The Human Will

The human will is an interesting study. The human will in a sense is sovereign because no one can force you to do anything. The Holy Spirit will not force you, but He will draw upon it, convince it, convict it, shine truth before it... Satan cannot force your will either, but he will try to weaken it by continual salvos and bombardment by painting sin as attractive and make the attempt to lure you into submission. As the will weakens, it will come to a place where it loses strength to resist, and when that happens the devil now owns your will. You might say, "a demon possessed person is being controlled against their will." The truth is, that didn't happen overnight. Little by little that person kept submitting to that spirit until the will of the person came into full agreement with the will of the demonic spirit. Demon possession then is when two wills have become one in unity. But praise be to God, when that person comes into contact with the truth and the blindness dissipates about their condition, they can cry out and the power of the risen Christ will set them free!!!

Another point: many today in the church claim they can't live right. My question then becomes "who is forcing them not to?"

No Reminder of my Former Life in Sin

2 Corinthians 5:17 (KJV) 17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

Here is the counterpart of that verse in the Old Testament.

Isaiah 65:17 (KJV) 17 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.

When God baptizes the earth in fire in the future, all things that would remind you of its former fallen state and condition will totally be removed. Thus, nothing will remain to remind any one of sin and its contaminates. I pondered on these references and as I was sitting at the office, the Lord brought the following sentrence to my mind.
 "There should be nothing remaining in my life that would remind people of my former life in sin."

Compromise guarantees deception.

No one is ever deceived unless he has first entered into compromise. We were created with the ability to recognize right from wrong because the law of God is written on our hearts. But that capacity becomes crippled when we fail to uphold what we know to be true.
In the natural, we have an immune system that protects us from the many illnesses we are exposed to in our daily lives. When that immune system is weak, we become vulnerable to every germ and virus that comes along. Maintaining the standard of righteousness in the heart is essential to strengthening our spiritual immune system, which keeps us undefiled by the spirit of deception.
A heart that is clean will not desire evil. When evil is appealing, it is a warning sign that compromise is in operation, and that certain precautions must be taken. The roots of such compromises are usually found in the attitudes of the heart. That is why Solomon said, "Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life." (Proverbs 4:23). When a root of compromise is exposed, repent. And repent deeply until there is a true change of heart and mind. It saves a lot of heartache in the long run.

Desires grow because of being fed.

Desires grow because they are fed. Therefore, desires that are big in our lives are there because we have fed them. Desires that are minimal in our lives are in their condition not by accident but because we have neglected them. If prayer is neglected then the desire for Christ will become minimal. This is why people who are truly so in love w/ Christ are a praying people... they are feeding it. Never say "I wish I had that kind of desire..." Do what that person does and you will have what they have.