MH 175.1
Draft source versionThose who put their trust in Christ are not to be enslaved by any hereditary or cultivated habit or tendency. Instead of being held in bondage to the lower nature, they are to rule every appetite and passion. God has not left us to battle with evil in our own finite strength. Whatever may be our inherited or cultivated tendencies to wrong, we can overcome through the power that He is ready to impart.
Believers relying on Christ can overcome hereditary or cultivated tendencies and rule their appetites. The passage describes spiritual victory over inherited or cultivated habits through divine power.
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