The Christian race is exclusively for the saints. No sinners can be admitted into the race (Isa 35:8).
The ticket to join the race is the New Birth experience.
You join the Christian race the moment you put your faith in the Lord
Jesus Christ and His finished work of redemption, confessing Jesus as
your personal Lord and Saviour and surrendering your whole life to
Him(Matt. 7:13-14).
While running the Christian race the devil will constantly appeal to your flesh to tempt, trap, or entangle you, thereby hindering you from reaching the finished line.
The devil will always seek to derail you from the Christian race through the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life.
The born-again believers don’t retain their sin nature after the New Birth because“our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin.” (Rom. 6:6 NKJV).
Nevertheless, the born-again believers are not exempted from daily temptations to sin because our souls and bodies are not yet fully redeemed from the corrupt effects of sin (Jam.1:21, Phil. 3:20-21, Jam. 1:21, 1 Pet.1:9).
The devil will always seek to tempt or trap you at your weak points and unguarded moments.
This is why the Scripture admonishes us to: "Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak." (Matt. 26:41NKJV). “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.” (1 Pet. 5:8 NKJV).
Like Demas, many believers today have drawn back or fallen out of the race because they would not watch and pray.
Paul said of Demas, “Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world, and has departed for Thessalonica.”(2 Tim. 4:10 NKJV).
While running the Christian race the devil will constantly appeal to your flesh to tempt, trap, or entangle you, thereby hindering you from reaching the finished line.
The devil will always seek to derail you from the Christian race through the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life.
The born-again believers don’t retain their sin nature after the New Birth because“our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin.” (Rom. 6:6 NKJV).
Nevertheless, the born-again believers are not exempted from daily temptations to sin because our souls and bodies are not yet fully redeemed from the corrupt effects of sin (Jam.1:21, Phil. 3:20-21, Jam. 1:21, 1 Pet.1:9).
The devil will always seek to tempt or trap you at your weak points and unguarded moments.
This is why the Scripture admonishes us to: "Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak." (Matt. 26:41NKJV). “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.” (1 Pet. 5:8 NKJV).
Like Demas, many believers today have drawn back or fallen out of the race because they would not watch and pray.
Paul said of Demas, “Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world, and has departed for Thessalonica.”(2 Tim. 4:10 NKJV).
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