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Originally Posted by Aquila
Are you saying that you have made the choice to never sin again? That you have successfully overcome every bastion of sinful sexual desire and/or expression?
My, I know that I have a body. It has hormones a genetic make up yadda, yadda, yadda. I know that my hormone levels wax and wane and sometimes that "chemistry" can become a blazing fire of desire and irritability. I don't deny that my flesh as a life of it's own. And I don't deny that the battle will continue until this flesh is DEAD. I will have good days, bad days, days of victory, and days of defeat wherein I've succumbed to those desires. I do pray that my victories outnumber my defeats. And I've noticed that with age... this flesh becomes more mellow as it relates to certain desires. As a young man... I was a tiger, ready to go in an instant. Grrrr. But today... I have to think about it a little and more and more I'm discovering that I have to get the crank started. lol
It amazes me how older saints forget the power of hormones and biology.
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Of course I am not saying that I have successfully overcome every bastion of sin in my life. Of course I would make a choice to never sin again? That isn't your choice? I'm not going to worry about what sin will try to tempt me because of any weakness in my flesh. I'm going to first and foremost determine to be an overcomer.
Aside from even a hormonal issue, I believe there are particular people you meet in life that you have an instant chemistry with. We have to be like Joseph and let them have your cloak and run like the dickens. If Joseph could do it, why can we be expected to do the same?
Honestly, I have been tempted one time in my Christian life. I was surprised by it. It came out of nowhere and at the right time when I very low and very unhappy. If God had not come to me every day, I may not have been an overcomer. But, He showed me His love and I wanted that more.
So, from that experience, I found out that if in your heart, you don't really want that sin, even though tempted by it, you will find a way of escape. At least, that was my experience.
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