The victorious Christian is not a negotiator with temptation, but a warrior. Like a disciplined Spartan soldier on the battlefield, he does not “discuss” with the enemy—he strikes decisively. He says NO at every appearance, he hates the bait, and he acts as a conqueror each time. This is the mentality of victory: never to sin, never to yield, never to compromise without sin, never sin, not even once.
Many people say with zeal and enthusiasm, “I love the Lord,” but at the same time, they continue to commit occasional sins that they cannot shake off. This love must be true and genuine toward Jesus; otherwise, this declaration is vain and empty. If the Holy Spirit dwells in you, He will show you what attitudes, behaviors, and actions are not in line with God’s will and His law, so that you can refrain from them. In order to grow, mature, and please God, a child of God will pay attention to this way, directing his will toward that of the Spirit. This is the meaning of “walking by the Spirit,” and you will not fulfill the desires of the flesh, those sinful passions, as Paul explained in his writings. Knowing the limit of temptation in the imagination and maintaining a serene tranquility in the
Spirit will prevent this temptation from entering the .
John 14:15 If you love Me, keep My commandments.
The final victory over temptations and especially sexual
temptations rests on several essential points, each playing a
crucial role.
1. Realization that this type of sin will always remain an unfulfilled sin.
This is the first pillar of a victorious mentality: you settle it once for all in your conscience. You do not negotiate with temptation, you do not “manage” it, you do not “try” to reduce it you decide that it will never be fulfilled, not one time, not even once, not even occasionally. The flesh may scream, but it will remain unsatisfied. This is the mentality of a soldier: the enemy may knock at the gate, but the gate will never open.
2. Crucifixion of the flesh: this means the mortification and suffering of sinful desires and passions which seek to assail the will, the heart of the Christian, the reign of the Father.
Crucifixion is not a symbolic moment; it is a permanent state. The flesh does not “come down” from the cross to sin and then “go back up.” No. It remains in constant agony under mortification. This is the victorious process of sanctification: the will of the Father reigns, and the flesh suffers under that reign. This is why the Christian can live without sin, because the flesh is kept in a state of defeat, continuously.
3. Fiercely hate sinful temptations: this is essential to overcome these temptations at every appearance, because they oppose the Word, the Law and the Will of God.
A lukewarm heart debates. A victorious heart hates. Hatred of temptation is not emotional instability it is moral clarity. The temptation is not “interesting,” not “beautiful,” not “exciting” even if it appears pleasant tonsarifay the flesh; it is hostile to God. So you treat it like an enemy. That it, we will not reflect if i accept or not. You do not stare at it, you do not taste it, you do not entertain it. You strike it down immediately. This hatred is part of holiness: it keeps the conscience clean and the will firm.
4. Joyfully accept temptations as an opportunity to glorify God and magnify His Law.
This is the warrior’s joy: every temptation is a battlefield where God’s Law is honored. You do not fear temptation as if it were stronger than you; you welcome the moment as an occasion to prove that the Holy Spirit reigns in you. You glorify God by refusing what He hates. You magnify His Law by showing it can be lived without sin, never sin, not even once.
5. Constant monitoring of thoughts and imaginations: this is to ensure that the temptation does not exceed the 3-second rule so as not to linger and not to be hypnotized by its seductive appeal.
This is the discipline of the victorious Christian: watch the gates of the mind like a guard at the city wall. The moment a temptation appears, you apply the 3-second rule: decision must be taken immediately NO, like lightning that strikes. No hesitation. No inner dialogue. No “just a second.” Because a form of hesitation in the conscience can become dangerous. Monitoring is not anxiety; it is spiritual sobriety constant, firm, uncompromising.
6. To be in a position of strength in the face of the attractions and assaults of the flesh in the conscience.
A Christian does not fight from a position of weakness, begging temptation to leave. He fights as one who has authority. He stands upright, steady, resolute. He does not allow the flesh to “drag” his mind; he commands his mind. This is the posture of victory: the will is established, the heart is settled, the conscience is guarded. Temptation may attack, but it does not rule.
