What will happen to us if, by the Holy Spirit of God,

We will participate in the first resurrection from the dead.

The saints walk in the awesome power of the resurrection of Christ. We are without condemnation in the sight of God.

As part of the walk of victory the Spirit of God directs our attention to specific deeds of our body that are unclean. When He does we are to confess them as sin and resolutely turn away from them. Then the Spirit will apply the blood of Christ to the uncleanness of behaviour so we are forgiven and cleansed. From this point onward the Spirit will enable us to never again participate in the filthy practices. What are we to do about the deeds of our body?

We are to put them to death.

We are not to struggle ineffectively with the lusts of our flesh. We are to kill them as the Holy Spirit gives us the virtue, wisdom, and energy.

What does it mean to put something to death?

It means to force the life from it. The Holy Spirit enables us to force the life from the law of sin that dwells in our members.

There may be someone reading these lines who wishes he or she could gain victory over fornication or lusting or lying or stealing or using profanity. Wishing and hoping are a start in the right direction. But God, under the new covenant, has given us far more ability than desiring and hoping—ability that will enable us to kill the sin in our flesh.

Call the thing by name—the lusting or lying or stealing or profanity. Denounce it! Declare that it has no part in the Kingdom of God. Take dominion over it in the name of Christ. Bring the blood of Christ against it. Bring the Spirit of God against it. Call on God in Jesus’ name and ask Him to put it to death, to rid you of its filthy tentacles forever.

The reason people do not gain victory over specific sins is that they do not name the sin clearly and denounce it vigorously. They do not persist before the Lord in denouncing and hating the deed. Mankind invited Satan into the human personality. Only mankind, through the Lord Jesus Christ, can drive Satan out of the human personality. Put the thought, word, or deed to death through the Holy Spirit of God. Do it now! Do it with all your strength and determination and God will help you. You cannot force it out by your own strength but you can renounce it and call upon the Lord for help.

If you will come against your problem in the name of Christ you will be delivered and all of its life will die in you. Try it and see for yourself.

First you must stop excusing your conduct, stop apologizing for the devil and justifying his lusts and behaviors. Denounce the sin as the filthy spirit that it is and turn away from it. God already has given to you through Christ the authority and power to cast of these chains, these grave clothes.

If you choose to remain bound you will remain bound. But you shall not attain the first resurrection from the dead while you are bound in sin.

If you choose to be loosed, then be loosed! Live, in Jesus’ name! Cast off from yourself the unprofitable works of darkness. It is your responsibility to make the choice.

If you are so bound you cannot make up your mind to resist your sins, then tell Christ of your helplessness. He will give you the desire to throw off your sins through the power of the Spirit of God.

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