What the Bible says about Sin, Overcoming
(From Forerunner Commentary)

Exodus 12:19 There are seven days of Unleavened Bread but only one day of Passover, Pentecost, Trumpets, and Atonement. God knows that we tend to change slowly. He gives us seven days each year to concentrate on our duty to rid our lives of sin. Those acts that are God's responsibility - the sacrifice of one for all sin, the sending of His Spirit, the resurrection of the dead, or the binding of Satan - He can accomplish in one day. The part that involves mankind's participation - overcoming sin - requires more time and attention. The Days of Unleavened Bread represent a period of judgment when man is required to overcome. To us, overcoming a deep-seated sin can seem to take an eternity! The obvious lesson is that we must draw much nearer to the Source of the power to overcome. Staff Holy Days: Unleavened Bread Related Topics: Change | Change Direction | Change in Approach | Change of Heart | Change of Mind | Change, Evidence of | Days of Unleavened Bread | Overcoming | Overcoming, Mankind's Participation in | Sanctification | Sanctification as Process | Sin, Overcoming | Sin, Putting out | Spiritual Growth | Spiritual Growth, Process of | Spiritual Maturity | Spiritual Progress

Exodus 13:8-9 The Days of Unleavened Bread are a memorial to God's law and to His powerful deliverance from Egypt and bondage. Paul explains this significance to the Corinthians and the urgency attached to cease sinning. He says we should not even keep company with a brother involved in flagrant sin! Also, by ridding our homes of sin, we realize that overcoming sin is hard work! Staff Holy Days: Unleavened Bread Related Topics: Bondage | Bondage to Sin | Bondage, Spiritual | Days of Unleavened Bread | Deliverance | Egypt as Sin | God's Law | Overcoming | Overcoming, Urgency in | Sin | Sin, Bondage to | Sin, Overcoming

Matthew 18:7-9 A Christian's potential is so fabulous that he must do whatever he can to ensure it. No matter how important they are to us, we must abandon any worldly attachments, friendships, and employments that will lead us into sin, or we will receive eternal judgment. Of course, Jesus' illustrations of cutting off a limb or plucking out an eye are not literal, but He wants us to understand the stakes. It is far better to attain to eternal life without enjoying the pleasures of sin than to enjoy them here in this life and be lost. Thus, Jesus emphasizes that we must remove temptation and avoid sin at all costs. Martin G. Collins Parables of the Millstone and the Lost Sheep Related Topics: Parable of the Lost Sheep | Parable of the Millstone | Resisting Evil | Resisting Temptation | Sin, Overcoming | Sin, Putting out | Sin, Struggle against | Struggle against Sin | Struggle to Overcome | Temptation, Resisting

 

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