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The more you love Jesus, the more you will become conscious of sin, temptation, and Satan’s attack; and the more you become more conscious of the spiritual conflicts, the more you will treasure and appreciate the amazing love Jesus has for you by nailing all your sins to His cross and giving you victory to overcome. Loving Jesus begins with being dissatisfied with your current level of loving Jesus.
To claim the victory and take the authority of Jesus, you and I must stand firm on every promise of God given to us in the scripture. For it written:
“No weapon formed against you will prevail” – Isaiah 54:7
“The One who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.” – 1 John 4:4
“Thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through the Lord Jesus Christ” – 1 Corinthians 15:57
“But thanks be to God who always leads us in a triumphant procession in Christ Jesus” – 2 Corinthians 2:14
“No temptation has ceased you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will provide a way out so that you can endure it” – 1 Corinthians 10:13
Surrender to the control of the Holy Spirit gives us freedom from the control of sin. Surrender to the power of the Holy Spirit will keep us from the pitfalls of the old nature. Surrendering of our will to
the Spirit of the Living God will help us over the enemies trap every time.
When the bible talks about self-control – the fruit of the Spirit (revealed in Galatians 5:22-23), it does not mean self-mastery, nor self-improvement, the Bible is talking about self-surrender to the Holy Spirit. Self-control is being empowered by the Holy Spirit of God, but self-mastery is dependent entirely on one’s power and will. Self-control is what takes place in a person’s life out of the abundance that springs out of that person’s love for Jesus, but self-mastery is designed to make to make a person take control of their own destiny. Even at its best, anyone practising self-mastery if they are honest will admit that things are truly out of control when their soul is completely naked before God.
We must be ruthless in moral self-deny. Job said (in Job 31:1),
“I made a covenant with my eyes that I would not gaze at a woman. “According to Proverb 27:20 & Ecclesiastes 1:8,
“The eyes of men are never satisfied; the eye is never satisfied with seeing.” “Be careful, then, what you allow your eyes to see and your heart to desire. For nothing the Enemy offers can match what you have already been promised in Christ” – Dr. Michael Youssef.
"Be strong in the Lord and His mighty power" – Ephesians 6:10