Are you misled by experience

 

Apostle Paul keeps emphasizing in the Roman Chapter 5 and 6. We must stand upon the truth and not allow subjective experience to challenge the absolute of truth. Subjective experience never to be trusted as a valid establisher of spiritual truth. Please note that the revealed word of God established the truth.

 In Roman Chapter 5 and 6 the Apostle Paul expounds the truth that each believer is united with Christ in His total victory over sin, death and Satan. This is an infallible truth upon which each believer is responsible to stand. Sin and Satan cannot rule over a dead person. Sin cannot master and put into slavery a person who is now “alive unto God” because of our union with Christ in His resurrection. That is infallible, unchanging truth upon which we are meant to stand regardless of experience.

 Brothers and Sisters Satan will ceaselessly seek to challenge the truth. He will bring all the harassment. He can muster into experience to make you think that for you this just does not work. He keeps saying by your experience that sin is too strong and he can and will reign in your life.

 What is Apostle answer to such attacks “in the same way count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Therefore, let not sin reign in your body so that you obey the evil desires”. Roman 6:11-12 Paul’s challenge is repeatedly communicated in similar doctrinal passage. We must stand upon truth. Our responsibility is to affirm as fact that we are “dead” to the rule and reign of sin , of death  and of Satan in our lives.

 We are “alive to God”. Our Lord is ruling. Our responsibility is not let sin reign. when we accept the fact that “it does not work” because the experience of battle is too great. The moment we allow Satan invincible role in our lives because of our experience of defeat in our daily battles and experience of defeat, we are   letting him reign in our lives.

 Please remember that victory comes because we have certainty of victory through our Lord Jesus Christ and hence do not fall into the trap of convincing yourself that you are defeated. We are 100% victorious in Christ.

 God bless you