Read Pr. 26:11
I've always heard that a criminal will return to the scene of his crime and here it is in scripture: as a dog will return to his vomit, a fool will return to his folly. Only God can change a man. Man can go through rehabilitation to change his actions and patterns of behavior but if his heart is not changed then all the rehabilitation in the world will not change his mode of operation. I just talked to a woman the other day who told me of her acquaintance that got caught embezzling thousands of dollars from her employer. She spend a year in jail only to get out and do the same thing. Lust is a condition of the heart, not a bad pattern. It will never be fixed in behavior modification programs. Jesus said, "except a man be born again, he cannot enter the kingdom of heaven". To change, a person must be born again. Paul said in Romans that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. We have the power over sin only if we are born again. Then our members are instruments of righteousness.
Lord, may we walk in all the power of our salvation.
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