7. Conformity to the Law of the Father in complete holiness, without sin: for the Christian, this is nothing extraordinary, it is the norm, the standard.
This is not an “elite level.” This is normal Christianity: the Kingdom in the heart, the will of God done on earth as it is in heaven without sin. Holiness is not a theory; it is a lived conformity deed, word, thought, imagination, attitude, behavior under the reign of the Spirit. The standard is never to sin. Not because of human pride, but because of the Father’s will, the Son’s deliverance, and the Spirit’s governing power.
the victorious mentality is the mentality of a warrior. Like a Spartan soldier trained for battle, the Christian is trained to say NO instantly, to hate temptation, to refuse seduction, and to act as a conqueror every time without ever sinning. He does not “hope” he will resist; he decides. He does not “wait” to see how strong the temptation becomes; he crushes it at its first appearance. He does not seek comfort; he seeks victory. He does not tolerate occasional defeat; he lives in permanent freedom.
Each of these seven steps is crucial. This fierce hatred of sin,
especially in point 3, is absolutely necessary to radically
abandon sin. Those who say “I can’t, no one is perfect” or
“the flesh is weak” are actually showing that they still love sin.
Added (the 3-second rule, lightning speed, no hesitation):
When temptation appears whatever its form the decision must be taken within seconds. Say NO like lightning, without transacting, without bargaining, without “one more look,” without hesitation. Any hesitation in the conscience is a danger, because hesitation can become seduction. The victorious Christian is intransigeant all the time, so that the victory remains constant, permanent, and without sin.
I do not look at temptation with carnal eyes, but with spiritual eyes. It is a choice, that of adopting an uncompromising mentality, which systematically stifles every manifestation of temptation as soon as it appears in the imagination. It does not matter how many times it may arise a hundred or a
thousand times a day; what matters is the firm and constant decision to stifle it at each occurrence.
For this, it is essential to forge a victorious mentality and never allow the excitement of temptation to become sharpened or to develop. As Paul writes: “If by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the flesh, you will live.”
I defend the normal state of a born-again Christian, forgiven
by the blood of Jesus Christ, who lives in complete holiness,
without sin at all on earth, who loves God with all his being
and walks in the Spirit, who reigns in him by the Law of God in
deed, word, thought, imagination, by holy behavior and
attitude. These saints, according to the Scriptures and reason,
have the assurance of eternal life and are saved. The
experience of men is none of my business, nor their
erroneous doctrines.
The heart that wants to serve God makes the total choice of what pleases Him. Temptation may seem alluring, but if the heart is firmly established in doing the will of God, the person is able to cast temptation out of his heart. Sin finds its root cause in the will. The ability to respond to the will of God is
not beyond man’s reach. The gate is narrow, and the cross may be heavy to bear for one who is overwhelmed by thousands of fleshly temptations, but the final victory is sweet, for Jesus, the King of kings, is at our side. Wide is the
gate of seduction and temptation, and many are those who
enter through the gate of sin.
The law of God, which was given to man, is not beyond his strength. It is the devil’s lie to make us believe that we are weak creatures, unable to stand
firm and blameless before God. Through his Holy Spirit, God will come to our aid: he grants us knowledge, discernment, wisdom, understanding and teaching to teach us how to wage war against sin and always come out victorious. This comes from the God of holiness, who wants us to be holy
1 Peter 1:15-16 As he who called you is holy, you also
be holy in all manner of conduct, as it is written, “Be
holy, for I am holy.”
Man has his important part in the field of salvation. God has
given us a faculty, the will. As a human you have the choice to
accept or reject a thought that arises in your imagination
(Genesis 4:7) The lying movements seek by all means to justify a carnal security and to preserve the illusion of a salvation guaranteed only by Faith in Jesus.
It is a lie that soothes the conscience and tranquilizes the
mind.
It is a spiritual war between the “spiritual self”, my regenerated will, and the passions of the flesh which push us to do what displeases God. Now, we know that if we live according to the flesh, we will die, spiritual and eternal dead.
