Question 1

Will I ever be free of the sin of my own heart?

This was my first question, and I'm glad I asked it first. The whole summer I had been struggling with pride and selfishness and a whole other myriad of sin that had hindered my relationship with God and with people in so many ways. In a sense, I was just "fed-up" with my flesh, so I searched the scriptures and this is what I found:

In a sense, I will never be rid of this sin nature. Romans 3:23 says that all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. Later on in Romans 5, God's word says that we have all been cursed with sin, however, at the same time through Christ we have righteousness. I know that I will never be free from my sin nature (not until Heaven, at least). This is absolutely clear to anyone who reads the scriptures, lives a life interacting with others, and is humble enough to be sensitive and submissive to Christ's Spirit.
With my particular sin that I struggle with, I need to trust and believe what Paul writes by the Holy Spirit in Romans 6:6 

"We know that our old self was crucified with Him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin."

Later still, he speaks of being slaves and bondslaves to Christ and His righteousness. So in all, I know that it is possible to see victory sin in my life because I trust the scriptures to be 100% TRUTH, and it says that I can be a slave to righteousness instead of sin.

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