Secret of Christian living: knowledge of Jesus Christ and the truth that is in Him (and living by this knowledge) displaces natural desires (and living by them). How do we aim to get there? ‘To those who believed in Him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teachings you are truly my disciples. Then you will know the truth and the truth will set you free.”’ (Gospel of John ch. 8 ) So it is vital, once we personally believe in Jesus, to learn His teachings and hold to them. This is the springboard to spring us into freedom from the compulsion of natural desires that tend to dominate us and keep us tied to evil. If we fail to attain all this, we reach our deathbeds, eventually, still in those sins, and condemned for it. This is why Jesus Christ came and how He saves.
