Look at this quote Chris...
Chapter 7 "How To End Your Struggle - Two of Me, the Struggle with Sin" by David Wilkerson, founding pastor of Times Square Church, New York City
Believers don't "battle secret sins." True believers have been set free from their sins, not in position but in REALITY.
With David Wilkerson it is a "sin/repent" cycle, a cycle of ongoing failure. Look at his words above, it is abundantly clear.
Paul taught that we are slaves to whom we obey (Rom 6:16). Wilkerson asserts that one is not a slave so long as one keeps confessing and getting up each time sin is served. He is a false teacher. There is no HEART PURITY in what he is teaching, there is no real escape from bondage.
Where did Paul or John or Jesus teach anything close to the above quote? They didn't.
He who sins is of the devil. Sin reveals a defiled heart. The iniquity in the heart MUST be purged in repentance through "dying to sin." If that does not happen then the sin NEVER stops.
The most important thing I can say to a believer who is sincerely battling a secret sin is: Keep your momentum! No one has ever drowned when swimming upstream toward Christ. No one is left bleeding by the wayside if he is wounded in his struggle to be free.When you fall or when you are face to face with an addiction that won't let go, God draws a line right where you are. He says, "Getup; confess; and keep moving on. Don't cross back over the line. Don't go back to slavery. Keep coming to Me. You have been emancipated, so keep your momentum toward your freedom, by faith."
The most important move you ever make, as a believer, is the move you make right after you fall. Satan whispers, "You are rotten to the core, sensuous, childish, immature. You will never be holy; you will never be anything in God. So quit! Give up. It's useless to try. Go back! God is too high and holy; it's too complicated and difficult; you'll never figure it out. It's all over!"
Lies—all lies! So you sinned after you confessed and believed? So you thought you had freedom and lost it? So you think people will call you a phoney? So you sinned with your eyes wide open—knowing better—with the Holy Spirit screaming in your ears? So you never thought you could do such a vile thing again? So what? Is there godly sorrow in you now? Are you determined to get up and move on? Are you humbled, shamed, and repentant? Your fall is not fatal. Once again, confess and accept God's forgiveness and regain your momentum! You are still His child. You are not a slave to sin. His loving kindness is greater than all your sins. Look up, rejoice, and take heart!
The most important move you ever make, as a believer, is the move you make right after you fall. Satan whispers, "You are rotten to the core, sensuous, childish, immature. You will never be holy; you will never be anything in God. So quit! Give up. It's useless to try. Go back! God is too high and holy; it's too complicated and difficult; you'll never figure it out. It's all over!"
Lies—all lies! So you sinned after you confessed and believed? So you thought you had freedom and lost it? So you think people will call you a phoney? So you sinned with your eyes wide open—knowing better—with the Holy Spirit screaming in your ears? So you never thought you could do such a vile thing again? So what? Is there godly sorrow in you now? Are you determined to get up and move on? Are you humbled, shamed, and repentant? Your fall is not fatal. Once again, confess and accept God's forgiveness and regain your momentum! You are still His child. You are not a slave to sin. His loving kindness is greater than all your sins. Look up, rejoice, and take heart!
Believers don't "battle secret sins." True believers have been set free from their sins, not in position but in REALITY.
With David Wilkerson it is a "sin/repent" cycle, a cycle of ongoing failure. Look at his words above, it is abundantly clear.
Paul taught that we are slaves to whom we obey (Rom 6:16). Wilkerson asserts that one is not a slave so long as one keeps confessing and getting up each time sin is served. He is a false teacher. There is no HEART PURITY in what he is teaching, there is no real escape from bondage.
Where did Paul or John or Jesus teach anything close to the above quote? They didn't.
He who sins is of the devil. Sin reveals a defiled heart. The iniquity in the heart MUST be purged in repentance through "dying to sin." If that does not happen then the sin NEVER stops.