Day 3

Power to Overcome Sin

For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace. (Romans 6:14 NKJV)

Now that we know of the grace of the Lord in and for us, what about living my new life in victory and freedom? How to deal with the sin issue in this new life? There are sins we fall into after we are born again. We fall into sin through ignorance and unbelief which is contributed by a false understanding of grace. A continual life in grace is the only biblical answer for victory over sin.

Paul writing about victory over sin puts it in the simplest term: You will not be dominated by sin! Why? Because we are no longer under law. Remember the weakness of the law is the flesh-- our self effort ( Romans 8:3). When we try to overcome sin by our self effort we will never make it but rather will be filled with frustration and discouragement. Under the law it is the sheer ability of the flesh ( man) that will help him out of sin and into victory but that is never possible. But thanks be to God we are under grace! It is walking in this grace that will result in peace, joy, rest and victory.

Paul in his battle against sin laments "O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?" (Romans 7:24 NKJV). Paul did not say WHAT will deliver me, but WHO! Jesus the grace of God in us is the one Paul implies as the one who will deliver him. Sin will not have dominion over you for you are no longer under law but under grace which is Christ living in you and becomes the hope of glory.

"As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him," (Colossians 2:6 NKJV). If the believer continues in Christ He will see the power of grace in that life. The moment we believed in Christ, His grace came into us and we were changed. In that same way if the greatest change came about because we believed, why not continue in the same believing. Remember it was the Spirit of God that did a work in you, and how is it that now you are saved, you can finish the work by your own ability? Definitely not! We did not get saved by our own effort likewise we cannot bring change by our own effort.

Christ in you living through you is the answer to beat all addiction to sin. This does not mean you will not sin. You and I will sin due to our human failures but we will not be under the control and power of sin! "Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now being made perfect by the flesh?" (Galatians 3:3 NKJV). Don't try to beat sin in your own flesh. Walk in Him, declare His fullness and the grace of God in and for you, and sin will have no dominion over you, for you are no longer under law (human effort) but under grace!