Old Sins Are Hard To Kill

Have you found this statement to be true in your life?—“old sins are hard to kill.” God knows that we become attached to our old, sinful ways of life and so He is constantly placing us in situations that force us to deal with entrenched sin. That was the case with Abraham in Genesis 20:1—2 as God moves him into a situation where he must deal with his old pattern of faithless scheming.

        In our lives we commonly have a problem removing sin’s presence in our lives because we have not gotten serious with dealing with it. Some reasons for this are:

1. We still enjoy it.
2. We are lazy in applying God’s truth to ourselves when our desires cry out to be fed.
3. We don’t know the power and victory we have in Jesus to overcome sin’s control.
4. We feel guilty that we have this pattern in our life at all and spend more time denying its presence rather than dealing with it.

So, in which category do you fall? Here are a few verses to dwell on for each of these options:

1. Sin is not to be at home in the Christian’s life—1 John 1:5—7; Romans 3:23; Galatians 2:20.
2. We are to be active in giving Jesus full authority in our lives—Jude 24; 2 Timothy 2:20—22.
3. We have the power to overcome sinful habits—2 Corinthians 5:17; Philippians 4:13; 1 Corinthians 10:13.
4. Our freedom from sin’s guilt is unto obedience—1 John 1:8—10; Romans 8:1; 2. 

Yes, old sins are hard to kill. Yet, they can be killed and we must never stop working with
God to achieve this goal.