the ultimate secret to overcoming sin

The key to victory in the battle for sexual purity lies in the fact that, as believers, we have the Holy Spirit constantly at our side to help us fight our battles. Without His presence, we have little hope of overcoming the pressures of the world. Now is the perfect time to examine your heart and be sure that you have truly entrusted your heart and life to God, guaranteeing for yourself a Companion who will fight with you and for you.

In Scripture, the “Roman Road” teaches us that everyone has sinned (Romans 3:23), the penalty for our sin is death (Romans 6:23), Jesus Christ died for our sins (Romans 5:8), and to be forgiven for our sins, we must believe and confess that Jesus is Lord, because salvation comes only through Jesus Christ (Romans 10:8–10).

Have you walked the truths of the Roman Road? If not, you can come to know Christ right now by reading and confessing this set of verses. When you trust in Christ, you will spend eternity with Him.

THE ROMAN ROAD

Salvation that comes from trusting Christ—which is the message we preach—is already within easy reach. In fact, the Scriptures say, “The message is close at hand; it is on your lips and in your heart.”

For if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by confessing with your mouth that you are saved.

ROMANS 10:8–10, NLT

For all have sinned; all fall short of God’s glorious standard.

ROMANS 3:23, NLT

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.

ROMANS 6:23, NLT

But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.

ROMANS 5:8, NLT

THE PROMISE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

But it isn’t the new life ahead of you that should transform you. It should be the new life in you.

—adapted from Every Young Man’s Battle

And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.

EZEKIEL 36:27, NIV

But you are not like that. You are controlled by your new nature if you have the Spirit of God living in you. (And remember that if anyone doesn’t have the Spirit of Christ living in him, he is not a Christian at all.)

ROMANS 8:9, TLB

For his Holy Spirit speaks to us deep in our hearts and tells us that we are God’s children.

ROMANS 8:16, NLT

Those who obey God’s commandments live in fellowship with him, and he with them. And we know he lives in us because the Holy Spirit lives in us.

1 JOHN 3:24, NLT

We know that we live in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.

1 JOHN 4:13, NIV

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.

ROMANS 8:14, NKJV