are we constantly struggling?

[Aquila]

Originally Posted by houston

Thanks for the replies. I had nothing personal in mind. I was thinking of a statement that a friend made 3 yrs ago. He said that he is constantly fighting against lust. I just think sometimes, why do some people get full victory while others constantly battle with the sins that they were delivered from?? I am not sure I accept that God would leave His children in a limbo. I think that His children tend to live below their means, suffering from a spiritual inferiority complex. Just my scattered thoughts.

If he is greatly troubled spiritually about this... he isn't lusting. He is experiencing his "flesh" lusting and is allowing it to take him where he doesn't want to go. It's like an auto-pilot that is constantly on (sin nature). His spirit is obviously not in agreement with his flesh, so after the inward man he is obedient to the law of Christ against lust. Therefore He should reckon his identity as being that of the inward man (walk after the Spirit). Now this will shake the condemnation. He must begin to reckon his identity as being so solidly in Christ... he looses himself in Jesus and stand in faith in that until only Christ remains. He IS one with Christ. You see Christ is in the Father, the Father is in Christ... and Christ is in us. He has to tap into the reality of that "oneness" with Christ. Then by just being himself, the the inner man who is alive in Christ, he can begin curbing those behaviors and desires. But he need not walk around feeling defeated. He's already victorious over lust through Christ Jesus.