WEBVTT 00:00:07.530 --> 00:00:10.609 Are you struggling in your Christian walk daily? 00:00:11.310 --> 00:00:13.730 Do you want to break free of a sinful stronghold 00:00:13.730 --> 00:00:16.929 in your life? Do you want to make that 180 and 00:00:16.929 --> 00:00:20.089 follow Christ for all your days? Well, today's 00:00:20.089 --> 00:00:24.940 message is all about habitual sin part two. Today's 00:00:24.940 --> 00:00:29.120 main scripture is 1 John 3, verse 8 through 9. 00:00:29.219 --> 00:00:33.200 The one who practices sin is of the devil, for 00:00:33.200 --> 00:00:34.979 the devil has been sinning from the beginning 00:00:34.979 --> 00:00:37.960 of time. The Son of God appeared for this purpose 00:00:37.960 --> 00:00:41.820 to destroy the works of the devil. No one who 00:00:41.820 --> 00:00:45.320 has been born of God practices sin because his 00:00:45.320 --> 00:00:49.899 seed remains in him, and he cannot sin continually 00:00:49.899 --> 00:00:54.460 because he has been born of God. So, God sees 00:00:54.460 --> 00:00:58.439 a path that will destroy us in due time and he 00:00:58.439 --> 00:01:02.119 warns us again and again and again and so forth. 00:01:02.479 --> 00:01:05.719 Sin is the root cause to all evil and the devil 00:01:05.719 --> 00:01:09.000 has been sinning and rebelling against God from 00:01:09.000 --> 00:01:13.200 the beginning of time. So there is a root that 00:01:13.200 --> 00:01:18.420 calls us all to sin. Find the root cause. And 00:01:18.420 --> 00:01:21.739 once we find that root cause, we must pray urgently 00:01:21.739 --> 00:01:25.019 on our knees and make it a daily lifestyle to 00:01:25.019 --> 00:01:28.459 fight on our knees. Put the devil to shame, because 00:01:28.459 --> 00:01:31.099 when we remember who we are and whose we are, 00:01:31.420 --> 00:01:35.459 we will confess and repent wholeheartedly, and 00:01:35.459 --> 00:01:37.620 Christ will break the strongholds in our life. 00:01:38.159 --> 00:01:43.390 Now our second scripture is 1 John 1. verse 9. 00:01:43.569 --> 00:01:47.870 if we confess our sins he is faithful and just 00:01:47.870 --> 00:01:51.969 to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from 00:01:51.969 --> 00:01:56.090 all unrighteousness. we must admit, confess, 00:01:56.810 --> 00:02:00.569 acknowledge our wrongdoings to him in confidence 00:02:00.569 --> 00:02:03.209 knowing that he is listening and he will give 00:02:03.209 --> 00:02:06.090 us his strength his courage his peace to endure 00:02:06.090 --> 00:02:10.280 because every day we face inner conflict within 00:02:10.280 --> 00:02:15.280 ourselves. When someone loves you and you know 00:02:15.280 --> 00:02:18.099 that they love you and they ask you to stop doing 00:02:18.099 --> 00:02:20.719 something because it is hurting you and they 00:02:20.719 --> 00:02:25.710 see it, you stop. because your actions are not 00:02:25.710 --> 00:02:29.990 only harming you, but the people you love around 00:02:29.990 --> 00:02:32.689 you. So when the Holy Spirit convicts us and 00:02:32.689 --> 00:02:35.669 tells us to stop because it's breaking His heart 00:02:35.669 --> 00:02:38.969 and hurting you in the process, why don't we 00:02:38.969 --> 00:02:42.430 surrender to Him? Because if we surrender to 00:02:42.430 --> 00:02:46.030 Him, we have to let go of everything. And true 00:02:46.030 --> 00:02:49.949 repentance is a full 180. Also, Christ is willing 00:02:49.949 --> 00:02:54.229 to forgive us. our last final scripture is Galatians 00:02:54.229 --> 00:02:59.250 6 verse 1 through 2 brothers and sisters if someone 00:02:59.250 --> 00:03:04.550 is caught in a sin you who live by the spirit 00:03:04.550 --> 00:03:09.009 should restore that person gently but watch yourselves 00:03:09.009 --> 00:03:12.569 or you also may be tempted so this is between 00:03:12.569 --> 00:03:17.090 you and the good lord talk to god about the sinful 00:03:17.090 --> 00:03:46.539 habit that you have Our points today are, one, 00:03:46.759 --> 00:03:50.840 We must stop and ask through the discernment 00:03:50.840 --> 00:03:55.280 of the Holy Spirit, why do I feel fine choosing 00:03:55.280 --> 00:03:59.460 to live in bondage to this habitual sin? And 00:03:59.460 --> 00:04:03.080 we must deal with this because we have to deal 00:04:03.080 --> 00:04:06.099 with the cause before we deal with the effect. 00:04:07.219 --> 00:04:10.139 True repentance. We also have to be willing to 00:04:10.139 --> 00:04:12.740 surrender ourselves to Him, choosing obedience. 00:04:12.960 --> 00:04:18.310 Are we willing to let go? Accountability. So 00:04:18.310 --> 00:04:21.069 are we willing to deal with our sin, confront 00:04:21.069 --> 00:04:25.810 it, confess it, deal with it, repent? So if you 00:04:25.810 --> 00:04:28.410 have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, 00:04:28.889 --> 00:04:31.670 then this message will help you. But if you don't 00:04:31.670 --> 00:04:34.310 have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, 00:04:34.829 --> 00:04:36.730 then I invite you to give your heart to the Lord 00:04:36.730 --> 00:04:39.910 today. To receive him into your heart, go to 00:04:39.910 --> 00:04:43.579 Romans 10, nine through 10. It says that if you 00:04:43.579 --> 00:04:46.680 confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe 00:04:46.680 --> 00:04:50.439 in your heart that God has raised him from the 00:04:50.439 --> 00:04:53.879 dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one 00:04:53.879 --> 00:04:57.459 believes onto righteousness and with the mouth 00:04:57.459 --> 00:05:02.000 confession is made onto salvation. If you said 00:05:02.000 --> 00:05:05.680 this prayer with sincerity, you are saved and 00:05:05.680 --> 00:05:08.800 now have eternal life with Jesus. You are saved 00:05:08.800 --> 00:05:12.769 from all your sins. Pass. present and future 00:05:12.769 --> 00:05:16.829 sins you may commit. This truth is not a free 00:05:16.829 --> 00:05:21.069 past to sin anytime. Instead, Jesus gives you 00:05:21.069 --> 00:05:25.829 power over all wrong choices and empowers you 00:05:25.829 --> 00:05:29.110 to spread the gospel to others. You are saved 00:05:29.110 --> 00:05:31.689 forever and your name is written in the book 00:05:31.689 --> 00:05:32.389 of life!