How to over come self (sin)

[Not me]

Many things have been written about how to overcome sin or self, (for all sin comes from self.) There is but one way, it is to “die.” For consider, if you were to die right this second, sin would have no power over you. It is when a person is willing to die, rather than sin, that this truth will come alive. This is what is meant in scripture about our having “died in Christ”. It is this way, and this way alone that frees a person from sin. All other attempts will ultimately fail. It is the understanding of our deaths in Christ, that frees us from our sinful natures. Nothing else is givin to us by God to accomplish this task. Only are “deaths in Christ.” It is to the degree that this truth is learned by experience, to that degree, that individual will be freed from sin.

Peace and love to all that love the Lord Jesus. Not Me

 

[Pilgrim]

There is not only life at the end, but life in the way; all true comfort.

"Death is a great loss to a carnal, worldly man, for he loses all his earthly comforts and all his hopes; but to a true believer it is gain, for it is the end of all his weakness and misery. It delivers him from all the evils of life, and brings him to possess the chief good. The apostle's difficulty was not between living in this world and living in heaven; between these two there is no comparison; but between serving Christ in this world and enjoying him in another. Not between two evil things, but between two good things; living to Christ and being with him. See the power of faith and of Divine grace; it can make us willing to die. In this world we are compassed with sin; but when with Christ, we shall escape sin and temptation, sorrow and death, for ever. But those who have most reason to desire to depart, should be willing to remain in the world as long as God has any work for them to do. And the more unexpected mercies are before they come, the more of God will be seen in them." —Matthew Henry (Philippians 1:21 Commentaries)​