Even in these times of Moral degeneracy, lust, and crime, this is;
"Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive
unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Let not sin therefore reign in your
mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof." Romans 6:11, 12.
"Some regard sin as altogether so light a matter that they have no defense
against its indulgence or its consequence....
If you suppose for a moment that God will treat sin lightly, or make provisions
or exemptions so that you can go on in committing sin, and the soul suffer no
penalty from so doing, you are under a terrible delusion of Satan. Any willful
violation of the righteous law of Jehovah exposes your soul to the full assaults of
Satan.
When you lose your conscious integrity, your soul becomes a battlefield for
Satan; you have doubts and fears enough to paralyze your energies and drive you
to discouragement....
Remember that temptation is not sin. Remember that however trying the
circumstances in which a man may be placed, nothing can really weaken his soul
so long as he does not yield to temptation but maintains his own integrity. The
interests most vital to you individually are in your own keeping. No one can
damage them without your consent. All the satanic legions cannot injure you
unless you open your soul to the arts and arrows of Satan. Your ruin can never
take place until your will consents. If there is not pollution of mind in yourself,
all the surrounding pollution cannot taint or defile you.
Eternal life is worth everything to us or it is worth nothing. Those only who
put forth persevering effort and untiring zeal with intense desire proportionate to
the value of the object they are in pursuit of, will gain that life which measures
with the life of God....
We have the example of Adam and Eve before us, and the result of their
transgression should lead every soul of us to avoid sin, to abhor sin as the hateful
thing it is, and to feel, in view of the sufferings which sin is sure to inflict, that
it is better to suffer loss of all things than to depart from the least of God’s
Chap. 88—How to Maintain Your
Integrity!
"Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive
unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Let not sin therefore reign in your
mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof." Romans 6:11, 12.
"Some regard sin as altogether so light a matter that they have no defense
against its indulgence or its consequence....
If you suppose for a moment that God will treat sin lightly, or make provisions
or exemptions so that you can go on in committing sin, and the soul suffer no
penalty from so doing, you are under a terrible delusion of Satan. Any willful
violation of the righteous law of Jehovah exposes your soul to the full assaults of
Satan.
When you lose your conscious integrity, your soul becomes a battlefield for
Satan; you have doubts and fears enough to paralyze your energies and drive you
to discouragement....
Remember that temptation is not sin. Remember that however trying the
circumstances in which a man may be placed, nothing can really weaken his soul
so long as he does not yield to temptation but maintains his own integrity. The
interests most vital to you individually are in your own keeping. No one can
damage them without your consent. All the satanic legions cannot injure you
unless you open your soul to the arts and arrows of Satan. Your ruin can never
take place until your will consents. If there is not pollution of mind in yourself,
all the surrounding pollution cannot taint or defile you.
Eternal life is worth everything to us or it is worth nothing. Those only who
put forth persevering effort and untiring zeal with intense desire proportionate to
the value of the object they are in pursuit of, will gain that life which measures
with the life of God....
We have the example of Adam and Eve before us, and the result of their
transgression should lead every soul of us to avoid sin, to abhor sin as the hateful
thing it is, and to feel, in view of the sufferings which sin is sure to inflict, that
it is better to suffer loss of all things than to depart from the least of God’s
commandments."
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