Let us take a personal example: if a thought contrary to the law of God arises in me, let us say a carnal thought, my “self” enlightened by the revelation of the Holy Spirit, with his help, knowledge, discernment and wisdom, can refuse this
thought.
By refusing this carnal or iniquitous thought, I come out victorious, because I love God and I want to obey him until the end of my days. This must be the foundation of the faith and faithfulness of the true Christian.
The followers of the lying movements are constantly fed with surreal and sugary words: Jesus paid everything for you, believe and you will be saved. God loves you. However, if God loves us, we must love him in return. They say “we can “never be without sin on earth, or perfect “ so their love towards
God is incomplete ? Or imperfect?
How to love him? by being in conformity with his law, in holiness without sin and pure, to keep our salvation alive until it is completed at the separation of the soul and the body.
God gives you all the weapons you need to be victorious over the temptations that want to assail you. His will is that we dominate sin, that we are victorious and worthy of belonging to the King of kings. The fight begins in the thoughts: my heart, my regenerated will, does not let any shadow of sin
enter it. This is what it means to follow and live by the Spirit of God and not fulfill the desires of the flesh.
It is through awareness that inner change becomes possible, and it is the grace of God that teaches us how to wage this war and be victorious over temptations. Why do we sin? The answer is seduction. There is nothing new under the sun.
Satan tempted Adam and Eve through seduction, and he still uses this same technique to introduce a multitude of temptations into this world in order to make men sin. But we can overcome sin through our regenerated will. Our heart, which knows the Law of God, chooses to live according to His
will and not to sin.
2 Peter 2:11 Beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims on the earth, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.
If fleshly temptations are waging war, it means you can lose
your salvation.
A man, Jesus died a horrible death for me. He gave his life so that I might be forgiven before the Creator; how much more must I give him my whole life in return. My existence must be dedicated to his will, living before his face without sinning here below. As John Wesley said: To him who gave all, do we
owe anything less than the gift of ourselves?
Jesus came to save us from our sins. Are you saved? Are you delivered from the power of sin in your life? I am not speaking of the guilt only, but of the very action of sin, in deed, in word, in thought, in imagination. Is complete holiness,
without sin, a reality in you?
It is an illusion to think that sin will inevitably and irreversibly occur in the future. This fatalistic mentality, often encouraged by erroneous interpretations of Scripture, undermines the power of God’s sanctifying grace and the ability of regenerate man to live in complete holiness. If God calls man to holiness,
it is because he also provides the means to achieve it. God’s grace is not a mere abstract concept, but a living power that equips the Christian to overcome all temptations and to walk in obedience to God’s law, in deed, word, thought, and imagination.
Titus 2:11 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us to renounce ungodliness and worldly lusts and to live
selfcontrolled, righteous and godly lives in this present world.
The idea that sin is inevitable for the Christian denies the radical transformation that comes from the new birth and the presence of the Holy Spirit. The one who is born of God has been freed from the bondage of sin (Romans 6:18). He now has, through the work of Christ and the power of the Spirit, the ability to reject all temptation and live in holiness. In
truth, this conviction of the inevitability of sin in the future stems from a lack of faith in the perfect work of Christ and in God’s ability to keep His children from evil. Jesus Himself prayed for His disciples, saying, “Father, keep them from
evil” (John 17:15).
Why should we doubt the efficacy of this perfect prayer? Or should we doubt the liberating power of Jesus?
If it is inevitable, it is because the person himself has allowed
the sin to happen by his will.
In their defeatist, fatalistic mentality, man will always try to
improve himself but sins will persist in his life until his death.
John 8:36 If the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed
The holiness of man consists in having a heart purified from intentions contrary to the Law of God, in living without sin. As for the holiness of God, it is what characterizes him: his attributes, his nature, his omniscience, and his person. This holiness is proper to God and is never attainable by man. The
Christian is not exempt from ignorance, errors, infirmities, or temptations, there is no absolute perfection on earth, because this perfection belongs to God alone. This is why we must always ask forgiveness for our involuntary errors, our errors of judgment or thought, and in this, we must grow in
grace.
1 Corinthians 15:57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.