Claim Victory Before the Battle is Won!

1. We know our sinful cravings do not define us anymore.

My desire to sin is the old “me,” the dead “me,” not the renewed “me” in Christ.

As you continue to believe in victory through Christ, you’ll find yourself saying, “Why doesn’t this sin taste as good as it used to? Why doesn’t it satisfy me the way it used to?”

Sin still has some appeal. (Otherwise, you’d never do it.) But it doesn’t satisfy as much as it used to. Why? Because it’s no longer expressive of your real self.

Those sinful habits you have are like Lazarus’ grave clothes. You remember that story? After Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, he told his friend to take off his grave clothes. Those clothes don’t suit you anymore, because living people don’t wear the burial clothes of a dead person.

You aren’t dead anymore. You’re alive. You’re a new creation.