DISCIPLE

FIVE REASONS WHY WE FAIL TO OVERCOME SINFUL HABITS: 1. We try to conquer habits in the energy of the soul. God wants us to exercise spiritual power over habits. Satan wants us to fight habits with the energy of our souls. Our souls (Greek: psuche) consist of our mental power, our will power, and our emotional power. These are no match for the bondage of sinful habits. Only by spiritual power can we conquer sinful habits. "For if ye live after the flesh ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify [conquer] the deeds of the body, ye shall live" ' (Romans 8:13). 2. We are double-minded. A double-minded person has a desire to overcome sinful habits and a conflicting desire to enjoy them God warns that such a person cannot hope for any consistent victory over sin. A double-minded (Greek: dipsuchos soul) person has not yet learned to hate evil; he will be unstable in all of his ways (See James 1:8). 3. We fail to understand what it means to be in Christ. The only wa...