So I have done a few sermons on Wed. night over the verse in James that talks about temptation and sin. How we are tempted by our own evil desires and when they are dragged away and enticed desire gives birth to sin and sin to death. I thought alright we just have to control our desires right. Then I use the verse in 1 Cor. when Paul talks about dying daily and beating his body to make it his slave. Thats what we have to do. You see thats where I’ve been wrong WE, YOU, I, ME can’t do anything of the sort. When Paul says he dies daily and he beats his body to make it his slave. He doesn’t mean HE does it. He means JESUS in him does it. WE cannot defeat our evil desires as one human. NO JESUS in us defeats. We must allow JESUS to do this. To allow HIM in is to die daily. Paul doesn’t defeat sin by dying daily he defeats it by dieing daily so JESUS can do it. So let JESUS live in us through us and be all around us. He then will defeat sin in our lives for us. thoughts???