Sin Falling off Without Struggle

          Written by Caroline Lanette Alderson

   I had been preaching or sharing with a friend on

some things about the Word of God, when she had to

leave. But, God continued giving me insight, and I'm

going to share it with you here. 

   I was sharing on how God is going to come back for

a triumphant church, a church without spot or wrinkle,

or blemish, who has victory in every area of their

life.

   Eph 5:27 that He might present to Himself the

church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or

any such thing; but that she would be holy and

blameless. (NASB)

    Eph 5:27 That He might present the church to

Himself in glorious splendor, without spot or wrinkle

or any such things [that she might be holy and

faultless]. (AMP)

  What does that mean, without spot, or wrinkle or

blemish mean? KJ says on the last part, holy and

without blemish. (blameless, faultless, without

blemish) God's not coming back for a weak church, who

is sick in the body, has depression, joyless, in

strife, un-forgiveness, easily offended, lustful,

walking by their feelings, and being poor in money. 

    Being holy and without blemish means, our bodies

are healed, because we walk in divine health. We don't

walk as the world walks, being sick in our bodies from

time to time, or worrying about cancer and all manner

of diseases. 

    We will have all our financial needs met. We won't

be poor. Being poor means we aren't walking in the

fullness of God. It is not God's will for us to be

poor, sick, or mentally in anguish. Poor means not

having your needs met, or having your needs barely

met. We should more than have our needs met; we should

have our desires met as well, and we ought to have

more than enough to meet other's needs. We should have

enough to give to ministries who are training us and

growing us up. 

    This would take me a month of writing to share

everything I am learning on this. But, I want to cover

one point on this. I am just laying a bit of

foundation first, because I have no idea where

everyone is in their knowledge and understanding of

the Word. 

     Christians, including myself are always

struggling

with how to stop doing something that is bad for us.

Someone having a struggle with trying to quit smoking

will try to fight that in the flesh and struggle with

their addiction, attempting on their own to stop

smoking. From what I hear that is not too easy. The

same with drinking; A person will struggle with

wanting to stop drinking and will try to fight it in

the flesh. And sure, some people have a measure of

success with nicotine patches and their own will, and

going to AA meetings, and stopping on their own. But,

most of us are weak, and it's just not that easy to

stop an addiction. A person who eats too much will cry

out to God to help them lose weight. They will go on

all these fad diets and some of them make them sick,

and they will try to fight their food addiction with

the flesh, and some succeed but for most… they find it

quite difficult to fight their bodies addiction to

food. 

    So, what is the solution? How does one stop

sinning or doing things that aren't good for us? Is

there any hope if we can't get our bodies to obey us?

You know what? There is a way that is unlike any other

way. This way will work for you. It's called God's

way. God doesn't want us to struggle with sin. God

wants us to rest in His word. Okay, so how do we do

that? It's easy to say, rest... but how do i DO that?

I'm glad you asked that question; Because, I'm going

to tell you the answer. 

    You know what I found? I found if I poured the

word into me, and asked God to change my desires to be

pleasing to Him, that in time, those things will

just... Guess what they will do? They will FALL off on

their own! Isn't that good news? They will leave on

their own! How does that happen? See, the Word is God,

and when we pour the Word into us, we are pouring God

into us, and everything that is not God, will WASH

away! Isn't that wonderful? Isn't that easier then you

struggling with your flesh trying to stop it from

doing what you don't want it to do? Granted, this

won't happen over night. It took you a while to get

those addictions, and it will take time to stop them.

But, I promise if you will pour the word into you... 

   Now, what does pouring the Word into you mean? It

can be reading the Bible on your own, listening to

preaching tapes, or live preachers, or watching them

preach on tv, or the internet, it can be making

confession of the Word, praying the Word, or listening

to music with them singing the Word. All of this is

getting the Word into you, and the Word will renew

your mind. 

   Don't let anyone condemn you if you have an

addiction that they are aware of. It is none of

anyone's business what we are doing. If they say

something like, "You're a Christian, and you shouldn't

have this problem." Say I am dealing with it, and

leave it at that. Don't be condemned by what other

Christians say. I dare say they have issues they need

to deal with as well. They may not be the same as

yours, but they are still just as bad for them as

whatever you are dealing with. 

   Un-forgiveness, is just as bad as some addiction,

believe me. Being easily offended is just as bad as

overeating. One sin or addiction is not any worse than

another. They all need to go. If I refuse to forgive,

that's just as bad as if I was smoking cigarettes all

day. Un-forgiveness and strife will mess you up bad. 

   We are to walk in love and forgiveness, just as

much as getting rid of addictions. 

    The Word is the answer for every addiction, every

emotional problem, everything that can be wrong with

the body, your pocket book and checking account. The

Word will in you will make things happen that to the

natural man makes absolutely no sense. You will notice

your desires changing, your reactions changing, the

things you do changing, as you put the Word into you. 

   You cannot help but change if you are pouring the

word in you, my brother and sister. You cannot help

but change.