Reply To: Harmatology 2024/2025 Discussion Board 1

[Odinachi Onyemkpa]

Your post gladdened me, Victor. Sin effects the Christian walk with the aim of crippling and disabling one from victorious christian living. The believer cannot trifle with the place of renewing the mind consistently. I, however, wish to add that sin does not spring a surprise. It tickles the fancy and puts pressure on the believer’s mind while it lurks and prowls in its darkness for the believer to swallow its bait.

Romans 6:12-13 NLT says, “Do not let sin control the way you live, do not give in to sinful desires. Do not let any part of your body become an instrument of evil to serve sin. Instead, give yourselves completely to God, for you were dead, but now you have new life. So use your whole body as an instrument to do what is right for the glory of God”. Paul says, “Do not let” which I can say means do not agree, give in, yield to its pressure. This is a command that puts the mandate and responsibility on us to “resistantly” refuse to yield to the perceived gains or the lack of it of sin.

Just like you buttressed, we can come to the place of peace by understanding our place and position in Christ, and continuously yielding our lives to Him, and refusing to accept any offers that tempt us to do contrary.