We cannot take away the PENALTY of our sin. It is impossible
to cleanse ourselves in this way. We must instead receive the work of Jesus in taking away our sins.
We cannot take away the POWER of sin in our lives. This is His work in us, and we respond to that work.
Someone who comes to Jesus does not have to clean themselves up first, but they must be willing to have Him take away their sin.
We cannot take away the PRESENCE of sin in our lives. This is His work in us, ultimately accomplished when we will be glorified with Him.
If you have been struggling in the battle against sin, perhaps it is because you have been battling too much in yourself and not enough in Jesus. He came to take away your sins.
Will you let Him?
James 4:1 Where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for pleasure that war in your members? 2 You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask. 3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures.
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