PurifyingGrace

Recovery from pornography addiction (porn addiction, sex addiction) to sexual purity through God's grace.

Luke Gilkerson

Romans 6 Series: Part 9, Newness of Life Vs. Oldness of Porn

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This is a guest post by Luke Gilkerson (who runs @covenanteyes) from Covenant Eyes.

Do you believe, on the basis of your faith in the resurrection of Jesus, that God will raise you on the last day? Do you also believe that you are united to the living Christ now? Do you believe that God can bring righteous life to your mortal, sin-entrenched body, even in this present age?

This is not merely a pep talk to consider “who you are in Christ,

Romans 6 Series: Part 8, In This Hope We Were Saved

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This is a guest post by Luke Gilkerson (who runs @covenanteyes) from Covenant Eyes.

For Paul it all goes back to our faith in Christ. But this isn’t just any sort of faith. It isn’t just a general belief. It is profound faith. It is a resurrection-faith.

“[I]f you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved

Romans 6 Series: Part 7, Consider Yourselves Dead to Sin

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This is a guest post by Luke Gilkerson (who runs @covenanteyes) from Covenant Eyes.

“So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions. Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness. For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace

Romans 6 Series: Part 6, What about Dying to Sin?

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This is a guest post by Luke Gilkerson (who runs @covenanteyes) from Covenant Eyes.

Why does all this talk of death and resurrection matter? Where do we learn how to die to our sin and live lives of holiness? When do we get the pep talk on mortifying our flesh and fighting our sin?

I do not talk about that here because this is not where Paul talks about it. It is crucial we understand the flow of Paul’s thought. He does not spend five chapters teaching us about the glories of the free gift of grace apart from any works on our part, only to double-back with, “But it’s still important to keep the commandments.