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(2 PETER 1:3) “His divine power has given conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin,
us everything we need for life and when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.”
godliness through our knowledge of
Him who called us by His own glory We should always ask The Lord to cleanse
and goodness.” our heart with His blood whenever we have
evil thought or evil desire in our heart.
To live a life of godliness takes God’s divine
power. On our own efforts we cannot do it. (1 JOHN 1:9) “If we confess our sins, He
What the Scribes and the Pharisees did was is faithful and righteous to forgive us our
just human effort. Human effort will lead sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteous-
into hypocrisy. Man will get the glory. While, ness.” We should always ask forgiveness to
if it is God who grants the divine power it God immediately and never give the devil
is God who gets the glory and excellence. a chance to accuse us before God. (REV-
ELATION 12:10) The devil is the accuser
(JOHN 15:4-7) Jesus says, “Remain in of the brethren before God day and night.
me, and I remain in you. No branch can
bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the We Born Again Christians are not im-
vain. Neither can you bear fruit unless mune to the evil that surrounds us. We
you remain in me. I am the vine; you have the tendency to be angry in difficult
are the branches. If a man remains in situations. We are conducive to lustful
me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; desires, to be jealous, to be envious and to
apart from me you can do nothing.” be greedy. These are only few of the fleshly
(Verse 7) “If you remain in me and desire that is built-in in our innermost
my words remain in you, ask whatever being. That is why Paul wrote in ROMANS
you wish, and it will be given you.” 7:18 and says, “For I know that nothing
good dwells in me that is in my flesh.”
Jesus and His Word, which is the Bible,
must not separate. To remain in Jesus The good news is that whenever we tend
means to always read His Word and keep to have that human lust or evil feelings
it. Then we can ask anything from Him. or thoughts in our hearts, God’s Divine
Power is within our reach. It is in our
(MATTHEW 15:19) “For out of the heart disposal. We can always ask God for
come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, forgiveness because Jesus said; “ask
sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, whatever you wish, and it will be given you.”
slander. These are what make a man
unclean.” Sin starts from the heart. To live a perfect life is to depend upon God
Dirty heart produces dirty mind. Evil every moment of our lives. We depend
desire comes from an evil heart. upon His grace every moment of our lives.

(JAMES 1:14) “Each one is tempted when, (MATTHEW 5:48) “THEREFORE YOU ARE
by his own desire, he is dragged away TO BE PERFECT, AS YOUR HEAVENLY
and enticed. Then after desire has FATHER IS PERFECT.”

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