Authur's Note

I hope that the point of the following story is clear. The Bible teaches us that anyone in Christ is a new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17) that our old man was crucified with Christ (Romans 6:6) and that temptation comes from within ourselves (James 1:14). Many times our old natures re-emerge and though we know that the things we used to do were wrong and we hated them, part of us longs to do them again. Romans 6:16 say that we are slaves to whom we present ourselves as slave to obey, whether to sin or to righteousness. As Keith says in the sotry, once we are in Christ and freed from our past selves, the only power sin has over us it the power we give it.
But praise God, that through Christ, He has reddemed us from our own sinful nature and the power we give to both our old temptations and to our enemy who tempts us according to our own weakness. We don't have to be slaves to sin any longer. Keith represents us all in our own personal struggles with sin. Some sims hurt others, some only hurt ourselves, but all seperate us from Go. Whatever sin you find yoursleves struggling with, remember that even though the old man comes climbing out of his bgrave to reclaim his grasp on your soul every once in a while, our Deliverer, Jesus Christ, is always there to save us when we call on him.
God bless you, and thanks for reading.
Arthur B. Roberts