The great task of a Christian is adjustment
in fact this is in all likelihood
the very thing that brought you to Christ
You realized you were out of adjustment
AND couldn't adjust yourself
Paul writes
{7:19} For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
Romans 7:19
We are born into the snare of sin
and we can't stop sinning
we become servants to it as it is our master
But who will rescue me from this body of death?
"Praise be to Christ Jesus"
How does Jesus set us free?
We are born again and He becomes our Master
as we choose to follow Him
Discipline is not about beating someone into submission
it is about learning to be just like the one you're following
but first you must believe them
Who will follow the teaching of one they don't believe
Who will become a disciple of one they won't follow
{8:31} Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; {8:32} And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
John 8:31-32
Someone asked me recently why I've been so quiet
I'm listening and learning
I'm being disciplined
and when all this is done
I'll adjust myself...again
Do you want to be freed from the snares of sin
first you must see you're snared
then you must want to change
then you'll see you can't
then you'll need to believe Jesus IS the truth
then when you listen He'll speak
and when you hear you will hold to His teaching
and the truth will set you free
In the end there are two roads you can follow
one road is a road of bondage and decay, the road to death
through sin the other road is a road of change and growth,
the road to life in Christ
choose this day whom you will serve