As of late, I have received quite a number of emails asking questions about the problem of overcoming indwelling sin. I thought it might be good to take a few installments just to put forth some strategies from Scripture regarding it. In truth, it is a most important topic. Since The Father’s goal for all Christians is to see us perfectly conformed to the image of His Son, dealing with these remaining vestiges of our “old man” is a topic at the heart of our Christianity.
As a starting place, we need to get some sense of the problem as the Bible describes it. Getting a grasp on the problem in the big picture first so that we can see how to proceed is important. We must deal with truth, not myth or supposition. With that in mind there are some foundational principles which need to be kept in mind.
Our first foundational principle is: This is war.
