Dying to sin

The bible tells us that we are slaves to sin and born into sin. This doesn't mean we have to sin though when we turn to Christ we receive a new spirit that will guide us and take us down a path of righteousness. This doesn't imply that we are bound to never sin again it means it should be easier not to sin and we can claim victory in God and say God I love you more than this sin. That should be an easy answer. We have to be strong enough in our faith to turn to God and ask Him for help and grace. Not turn to Him after we sin and ask for forgiveness and grace but to do it before. God is almighty and came to free us and break the chains. We no longer have to be slaves to sin. And that is not a choice when we follow God it is a fact. He is there to help us and guide us and lead us away from temptation. We are lost without Him and will just keep falling and becoming more hard to our own sin and not realize the real damage and consequences of it till it is actually over. God gives us a spirit to know what is right and wrong. We don't have to try and guess it is obvious. The 2nd part to that is when it is wrong and against God we need to immediately walk away from it and turn to God. That's a lot easier said than done. When we give it to sin we are admitting to ourselves that God isn't strong enough and can't save us. We don't believe He has the power to take us away from the sin. 

If we are “out of our mind,” as some say, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you. For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again. So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! (2 Corinthians 5:13-17 NIV). 

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin. If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us. (1 John 1:7-10 NIV). 

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— (Ephesians 2:8 NIV). 

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth. (2 Timothy 2:15 NIV). 

Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst? (1 Corinthians 3:16 NIV). 

God is here to save us right now not to be there whenever we feel it is convenient. We have to make the choice and follow through for all of our lives.