Sin never stops whispering in our ears. As a matter of fact, sometimes is shouts! And as God told Cain, “sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it” (Gen. 4:7).
John Owen, the 17th century Puritan pastor and theologian may have said it best in his classic work,
Of the Mortification of Sin in Believers. Commenting on Romans 8:13, “For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live,” Owen pens this challenge to the believer:
Do you mortify; do you make it your daily work;
be always at it while you live;
cease not a day from this work;
be killing sin or it will be killing you.
Is this our habit, to daily without ceasing battle against our flesh, by the Spirit, so we may kill sin before it kills us? Brothers and sisters, sin is always crouching at the door and whispering to our hearts. It is always ready to jump out and control us or to speak deceitfully and trick us. Don’t be fooled! Pray that the indwelling Spirit of Almighty God would help you to be killing sin before it kills you!
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