Romans 7:5-7
New International Version 1984 (NIV1984)
For when we were controlled by the sinful nature,the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, so that we bore fruit for death.But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code. What shall we say, then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed I would not have known what sin was except through the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”
You have to die to what binds you before you can be released from the law. What binds you is the sinful nature of the Devil that was sown in you through the deception of the Devil upon Adam and Eve. We can break free from pleasing the sinful nature of the Devil in us by putting it to death. You cannot put it to death by your own strength and power.
You can only do this by obeying God the Holy Spirit in you. I'm sure that there is a raging battle going on in you. This is where God the Holy Spirit turns into God's holy fire in you. He burns up the chaff in you when you strictly obey all that Christ had commanded. The Devil will have no hold over you from then on. The Devil will find that you have found someone else to obey and no more the sinful nature that he had deceptively put in you.
You will be on your way to total victory over the sinful nature in you. The Devil will still keep trying so that you will submit to him but you must keep on obeying God the Holy Spirit. God the Holy Spirit will lead you towards full Christformation in you as you put to death the evil passions and desires of the sinful nature in you. You will find obeying all that Christ had commanded to be more attractive and eternally rewarding when you obey God the Holy Spirit in you. You will reject the pleasing of the sinful nature in you.
Luke 3:15-17
New International Version 1984 (NIV1984)
The people were waiting expectantly and were all wondering in their hearts if John might possibly be the Christ. John answered them all, “I baptize you with water. But one more powerful than I will come, the thongs of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. His winnowing fork is in his hand to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn, but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
The new way of the Spirit comes from the Shepherd of our souls. He cleanses, clears and will burn up the sinful nature of the Devil forever with unquenchable fire. By the power of God's Spirit, Christformation will occur in us.
