Don't Fool Yourself - Deal Biblically With Your Sins

Before doing this study, please read the one-minute introduction Fools, Anger, and Repentance.

Sometimes we get lazy about our walk with the Lord. We excuse, accept, or ignore sins in our lives. Or we compare ourselves with others who are worse and think we don't need to change.

Study the verses below and let them inspire you to work on areas of your life where you need to change:

Philippians 2:12-13: "Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose."

This is such an important passage, explaining the balance between God's work and our work in Christian growth. We're commanded to be serious about our sanctification (i.e. "with fear and trembling"), but only God can change us. Our responsibility is to yield to His work in us, repent of our sins, and obey what we know to be true. See also Romans 8, especially verses 12-13.

Ephesians 4:22-24: "You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; 23 to be made new in the attitude of your minds; 24 and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness."

Becoming a Christian is the beginning of a process, not the end. I encourage you to check out the short Bible Study Defeating Sin with Scripture for a practical idea for overcoming sins.

💙Be sure to check out The Bible Love Notes devotional Wisdom for Life. 

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