So today i masturbated after being set free months ago and i know if i fought harder i could have overcome them these past 2 days i started getting sexual temptations in my mind and didnt want to sin but wanted the thoughts sometimes and probably willingly as well thought some of them and i knew it was a sin and i shouldnt do it and felt bad before i did it and i also struggle with weak faith and unbelief so yeah im just a case for nothing any help would be apperciated
Fret not for we might sin after we are saved, but all we have to do is repent and not want the sin again and mean it, and move forward in the Spirit.
I doubt anybody after being saved did not sin, but if you are led of the Spirit that means you do not want sin, and a Spirit led life will not fulfill the lusts of the flesh, but if you sin you can repent and be forgiven and move forward in the Spirit again.
God knows the heart and if you are sincere in not wanting a sin, and doing the sin and repenting of it at the time, but want to do the sin again that is not repenting for you are not turning away from the sin.
But all sin can be forgiven even if you live in sin for a year and then do not want it you can be forgiven.
As we grow in Christ we will love Him more which helps us to not want to sin because we want to please Him.
But people that are new to Christ might struggle for a while but then might get on track.
The Bible says where much is forgiven they love more, and people that had much sin and terrible are forgiven so they love more, and are grateful.
Where someone that did not do anything seriously bad and not that frequent before coming to Christ might not love as much so they might struggle a little.
I believe the more we love God, and Jesus, the more we will not want to sin because God does not like sin.
Which the Bible says charity, love in action, will not think an evil thought, and will not rejoice in iniquity to enjoy sin, but will rejoice in the truth which is to hate sin.
The Bible also says some have a form of godliness but they deny the power thereof, ever learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Which they do not come to the truth because they hold on to sin because they want to enjoy it, and believe they are still right with God.
But the Bible says a Spirit led life will not sin but they want to make an excuse why they sin that they cannot abstain from sin, but really they want to enjoy the sin.
But the Bible says if a person sins wilfully after receiving the knowledge of sin then there is no more sacrifice for sin.
Which means if a person holds unto sin then the blood of Jesus cannot wash it away for God will not take away a sin you hold on to.
If you believe you are not right with God when you sin then you are in the battle for salvation for at least you have the right attitude that you have to abstain from sin.
But if you sin it will be forgiven if you repent of it and mean it that you do not want the sin anymore, and we cannot fool God for He knows.
Paul got in Peter's face about an incident and said Peter was not walking in the truth of the Gospel so Peter did not do right at that time although he corrected it.
And Peter was the first person to be added to the Church built on top of Christ, and given the keys to heaven.
So do not be too hard on yourself but be hard enough to quit sinning.
But lusting after a woman, and sexual pleasure is a sin that many will have a problem and the devil uses that against people which you see in shows, and movies, and hear it in music, and I am sure that many had a problem with that for a while when they were first saved.