Last time we were together we looked at how, through our union with Christ, we’re delivered from the dominion of sin – we’ve been translated from the kingdom of sin and death to the kingdom of righteousness.  We are no longer slaves to sin.  And yet each one of us still struggles daily with sin.  We can all identify with St. Paul when we writes, “When I want to do right, evil lies close at hand” (Romans 7:21).  And the fact is that the more we realise and accept that our struggle with sin is lifelong, the better equipped we’re going to be to deal with it.  The more we can see the strength of indwelling sin, the less power it has over us.  You see, our ability to fight the sin in us is directly proportional to the extent that we’re aware of it...

(This series of sermons has been adapted from the book The Pursuit of Holiness, by Jerry Bridges.)