesh and the same bodily desires that have always plagued us. The description, new creature refers to our new
position in Christ.
However, though we are now in Christ (v. 17), we still have the capacity to sin against God.
Even Paul struggled with the conflict between his new nature and his sinful desires."
I don't know how often I ask the Lord to take thoughts I'm ashamed of, out of my mind. How can I, someone who loves the Lord, have such thoughts. I keep forgetting that He promises to not give us anything we can't, with His help -- overcome.
So what He wants in us is the overcomming of these thoughts, not the sheltering from them. |
