From sin we were all conceived (Psalm 51:5) but God expects us to defeat sin during our stay on earth before we go and meet Him to give account of how we lived our lives on earth (Hebrews 9:27; Ecclesiastes 12:7).

If someone lives a good and sinless life, God will give the person a pass mark and allow him to spend his eternity with Him (Romans 6:23). To spend eternity with God, you must defeat sin and the defeat of sin is known as “salvation” (Ephesians 2:8-9).

Salvation is the key to living a righteous and sinless life. Without salvation, you cannot live a sinless life. I hear people say it’s impossible to live a life without sin, but I can say it’s not true because living a life consciously without sin is possible (Romans 6:12).

Follow the following steps below to defeat sin:

STEP 1: Make up in your heart that you are tired of sin and will never go back to sin for the rest of your life (Luke 18:13).

STEP 2: Confess your sins, seek pardon and forsake them (1 John 1:9).

STEP 3: By prayer and supplication invite the Holy Spirit into your life (Philippians 4:6). Call on the name of Jesus because there is no other name by which man can be saved except the name Jesus (Acts 4:12)

STEP 4: Note the date you made the decision and write it down e.g. 11th of July, 2016.

STEP 5: The date you made that decision is your “born-again day”. Just like your birthday, it should be celebrated every month and every year (John 3:3).

STEP 6: Celebrate the day every month and every year and ensure you don’t deliberately commit any sin after your “born-again day”. Any sin at all you know in your heart is wrong, should be avoided. Some example of such sins are as follows: lying, cheating, stealing, gossiping, sexual immorality and others (1 Corinthians 6:9).

Give equal attention to any of the sin in the list or any other sin you know in your heart but pay utmost attention to sexual immorality and avoid it (1 Corinthians 6:18). Sexual immorality include: having sex with either a married or unmarried person (Matthew 5:27) or masturbation (Galatians 5:19).

To put your sexual urge under control, avoid sexually explicit pictures or videos and also avoid looking someone with lust (Matthew 5:27-28).

STEP 7: On the third month as a born-again Christian, you will notice that sin will become irritating to you and you will hate it very much.

If you were having any sickness or demon, the sickness will be cured and demon will abscond (Matthew 8:28-32). Then after, the Holy Spirit will move in and take absolute control over your life (John 14:16; 14:26) and you will notice you will become happy, joyful, patient, loving and above all, you will have a strong self control over sin (Galatians 5:22-23). When the Holy Spirit come into you, you yourself will know and you will notice anything you ask from God in prayers will be granted (John 14:13; Mark 11:24).

Practice these simple steps and it will be bye-bye to that sinful nature. Thanks and God bless and please ensure you spread this to help people defeat sin.

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