why do you sin if you want to know how how do you what are the dynamics that kill sin and create love you should ask yourself why do i sin and i'll tell you why you sin because sin makes promises to you and you believe them sin promises you promises your children promises your clients sin promises them what i have to offer i'm sin now talking what sin has to offer is better more satisfying more enjoyable more hope giving than christ the fleeting pleasures that's what they're called in hebrews 11 25 the fleeting pleasures of
sin sin promises to be better longer deeper sweeter more satisfying and to the degree that we are deceived by those promises we sin nobody sins out of duty right nobody gets up in the morning and says got an obligation i got to sin some today no nobody sins out of duty we sin out of pleasure seeking and the only reason we opt for a sinful action is because the devil and our own nature has promised us that action will produce pleasure satisfaction fame whatever whatever your idol happens to be will succeed the only way the
power of sin can be broken is by the presence and the promise of a superior pleasure yes i know there is a willpower path to holiness but to the degree that it succeeds it fails because with every sin that you conquer by willpower seven devils of self-righteousness come in and take its place willpower conquering of sin is not a conquering of sin it's a exaltation of self there is one way to conquer the promises of the pleasures of sin and that is with the power of a superior pleasure and his name is jesus and the
way he is experienced is called saving faith that's what faith is it is a receiving of jesus as all satisfying treasure and the reason we have had historically such a hard time figuring out how do you get right with god over here in some different way figure out how to kill sin and do love over here when in fact christian hedonism shows through its lens saving faith is of such a nature as to be so satisfied in jesus it is the power that makes sin lose its compelling force you
