WEBVTT 00:00:08.490 --> 00:00:10.929 Is there something that has a hold on you today? 00:00:11.669 --> 00:00:14.449 That whatever you feel afraid, worried, terrified, 00:00:14.910 --> 00:00:19.170 excited, depressed, angry, you turn to it? It 00:00:19.170 --> 00:00:22.210 can be a sin that you have confessed and repented, 00:00:22.210 --> 00:00:25.149 but always seem to turn back to it. Do you get 00:00:25.149 --> 00:00:27.890 a sickening feeling in your spirit knowing full 00:00:27.890 --> 00:00:31.170 well that God does not want that in your life? 00:00:31.670 --> 00:00:35.390 Well, today's message is all about habitual sin, 00:00:35.729 --> 00:00:40.520 part one. Main scripture is first Corinthians 00:00:40.520 --> 00:00:45.539 10 verse 13. It says No temptation has taken 00:00:45.539 --> 00:00:50.359 has overtaken you that is not common to man God 00:00:50.359 --> 00:00:54.679 is faithful and he will not let you be tempted 00:00:54.679 --> 00:00:58.500 beyond your ability But with the temptation he 00:00:58.500 --> 00:01:03.060 will provide the way of escape That you may be 00:01:03.060 --> 00:01:06.760 able to endure it once we are saved through Jesus 00:01:06.760 --> 00:01:10.049 Christ the Holy Spirit becomes our helper. We 00:01:10.049 --> 00:01:12.569 have a choice to choose to live in the flesh 00:01:12.569 --> 00:01:16.349 or in the Holy Spirit every day in every aspect 00:01:16.349 --> 00:01:20.909 of our lives. Jesus provides an escape so that 00:01:20.909 --> 00:01:25.950 we can live righteous for Him and in Him because 00:01:25.950 --> 00:01:29.209 we have to look within ourselves and realize 00:01:29.209 --> 00:01:35.049 that we are not enough but Christ is enough to 00:01:35.049 --> 00:01:40.120 break any hold of sin bondage that has a stronghold 00:01:40.120 --> 00:01:45.420 in our life. Our second scripture is 1 John 2, 00:01:45.599 --> 00:01:51.099 15 verse 17. It says, do not love the world or 00:01:51.099 --> 00:01:55.120 anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, 00:01:55.620 --> 00:02:00.340 love for the Father is not in them. For everything 00:02:00.340 --> 00:02:05.069 in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust 00:02:05.069 --> 00:02:09.110 of the eyes, and the pride of life comes not 00:02:09.110 --> 00:02:14.050 from the Father but from the world. We cannot 00:02:14.050 --> 00:02:17.750 serve two masters. It is either we're going to 00:02:17.750 --> 00:02:20.990 choose Christ as our master or that habitual 00:02:20.990 --> 00:02:25.569 sinful bondage in our life. Our choices today 00:02:25.569 --> 00:02:28.650 will influence our choices tomorrow, next week, 00:02:28.849 --> 00:02:32.150 next month, and the years to come. We must be 00:02:32.150 --> 00:02:37.069 careful to not let God's conviction turn into 00:02:37.069 --> 00:02:41.870 the enemy's guilt trap. Our last yet final scripture 00:02:41.870 --> 00:02:46.810 is Titus 3 verse 3. For we ourselves were once 00:02:46.810 --> 00:02:52.129 foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various 00:02:52.129 --> 00:02:57.389 passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice 00:02:57.389 --> 00:03:02.669 and envy, hated by others. and hating one another. 00:03:03.310 --> 00:03:08.009 Once we are saved, we are now children of Christ. 00:03:08.430 --> 00:03:11.710 We are clothed in righteousness. It is a position. 00:03:12.490 --> 00:03:16.409 It is not a waiver for us to sin. Christ saved 00:03:16.409 --> 00:03:20.449 us from the path of destruction. So why should 00:03:20.449 --> 00:03:25.180 we go back to it? Is it because we get too comfortable 00:03:25.180 --> 00:03:29.080 in our sinful habits that we quiet the Holy Spirit 00:03:29.080 --> 00:03:33.060 within us? God will let us stumble and fall in 00:03:33.060 --> 00:03:35.560 order for us to open our eyes and to return to 00:03:35.560 --> 00:03:39.979 Him. Yes, He forgives us. Yes, His grace shines 00:03:39.979 --> 00:03:44.919 upon us. So our points today are, first, a choice. 00:03:45.900 --> 00:03:49.219 We have a choice to choose to live in the flesh. 00:03:49.530 --> 00:03:53.590 and to continue on a path that leads to destruction, 00:03:54.069 --> 00:03:59.789 or we can choose Jesus, a path of freedom. Second, 00:04:00.590 --> 00:04:04.810 we cannot. We cannot serve Christ and continue 00:04:04.810 --> 00:04:08.469 in our sinful bondage. We will either serve our 00:04:08.469 --> 00:04:14.490 flesh or we can serve Jesus Christ. And our final 00:04:14.490 --> 00:04:19.389 point today is comfort. Because when we are comfortable 00:04:19.389 --> 00:04:23.810 in our sin, we have no shame and if we have a 00:04:23.810 --> 00:04:27.009 habit of sinning, we will quiet the Holy Spirit 00:04:27.009 --> 00:04:31.509 within us and go down a path that Christ has 00:04:31.509 --> 00:04:36.069 delivered us from. So if you have a personal 00:04:36.069 --> 00:04:39.110 relationship with Jesus Christ, then this message 00:04:39.110 --> 00:04:41.910 will help you. But if you don't have a personal 00:04:41.910 --> 00:04:45.490 relationship with Jesus Christ, then I invite 00:04:45.490 --> 00:04:47.740 you to give your heart to the Lord today. To 00:04:47.740 --> 00:04:50.839 receive him into your heart go to Romans 10 9 00:04:50.839 --> 00:04:54.379 through 10 It says that if you confess with your 00:04:54.379 --> 00:04:57.720 mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart 00:04:57.720 --> 00:05:01.240 that God has Raised him from the dead you will 00:05:01.240 --> 00:05:04.540 be saved For with the heart one believes unto 00:05:04.540 --> 00:05:08.399 righteousness and with the mouth confession is 00:05:08.399 --> 00:05:12.759 made unto salvation If you said this prayer with 00:05:12.759 --> 00:05:16.379 sincerity You are saved and now have eternal 00:05:16.379 --> 00:05:19.519 life with Jesus. You are saved from all your 00:05:19.519 --> 00:05:23.259 sins, past, present, and future sins you may 00:05:23.259 --> 00:05:27.279 commit. This truth is not a free past to sin 00:05:27.279 --> 00:05:31.720 anytime. Instead, Jesus gives you power over 00:05:31.720 --> 00:05:36.360 all wrong choices and empowers you to spread 00:05:36.360 --> 00:05:40.060 the gospel to others. You are saved forever and 00:05:40.060 --> 00:05:45.060 your name is written in the book of life!