Spirit-Living Devotional
Apostle Osborn
HOW TO LIVE SIN-FREE
[[1Co 15:34]] KJV Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
Sin is one thing the church of Jesus have struggled with for a very long time. Many believers try to fight off sin in their lives, but unfortunately, they use the wrong approach – the Law. They think by observing the Laws of God they might become sin-free.
The reason why people use the Law to fight sin is simple. The Law reveals sin *(Rom 7:9). This make them think the once the Law unveils sin, it could as well destroy it. But on the contrary, the Law manifest sin only to strengthen it. The strength of sin is the Law (1Co 15:56). That means, by trying to keep the Laws of God, sin will be strengthened in you. God designed the Law not to destroy sin, but to reveal it so that man will know that he needs a saviour to save him from sin and death.
Keeping the Law makes you sin conscious. In order words, you become awakened to sin. And when you are awake to sin, you’ll sin because that’s all you see. This is why our main text gives us the answer to the sin problem: “Awake to righteousness, and sin not…”
Glory to God! When you are awake to righteousness, you sin not. Better still, righteousness consciousness makes you sin-free. So discover your righteousness in Christ. Become conscious of it. Let it consume your mind. Fill your thought always that you are the righteousness of God in Christ. This is how to awake to righteousness. When you awake to this truth, you’ll sin not. Hallelujah!
Confession:
I’m the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. I live in God’s righteousness. I’m full of God’s righteousness. I do right all the time because of God’s righteousness in me. Glory!
