Sinful desires remain in even the most mature believer, but as the believer treasures Christ above everything else, temptations are resisted and the desires of the flesh will not be gratified.

The sin that remains in a Christian never stops desiring to regain the place of dominion it previously enjoyed before its power was broken at regeneration. Sinful desires remain in even the most mature believer, but as the believer treasures Christ above everything else, temptations are resisted and the desires of the flesh will not be gratified.

- Tom Ascol

The War Inside

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Dr. Tom Ascol is senior minister of Grace Baptist Church in Cape Coral, Fla., and executive director of Founders Ministries. He is editor of Dear Timothy: Letters on Pastoral Ministry