Addiction - Why Can’t I Stop? • HealthCheck: Week 7 • February 18, 2024
1 Corinthians 6:12 “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything.
Romans 7:14-20 (NIV) 14 We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.
2 Corinthians 10:2-6 I beg of you that when I am present I may not have to show boldness with such confidence as I count on showing against some who suspect us of walking according to the flesh. For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ, being ready to punish every disobedience, when your obedience is complete.
John 8:31-32 31 So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
You will only be free by the
33 They answered him, “We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, ‘You will become free’?” 34 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who practices sin is a slave to sin.
The problem with today’s Christians is that they want to
36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
Too many people can’t change because they’re
Titus 2:11 For the grace of God has appeared,
Titus 2:11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people,
God’s grace
Titus 2:11-12 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions,
God’s grace
and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,
God’s grace
How do we fight spiritually?
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