How Much Victory Can I Expect over Sinful Desires?

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John Piper, Unknown, 163859, Pastor, Ask, Theology, Desiring God, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Questions

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🗓️ 24 February 2020

⏱️ 12 minutes

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The new birth brings an awakening of delight in Christ and increasing victory over sin. But how much delight and victory should Christians expect?

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0:00.0	Last week we talked about the challenge of why our theology does not change our lives quickly,
0:09.6	at least not as fast as we wish it would.
0:12.8	We also talked about the explosive power of a new affection that those new holy affections
0:17.5	we have for God help push out of our lives the fallen desires that we have for sin still,
0:22.9	yet within us.
0:24.4	Well from those topics emerges another related question, namely this one, realistically speaking,
0:31.4	how change will my desires become in this life?
0:36.2	The question is from a listener named Emma.
0:38.2	Pastor John, hello, I think I understand Christian hedonism by the sovereign grace of
0:42.9	God in regeneration.
0:44.2	God gives me new desires that align with his desires.
0:47.7	This includes a new delight in what most delights God, which is himself, amen and amen.
0:53.9	A boy do I share struggle with a ton of desires within me that are not God honoring.
0:59.8	So how in the world can I be sure God has given me new, holy desires when I so often feel
1:06.1	inundated by my old, unholy desires?
1:10.9	Even Jesus seemed to be more motivated in his earthly life by future joy, Hebrews 12
1:15.1	2.
1:16.3	So how much desire victory is realistic and normative in the Christian life inside this
1:21.6	fallen flesh and inside this cursed planet?
1:25.3	Pastor John, what would you say to Emma?
1:28.2	So Emma asks two questions as I'm hearing it.
1:33.3	How can I be sure that I have been given new, holy desires?
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