How Can I Overcome "the Sin Which Doth So Easily Beset" Me?
1) Direct Answer
You overcome that besetting sin by laying it aside, looking unto Jesus, and walking in the power of the Holy Spirit. Not by willpower, but by the new birth and daily obedience to the Word. Keep under the Blood, cut off the feed-lines to the sin, and walk in the Spirit until the desire dies.
2) Scriptural Explanation
- “Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us… looking unto Jesus” (Hebrews 12:1–2). Now notice, there are “weights” and there is “sin.” Both must be laid aside, and our eyes fixed on Him.
- “Shall we continue in sin? God forbid… our old man is crucified… reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin” (Romans 6:1–14). You see, you don’t manage sin—you reckon yourself dead to it and yield to God.
- “The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free” (Romans 8:2). “If ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live” (Romans 8:13). Victory is by the Spirit in you.
- “Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh” (Galatians 5:16).
- “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us and to cleanse us” (1 John 1:9). Cleansing follows true confession and forsaking.
- “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you” (James 4:7).
- “God… will… make a way to escape” (1 Corinthians 10:13). There is always an exit—take it at once.
- “Repent… be baptized… in the name of Jesus Christ… and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost” (Acts 2:38). God puts His Spirit within to cause you to walk in His ways (Ezekiel 36:26–27).
- “They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony” (Revelation 12:11).
- “Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee” (Psalm 119:11).
3) Simple Clarifying Logic
- Start at the cross: Believe that Jesus’ blood not only forgives, but breaks the power of that sin. If willpower could do it, why did He have to die? Freedom is in Him.
- Receive and rely on the Holy Spirit: The overcoming Life is Christ in you. Ask, yield, and obey. Greater is He that is in you.
- Lay aside weights and cut off supply lines: Remove habits, places, media, and friendships that feed the temptation (Matthew 5:29–30; 1 Corinthians 15:33). Don’t stroke what you’re trying to crucify.
- Use the way of escape early: The first moment of temptation, turn your eyes to Jesus, speak the Word, and move your feet if needed. Don’t argue with the serpent—resist and flee.
- Keep short accounts: When you stumble, confess immediately, renounce it, and get back under the Blood. Don’t live in condemnation; live in repentance and faith (1 John 2:1).
- Feed the new nature daily: Word, prayer, praise, and fellowship. What you feed grows; what you starve dies (Psalm 119:9; Hebrews 10:25).
- Speak your testimony: Agree out loud with God’s Word about who you are in Christ and what He has done for you (Revelation 12:11; Romans 6:11).
- Put on the whole armor of God and stand your ground (Ephesians 6:10–18). The battle is won standing in what Christ has finished.
4) Reinforcing statement
It’s not about trying harder; it’s about yielding deeper. Look to Jesus, lay it down, be filled with the Holy Ghost, and walk in the light you have. Sin shall not have dominion over you.
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63-0825M §96
...to tempt him, just like he comes to tempt you. What did he do? He kept standing there. His wife even come out and said, "Why don't you curse God and die the death. You look so miserable setting there..." He said, "Thou speakest like a foolish woman." Now, he never said she was foolish, but she talked like one. See? Said, "Thou speakest like a foolish woman." Said, "The Lord gave, and the Lord taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord." He overcome.
God perfecting His Church
54-1204 §33
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Hebrews, Chapter 6, part 3
57-0915M §85
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60-0729 §26
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61-1015M §10
And talking in the room yesterday where some young Christians was, I said, "If you were standing out here on the road and a car was coming down the road at ninety miles an hour, out of control, you would get off that highway as quick as you could. You'd jump, slide, do anything, get out of the way of that car." And that's the way that sin should be to a Christian, because sin is associated with death. And as soon as you see sin in any form, jump from it, get away from it. I don't care what you have to do, get away...