The following are the advices taken from 'Sinfulness of Sin' by Ralph Venning; a non-conformist, earned his MA from 'Cambridge University' and lived in the 17th century in England. These are the practical things we must have in our mind to protect us from
2.Obey the instruction of God in the Scripture (Psalm 119:11)
3. Begin each day with thoughts of God and of good things.
4. Act quickly to hate and rebuke wrong things.
5. Keep a strict control on what you watch with your eyes.
6. Keep yourself busy in doing good things.
7. Set your affections on Godly things and godly behaviour.
8. God has told us how we ought to talk to speak (Ephesians 4:29, 5:4)
9. Talking much about religion does not make us a Christian (James 1:26)
10. Sinful words are evidence of sinful hearts (Psalm 12:1-2)
11. Evil words corrupt other people (James 3:5-6)
12. Our words are either our glory or our shame (Proverbs 10:20)
13. Idle words will have to be accounted for (Matthew 12:36-37).
One must keep these things always in his mind to avoid the unnecessary take- over by 'sin' in our lives. One must also remember this is an 'on going battle' and we, beleivers in 'Christ' must master the art of battling against the enemy, sin and the world. Having fought the battle with in and with out; against the enemy, sin and the world, we ultimately depend on His Grace to survive spiritually and the 'victory' belongs to Him.
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