When you're freed from fearing temptation,

and you're freed even from fearing an ultimate disaster

from your failures and your sins,

and you're freed from fearing death,

you can enjoy the fullness of the blessedness

of your walk with God,

and that's what comes when you learn to affirm

or to reckon or to count these things to be true.

There are all sorts of things that are said to be addictive,

smartphones, plastic surgery, shopping, you name it.

But far harder to break than even the worst addiction

is our enslavement to sin.

Yet if you're a Christian, you actually have a choice

not to sin.

But what sort of effort and time frame does it take

to break free from the grip sin has on you?

Consider that today on Grace to You as John MacArthur

takes you to the Book of Romans for answers.

He's beginning the second week of a step-by-step study

that can help you experience freedom from sin.

And now with a lesson here's John.

What does it mean when you affirm that you're really

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